Question

how did quelchget the nickname''professor''?

Answer 1

when the author first met private Quelch, he saw him as a lanky and stooping fellow,frowning through his horn-rimmed spectacles. he really looked like a professor. and he was also very intelligent. the nickname he had earned at the training depot.

Answer 2

Private Quelch is very lean, lanky in appearance and stooping like most of the professors. He is horn-rimmed spectacles enhanced this image as a man of knowledge on almost all facets of human life. so he was nicknamed as " professor"


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