Question

Humbug” said Scoorge; and walked across the room. After several turns, he sat down again. As he threw his head back in the chair, his glance happened to rest upon a bell, a disused bell that hung in the room, and communicated for some purpose now forgotten with a chamber in the highest storey in the building. It was with great astonishment, and with a strange, inexplicable dread, that he looked; he saw this bell begin to swing. It swung so softly in the outset that it scarcely made a sound; but it rang out loudly, and so did every bell in the house. This might have lasted half a minute, but it seemed an hour. The bells stopped as they had to begun, together. They were succeeded by a clanking noise, deep down below; as if some person were dragging a heavy chain in the wine-merchant’s cellar. Scoorge then remembered to have heard that ghosts in haunted houses were described as dragging chains. The cellar-door flew open with a booming sound, and then he heard the noise much louder on the floors below; then coming up the stairs; then coming straight towards his doors. “It’s humbug still”, said Scoorge. His colour changed when it came through the heavy door and passed into the room before his eyes.

1.1 Answer the following questions briefly.            (8)

(a) What did Scoorge do after uttering ‘Humbug’?

(b) What did he observe about the bell?

(c) What sound succeeded the sound of the bell?

(d) What was Scoorge reminded of by the sound?

(e) For how much time the sound of the bell lasted?

(f) What happened when the cellar-door flew open?

(g) When was his colour changed?

(h) Give a suitable title to the above passage.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a)he walked across the room

b)