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Two Gentlemen Of Verona Chapter Wise Important Questions Class 10 English Communicative
Two Gentlemen Of Verona Chapter Wise Important Questions Class 10 English Communicative – Fiction 
2016

Extract Based Questions [3 Marks]
Question 1. 

Read the extract given below and answer briefly the questions that follow.
He smiled uncomfortably, “Just plans, sir, ” he answered in a low voice.
In the above line, who is talking and to whom?
 What plans is the speaker referring to?
Give the antonym of ‘smiled’.

Answer:
 Nicola is talking to the narrator.
The speaker Nicola is referring to their plans for saving money for the treatment of their sister.
 frowned.

Question 2. 
Read the extract given below and answer briefly the questions that follow.
“We do many things, sir”, Nicola answered seriously. He glanced at us hopefully.
 What many things did the boys do?
 Why did they have to do them?
 Give the antonym of‘seriously’.

Answer:
The boys did many things such as shoeshining, selling fruits, hawking newspapers and conducting tourists round the town and running errands.
They were doing these things to earn money for the treatment of their sister who was in hospital.
 carelessly.
2015
Short Answer Type Questions [2 Marks]

Question 1. 
How did Luigi behave on seeing the two boys?
Answer:
Luigi behaved in an unfriendly way. He expressed his disgust for them. Moreover, he doubted them as cheats or thieves owing to their shabby appearance. He requested the author not to buy fruits from them.

Question 2. 
Why was the author and his friend attracted towards the two boys?
Answer:
Both the author and his friend observed that the two boys possessed a series of virtues. They were diligent, honest, dutiful, modest and courteous. In their tender age they were doing various kinds of work to earn more money. Their devotion and dedication to duty impressed both the author and his friend.

2014
Short Answer Type Question [2 Marks]
Question 3. 
Although Nicola and Jacopo are young boys, the author refers to them as gentlemen. Why does he do so?
Answer:
The author finds that the two brothers are law-abiding, responsible, caring more for human values, respectful and self-dependent. They are also honest, diligent and soft-spoken. For saving the life of their only surviving blood relative, their only sister, they are sacrificing their lot.
2013
Extract Based Question [3 Marks]

Question 4. 
Read the extract given below and complete the statements that follow:
“You will get fruit much better in Verona. Besides, these boys… ”
Who speaks these lines and to whom?
 Why does the speaker disapprove of the boys?
What fruit has been referred to here?

Answer:
 Luigi, the driver, speaks these lines to the author.
The speaker does not like their shabby appearance. He doubts them as cheats or thieves.
 Wild strawberries have been referred to here.

2012
Extract Based Question [3 Marks]

Question 5.
Read the extract given below and answer briefly the questions that follow.
They greeted us with friendly faces.
“I thought you picked fruit for a living”, I said.
Who are ‘they’?
How did ‘they’ greet the narrator?
What did the narrator think ‘they’ did for a living?

Answer:
‘They’ here stands for the two boys, Nicola and Jacopo.
 They greeted the narrator in a very respectful and courteous manner.
The narrator thought that they picked wild strawberries for earning their livelihood.

Short Answer Type Questions [2 Marks]

Question 6. 
What did the narrator see when he looked through the glass partition? (Two Gentlemen of Verona)
Answer:
The narrator saw that the two boys seated beside a girl of about twenty, who propped up on pillows. She was listening to their chatter. She bore resemblance to her brothers. They gave her vase of wild flowers, fruits and several books.