Question

Q.- Pick the option that includes the CORRECT information about The End of Mr. Y, according to the given text.


A) The author of this novel is not Thomas Lumas

B) The settings of the story is fixed in the twenty first century

C) Ariel was a cursed person who needed a magic book

D) The book was found hidden in the corner of the library​

Answer 1

A) The author of this novel is not Thomas Lumas

Explanation for correct option:

• The end of Mr. Y is a novel written by Scarlett Thomas.

• It is about the story of a young student named Ariel Manto.

• During her research on the 19th-century writer Thomas Lumas, she finds an extremely rare copy of Lumas' novel in a second-hand bookshop.

• The name of the novel was "The end of Mr.Y".

Answer 2

Answer:

According to the given text, the correct information about 'The End of Mr. Y' is (A) The author of this novel is not Thomas Lumas.

Explanation:

• The end of Mr. Y is in reality written by Scarlett Thomas and not Thomas Lumas.
• Scarlett Thomas' novel The End of Mr. Y is set in the United Kingdom.
• The story follows Ariel Manto, a PhD student who is investigating Thomas Lumas, a 19th century writer.
• In a used bookstore, she discovers an exceedingly rare edition of Lumas' work The End of Mr. Y.
• The book is said to be cursed, as everyone who has read it has perished within a short period of time.
• The "Troposphere" – a location where all consciousness is connected and you may enter other people's minds and read their thoughts – is at the heart of Lumas' book.
• Lumas' hero utilises the recipe for a homoeopathic formula to enter the Troposphere, which is found in the book.
• Manto recreates the formula using the recipe and then enters the Troposphere herself.
• She quickly learns that there are others who are aware of the Troposphere and are determined to keep it hidden, even if it means killing her.