Q1. Read the following passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
1. That winter, he stayed in the house in the afternoons and carpentered or sat in the chair between the window full of plants and the wooden bench where the two pails of drinking-water stood. This spot was called "Father's Corner", though it was not a corner at all. He had a shelf there, where he kept his Bohemian papers, and his needles and thread and tailor's thimble. Having been a tailor in his youth, he couldn't bear to see a woman patching at his clothes, or at the boys‟. He liked tailoring, and always patched all the overalls and jackets and work shirts. Occasionally, he made over a pair of pants one of the older boys had outgrown, for the little fellow.
2. While he sewed, he let his mind run back over his life. He had a good deal to remember, really; life in three countries. The only part of his youth he didn't like to remember was the two years he had spent in London, in Cheapside, working for a German tailor who was wretchedly poor.
3. He was twenty when he landed at Castle Garden in New York, and he had a protector who got him work in a tailor shop in Vesey Street, down near the Washington Market. He became a good workman, he was industrious, and his wages were increased from time to time. He minded his own business and envied nobody's good fortune. He often did overtime work and was well paid for it, but somehow, he never saved anything. He couldn't refuse a loan to a friend, and he was self-indulgent.
4. He often stood through an opera on
Saturday nights. Those were the great
days of opera in New York, and it gave a
fellow something to think about for the
rest of the week. Rosicky had a quick ear,
and a childish love of all the stage
splendour; the scenery, the costumes, the
ballet. It was a fine life; for the first five
years or so it satisfied him completely. He
thought New York was the finest, richest, friendliest city in the world.
Source: This selection is from Willa Cather’s short story, “Neighbour Rosicky.”
On the basis of your reading of the passage, complete the following statements by choosing the correct option:
i. The spot where Rosicky kept his needles, thread and tailor's thimble was [1] called ________
a. Thimble Corner
b. Bohemian Corner
c. Father's Corner
d. Mother‟s Corner
ii.Rosicky spent his life in three countries; two of them were _____ and _______.
a.London and New York
b.America and Bohemia
c.The United States of America and The United Kingdom
d.Cheapside and Castle Garden
Choose the correct option:i. Why were Rosicky‟s wages increased by the tailor shop owner? [1]
a.He envied nobody's good fortune.
b.He was industrious.
c.He often did overtime work.
d.He had a protector who got him work.
ii.Choose the right answer which does not explain the underlined word:
He couldn't refuse a loan to a friend, and he was self-indulgent.
a.Taking pleasure in something
b .Allowing oneself to have or do anything that one enjoys
c .tending to indulge one‟s own desires
d .restraint or self-denial
Find a word from the passage which means the same as the following: i.magnificent and impressive (paragraph 4)
a. scenery
b. ballet
c. finest
d. splendour
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i) c. Father's Corner
ii) a. London and New York
iii) c.He often did overtime work
iv) b. allowing oneself to have or do anything that one enjoys
v) d. splendour
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Answer:
i) c. Father's Corner
ii) a. London and New York
iii) c.He often did overtime work
iv) b. allowing oneself to have or do anything that one enjoys
v) d. splendours
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