Question 1.
Fifteen years ago, Horace had served his first and only sentence in a prison library. He loved rare, expensive books. So he robbed a safe every year. Each year he planned carefully just what he would do, stole enough to last for twelve months, and secretly bought the books he loved through an agent.
(a) What does Horace like to collect ?
(b) Why does he steal every year ?
(c) Which word in the above extract means the same as ‘with a lot of alertness’ ?
(d) What is strange in the passage ? (1×4=4) Question 2.
Now, walking in the bright July sunshine, he felt sure that this year’s robbery was going to be as successful as all the others. For two weeks he had been studying the house at Shotover Grange, looking at its rooms, its electric wiring, its paths and its garden. This afternoon the two servants, who remained in the gange while the family was in London, had gone to the movies.
(a) What made Horace feel sure of his success ?
(b) Why had he been studying the house at Shotover Grange ?
(c) Which word in the above extract means the same as ‘observing carefully’ ?
(d) Where had the servants gone ? (1×4=4) Question 3.
His fingerprints, for he had opened the safe without gloves, were all over the room, and no one believed him when he said the wife of the owner of the house had asked him to open the safe for her. The wife herself, a gray-haired, sharp-tongued woman of sixty, said that the story was nonsense.
(a) Though Horace Danby was a brilliant thief, he was befooled ? Who befooled her ?
(b) How was he befooled ?
(c) Which word in the extract means the same as ‘a place where all the valuable are kept in lock’ ?
(d) Does the ‘title’ of the story match ? (1×4=4) Short Answer Type Questions (30-40 words & 3 marks each) Question 1.
‘Horace Danby was good and respectable but not completely honest.’ Is this an apt description of Horace? If yes, why ? [Board Term I, 2012; Set EL2 – 046] Question 2.
How did Danby prepare for the robbery at Shotover Grange ? [Board Term I, NCT-2014, 2012; Set EL2 – 067 Question 3 What went wrong when Horace Danby robbed at Shotover Grange ? [Board Term I, 2012; Set EL2 – 014] Long Answer Question:- Give the character sketch of Horace Danby.
Answers
Answer:
Fifteen years ago, Horace had served his first and only sentence in a prison library. He loved rare, expensive books. So he robbed a safe every year. Each year he planned carefully just what he would do, stole enough to last for twelve months, and secretly bought the books he loved through an agent.
(a) What does Horace like to collect ?
(b) Why does he steal every year ?
(c) Which word in the above extract means the same as ‘with a lot of alertness’ ?
(d) What is strange in the passage ? (1×4=4) Question 2.
Now, walking in the bright July sunshine, he felt sure that this year’s robbery was going to be as successful as all the others. For two weeks he had been studying the house at Shotover Grange, looking at its rooms, its electric wiring, its paths and its garden. This afternoon the two servants, who remained in the gange while the family was in London, had gone to the movies.
(a) What made Horace feel sure of his success ?
(b) Why had he been studying the house at Shotover Grange ?
(c) Which word in the above extract means the same as ‘observing carefully’ ?
(d) Where had the servants gone ? (1×4=4) Question 3.
His fingerprints, for he had opened the safe without gloves, were all over the room, and no one believed him when he said the wife of the owner of the house had asked him to open the safe for her. The wife herself, a gray-haired, sharp-tongued woman of sixty, said that the story was nonsense.
(a) Though Horace Danby was a brilliant thief, he was befooled ? Who befooled her ?
(b) How was he befooled ?
(c) Which word in the extract means the same as ‘a place where all the valuable are kept in lock’ ?
(d) Does the ‘title’ of the story match ? (1×4=4) Short Answer Type Questions (30-40 words & 3 marks each) Question 1.
‘Horace Danby was good and respectable but not completely honest.’ Is this an apt description of Horace? If yes, why ? [Board Term I, 2012; Set EL2 – 046] Question 2.
How did Danby prepare for the robbery at Shotover Grange ? [Board Term I, NCT-2014, 2012; Set EL2 – 067 Question 3 What went wrong when Horace Danby robbed at Shotover Grange ? [Board Term I, 2012; Set EL2 – 014] Long Answer Question:- Give the character sketch of Horace Danby.
Explanation:
Fifteen years ago, Horace had served his first and only sentence in a prison library. He loved rare, expensive books. So he robbed a safe every year. Each year he planned carefully just what he would do, stole enough to last for twelve months, and secretly bought the books he loved through an agent.
(a) What does Horace like to collect ?
(b) Why does he steal every year ?
(c) Which word in the above extract means the same as ‘with a lot of alertness’ ?
(d) What is strange in the passage ? (1×4=4) Question 2.
Now, walking in the bright July sunshine, he felt sure that this year’s robbery was going to be as successful as all the others. For two weeks he had been studying the house at Shotover Grange, looking at its rooms, its electric wiring, its paths and its garden. This afternoon the two servants, who remained in the gange while the family was in London, had gone to the movies.
(a) What made Horace feel sure of his success ?
(b) Why had he been studying the house at Shotover Grange ?
(c) Which word in the above extract means the same as ‘observing carefully’ ?
(d) Where had the servants gone ? (1×4=4) Question 3.
His fingerprints, for he had opened the safe without gloves, were all over the room, and no one believed him when he said the wife of the owner of the house had asked him to open the safe for her. The wife herself, a gray-haired, sharp-tongued woman of sixty, said that the story was nonsense.
(a) Though Horace Danby was a brilliant thief, he was befooled ? Who befooled her ?
(b) How was he befooled ?
(c) Which word in the extract means the same as ‘a place where all the valuable are kept in lock’ ?
(d) Does the ‘title’ of the story match ? (1×4=4) Short Answer Type Questions (30-40 words & 3 marks each) Question 1.
‘Horace Danby was good and respectable but not completely honest.’ Is this an apt description of Horace? If yes, why ? [Board Term I, 2012; Set EL2 – 046] Question 2.
How did Danby prepare for the robbery at Shotover Grange ? [Board Term I, NCT-2014, 2012; Set EL2 – 067 Question 3 What went wrong when Horace Danby robbed at Shotover Grange ? [Board Term I, 2012; Set EL2 – 014] Long Answer Question:- Give the character sketch of Horace Danby.
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