Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follows :
"While you were upstairs, I had been thinking a lot about your Papa and Mamma."
(a) Who spoke these words and to whom ?
(b) How does the statement differ from the statement made by him earlier ?
(c) What impression do you form about the speaker ?
OR
'By this the storm grew loud apace,
The water- wraith was shrieking;
And in the scowl of heaven each face
Grew dark as they were speaking.'
(a) How had the sea changed by then ?
(b) What happened to the light of the sky then ?
(c) What kind of weather did it become then ?

Answer 1

(a) Gaston spoke these words to Jeanne.

(b) Earlier he did not want Ieanne’s parents to stay with them but now he is showing concern for

them.

(c) He is a selfish and hypocritical man.

Detailed Answer:

It shows that he is a selfish and hypocritical man.

OR

(a) The sea had assumed a ghost-like shape and was shrieking.

(b) It was dark as the light vanished in that storm.

(c) The weather became very rough, furious and menacing.