Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: Half-educated persons read for amusement, and are not to be blamed for it; they are incapable of appreciating the deeper qualities that belong to a really great literature. But a young man who has passed through a course of university training should discipline himself at an early date never to read for mere amusement. And once, the habit of discipline has been formed. he will find it impossible to read for mere amusement. He will then impatiently throw down any book from which he cannot obtain intellectual food, any book which does not make an appeal to the higher emotions and to his intellect. But on the other hand, the habit of reading for amusement becomes with thousands of people exactly the same kind of habit as wine- drinking or opium-smoking. (a) Write a summary of the passage given above. (b) Suggest a suitable title for the above passage. 1 (c) Explain the underlined portion. 1 (d) How should a young man with university education read books? 1 (e) What kind of books should not be read ?
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explain the underlined person
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The answers to the given questions are given below:
(a) Summary - University-educated young man should search for deeper qualities in literature not only mere amusement.
(b) Title for the passage - Value of literature for an educated person
(c) The portion has not been underlined in the question.
(d) A young man with a University education should read books by appreciating the deeper qualities of a literary text.
(e) The passage suggests that a person should read books or texts deeply not merely for amusements.
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