Question

Read the passage and answer the following questions.
A giant in stature, with long hair, wearing a bottle green fur lined overcoat and
round seal skin cap on his head, Oscar Wilde arrived in New York on 2nd of January
1882 on a lecture tour. He was mobbed by reporters who asked him (much to bi
Erritation unimportant questions such as how he liked his eggs fried? How ha
Grimmed his finger nails? And what temperature he preferred hisbath to
total lack of
interest. However, when he stepped
Jashore, the customs official asked, "Have you anything to declare? and with
customary style. Wilde replied, “No, I have nothing to declare (pause) except my
genius." Few remarks in history have travelled as widely and as quickly as that one
be? His
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Questions
1. Mention two details of Oscar's physical appearance when he came to
New York?
2. Why did he come to New York?
3. Oscar Wilde was not interested in answering the questions of
reporters. Why?
4. What does Oscar Wilde's answer to the custom officer's questions
show?
5. Find a word in the passage which means "exceptional ability in a
person".​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Oscar was with long hair and wearing a bottle green for lined overcoat when he came to New York.

2.He came to New York for a lecture tour.

3.Oscar Wilde was not interested in answering the questions of the reporters because he felt that not answering to the questions of reporters is better.

4.Oscar Wilde's answer to the custom officer's question show that he was a genius and full of intelligence.

5.A word in the passage which means "exceptional ability in a

word in the passage which means "exceptional ability in aperson" would be erritation.