the snake and the mirror 4 paragraph short questions answers plz
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Answer: The snake settled in the writer's lap after uncoiling from the writer's arm. Thesnake moved towards the mirror to have a closer look of its image.
The Snake and the Mirror Extra Questions and Answers Short Answer Type
Question 1. Who narrated his encounter with a snake? To whom? Why did he narrate the incident?
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The narrator of the incident was a homeopathic doctor. One day, when the narrator and some others were discussing snakes, the doctor was reminded of his own encounter with a snake and he narrated the incident.
Question 2. When and where did the incident with the snake take place?
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The incident took place in the narrator’s room after he had taken his meal in a restaurant and had returned to his room at about ten o’clock in the night.
Question 3. Why did the narrator have to light the kerosene lamp on reaching his room?
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The narrator had to light the kerosene lamp because it was ten o’clock and it was very dark. The room did not have electricity and the narrator had limited money and could not afford a better place.
Question 4. Describe the narrator’s room?
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The narrator lived in a small, poorly furnished rented room infested with rats. It was an outer room, its one wall facing the open yard. The room had two windows and its tiles were supported by gables that rested on the beam over the wall. There was no ceiling. The room was not electrified. Outside the room there was a veranda. The room was meagrely furnished; among the few pieces of furniture, there was his bed, a chair, a table with his medical books, usual accessories, a kerosene lamp and a mirror on it.
Question 5. What circumstances prompted the doctor to live in a small, poor house?
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The doctor had just started his practice and his earnings were meagre. Therefore, he lived in a small, poor house because he could not afford to rent a better and more comfortable accommodation. Besides, he was not married at that time so he could manage in a small rented room until the time he got married.
Question 6. The doctor was not a man with many material possessions. Elaborate.
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The doctor had just started his practice. Therefore, his earnings were meagre. He lived in a small rented room, which was not electrified. He had only sixty rupees in his bag. Apart from a few shirts and dhotis, he had one solitary black coat. His room was full of rats.
Question 7. Why was the narrator awake despite the lateness of the hour?
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It was about ten o’clock on a hot summer night when the narrator reached his room. He made his bed and lay down on it, but he could not sleep due to the heat. He got up and went out to the veranda for a little air, but there was no wind. So, he went back into the room and sat down on the chair.