Question

‘Then I will have to put up with his abuse’.
i. Identify the speaker and the listener. (1m+ 1m=2m)
ii. In what context does the speaker say these words? (1m)
iii. Mention any one important feature (each) of the speaker and
the listener’s character. (1m+1m=2m)
iv. Name the author of the text from which the above lines have
been taken.

Answer 1

1. Here are some sentences from the text. Say which of them tell you, that the author:<br> (a) was afraid of the snake, (b) was proud of his appearance, (c) had a sense of humour, (d) was no longer afraid of the snake. 1. I was turned to stone.<br> 2. I was no mere image cut in granite. <br>3. The arm was beginning to be drained of strength.<br> 4. I tried in my imagination to write in bright letters outside my little heart the words, ‘O God’.<br> 5. I didn’t tremble. I didn’t cry out.<br> 6. I looked into the mirror and smiled. It was an attractive smile.<br>7. I was suddenly a man of flesh and blood.<br> 8. I was after all a bachelor, and a doctor too on top of it!<br> 9. The fellow had such a sense of cleanliness…! The rascal could have taken it and used it after washing it with soap and water.<br> 10. Was it trying to make an important decision about growing a moustache or using eye shadow and mascara or wearing a vermilion spot on its forehead?