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NCERT Solutions 09th English Chapter 5 Keeping It From Harold
Question 1. Before you read the story write down the answers to these questions. 1.Which was the latest hook that you read ? 2.Who was the author ? 3.Who were the main characters ? 4.When did you read the book ? 5.How long did you take to complete reading it ? 6.What genre did it belong to ? 7.Why would/ wouldn’t you recommend it ? Answer 1.It was Jude the Obscure. 2.Thomas Hardy. 3.Jude, Sue, Arabella, Phillotson. 4.a month before. 5.12-15 days. 6.Fiction. 7.I would recommend it to my friends to read it because it is a gripping story. In it the hero struggles hard to fulfil his dreams. But the more he tries the more he fails. It seems that his own natural instincts and pressures of life become hurdles for him. Finally, he feels defeated at the hands of fate and physical situations. In the end he dies a tragic death. Question 2. Based on your reading of the story, answer the following questions by choosing the correct option. (a) The narrator says that John was “___ of the stuff that heroes are not often lucky enough to be made of. ” His tone is sarcastic because___ 1.he hated John. 2.he felt that John was a threat to him. 3.John was not particularly good-looking. 4.nobody liked John. (b) Pescud felt that best-sellers were not realistic as _____ 1.American farmers had nothing in common with European princesses. 2.men generally married girls from a similar background. 3.American men married girls who studied in America. 4.American men did not know fencing and were beaten by the Swiss guards. (c) “Bully”, said Pescud brightening at once. He means to say that _____ 1.he is a bully. 2.his manager was a bully. 3.he was being bullied by his co-workers. 4.he was doing very well at his job. (d) The narrator says that life has no geographical bounds implying that _____ 1.human beings are essentially the same everywhere. 2.boundaries exist only on maps. 3.one should work towards the good of mankind. 4.he was happy to travel to other countries. Answer (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 1 Question 3. Answer the following questions briefly. 1.One day last summer the author was travelling to Pittsburgh by chair car. What does he say about his co-passengers ? 2.Who was the passenger of chair No. 9 ? What did he suddenly do ? 3.What was John A. Pescud’s opinion about best sellers ? Why ? 4.What does John say about himself since his last meeting with the author ? 5.How did John’s first meeting with Jessie’s father go ? What did the author tell him ? [V. Imp.] 6.Why did John get off at Coketown ? 7.John is a hypocrite. Do you agree with this statement ? Substantiate your answer. [V. Imp.] 8.Describe John A. Pescud with reference to the following points:- Physical appearance ………………
- His philosophy on behaviour …………….
- His profession …………….
- His first impression of his wife …………..
- His success ……………
- His philosophy was that a man ought to be decent and law-abiding.
- Pescud’s profession was of a travelling salesman. He was, at present, the travelling salesman of a plate-glass company named Cambria steel works.
- His first impression of his wife was that she was the finest looking girl he had ever laid eyes on. She was not very spectacular. But she had the attributes that enabled her to be an ideal wife.
- Pescud had progressed much. His salary had been raised twice since he met the narrator last. He got a commission. He had also bought a neat piece of real estate. Next year he was buying some shares of the company. He had built a house in the East End and had married. He had been living in his own house with his wife Jessie and her Colonel father.
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