Semester : SEMESTER 3
Subject : Reading Fiction
Year : 2019
Term : NOVEMBER
Branch : English with Islamic History
Scheme : 2015 Full Time
Course Code : ENG 3B 02
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7 What is Miss Brill’s favourite Sunday pastime ?
(a) Bike riding. (b) Strolling.
(<) Eavesdropping. (d) Painting outdoors.
8 What is Miss Brill’s profession ?
(a) English teacher. (b) Gardener.
(௦) Tourist guide. (d) Housewife.
9 What Was the name of the sledge driver’s son in “Misery” ?
(a) Dmitri. (b) Maxim.
(c) Michel. (d) Kuzmalonitch.
10 How many days did Potapov’s son lie in the hospital for ?
(a) Three days. (b) One day.
(c) A week. (d) A month.
(10 x 1 = 10 marks)
Answer ten of the following questions in two or three sentences :
11 How does Santiago consider the sea ?
12 How do the other fishermen greet Santiago ? Why ?
13 How did Jona’s different passengers respond to his grief ?
14 What is the suspense in the story “Schools and Schools”.
15 What does Kersi’s grandmother hate ?
16 What kind of a person was Old Jerome Warren ?
17 How did Mathilde react to the invitation to the party ?
18 What was the favourite possession of Miss Brill ?
19 Bring out the irony in “The Phoenix”.
20 Why can’t the narrator’s father find a job in the story “Of White Hairs and Cricket” ?
21 Why was Kersi unhappy on Sunday mornings ?
22 Define short story.
(10 x 2 = 20 marks)