Did the author believe in the prophetic ability of Frau Frieda?
Concept: I Sell My Dreams
Why did he think that Frau Frieda’s dreams were a stratagem for surviving?
Concept: I Sell My Dreams
| During the morning nobody worried about the car encrusted in the wall, for people assumed it was one of those that had been parked on the pavement. But when the crane lifted it out of its setting, the body of a woman was found secured behind the steering wheel by a seat belt. The blow had been so brutal that not a single one of her bones was left whole. Her face was destroyed, her boots had been ripped apart and her clothes were in shreds. She wore a gold ring shaped like a serpent, with emerald eyes.” |
- Who wore a gold ring?
- How did she make her living?
- What state was ‘She’ discovered in?
- Why did the author mention the snake ring?
- Why did no one bother about the damaged car?
- Which word can be a good synonym for brutal
- Brash
- ebullient
- cruel
- crass
Concept: I Sell My Dreams
What type of relationship does Eveline have with Frank?
Concept: Eveline
What were the personality traits that endeared Dr. Margolin to others in his community?
Concept: A Wedding in Brownsville
Why did Dr. Margolin not particularly want his wife to accompany him to the wedding?
Concept: A Wedding in Brownsville
| He was tall, slim, blond, blue eyed. His hair was thinning, had turned somewhat grey, but he managed to disguise these signs of age. He stooped a little, but in company was quick to straighten up. Years ago in Germany he had worn a monocle…” |
- Who does ‘he’ refer to?
- What signs of age were evident to him?
- ‘But in company was quick to straighten up….’ What does this phrase reflect about ‘him’?
- Pick out the word from the extract which means to conceal one’s appearance by using wigs/glasses etc.
- straighten
- disguise
- monocle
- stopped
- What had happened to his uncle?
- Give a brief description of him.
Concept: A Wedding in Brownsville
What were the thoughts racing in Dr. Margolin’s mind, when he sat at the back of a taxi?
Concept: A Wedding in Brownsville
"If I find you fighting again, I’ll be back to stop it. Take care; you should not need a tiger to keep the peace." How do the above lines align with the novel ‘A Tiger for Malgudi’?
Concept: A Tiger for Malgudi
Describe the relationship between Captain and his wife in the novel ‘A Tiger for Malgudi’.
Concept: A Tiger for Malgudi
| As the first were made to blind Others, these which come behind Will work upon ourselves, and blind our eyes. If our loves faint, and westwardly decline, To me thou, falsely, thine, And I to thee mine actions shall disguise. The morning shadowes wear away, But these grow longer all the day; But oh, love's day is short, if love decay. Love is a growing, or full constant light, And his first minute, after noone, is night. |
- What does the poet mean by ‘the first’?
- How are the first different from others that follow?
- What is meant by love declining westward?
- What does morning shadows represent?
- What is the night symbolic of?
- Which word is an apt synonym for ‘thine’
- Ours
- yours
- hers
- theirs
Concept: A Lecture Upon the Shadow
How did the captain’s behavior change in front of cameraman?
Concept: A Tiger for Malgudi
What were the instructions of the captain regarding the show and animals of the circus?
Concept: A Tiger for Malgudi
Describe the business agreement between Captain and Madan.
Concept: A Tiger for Malgudi
The creation of the role of Master is intended to serve as an ideal. Justify.
Concept: A Tiger for Malgudi
The Master advised the frightened villagers not to use the words ‘beast’ or ‘brute’. Discuss his rationale behind it.
Concept: A Tiger for Malgudi
The Master’s early life is a total contrast to his present philosophical leanings. Comment.
Concept: A Tiger for Malgudi
Lakshmi Holmstrom in “The Novels of R. K. Narayan” Calcutta: Writers Workshop Publication, 1973, comments “Different abilities and values are opposed and matched until Pal becomes a “nightmare to Margayya”. Keeping the above statement in mind, trace the evolution of Margayya and Mr. Pal’s relationship.
Concept: The Financial Expert
“A man whom the goddess of wealth favours need not worry much. He can buy all the knowledge he requires. He can afford to buy all gifts that Goddess Saraswathi holds in her palm” In the light of the above lines, elaborate on the relation of the human and divine realms in R.K. Narayan’s The Financial Expert.
Concept: The Financial Expert
Discuss the character of Brinda in the novel ‘The Financial Expert’.
Concept: The Financial Expert
