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“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.
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| 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
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| But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! A savage place! as holy and enchanted As e’er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover! And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething, As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing, A mighty fountain momently was forced: Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher’s flail: And mid these dancing rocks at once and ever It flung up momently the sacred river. Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean; And ’mid this tumult Kubla heard from far Ancestral voices prophesying war! |
- How is the chasm described in these lines?
- What did Kubla Khan hear from afar?
- Which sacred river is being referred to in the lines above?
- What are bursts of water compared to?
- What does the phrase By woman wailing for demon-lover mean?
- An apt antonym for the word ‘savage’ is ______.
- civilized
- vagabond
- severe
- ferocious
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| 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.
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| 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
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What do the swans in the poem, ‘The Wild Swans at Coole’ symbolize?
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What type of relationship does Eveline have with Frank?
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What were the thoughts racing in Dr. Margolin’s mind, when he sat at the back of a taxi?
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How does D. H. Lawrence assert that the novel is a book that can touch the life of a whole man alive and that is why the novel matters?
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How did the captain’s behavior change in front of cameraman?
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What were the instructions of the captain regarding the show and animals of the circus?
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Discuss the character of Brinda in the novel ‘The Financial Expert’.
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Give an account of Balu the pampered son.
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Describe the business agreement between Captain and Madan.
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The creation of the role of Master is intended to serve as an ideal. Justify.
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Margayya’s rise and fall in life makes the readers introspect on various notions of ethics and integrity. Elaborate.
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Describe briefly Margayya’s new found career in the publishing house.
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The Master advised the frightened villagers not to use the words ‘beast’ or ‘brute’. Discuss his rationale behind it.
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The Master’s early life is a total contrast to his present philosophical leanings. Comment.
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Margayya, the hero of ‘The Financial Expert’ is probably Narayan’s greatest single comic creation. Justify.
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