List of top English Questions

What is the consistency one finds in the old man’s madness?

Was the encounter with Raizel an illusion or was the carousing at the wedding-hall illusory? Was Dr Margolin the victim of the accident and was his astral body hovering in the world of Twilight?

Surrealism was an artistic and literary movement in France between the two World Wars. Its basic idea is that the automatic, illogical and uncontrolled associations of the mind represent a higher reality than the world of practical life and ordinary literature. Do you think this story could be loosely classified as surrealistic? What elements in this story would support the idea?

Comment on the technique used by the author to convey the gruesome realities of the war and its devastating effect on the psyche of human beings through an intense personal experience.

What brought Captain Hagberd to Colebrook?

Why did the people of Colebrook not have a favourable opinion of Captain Hagberd?

What sort of a seaman had Captain Hagberd been?

What were Bessie’s reactions to old Hagberd’s ravings?

What sort of a person was Mr Carvil?

What is the Hippocratic oath?

Who was the woman that Dr Margolin suddenly encountered at the wedding?

What were the events that led to his confused state of mind?

What was Dr Margolin’s attitude towards his profession?

What is Dr Margolin’s view of the kind of life the American Jewish community leads?

What were the personality traits that endeared Dr Margolin to others in his community?

Why do you think Dr Margolin had the curious experience at the wedding hall?

Underline the parts that are parallel in the following sentences • She had consented to go away, to leave her home. • Strange that it should come that very night to remind her of the promise to her mother, her promise to keep the home together as long as she could. • She prayed to God to direct her, to show her what was her duty. • Frank would take her in his arms, fold her in his arms. • Her time was running out but she continued to sit by the window, leaning her head against the window curtain, inhaling the odour of dusty cretonne. • Not long before, when she had been laid up for a day, he had read her out a ghost story and made toast for her at the fire.

Mark the stressed syllables in the following words chosen from the lesson. Consult the dictionary or ask the teacher if necessary. photograph , escape , changes , threaten , excitement , farewell , illumined , sailor , sacrifice , invariable.

Where was Eveline planning to go?

Who was Frank? Why did Eveline’s father quarrel with him?

What significance does Eveline find in the organplayer’s appearance on the day she had decided to leave?

Who were the Senciminers?

Why did Dr Margolin not particularly want his wife to accompany him to the wedding?

Describe the conflict of emotions felt by Eveline on the day she had decided to elope with Frank.