TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA COMPLETE PREPARATION WITH 201 QUESTIONS CBSE CLASS X ENGLISH

A.   
Read the following extracts and answer the
questions carefully.
1.     
“As
we drove through the foothills of the Alps two small boys stopped us on the
outskirts of Verona.”
a)     
What
do you understand by the term foothills? (1)
b)     
Who
are the two small boys here? (1)
c)     
What
do you understand by the term ‘outskirts’? (1)
d)     
Why
did the two boys stop the speaker and his friends? (1)
2.     
They
were selling wild strawberries. “Don’t buy,” warned
Luigi,
our cautious driver.
a)     
Who
are ‘they’ here? (1)
b)     
Why
did Luigi warn them not to buy strawberries from them? (1)
c)     
Why
were they selling wild strawberries? (1)
d)     
What
do you understand by the term ‘cautious’? (1)
3.     
“You
will get fruit much better in
Verona.
Besides, these boys…..”
a)     
Who
are ‘You’ referred here? (1)
b)     
Which
fruit is talked about here? (1)
c)     
Where
is Verona? (1)
d)     
 Which boys are meant here? (1)
4.     
“He
shrugged his shoulders to convey his disapproval of their shabby appearance.”
a)     
Who
is ‘He’ here? (1)
b)     
Why
did he disapprove? (1)
c)     
Whose
shabby appearance is talked about here? (1)
d)     
Why
did ‘they ‘put on shabby clothes? (1)
5.     
“One
boy had on a worn jersey and cut-off khaki pants; the other a shortened army
tunic gathered in loose folds about his skinny frame.”
a)     
What
is meant by ‘worn’? (1)
b)     
What
is reflected here by cut-off khaki pants? (1)
c)     
What
is a tunic? (1)
d)     
Why
do they have skinny frame? (1)
6.     
“Yet,
gazing at the two little figures, with their brown skins, tangled hair and dark
earnest eyes, we felt ourselves strangely attracted”.
a)     
How
little they are? (1)
b)     
What
do the ‘brown skins’ and ‘tangled hair’ signify? (1)
c)     
What
is reflected by ‘dark earnest eyes’? (1)
d)     
Why
was the author strangely attracted? (1)
7.     
“My
companion spoke to the boys, discovered that they were brothers. Nicola, the
elder, was 13; Jacopo, who barely came up to the door handle of the car, was
nearly 12.
We
bought their biggest basket, then set off toward town.”
a)     
Whose
companion is talked about here? (1)
b)     
Who
is the elder one here? (1)
c)     
Who
is the younger one here? (1)
d)     
What
is the biggest basket? (1)
8.     
“Next
morning, coming out of our hotel, we saw our friends bent over shoeshine boxes
beside the fountain in the public square, doing a brisk business.”
a)     
Who
are meant here as friends? (1)
b)     
What
were they doing? (1)
c)     
What
were they doing the previous day? (1)
d)     
What
is meant here as brisk business? (1)
9.     
“We
watched for a few moments; then as trade slackened we went over. They greeted
us with friendly faces. “I thought you picked fruit for a living,” I
said.”
a)     
Who
are ‘we’ here?
b)     
What
is meant here by ‘slackened’?
c)     
Why
did the speaker say whether they picked fruit as living?
d)     
What
business were they doing last?


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B.
Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words each.
a)     
Why
did Luigi disapprove the boys?
b)     
Critically
explain the dresses of the boys.
c)     
Why
did the author feel strangely attracted by the two boys?
d)     
What
did the author’s Companion find about the two boys?
e)     
“We
do many things sir”-Explain the works the boys do?
f)      
While
making rounds around the town what did the author find about the boys?
g)     
How
were the boys helpful to the author and his companion?
h)     
Describe
the incident of the windy deserted square.
i)       
“But
next morning, when I went over to the fountain to have my shoes shined, I
said…”
What
did the author say and what was the effect on the listener?
j)       
What
did the author say Nicola about their saving money and what did Nicola reply?
k)     
What
do the boys do every Sunday and why?
l)       
Why
was Nicola reluctant to move with the author?
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C.
Write the following questions in about 100-120 words each.
a)     
You
have read the story “Two Gentlemen of Verona”. You are very much moved by the
story. Write in diary about your opinion about the same.
b)     
You
are the author of the story. Today you have returned from Poleta with Nicola
and Jacopo .You are sympathetic and emotional to know the secret of the boys.
Write a letter to your wife telling her the tale of the boys.
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