English Class X CBSE
SECTION D : LITERATURE
F.1 TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
– A.J. Cronin
1. Extract Based Questions
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow. Write each answer in one or two sentences only :
1. ‘When the resistance movement began secretly to form they were among the first to join. When the war was over and we had peace at last, they came back to their beloved sister.’
(a) Who are ‘‘they’’ referred to here ?
(b) Why did they join the resistance movement ?
(c) What had happened to their sister ?
(CBSE–SA-I–2011–510015, 18, 19)
Ans. (a) ‘‘They’’ refers to the two boys Nicola and Jacopo.
(b) They joined the movement because they had suffered during the war. They hated the Germans.
(c) Their sister was suffering from tuberculosis.
2. Usually we hire bicycles but tomorrow since you are so kind you might send us in your car.
(a) Who is the speaker ?
(b) Where did he want to go ?
(c) Why did he visit the place frequently ?
(CBSE–SA-I–2011–510022, 36)
Ans. (a) Jacopo is the speaker here.
(b) He wanted to go to Poleta.
(c) He visited the place frequently to visit Lucia.
3. ‘We shall not be long, sir, perhaps only an hour. May be you’d like to go to the cafe in the village for a drink ?’
(CBSE–SA-I–2011–510023)
(a) Where did the boys take the author ?
(b) Why did the boys go there ?
(c) Why did they suggest that the author go to the village cafe ?
Ans. (a) The boys took the author to a hospital in Poleta.
(b) The boys went there to visit their sister.
(c) They suggested that the author went to the village cafe as they did not want him to know their problems.
4. ‘You must be saving to emigrate to America’, I suggested. He looked at me sideways, and spoke with an effort.
(a) Who is the ‘he’ referred to here ?
(b) Why did the author make such a suggestion ?
(c) What answer did ‘he’ give with an effort ?
(CBSE–SA-I–2011–510034)
Ans. (a) Nicola is the ‘he’ referred to in the given lines.
(b) The author made the
F.1 TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
– A.J. Cronin
1. Extract Based Questions
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow. Write each answer in one or two sentences only :
1. ‘When the resistance movement began secretly to form they were among the first to join. When the war was over and we had peace at last, they came back to their beloved sister.’
(a) Who are ‘‘they’’ referred to here ?
(b) Why did they join the resistance movement ?
(c) What had happened to their sister ?
(CBSE–SA-I–2011–510015, 18, 19)
Ans. (a) ‘‘They’’ refers to the two boys Nicola and Jacopo.
(b) They joined the movement because they had suffered during the war. They hated the Germans.
(c) Their sister was suffering from tuberculosis.
2. Usually we hire bicycles but tomorrow since you are so kind you might send us in your car.
(a) Who is the speaker ?
(b) Where did he want to go ?
(c) Why did he visit the place frequently ?
(CBSE–SA-I–2011–510022, 36)
Ans. (a) Jacopo is the speaker here.
(b) He wanted to go to Poleta.
(c) He visited the place frequently to visit Lucia.
3. ‘We shall not be long, sir, perhaps only an hour. May be you’d like to go to the cafe in the village for a drink ?’
(CBSE–SA-I–2011–510023)
(a) Where did the boys take the author ?
(b) Why did the boys go there ?
(c) Why did they suggest that the author go to the village cafe ?
Ans. (a) The boys took the author to a hospital in Poleta.
(b) The boys went there to visit their sister.
(c) They suggested that the author went to the village cafe as they did not want him to know their problems.
4. ‘You must be saving to emigrate to America’, I suggested. He looked at me sideways, and spoke with an effort.
(a) Who is the ‘he’ referred to here ?
(b) Why did the author make such a suggestion ?
(c) What answer did ‘he’ give with an effort ?
(CBSE–SA-I–2011–510034)
Ans. (a) Nicola is the ‘he’ referred to in the given lines.
(b) The author made the