THE
DEAR DEPARTED
STANLEY
HOUHGTON
1. Why is Mrs.Slater so edgy and nervous in the
beginning of the play?
2. Why does Mrs. Slater decide to shift the
bureau from grandfather’s room before the arrival of the Jordans?
3. What does Slater want to possess from the grandfather’s
room? What were her plans after his death?
4. What purpose does the bureau serve in the
play, “The Dear Departed”?
5. What does Henry mean by ‘I suppose it’s in the
family’?
6. What was the reason for the delay in opening
the door when Mr. And Mrs. Jordan came?
7. Why did Victoria think that the behaviour of
her parents was callous?
8. How does Mrs. Slater plan to outshine the
Jordans? What does it reveal about her character?
9. Why was black the dress code for the day?
10.
Why does
Elizabeth wish to draw up a list of Grandpa’s things?
11.
Ben appreciates
grandfather saying ‘It is a good thing he did’ later he calls him a ‘drunken
old beggar’, why does he change his opinion about grandfather?
12.
Why was the
family shocked to see the grandfather awake?
13.
What change in
the grandfather’s will lead to another spat between his two daughters? Why?
14.
Why did the two
sisters fight with each other?
15.
What decision did
Abel Merryweather take regarding his will? What was his future plan for
himself?
16.
What are the
three things that grandfather plans to do on next Monday?
17.
What changes does the grandfather intend to
make in the new will? What effect does his intention have on his daughters?
18.
Briefly describe
the character of Victoria in “The Dear Departed”.
19.
In what way “The
Dear Departed” satirical? Comment on the nature of human beings.
20.
Justify the title
“The Dear Departed”.
21.
Bring out the irony in the title of the play,
“The Dear Departed”.
22.
How did the
sisters quarrel after grandfather asks the reasons for shifting of the bureau?
LONG ANSWER
TYPE QUESTIONS:
1. The grandfather had been living with his
daughters turn by turn. What he needs was only love but what he received was
greed and loneliness. Keeping this in view, write an article on ‘LUST is all
GET....LOVE is all GIVE’.
2. How is the hypocrisy of the two sisters
brought out in the play, “The ear Departed”.
THE DIARY OF A
YOUNG GIRL
ANNE FRANK
1. How did Anne and her family reach the ‘Secret
Annexe’?
2. Anne called 26th July a
‘tumultuous’ day. Explain the reason behind it?
3. What had caused Anne to get another black mark
against her? How did Mr. Frank react to it?
4. What caused Anne and Peter to overcome
hesitation and become friends?
5. What type of relationship did Anne and Peter
share?
6. How did Anne pass her time in hiding?
7. In how many ways did Anne experience ‘Racism’?
Give examples.
8. Anne found a friend in her diary. Comment.
9. Why did Anne give the title “Ode to My
Fountain Pen’ to 11 November, 1943?
10.
In what ways, does Anne’s description of life
in the secret annexe around the end of 1943 differ from earlier entries?
11.
Describe the
situation in 1943 when the war started?
12.
The human spirit
to live triumph in every circumstance. Discuss in the light of “The Diary of a
Young Girl”.
13.
How did the diary
help Anne overcome her loneliness?
14.
Why did Anne call
herself a songbird without wings?
15.
Why did Anne have
a feeling that their style of living had ‘sunk low’?
16.
Paper has more
patience than people. Justify.
17.
What effect did
Hanneli’s appearance have on Anne Frank?
18.
What was the
cause of the raging battles between the Van Daans?
19.
Why were the
relationships in the annexe getting worse day by day?
20.
Justify the title ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’.
21.
What is the main
theme of ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’?
STORY WRITING
1. On hearing a noise, Sheena ran
outside her house. She saw a snake chamber surrounded by a group of
children............
2. The parent-teacher meeting was
scheduled for tomorrow-scared of informing them-had been scolded for missing
school-no way out-cooked a story
3. Truth always pays-spoke truth-got in
trouble-upset-changed mind-later realised.
4. They started a trek to the peak of
the mountain-supposed to be very hard journey-a five day long trek-when they
started.
5. He opened the factory door-peeped
inside-some light-last shift over-could be thieves.....
6. It was a cold foggy morning-the
dog-snoopy-reluctant to come out of its bed-just then suddenly.....
7. Learning to swim-enjoyed-not fully
trained-trained-pushed inside-started drowning.....
8. The stadium looked festive-match
going on-all excited-suddenly.....
9. He was hungry and tired-could do
anything for food-but didn’t know how to get food, so.....
10.
The
train gathered speed-all settled-a group of youngsters pushed in-looked
threatening-sudden silence....
11.
At
the start of the journey-eight people-in the boat-number now reduced to six-the
storm....
12.
Enjoyed
going for long walks-visit to Dehradun-huge forest-taking shortcut through the
woods, a tree toppled pinning me underneath.
13.
One
day walking in the school. Suddenly heard a noise-strange man-no creature an
alien saying something-then more came-abducted me.
14.
Hari
drove fast-he was already late for the office-got up late and it was his first
day of work.......
15.
Raghav
walked fast-getting dark-then realized that he had lost his way.......
16.
It
was late night. Anjali was about to switch off the light and go to bed when she
saw a light outside the window. On close observation she realised that it was a
fire.........
17.
It
was Saturday. Veena got up late. Her parents had gone to office. Veena
remembered that she had planned......
18.
As
I walked through the thick, pine forest in Shimla I sensed someone following me
and........
EDITORIAL
LETTERS/ LETTER OF COMPLAINT/ LETTER OF INQUIRY/ LETTER FOR PLACING ORDER
1. Letter to the Editor of an English
daily, voicing strong view on corruption prevalent in the country and
suggesting ways to curb the menace to ensure economic growth and prosperity.
2. Letter to the Editor of an English
daily, voicing strong view about the scarcity of water and suggesting ways to
improve the situation.
3. Letter to the Editor of an English
daily, voicing strong view about the poor condition of roads in your locality.
4. Letter to the Editor of an English
daily, voicing strong view about the treatment meted out to animals and on the
attitude of the people.
5. Letter to the Editor of an English
daily, voicing strong view about traffic jam in your locality and suggesting
some remedy for it.
6. Letter to the Editor of an English
daily, highlighting the poor condition of important archaeological and heritage
sites.
7. Letter to the Editor of an English
daily, voicing strong view about the increased human dependence on technology.
8. Letter to the Editor of an English
daily, expressing your concern about environmental protection in the present
scenario.
9. Letter to the Editor of The Times of
India on how places of tourist interest should be made tourist-friendly.
10.
Letter to the Editor of an English daily
voicing strong view about the inconvenience due to excessive use of loud
speakers.
11.
Letter
to the Editor of an English daily voicing strong view on the subject-It’s
better to have two pen and paper tests in a year than to undergo round the year
evaluation.
12.
Letter
to the Editor of an English daily voicing strong view on the increasing
dependence of students on coaching institutes and tuition centres and
suggesting certain measures that can be taken to check this trend.
13.
Order for computer that you wish to purchase
for the computer lab.
14.
Order
of books for the school library.
15.
Order
for A.C., fans, CFLs, for your hotel.
16.
Letter
to Aradhya Tours and Travels, Pune enquiring about their conducted tours.
17.
You wish to join Toppers’ Coaching. Write a
letter to the Manager enquiring about the coaching classes for the next
session.
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