Saturday, October 22, 2016
English The Dear Departed - I Comprehension Questions SSC {10th Class}
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10th Class The Dear Departed - I Comprehension
1. What qualities of Mrs. Slater have you noticed?
2. Why does Mrs. Slater decide to shift the bureau from her father's room before the arrival of the Jordans? How does Henry react to the suggestion?
3. Why do the Jordans take a long time to get to the house of the Slaters? What does it show about the two sisters' attitude towards each other?
4. Ben appreciates his father-in-law saying, 'It's a good thing he did'. Later, he calls him a 'drunken old beggar'. Why does he change his opinion about his father-in-law?
5. What made Mr.Henry shocked to hear Victoria say 'Are you planning to pinch it?'?
6. Who is Mrs. Slater expecting? Why?
7. Why does Mrs. Slater ask Victoria too change the dress?
8. What does Victoria consider as ‘pinching’? What does this
show about her personality?
9. Why is Victoria frightened when she returns from grandpa’s
room?
10. Why does Henry doubt the Jordans’ arrival at all?Set - 2
1. Who are the characters in this ‘one-act play?’
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2. What kind of woman is Mrs. Slater according to the play?
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3. ‘They haven’t been here for ages’ – Who do ‘they’ refer to? ‘Here’ means where?
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4. ‘Your father sent them a telegram’… Whose father sent a telegram, to whom?
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5. Why did Henry doubt the arrival of the Jordans?
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6. ‘They are very small for me’….. What are very small? For whom?
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7. ‘I always wanted to have it after he died’….. What does ‘it’ refer to? Who wanted to have ‘it’?
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8. Why did Mrs. Slater want to bring her father’s bureau downstairs before the arrival of the Jordans?
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9. What did she want to replace it with?
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10. ‘Are you planning to pinch it?’ ….. Who were trying to steal and what?
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12. ‘It’s a good thing he did’….. What is a good thing? Who did it?
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13. Well, we’ll think about it after tea’….. What does ‘it’ refer to?
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14. ‘He promised that to our Jimmy?’…….. Who promised what to Jimmy?
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15. ‘Was it overdue?’ ……. What was overdue?
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16. ‘The drunken old beggar!’ …….. Who does it refer to? Who called him so?
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17. He’s done it on purpose’ ……. Who has done ‘it?’ What has he done?
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18. ‘The child’s crazy’ ……. Who is the child and why made her crazy?
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19. What qualities of Mrs. Slater have you noticed?
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20. Why does Mr. Slater decide to shift the bureau from her lather's room before the arrival of the Jordan' How does Henry react to the suggestion?
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21. The Jordans take a long time to go to the house of the Slaters? What does it show about
the two sisters' attitude towards each other?
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22. Ben appreciates his father-in-law saying, It's a good thing he did'. Later, he calls him 'drunken old beggar. Why does he change his opinion about his father-in-law ?
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23. What made Mr. Henry feel shocked to hear Victoria say 'Are you planning to pinch it?'?
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24. Justify the view that the husbands of Mrs. Slater and Mrs. Jordan are men with no individuality.
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25.. Discuss the irony in the title 'The Dear Departed".
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26. List the comic elements in the play 'The Dear Departed.
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27. What are the three things that the father plans to do on Monday next? What effect does it have on his daughters?
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28.. In what way is the play 'The Dear Departed" a commentary on the hollowness of human relationships?
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