Tuesday 19 July 2016

Questions and Answers - If You are Wrong, Admit It

Target Audience: Polytechnic Teachers and Students in Tamilnadu
Subject: English-1, II YEAR MOP, M SCHEME
Objective: Students should be able to interpret and explain a content in English. 
Question Pattern in Exam: II. Answer any FIVE questions  each in 30 words : (5 x 2=10)
Eight questions from 4 lessons will be given in the exam and students should answer FIVE questions in 30 words.
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1. Why did the author not muzzle his dog or keep it in a leash?
The author took his dog Rex without a muzzle or leash in Forest Park.  It was against law in America.  He gave reasons to defend him - There was nobody in the park and the dog was also harmless.

2. What was the warning of the policeman?
The author took his dog Rex without a muzzle or leash in Forest Park.  It was against law in America.The policeman got angry and warned him that if he repeated, he would be taken to the judge in court.

3. "I was in for it. I knew it." - What was the author in for? What did he know?
The phrase "in for something" means "going to experience something unpleasant". When the author let the dog run loose again on another occasion, he knew that he was going to experience something unpleasant from the policeman. He knew that the policeman would scold and punish him.

4. Why did Harvey go to his boss? or Why did Harvey's boss treat him with respect?
Harvey had wrongly authorized full payment to an employee on sick leave.  The employee was ready for repayment now but on installments only.  Harvey knew that his Supervisor would explode over this error. But he handled this tense situation differently and solved the problem.  He started by saying that it was his fault.  Instead of getting angry, the supervisor treated him with respect.

5.How was the problem of the Chinese father rooted in tradition? ( Or) How did an extraneous factor block the Chinese father from admitting his mistakes? How did he overcome it?  
There is a Chinese tradition that the elders should not stoop down to the youngsters.    A Chinese father was an opium addict that separated his son from him.  For many years the father was longing to be with his son, daughter-in-law and grand children but the tradition prevented him.  At last the father overcame the tradition by admitting his fault to the son.

6. How would Hubbard handle irritated readers?  Or Bring out the contrary aspects of the character of Hubbard?
Hubbard's stinging statements irritated his readers.  However he had the contrary aspect in his character to change his enemies into friends.  He would write to his angry reader that he did not agree with himself first. But he was glad to learn what his reader's thought on the subject. He also ended the conflict by inviting him his home.

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