Play 1
Multiple Choice Questions
I. Choose the correct synonym.
1.
The drab interior of a bus station.
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A) well-furnished B) dull
C) dark D) isolated
2. The
drab interior of a bus station along a deserted highway somewhere in the
Midwest. 11616002
A) fenced B) broad
C) busy D) solitary
3.
I saw the rear light burning. (Board 2015)
A) back B) dim
C) middle D) minor
4. The room is lighted by an overhanging light with a dull green shade.
A) sharp B)
penetrating
C) high D) pendulous
5.
He moves to it and peers out the glass.
A) bangs B) peeps
C) slides D) pushes
6.
He moves to the schedule on the wall and reads it. 11616006
A) fixture B) lesson
C) sheet D) timetable
7. He picks up a discarded newspaper that lies on the seat beside him.
A) fresh B) large
C) waste D) newly
published
8. He turns his attention once more to the paper and begins going through it.
A) reading B) completing
C) retreating D) making for
9.
He begins to go through it casually. 11616009
A) minutely B) carelessly
C) repeatedly D) critically
10.
She is sobbing and is out of breath. 11616010
A) running B) stumbling
C) crying D) screaming
11.
She is sobbing and is out of breath. 11616011
A) exhausted B) untidy
C) disheveled D) gasping
12.
She throws her body against the door, slamming it. 11616012
A) knocking B) banging
C) bolting D) opening
13.
Her hair is disheveled. 11616013
A) sleek B) curly
C) wet D) untidy
14.
Girl (Hysterically). Thank God! You're
here! 11616014
A) frantically B) stunningly
C) quietly D) calmly
15.
You're in a terrible state. 11616015
A) pleasant B) remarkable
C) very bad D) dangerous
16.
The light dims slowly. 11616016
A) twinkles B) gleams
C) fades d) brightens
17.
Now try to calm yourself. 11616017
A) strain B) enjoy
C) provoke D) compose
18.
I must get hold of myself. 11616018
A) control B) exasperate
C) persuade D) grab
19.
She breaks off and glances at the door again. 11616019
A) gleans B) looks
C) stares D) knocks
20.
She trembles and glances at the door again.
A) sobs B) pauses
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C) shivers D) shrieks
21.
She shudders at her own thoughts. 11616021
A) trembles B) sneezes
C) snores D) giggles
22.
I'm scared. 11616022
A) terrified B) bewildered
C) cherished D) encouraged
23. Maybe I screamed. 11616023
A) shuddered B) dodged
C) shrieked D) pulled
up
24.
I was going to faint. 11616024
A) rise B) swoon
C) weaken D) stammer
25.
Nevertheless you've got to go to the police.
A) more or less B) still 11616025
C) probably D) although
26.
You couldn't think of something that might give them a lead. 11616026
A) clue B) trial
C) case D) name
27.
They'll probably ask you something like….
A) perhaps B) essentially
C) invariably D) hardly 11616027
28.
Your flashlight – for instance. 11616028
A) clue B) guidance
C) immediacy D) example
29.
Dry your eyes and fix yourself up. 11616029
A) make yourself presentable
B) confine yourself
C) protect yourself
D) examine yourself
30.
You are too upset to even think anymore about it. 11616030
A) angry B) disturbed
C) elevated D) cheated
31.
There is a brilliant flash of lightning.
A) dim B) dull 11616031
C) bright D) penetrating
32.
There is a second flash of lightning illuminating the centre door. 11616032
A) darkening B) eliminating
C) striking D) brightening
33.
The door rattles viciously. 11616033
A) clatters B) shuts
C) opens D) rings
34.
The door rattles viciously. 11616034
A) gently B) inaudibly
C) instantly D) badly
35.
What's the idea of locking this door?
A) reason B) result 11616035
C) imagination D) force
36.
He is a nondescript sort of person.
(Board
2010) 11616036
A) pretty B) intelligent
C) clever D) uninteresting
37.
The man puts his finger to his lip conveying silence. 11616037
A) causing B) pretending
C) keeping D) suggesting
38.
I wasn't conscious of lying about anything.
A) forgetful B) dazed 11616038
C) guilty D) aware
39.
I guess I'm imagining things. 11616039
A) visualizing B) loading
C) understanding D) risking
40.
It's pretty late. 11616040
A) pleasantly B) seldom
C) quite D) too
41.
I'll bet she's smarter than you are. 11616041
A) cleverer B) weaker
C) leaner D) more negligent
42.
….Noticing the Girl's nervousness. 11616042
A) sensitiveness B) Anxiety
C) briskness D) calm
43.
I'm in no particular hurry. 11616043
A) objection B) situation
C) haste D) lethargy
44.
Has somebody been bothering you?
A) troubling B) urging
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C) signaling D) following
45.
The light dims slowly and goes out. 11616045
A) dies B) closes
C) twinkles D) plays
46.
The girl lets out a muffled cry.
(Board
2008,10) 11616046
A) loud B) suppressed
C) sudden D) hysterical
47. Second Man strolls up toward the center door. 11616047
A) rattles B) peers
C) looks D) walks
48.
She moves away suspiciously. 11616048
A) doubtfully B) stealthily
C) angrily D) gently
49.
I used to be afraid of it, when I was a kid, but I got over it. 11616049
A) overcame B) climbed
C) gave in to D) obtained
50.
There is the hum of a motor. 11616050
A) buzz B) loud noise
C) horn D) announcement
51.
The girl looks stunned. 11616051
A) beautiful B) dangerous
C) confused D) delighted
52.
… Backing away from the Second Man. 11616052
A) following B) retreating
C) advancing D) threatening
53.
The Second Man exits laughing. 11616053
A) departs B) pursues
C) ruminates D) enters
54.
He was making such a disturbance out there. 11616054
A) dubiousness B) inconvenience
C) speculation D) drudgery
55.
You'll have to get to the police immediately. 11616055
A) reluctantly B) somehow
C) straightaway D) ultimately
56.
There'll be routine questions. 11616056
A) further B) procedure
C) investigative D) usual
57.
The girl stares at it as the lightning crashes again. 11616057
A) dims B) flashes
C) collapses D) extinguishes
58.
The piercing light of the flashlight is the only light. 11616058
A) perverted B) dreary
C) penetrating D) emergency
59.
The girl comes out to pat the dog.
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A) punch B) stroke
C) turn D) strike
60. I could hear the water splashing under his feet.
A) spattering B) trickling
C) flowing D) gushing
II. Choose the correct answer.
1.
The bus was late due to _____. 11616061
A) rush
B) storm
C) accident
D) change in schedule
2.
The girl was coming from _____. 11616062
A) a party B) tour
C) a hill station D) a
station
3.
The girl was afraid of _____. 11616063
A) a policeman B) a friend
C) a killer D) a person
4.
She thought of reaching the house but ____.
A) the car broke down 11616064
B) the brakes failed
C) the car ran out of gas
D) the road was blocked
5.
She saw a man dragging out of his car _____. 11616065
A) the corpse of a woman
B) a sack
C) a statue
D) a dog
6.
Why did she circle round and round into the woods? (Board 2010) 11616066
A) to escape from the killer
B) to reach a safe place
C) to cheat a man
D) to save herself
7.
"You couldn't think of something that might give them a lead"
means _____. 11616067
A) to find a culprit B) to find a treasure
C) to persecute D) to get a clue
8.
She saw in the flash of lightning _____.
A) a dog B) a bus 11616068
C) a car D) a man's face
9.
The difference in the age of the two men is of _____. 11616069
A) ten years B) five years
C) two years D) one year
10.
If people were smart they wouldn't be out ___. 11616070
A) on a day like this
B) on a holiday
C) on a tour
D) on a night like this
11.
How many benches were there in the bus station? 11616071
A) one B) two
C) three D) four
12.
The bus schedule was hanging on the wall _____. 11616072
(A) up left (B) up right-center
(C) down left center (D) down right
13.
When the curtain rises the stage is _____.
A) bare B) open 11616073
C) dirty D) silent
14.
The girl’s hair is _____. 11616074
A) in curls B) muddy
C) wet D) dishevelled
15.
The age of the girl is _____. 11616075
A) 21 B) 22
C) 23 D) 24
16.
The girl could have stayed all night with _____. 11616076
A) her family B) other girls
C) her friends D) colleagues
17.
The girl tells the first man that her home is _____. 11616077
A) five miles away B) six miles
away
C) seven miles away D) eight miles
18.
The girl locked the car and _____. 11616078
A) took her flashlight
B) started running
C) ran to the bus-station
D) sat down
19.
On seeing the dead body the girl was going to _____. 11616079
A) faint B) improve
C) grow D) cramp
20.
The First Man advised the girl to see _____.
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A) her family B) her best friends
C) the police D) the army
21.
The face of the Second Man could be seen pressed against _____. 11616081
A) the window B) the bus
C) the centre
door D) wall
22.
The First Man looked to be the age of _____. 11616082
A) 25 years B) 30
years
C) 35 years D) 40 years
23.
The Second Man looks to be of the age of _____. 11616083
A) 25 years B) 30 years
C) 35 years D) 40 years
24.
The Second Man moves straight to _____.
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A) the Girl B) the First Man
C) the bus schedule D) the bench
25.
The Second Man accuses the first man of __.
A) theft B) lying 11616085
C) harassing the girl D) flirtation
26.
The First Man says he has _____. 11616086
A) early business in town
B) lived near the bus-station
C) no relation with the Girl
D) nothing to do
27.
The Second Man tells the girl she will never get over being afraid of
things if she won’t _____. 11616087
A) understand them B) face them
C) escape from them D) try them
28.
The dog comes to the bus-station _____.
A) to save itself from the storm 11616088
B) to bite Second Man
C) in search of food
D) chasing the killer
29.
The dog seizes the First Man with its _____.
A) paws B) legs 11616089
C) nails D) teeth
30.
In which condition does the girl enter the bus station? (Board 2007) 11616090
A) crying B) sobbing
C) making gestures D) running
Questions from Textbook
Q.1 Why couldn’t the Girl describe the killer? 11616091
Q.2 What were the circumstances that forced the Girl to leave her car? 11616092
OR
Why could not the Girl
continue her travel in her own car?
Q.3 Why did the Girl ask for help from First Man? 11616093
Q.4. What was the condition of
the weather when the Girl entered the bus station? 11616094
Q.5 How did the Second Man accuse the First Man of lying? 11616095
Q.6 Does the Girl become suspicious of the First Man as the play
progresses? 11616096
Q.7 What is the Girl’s impression about the Second Man? 11616097
OR
Why did the Girl think ill
of the Second Man?
Q.8 Why did the Girl not accompany the Second Man? 11616098
OR
Why did the Girl decline the Second Man’s offer to go
with him on board the bus?
Additional Questions
Q.9 What is the scene of the play "Heat Lightning"? 11616099
Q.10 What did the Girl see when she reached near the car? 11616100
Q.11 What was the appearance of the Second Man? 11616101
Q.12 How did
the girl recognize the First Man to be the murderer? 11616102
Q.13 What was the man dragging out of the car? 11616103
Q.14 Why was the Girl afraid to tell the details of the incident? 11616104
Q.15 Why did the Girl circle round and round in the woods? 11616105
Q.16 What is the condition of the Girl when she enters the
bus-station? 11616106
Q.17 What routine questions are expected from the police? 11616107
Q.18 What is the role of the dog in the play? 11616108
Q.19 Draw a character sketch of the First Man. 11616109
Q.20 What is the significance of the Fourth of July? 11616110
Q.21 What does the Second Man suggest to overcome fear? 11616111
Q.22 What is the significance of the storm in “Heat Lightning”?
Play 2
Multiple Choice Questions
I. Choose the correct synonym.
1. Then slowly a luminous
object arcs into view. (Board 2007) 11617001
A) dark B) flying
C) bright D) huge
2.
The room is balanced between the expensively
decorated and the homely.
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A) incredible B) luxurious
C) lavish D)
ordinary
3. He is middle-aged unctuous,
resonant.
(Lahore 2010) 11617003
A) brave B) jolly
C) flattering D) dull
4. Roger
Spelding is middle-aged, unctuous, resonant. 11617004 A) loud and clear B)
self-seeking
C) harsh D) inquisitive
5. His wife, bored and vague,
knits passively while he talks at his desk.
(Board 2015) 11617005
A) absent-minded B) clever
C) pretty D) clear
6. Two technicians are on hand,
operating the equipment. 11617006
A) skillful B) nearby
C) standing
far D) at work
7. Ellen, a lively girl of
twenty, fidgets as she listens. 11617007
A) buoyant B) lethargic
C) youthful D) inquisitive
8. Ellen, a lively girl of
twenty, fidgets as she listens. 11617008
A) turns abruptly B) moves nervously
C) sits
pensively D) scowls
9.
The flying object has given rise to so much irresponsible conjecture. 11617009
A) investigation B) arrangement
C) fears D) speculation
10. It is nothing more than a
meteor. 11617010
A) mass hysteria B) spaceship
C) secret
weapon D) shooting
star
11. It is not a spaceship as certain
lunatic elements have suggested. 11617011
A) speculative B) mad
C) ill-informed
D) clever
12. …which
winds up another week of news.
A) precedes B) concludes 11617012
C) twists
D) spends
13. Saying good
night from my old homestead in Silver Glen. 11617013
A) farmhouse B) city
C) office
D) company
14. …his
mechanical smile and heartiness suddenly gone. 11617014
A) frailty B) buoyancy
C) unctuousness
D) concern
15. …his mechanical
smile suddenly gone.
A) broad B) lively 11617015
C) artificial
D) magnetic
16. I wonder
what's keeping John. 11617016
A) avoiding B) stopping
C) permitting
D) carrying
17. He has
every virtue except the most important one. 11617017
A) manner B) quality
C) ambition
D) habit
18. He has
every virtue except get-up-and-go.
A) imagination B) indifference
C) curiosity D) ambition 11617018
19. I stand by
the sentiment. 11617019
A) statement B) decision
C) feeling
D) proposition
20. The horror
of it has always eluded me.
A) chilled B) evaded 11617020
C) discouraged
D) intrigued
21. You marry someone
hardworking, ambitious. 11617021
A) aimless B) mannerly
C) aspiring D) well off
22. Shouldn't
we go down to the cellar?
A) prison B) cabin 11617022
C) drawing
room D) basement
23. It is an
optical illusion, mass hysteria.
A) tough subject 11617023
B) general
madness
C) luminous
object
D) collective
wisdom
24. (Ominously)
If it's really a man and not a monster. 11617024
A) forbiddingly B) confidently
C) sadly
D) amazingly
25. This is the wrong costume,
isn't it? 11617025
A) way B) behaviour
C) dress D) view point
26. Well, it’s a trifle old
fashioned. 11617026
A) absolutely B) much
C) a lot D) a bit
27. You are only in the initial
stages. 11617027
A) preliminary B) last
C) advanced D) critical
28. I do hope, I don't sound patronizing.
A) appreciative B) superior
11617028
C) slow D) unctuous
29. That's one of your most
endearing primitive traits. 11617029
A) strange B) friendly
C) jolly D) loveable
30. That's one of your most
endearing primitive traits. 11617030
A) uncivilized B) cultured
C) hostile D) fascinating
31. That's one of your most
endearing primitive traits. 11617031
A) characteristics
B)
assumptions
C) exchanges D) attempts
32. General Powers, a vigorous
product of National Guard,... 11617032
A) self-seeking B) wicked
C) robust D) feeble
33. Roger, who is this joker? 11617033
A) lunatic B) clown
C) alien D) robber
34. Poor fragile butterflies,
such brief little moments in the sun. 11617034
A) delicate B) colourful
C) cute D) fantastic
35. Well, it’s elliptical with a
fourteen foot diameter. (BISE Lahore 2010 Group-I) 11617035
A) round B) square
C) oval D) flat
36. Spelding leads Kreton and
Powers into a handsomely furnished study. 11617036
A) attractively B) inadequately
C) lavishly D) thinly
37. They must be advanced
scientifically.
11617037
A) developed B) submissive
C) modest
D) inquisitive
38. They are so comforting. 11617038
A) soothing B) irritating
C) suffering D) normal
39. If he's not an impostor. 11617039
A) a pretender B) an alien
C) a spy D) jester
40. You're also forbidden to
leave this house.
11617040
A) ordered B) instructed
C) permitted D) disallowed
41. Isn’t it exciting? 11617041
A) interesting B) happy
C) strange D) risky
42. Are you deliberately trying
to confuse me? 11617042
A) intentionally B) playfully
C) really D) dilatorily
43. In another dimension. I
think that's the word you use. 11617043
A) way B) pain
C) area D) road
44. You have come here as a
tourist. 11617044
A) visitor B) hobbyist
C) spy D) secret
agent
45. It is my job to guard the
security of this country. 11617045
A) enhance B) relax
C) protect D) plan
46. You are a spy, sent here by
an alien race.
11617046
A) an alien B) a
hobbyist
C) a secret
agent D) an
imposter
47. You are a spy, sent here by
an alien race preparatory to invasion. 11617047
A) prior to
B) in consequence
of
C) during
D) interested
in
48. You have been sent for the
express purpose of reconnoitering prior to invasion. 11617048
A) inquest B) liberation
C) investigation D) occupation
49. My people wouldn’t dream of
invading you. 11617049
A) attacking B) deceiving
C) destroying D)
understanding
50. I love to gad about. 11617050
A) wander B) stay
C) feast D) race
51. We are seldom noticed on our
trips.
A) invisibly B) often 11617051
C) constantly D) rarely
52. I slipped up, coming in the
way. 11617052
A) decided on B) stayed up
C) strayed up D) steered up
53. This visit was all rather impromptu. 11617053
A) unprepared B) perverse
C) preplanned D) disinterested
54. I am a creature of impulse. 11617054
A) whim B) drama
C) hobby D) hysterical
55. I'll hold him here. 11617055
A) rebuke B) interrogate
C) detain D) observe
56. Your language is still not
familiar to me.
11617056
A) challenging B) enjoyable
C) unknown D) well
known
57. There is some kind of wall
around it, an invisible wall. 11617057
A) hidden B) visible
C) huge D) unexpected
58. I don't mind curiosity. 11617058
A) interest B) doubt
C) interference D) clarity
59. I can't permit them to wreck
my poor ship.
A) rob B) use 11617059
C) destroy D) search
60. I'm sure you'll get tired of
having a visitor under foot all the time. 11617060
A) nearby
B) under observation
C) under
control
D) under
occupation
61. And daddy will be
deliriously happy.
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A) hysterically B) certainly
C) strangely D) unexpectedly
62. Trying to blow up my little
force field...
11617062
A) penetrate B) destroy
C) break D) fly
up
63. You'll just plough up Mrs. Spelding's
garden.
A) cultivate B) dig
out 11617063
C) encroach D) land in
64. Power snarls and goes into
study.
A) snores (Board 2007) 11617064
B) makes an
angry sound
C) talks persuasively
D) sneezes
65. It makes me a bit giddy. 11617065
A) depressed B) dizzy
C) lazy D) greedy
66. How awful, you can tell
everything we think. 11617066
A) meaningful B) hysterical
C) dreadful D) clever
67. …with the wonderful rawness
of your emotions. 11617067
A) reversal B) immaturity
C) intensity D) variety
68. I've never felt so sordid. 11617068
A) materialistic B) serious
C) bad D) jubilant
69. This is unsupportable. 11617069
A) helpless B) unacceptable
C) undisputed D) unexpected
70. My
people are not remotely hostile. 11617070
A) shockingly B) exceptionally
C) slightly D) greatly
71. My people are not remotely
hostile.
A) unruly B) adverse 11617071
C) immoral D) impatient
72. My friends think me
perverse. 11617072
A) sullen B) abnormal
C) primitive D) helpless
73. You have been sent for the
express purpose of reconnoitering prior to invasion. 11617073
A) surveying B) gadding
C) dominating D) staying
74. You have been sent for the
express purpose of reconnoitering prior to invasion. 11617074
A) remote B) undefined
C) hostile D) specific
75. You deny your people intend
to make trouble for us? 11617075
A) detest B) plan
C) refuse D) expect
76. That is something peculiar
to your social level. 11617076
A) characteristic of B) prior to
C) contrary to D) negligent
of
77. I approve of everything you
do. 11617077
A) appreciate B) condemn
C) analyze D) disparage
78. That is peculiar only to
your social level. Which I am not criticizing. 11617078
A) exaggerating B) denouncing
C) thinking D) exempting
79. This is ridiculous. 11617079
A) controversial B) unremarkable
C) absurd D) repetitious
80. (Gaily) wait and see. 11617080
A) happily B) amazingly
C) reluctantly D) sadly
81. Powers asked AIDE to grab
him. 11617081
A) search B) spank
C) arrest D) beat
82. Such savage thoughts. My
head is vibrating like a drum. 11617082
A) serious B) stupid
C) wild D) unexpected
83. And now, good night, dear,
wicked children.
A) antagonistic B) primitive
11617083
C) bad D) pertinent
84. Well, trying to dominate the
earth. 11617084
A) antagonize B) investigate
C) devastate D) control
85. Mr. Spelding nods wearily.
(Board 2015) 11617085
A) angrily B) exhaustedly
C) hastily D) excitedly
II. Choose the correct answer.
1. Who is Roger Spelding? 11617086
A) a general B) a soldier
C) a newscaster D) a technician
2. John is a _____. 11617087
A) merchant
B) farm owner
C) pilot D) professor
3.
Where did the spaceship land? 11617088
A) on the roof of a building (Board 2007)
B) in the
fields
C) on a hill
D) in the lawn of the house of Mrs. Spelding
4.
Ellen listened to the broadcast of___.11617089
A) her daddy
B) her fiancé
C) her mothers D) Mr. Kreton
5.
The visitor was dressed in the fashion of _____. 11617090
A) 1960 B) 1860
C) 1850 D) 1900
6.
What is the impression of Kreton on seeing the
inside of the house? 11617091
A) disgusted B) delightful
C) callous
D) sorrowful
7.
"I do hope I don't sound patronizing” means
I am _____. 11617092
A) not praising
B) not encouraging
C) not
discouraging D) not appreciating
8.
How many years are required to tell the story of
Kreton's travel? 11617093
A) one thousand B) two hundred
C) five hundred D) seven hundred
9.
The house of the Speldings comes under _____. 11617094
A) civil law
B) criminal
law
C) company law D) martial
law
10.
General Powers was thinking about _____.
A) his promotion 11617095
B) security
of the country
C) arrest of Kreton
D) murder
of the visitor
11. John grows _____. 11617096
A) French walnuts B) French
peanuts
C) English walnuts D) German
Peanuts
12. General Powers believes the
falling object is nothing but a _____. 11617097
A) spaceship
B) meteor
C) bomb D) threat
13. Mr. Spelding lives in _____. 11617098
A) Silver Glen, Maryland
B) Silver
Glen, Miami
C) Silver Glen, New York
D) Silver
Glen, Texas
14.
Mr. Spelding thinks John has every virtue except _____. 11617099
A) get-up-and-go B) etiquette
C) sense of humour D) respect
15. Spelding believes there is
nothing wrong with marrying a _____. 11617100
A) healthy man B) businessman
C) wealthy man D) faithful
man
16. Kreton says that Englishmen
have a bad _____. 11617101
A) reputation
B) taste for food
C) accent D) hobby
17. Ellen asks Kreton if he has
come from _____. 11617102
A) Jupiter B) Venus
C) Mars D) Earth
18. Kreton’s dress looks quite
handsome to _____. 11617103
A) Mr. Spelding B) Mrs.
Spelding
C) Ellen D) John
19. Mr. Spelding's house is surrounded
by _____. 11617104
A) television crew B) troops
C) police D) aliens
20. Spelding and General Powers
think the man from outer space is a _____. 11617105
A) demon B) monster
C) ghost D) friend
21. Men used to wear metal
uniforms in the wars some _____. 11617106
A) two hundred years ago
B) three
hundred years ago
C) four hundred years ago
D) five
hundred years ago
22.
The shape of Kreton’s ship is_____. 11617107
A) rectangular
B) square
C) triangular D) elliptical
23. Powers thinks Kreton is a _____. 11617108
A) spy
B) hostile
alien
C) hobbyist
D) spy or a hostile alien
24.
Mrs. Spelding is worried about the damage to her _____. 11617109
A) lawn B) rose garden
C) house D) cellar
25. Mrs. Spelding says Kreton's
whiskers are so very _____. 11617110
A) graceful B) catching
C) comforting D) frightening
26. Ellen hopes Kreton will give
them a _____.
11617111
A) spaceship
B) space car
C) ride D) surprise
27. Kreton wants to go up to his
room for a little _____. 11617112
A) fun B) reconnoitering
C) publicity stunt D) lie-down
28. Powers alleges that Kreton
has come to study them prior to _____. 11617113
A) reconnoitering B) invasion
C) observation
D) warning
29.
Kreton can tell what is inside one's _____. 11617114
A) civilization
B) force
field
C) mind D) country
30. Mr. Kreton does not read
minds but _____.
11617115
A) searches them
B) checks them
C) watches
them D) hears them
31. Kreton has come to
intoxicate himself with their _____ minds. 11617116
A) primitive B) suspicious
C) hostile D) self-seeking
32. Spelding wants to be the first
journalist to interview _____. 11617117
A) General Powers
B) the
President of U.S.A.
C) Kreton
D) the Chief
of Staff
33. Human beings live under the
primitive assumption that all strangers are _____.
A) spies B) hostile 11617118
C) friends D) violent
34. Powers asks Kreton if his
people are interested in establishing _____ with Earth people. 11617119
A) relationship B) factories
C) communication
D) colleges
35.
How does Kreton feel when he reads human brain? (Board 2010) 11617120
A) interested B) giddy
C) sad D) happy
Questions from Textbook
Q.1 How does Kreton prove his extraordinary powers? Write five
sentences. 11617121
Q.2 What is the purpose of the visit of Kreton? 11617122
Q.3 How much more advanced is the civilization of Kreton than that
of the Earth people?
11617123
Q.4 Can the people of the earth compete with the people of Kreton? 11617124
Q.5 How much damaging is violence in life? Write five sentences. 11617125
Q.6 What type of life do you foresee in the year 5000? 11617126
Q.7 How much impressive are the morals of Kreton? 11617127
OR
Write down a
character-sketch of Kreton.
Q.8 What is the role of General Powers in the play? 11617128
Q.9 What is the theme of the study of Kreton? 11617129
Q.10 How does Kreton impress General Powers? 11617130
Additional Questions
Q.11 What was the impression of Kreton on seeing the inside of the
Spelding house? 11617131
Q.12 How does General Powers accuse Kreton? 11617132
Q.13 Why was Mrs. Spelding worried about her rose garden? 11617133
Q.14 Draw a character sketch of Mr. Spelding. 11617134
Q.15 Draw a character sketch of Mrs. Spelding. 11617135
Q.16 Draw a character sketch of John. 11617136
Q.17 Compare the characters of General Powers and Kreton.
Play 3
Multiple Choice Questions
I. Choose the correct synonym.
1. It's an old fashioned shop,
crowded with stuff. 11618001
A) people B) things
C) shells D) kit
2. It's crowded with stuff not
usually found in barber shops... Harry himself, for instance. 11618002
A) however B) all the
same
C) as a matter
of fact D) for example
3. …as
if putting on these various hats somewhat expressed the quality of his soul. 11618003
A) spirit B) intention
C) body D) emotion
4. …as
if putting on these various hats somewhat expressed the quality of his soul, or
suggested the range of it. 11618004
A) tone B) scope
C) power D) warmth
5. There
are many odds and ends, some apparently washed up by the sea. 11618005
A) habitually B) usually
C) obviously D) secretly
6. On the walls, on shelves,
are many odds and ends. 11618006
A) varied articles B) books
C) maps D) vases
7. On the other hand you may
turn out to be the one man. 11618007
A) prove B) leave
C) try D) decide
8. One man hidden away in the
junk of the world. 11618008
A) bustle B) affairs
C) trash D) trial
9. … the one man who will bring
merriment to the tired old human heart. 11618009
A) matrimony B) happiness
C) grief D) sadness
10. Compose a symphony, paint a
picture, write a book, invent a philosophy. 11618010
A) musical composition (Board
2010)
B) elegy
C) poem
D) sonnet
11.
That sounds pretty good. 11618011
A) works B) hears
C) seems D) voices
12. That sounds pretty good. 11618012
A) seemingly B) partially
C) quite D) somewhat
13. He sold me the shop and
threw in the haircut. 11618013
A) charged B) excluded
C) imposed D) gave
for free
14. That's a couplet. 11618014
A) sonnet B) pair
C) rhymed
verse D) paragraph
15. You give me haircut free of
charge. That's fair and square. 11618015
A) just B) beautiful
C) neat and
clean D) favourable
16. Wait a minute. Let me get
this straight.
A) proclaim it B) manage it 11618016
C) correct it D) understand
it
17. All he said was, enough's
enough. 11618017
A) that’s the real thing
B) that’s the end
of the matter
C) that will
be sufficient
D) that’s what
is desirable
18. Your fishing tackle's in the
closet safe and sound. 11618018
A) kit B) plan
C) line D) bait
19. Your fishing tackle's in the
closet safe and sound. 11618019
A) cellar B) beach
C) cupboard D) house
20. Your fishing tackle's in the
closet safe and sound. 11618020
A) strong and clear B) unharmed
C) audible D) very useful
21. Let bygones be bygones. 11618021
A) Let’s forget the present.
B) Let’s
remember the bygone days.
C) Let’s forget the bitter past.
D) Let’s forget
the future.
22. Harry takes off the derby,
lathers his face.
A) adorns B) covers with foam
C) dries D) washes
11618022
23. She closes her colorful
parasol. 11618023
A) sunshade B) fishing tackle
C) swimming
suit D) satchel
24. She has long blonde hair. 11618024
A) black B) curly
C) golden D) dark
25. One week at the school has
knocked me for a loop. 11618025
A) shocked me
B) enlightened
me
C) transferred
excited me
D) adjusted me
26. As a matter of fact, I want
to quit. 11618026
A) stay B) resume
C) keep quiet D) resign
27. On top
of that, almost all of them are unruly.
A) in addition
to that 11618027
B) so far
C) consequently
D) as a matter
of fact
28. On top
of that, almost all of them are unruly. 11618028
A) well-behaved B) uncontrollable
C) submissive D) non-serious
29. Nobody
seems to have any sensible ambition.
A) education B) aim 11618029
C) apparatus D) case
30. Nobody
seems to have any sensible ambition. 11618030
A) unusual B) sensitive
C) high D) reasonable
31. The answer is, go back while
the going's good. 11618031
A) things are favourable
B) persistence
is required
C) things are remote
D) there is no
excitement
32. Youth and intelligence need
excitement.
11618032
A) ambition B) satisfaction
C) serenity D) thrill
33. There isn't an eligible
bachelor in town.
11618033
A) youthful B) remarkable
C) willing D) suitable
34. In my sleep, in a nightmare,
I would not cut your hair. 11618034
A) dreadful dream B) nice
dream
C) darkness D) nocturnal view
35. Now, Mr. Van Dusen, the
shears please.
A) oyster B) haircut
11618035
C) scissors D) works
36. She gives him an angry
glance. 11618036
A) frown B) look
C) gaze D) smile
37. I won't forget this
rudeness. 11618037
A) behaviour B) cruelty
C) discourtesy D) immaturity
38. Clark has scarcely noticed
her. 11618038
A) hardly B) slowly
C) merely D) gradually
39.
I thought I might run into Clay here.
A) help B) punish 11618039
C) rely on D) come across
40. It is across the street now
at the gasoline station. 11618040
A) fire-station B) petrol-station
C) railway-station D) bus-station
41. Oh, I can't kick. 11618041
A) explain B) rejoice
C) strike D) complain
42. A man of forty or so, well
dressed, rather swift, comes in. 11618042
A) slow B) quick
C) plump D) straightforward
43.
Clark hands Harry three ten-dollar bills.
A) invoices B) notes 11618043
C) cheques D) payments
44. It’s imitation stuff mainly. 11618044
A) fake B) real
C) mechanical D) magnetic
45. Or if he was a poet, a
sonnet. 11618045
A) quatrain B) 12-line poem
C) 14-line poem D) 16-line
poem
46. Fenton Lockhart gets out the
weekly paper.
A) edits B) writes 11618046
C) publishes D) sells
47. Roxanna with an assortment
of shells.
A) kind B) piece 11618047
C) part D) collection
48. I got to poking around and I
found this oyster. 11618048
A) started B) obtained
C) resumed D) tried
49. I got to poking around and I
found this oyster. 11618049
A) diving B) searching
C) digging D) swimming
50. Truth is supposed to set us
free, not imprison us. 11618050
A) confine B) confound
C) liberate D) importune
51. So that entitled him to be
called Judge Applegarth. 11618051
A) named B) called
C) disallowed D) qualified
52. To illustrate what I mean
that's water you have in that bottle. 11618052
A) conceal B) insist
C) explain D) imagine
53. How am I ever going to teach
them the principle of truth with an influence like yours to fight against? 11618053
A) assistance B) ideology
C) impact D) burden
54. Come back half dead of home
sickness.
A) longing for home 11618054
B) serious Illness
C) domestic
business
D) private
life
55. As a matter of fact, his
father is the man who stepped in here just as you were leaving. 11618055
A) however
B) actually
C) in any case
D) on the
other hand
56. Clay believes there's a
pearl in this oyster for the same reason you and I believe whatever we believe to keep us going.
A) to trust
each other 11618056
B) understand
things
C) to keep us
busy
D) to keep us alive
57. We play a trick on Clay, in
order to carry out your mumbo Jumbo ideas. 11618057
A) thwart B) fulfill
C) correct D)
understand
58. We play a trick on Clay, in
order to carry out your mumbo Jumbo ideas. 11618058
A) common B) charismatic
C) philosophical
D) confusing
59. I know Wozzeck's got a few
pretty good sized cultivated pearls. 11618059
A) lustrous B) pure
C) artificial D) expensive
60. Truth favours the
probability that this is not millionth oyster. 11618060
A) likelihood B) belief
C) opportunity
D) falsehood
61. I know Wozzeck's got a few
pretty good-sized cultivated pearls. 11618061
A) heavy B) frail
C) large D) smart
62. You plan to have Wozzeck
pretend he has found a pearl. 11618062
A) expand B) depend
C) prove
D)
feign
63. Judge Applegarth, may I
present Miss McCutcheon? 11618063
A) introduce B) impress
C) foresee D) assist
64.
She won't last a month. 11618064
A) end B) stay
C) miss D) plan
65. Our school needs an old
battle axe.
A) shrew 11618065
B) committed
teacher
C) professional
D) experienced
teacher
66. Well, one oyster doesn't
make a stew.
A) meal B) pearl 11618066
C) aquarium D) steak
67. He then sits down on a
wicker chair in the corner. 11618067
A) rocking B) cane
C) reclining D) straight-back
68. They have got a gadget in
New York.
A) button-unit B) package
11618068
C) clipper D) device
69. Question of effectiveness. 11618069
A) inventiveness B) affordability
C) results D) originality
70. Well, it's been nice talking
to you (getting up lazily). 11618070
A) slowly B) sadly
C) abruptly D) convulsively
71. Wozzeck is carrying a
satchel. 11618071
A) bag B) gadget
C) assortment D) fishing tackle
72. The writer hands Clay the
money. 11618072
A) gives B) receives
C) offers D) sends
73. The
children go out. Wozzeck is bewildered.
(Board 2010) 11618073
A) afraid B) happy
C) astonished D) honest
74. You might have done me the
courtesy of waiting. 11618074
A) diligence B) curiosity
C) favour D) insolence
75. He always puts on a homburg. 11618075
A) tears B) wears
C) likes D) repairs
76. There were rocks and pieces
of driftwood.
11618076
A) hard wood B) soft
wood
C) firewood D) floating
wood
II. Choose the correct answer.
1. How many people live in
O.K.-by-the-Sea? (Board 2007) 11618077
A) 900 B) 905
C) 909 D) 990
2. O.K. by the Sea is in the
state of _____.
A) California B) Texas 11618078
C) Virginia D) New
York
3. What is the age of Clay Larrabee? 11618079
A) Six or
seven B) Eight or nine
C) Nine or ten D) Ten or eleven
4. How much money did Harry
have when he came to O.K.-by-the-Sea? 11618080
A) Seventy
dollars
B) Eighty
dollars
C) Ninety
dollars
D) Ninety-nine
dollars
5. For how much did Harry buy
the barber shop? 11618081
A) Sixty-five dollars
B) Seventy
dollars
C) Seventy-five
dollars
D) Eighty-dollars
6. In which year did Harry come
to O.K.-by-the-Sea? 11618082
A) 1919 B) 1929
C) 1939 D) 1949
7. In which year does the
action take place?
A) 1933 B) 1943 11618083
C) 1953 D) 1963
8. What did Shakespeare use at
the end of a scene in his plays? 11618084
A) a sonnet B) a
song
C) a couplet D) a ballad
9. Which city does Miss
McCutcheon come from? 11618085
A) Los Angles B) New York
C) Louisiana D) San Francisco
10. What is Miss McCutcheon
looking for?
A) a husband 11618086
B) a chance to
teach
C) truth
D) an oyster
11. The children of O.K.-by-the-Sea
are interested in _____. 11618087
A) games B) the sea
C) games and
the sea D) fishing
12. What is the name of Clay's
mother?
A) Roxanna B) Clara 11618088
C) Fay D) Suzanne
13. After quarrelling with his
wife Clark Larrabee went to 11618089
A) O.K.-by-the-Sea B) Salinas
C) San
Francisco D) Hollywood
14.
How much money does Clark give for Clay? 11618090
A) seventy dollars B) thirty dollars
C) forty dollars D) fifty dollars
15.
What is the age of the writer? 11618091
A) 30 years B) 40
years
C) 50 years D) 60
years
16. Where is the man heading
for? 11618092
A) Texas B) New York
C) Hollywood D) California
17. How far is Hollywood from O.K.-by-the-Sea? 11618093
A) 400 miles B) 300 miles
C) 100 miles D) 200
miles
18. What kind of jewellery does
Wozzeck sell?
A) gold B) silver 11618094
C) real D) imitation
19. Who brings out the local
paper? 11618095
A) Fenton Lockhart
B) Wozzeck
C) Harry Van
Dusen
D) the writer
20. What does Roxanna bring from
the sea?
A) an
assortment of shells 11618096
B) an oyster
C) stones D) sea
water
21.
What does Greeley bring from the sea?
A) an oyster 11618097
B) a bottle of
sea water
C) an
assortment of shells
D) driftwood
22. What is the approximate
price of the oyster? 11618098
A) 200 dollars B) 300 dollars
C) 400 dollars D) 500 dollars
23.
How many children does Clark have?
A) one B) two 11618099
C) three D) four
24. Judge Applegarth thinks Ms.
McCutcheon would not stay more than a _____.
11618100
A) day B) week
C) month D) year
25.
When the play opens, Harry is_____. 11618101
A) working
B) reading the
local paper
C) giving a
haircut
D) getting a haircut
26. What did Harry invent? (Board 2010)
11618102
A) a gadget B) a symphony
C) a philosophy D) a story
27. Miss. McCutcheon wants
others to understand they are not living in the _____.
11618103
A) Dark Ages B) Middle Ages
C) Modern Age D) Stone Age
28. Judge Applegarth thinks Miss
McCutcheon won’t last as a teacher because she is ____.
A) not qualified B) too
clever 11618104
C) too pretty D) too innocent
29. How many years back had
Harry bought the barber shop? 11618105
A) 20 years B) 24 years
C) 30 years D) 34
years
30. What does Miss McCutcheon
want clay to face? 11618106
A) hardships B) his family
C) studies D) truth
Questions from Textbook
Q.1 Where does the play “The Oyster and the Pearl” take place? 11618107
Q.2 Why is Harry sitting in the barber's chair? 11618108
Q.3 According to Harry, how does one bring merriment to the tired
old human heart? 11618109
Q.4 What is Harry's philosophy? 11618110
Q.5 How much did Harry pay for his barber shop? 11618111
Q.6 How many barbers are there in O.K.-by-the-Sea? 11618112
Q.7 How much does Harry charge for a haircut? 11618113
Q.8 Where is Clay going? 11618114
Q.9 Why does Clay need money? 11618115
Q.10 What has happened to Clay's father? 11618116
Q.11 What does Clay want to put in the local newspaper? 11618117
Q.12 Who is Miss McCutcheon? How does she feel about her job? 11618118
Q.13 What is Miss McCutcheon looking for? How does she feel about the
children of the town?
11618119
Q.14 What does Harry advise Miss McCutcheon to do? 11618120
Q.15 What kind of haircut does Miss McCutcheon want? 11618121
Q.16 Can Harry give a poodle haircut? 11618122
Q.17 What does Miss McCutcheon think that a poodle haircut will do for
her appearance?
11618123
Q.18 Where has Clark Larrabee been? How did he get to O.K.-by-the-Sea? 11618124
Q.19 What does Clark give Harry? For what purpose? 11618125
Q.20 How far is it to Hollywood from O.K.-by-the-Sea? 11618126
Q.21 What work does the Man do? 11618127
Q.22 What did Clay find near Black Rock? 11618128
Q.23 What does Clay believe is in the oyster? How much is it worth? 11618129
Q.24 Does Miss McCutcheon believe that there is a pearl in the oyster? 11618130
Q.25 Why does Miss McCutcheon have a chair with three legs? 11618131
Q.26 What kind of judge is Judge Applegarth? 11618132
Q.27 What year is it? When does the action of the play take place? 11618133
Q.28 What does Greeley have in a bottle? 11618134
Q.29 Who suggests that they should open the oyster? 11618135
Q.30 Why does Harry want Wozzeck to come? 11618136
Q.31 How does Harry describe the inhabitants of O.K.-by-the-Sea? 11618137
Q.32 How does Miss McCutcheon view Harry's thinking about the pearl in
the oyster? 11618138
Q.33 Why does the Judge think that Miss McCutcheon will not last as a
teacher? What kind of teacher does he think is needed? 11618139
Q.34 What is Applegarth’s complaint about the sea? 11618140
Q.35 What kind of gadget does the writer describe? 11618141
Q.36 Who buys the oyster? How much does he pay? (Board 2007) 11618142
Q.37 Does the writer open the oyster? If not, why? (Board 2007) 11618143
Q.38 Why does Clark Larrabee return? (Board 2010) 11618144
Q.39 What does the writer do with the oyster? 11618145
Additional Questions
Q.40 Why did Clay's father leave home? 11618146
Q.41 Draw a character sketch of Judge Applegarth. 11618147
Q.42 Draw a character sketch of the writer in O.K.-by-the-Sea. 11618148
Q.43 Draw a character sketch of Clay. 11618149
Q.44 Draw a character sketch of Clark. 11618150
Q.45 Draw a character sketch of Miss McCutcheon. 11618151
Q.46 Who is Wozzeck? 11618152
Q.47 Draw a character sketch of Fenton Lockhart. 11618153
Q.48 What do you know of the Middle Ages? 11618154
Q.49 What is the conflict between Clay’s father and mother? 11618149
OR
Why do Clay’s father and mother fight?
OR
Why are Clay’s father and mother not getting along?
