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"Please don't shout! You can shout yourself hoarse in your own house but here I must ask you to restrain yourself!"
Q. Who is the speaker?
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But, please, Stephen Stepanovitch, how can they be yours? Do be a reasonable man. My aunt's grandmother gave the Meadows for the temporary and free use of your grandfather's peasants. The peasants used the land for forty years and got accustomed to it as if it was their own, when it happened that .............. .
Q. Who is the speaker of above lines?
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But, please, Stephen Stepanovitch, how can they be yours? Do be a reasonable man. My aunt's grandmother gave the Meadows for the temporary and free use of your grandfather's peasants. The peasants used the land for forty years and got accustomed to it as if it was their own, when it happened that .............. .
Q. Why did the peasants treat the land as their own?
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But, please, Stephen Stepanovitch, how can they be yours? Do be a reasonable man. My aunt's grandmother gave the Meadows for the temporary and free use of your grandfather's peasants. The peasants used the land for forty years and got accustomed to it as if it was their own, when it happened that .............. .
Q. Why did his aunt’s grand mother give the meadows?
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But, please, Stephen Stepanovitch, how can they be yours? Do be a reasonable man. My aunt's grandmother gave the Meadows for the temporary and free use of your grandfather's peasants. The peasants used the land for forty years and got accustomed to it as if it was their own, when it happened that .............. .
Q. Find the synonym of ‘Sensible’ from the above passage
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But, please, Stephen Stepanovitch, how can they be yours? Do be a reasonable man. My aunt's grandmother gave the Meadows for the temporary and free use of your grandfather's peasants. The peasants used the land for forty years and got accustomed to it as if it was their own, when it happened that .............. .
Q. What light do these lines throw on the speaker’s character? He is_________.
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"Please don't shout! You can shout yourself hoarse in your own house but here I must ask you to restrain yourself!"
Q. What does the word ‘restrain’ mean?Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.
"Please don't shout! You can shout yourself hoarse in your own house but here I must ask you to restrain yourself!"
Q. Who is the speaker speaking to?
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"Please don't shout! You can shout yourself hoarse in your own house but here I must ask you to restrain yourself!"
Q. What is the dispute over?
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"Please don't shout! You can shout yourself hoarse in your own house but here I must ask you to restrain yourself!"
Q. Which word describes the speaker the best?
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‘‘Why, you’re in evening dress ! Well, I never !
Are you going to a ball or what? Though I must
say you look better ....’’
Q. What does the word 'ball' mean here?
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‘‘Why, you’re in evening dress ! Well, I never !
Are you going to a ball or what? Though I must
say you look better ....’’
Q. The speaker is very________.
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‘‘Why, you’re in evening dress ! Well, I never !
Are you going to a ball or what? Though I must
say you look better ....’’
Q. Did the speaker seem happy to the listener?
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These meadows aren’t worth much to me. They only come to five dessiatins, and are worth perhaps 300 roubles, but I can’t stand unfairness. Say what you will, I can’t stand unfairness.
Q. Find a word in the extract that means ‘not based on what is just or fair?
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These meadows aren’t worth much to me. They only come to five dessiatins, and are worth perhaps 300 roubles, but I can’t stand unfairness. Say what you will, I can’t stand unfairness.
Q. Identify the speaker and the listener of the above lines.