Factual Based Questions - 2 | English for CLAT PDF Download

Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
I laid out two suits of underwear, with socks, shirts, collars and ties, and packed my trunk. I put in everything except my new suit and an old one and two pairs of shoes and two hats, and my books. I carried the books into the sitting-room and stacked them on the table, the ones I had brought from home and the ones  Father said it used to be a gentleman was known by his books; nowadays he is known by the ones he has not returned and locked the trunk and addressed it. The quarter hour sounded. I stopped and listened to it until the chimes ceased. I bathed and shaved. The water made my finger smart a little, so I painted it again. I put on my new suit and put my watch on and packed the other suit and the accessories and my razor and brushes in my hand bag, and folded the trunk key into a sheet of paper and put it in an envelope and addressed it to Father, and wrote the two notes and sealed them. The shadow hadn’t quite cleared the stoop.
I stopped inside the door, watching the shadow move. It moved almost perceptibly, creeping back inside the door, driving the shadow back into the door. Only she was running already when I heard it. In the mirror she was running before I knew what it was. That quick her train caught up over her arm she ran out of the mirror like a cloud, her veil swirling in long glints her heels brittle and fast clutching her dress onto her shoulder with the other hand, running out of the mirror the smells roses roses the voice that breathed o’er Eden. Then she was across the porch I couldn’t hear her heels then in the moonlight like a cloud, the floating shadow of the veil running across the grass, into the bellowing. She ran out of her dress, clutching her bridal, running into the bellowing where T. P. in the dew Whooey Sassprilluh Benjy under the box bellowing.
Father had a V-shaped silver cuirass on his running chest Shreve said, ‘Well, you didn’t.… Is it a wedding or a wake?” “I couldn’t make it,” I said. “Not with all that primping. What’s the matter? You think this was Sunday?’ “I reckon the police wont get me for wearing my new suit one time,” I said. “I was thinking about the Square students. They’ll think you go to Harvard. Have you got too proud to attend classes too?” “I’m going to eat first.” The shadow on the stoop was gone. I stepped into sunlight, finding my shadow again. I walked down the steps just ahead of it. The half hour went. Then the chimes ceased and died away.
[Extracted from The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner]
Q1: What did the narrator pack in his trunk?
(a) His new suit, old suit, two pairs of shoes, and two hats.
(b) Underwear, socks, shirts, collars, ties, and books.
(c) Only his books and accessories.
(d) His razor, brushes, and a new suit.
Ans: (b)
Sol: The paragraph mentions that the narrator packed two suits of underwear, with socks, shirts, collars, and ties, and all his books, except for a new suit, an old suit, two pairs of shoes, two hats, and some books which were left out.

Q2: What did the narrator do with the trunk key?
(a) He lost it.
(b) He gave it to Father.
(c) He folded it in a paper, put it in an envelope, and addressed it to Father.
(d) He kept it with himself for safety.
Ans: (c)
Sol: The narrator folded the trunk key into a sheet of paper, put it in an envelope, and addressed it to his Father, as described in the paragraph.

Q3: What was the narrator’s reaction to the sound of the quarter hour chime?
(a) He ignored it.
(b) He quickly left the house.
(c) He stopped and listened to it until the chimes ceased.
(d) He became anxious and hurried.
Ans: (c)
Sol: The paragraph explicitly states that the narrator stopped and listened to the quarter hour chime until it ceased.

Q4: What did the narrator pack in his handbag?
(a) Books and accessories.
(b) The other suit, accessories, razor, and brushes.
(c) His new suit and the trunk key.
(d) Letters and personal items.
Ans: (b) The other suit, accessories, razor, and brushes.
Sol: The paragraph specifies that the narrator packed the other suit, accessories, razor, and brushes in his handbag.

Q5: What did Shreve comment about the narrator’s appearance?
(a) He complimented him on looking like a Harvard student.
(b) He asked if it was a wedding or a wake.
(c) He criticized him for over-dressing.
(d) He warned him about police attention.
Ans: (b) He asked if it was a wedding or a wake.
Sol: Shreve's comment, "Well, you didn’t.… Is it a wedding or a wake?" suggests he was questioning the appropriateness or occasion of the narrator's attire, indicating surprise or curiosity about the formal appearance.