Practice Questions: Two Gentlemen of Verona | Practice Questions with Solutions for Class 10 PDF Download

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• Nicola is talking to the narrator.
• The speaker Nicola is referring to their plans for saving money for the treatment of their sister.
•  frowned.

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• The boys did many things such as shoeshining, selling fruits, hawking newspapers and conducting tourists round the town and running errands.
• They were doing these things to earn money for the treatment of their sister who was in hospital.
• carelessly.

Ans: The author finds that the two brothers are law-abiding, responsible, caring more for human values, respectful and self-dependent. They are also honest, diligent and soft-spoken. For saving the life of their only surviving blood relative, their only sister, they are sacrificing their lot.

Ans: Luigi behaved in an unfriendly way. He expressed his disgust for them. Moreover, he doubted them as cheats or thieves owing to their shabby appearance. He requested the author not to buy fruits from them.

Ans: Both the author and his friend observed that the two boys possessed a series of virtues. They were diligent, honest, dutiful, modest and courteous. In their tender age they were doing various kinds of work to earn more money. Their devotion and dedication to duty impressed both the author and his friend.

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• The word ‘they’ here stands for the two boys, Nicola and Jacopo.
• Their spontaneous hatred and anger for the Germans led them to join the resistance movement. The Germans had ruined their entire family and thrown them into the streets.
• Owing to poverty, she became a victim of malnutrition. In course of time, she began to suffer from tuberculosis of the spine.

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• Luigi, the driver, speaks these lines to the author.
• The speaker does not like their shabby appearance. He doubts them as cheats or thieves.
•  Wild strawberries have been referred to here.

Ans: The two boys used to shine shoes, sell fruits, hawk newspapers, conduct tourists round the town and ran errands. They never bothered for themselves. For earning their livelihood and saving the life of their sister, they performed even difficult tasks.

Ans: The narrator saw that the two boys seated beside a girl of about twenty, who propped up on pillows. She was listening to their chatter. She bore resemblance to her brothers. They gave her vase of wild flowers, fruits and several books.

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• ‘They’ here stands for the two boys, Nicola and Jacopo.
• They greeted the narrator in a very respectful and courteous manner.
• The narrator thought that they picked wild strawberries for earning their livelihood.