MCQ's (with Solutions) - Two Gentlemen of Verona

Read the following extracts and choose the correct option.

Q.1. "Won't you go in?" "Lucia will be pleased to see you."
(i) Identify the speaker.
(a) The author
(b) Nicola
(c) Jacopo
(d) The Nurse

(ii) Lucia is supposed to be :
(a) the sister of the boys
(b) aunt of the boys
(c) narrator's friend
(d) the driver's niece

(iii) Lucia would have welcomed the author because:
(a) she knew him well
(b) she was bed-ridden and would have loved a stranger's visit
(c) he had helped her brothers
(d) she was friendly by nature
Answers:
(i) (d)
(ii) (a)
(iii) (c)

Q.2. "For months they had barely kept themselves alive."
(i) This means that :
(a) they had no desire to live
(b) they were weak-willed
(c) they had great difficulties during the war
(d) they were lazy

(ii) The boys had kept alive by :
(a) eating a lot
(b) begging for work
(c) building a house out of the rubble
(d) taking people for sightseeing

(iii) The above reflects on the qualities of boys like :
(a) diligence
(b) perseverance 
(c) compassion
(d) determination
Answers:
(i) (c)
(ii) (c)
(iii) (b)

Q.3. They had always known a comfortable and cultured life.
(i) Identify 'they' :
(a) the narrator and his friend
(b) Nicola and Jacopo
(c) some tourists
(d) the guide at Juliet's tomb

(ii) By 'comfortable life' means :
(a) inherited money
(b) lot of salary
(c) parents were reasonably well-off
(d) parents were musicians

(iii) The effect of this upbringing was :
(a) boys had a tough time
(b) they couldn't survive
(c) they had to face more struggle
(d) their determination increased
Answers: 
(i) (b)
(ii) (c)
(iii) (d)

Q.4. "I knew they would prefer to feel that they had safely kept their secret."
(i) The writer had the above feeling because:
(a) the boys behaved strangely
(b) they did not take the writer inside to meet their sister
(c) they sent him to the village
(d) they refused to say anything

(ii) The above behaviour reflected upon the boys'
(a) cleverness
(b) reticence
(c) maturity
(d) introvert nature

(iii) The writer kept quiet because he wanted to :
(a) keep their friendship
(b) ignore them
(c) be indifferent
(d) retain their dignity
Answers: 
(i) (d)
(ii) (c)
(iii) (d)

Q.5. "Maybe you'd like to go to the 'cafe' in the village for a drink".
(i) The boys said this because:
(a) they wanted to avoid the writer
(b) they wanted to cheat him
(c) they were cracking a joke
(d) they were not bothered

(ii) The above reflects upon the boys' character attributes like:
(a) ignorant
(b) uncivilized
(c) tactful
(d) rude

(iii) The writer also listened to the boys because
(a) he was not interested
(b) he wanted to keep their secret
(c) he did not wish to hurt them
(d) he had no other option

Answers:
(i) (a)
(ii) (c)
(iii) (c)