Comprehension Passage-9 (PROSE SOLVED) CBSE-CLASS-6-10

Read Comprehension-Great Expectation

This was very uncomfortable, and I was half afraid. However, the only thing to be done being to knock at the door, I knocked, and was told from within to enter. I entered, therefore, and found myself in a pretty large room, well lighted with wax candles. No glimpse of daylight was to be seen in it. It was a dressing-room, as I supposed from the furniture, though much of it was of forms and uses then quite unknown to me. But prominent in it was a draped table with a gilded looking-glass, and that I made out at first sight to be a fine lady’s dressing-table.

Whether I should have made out this object so soon if there had been no fine lady sitting at it, I cannot say. In an arm-chair, with an elbow resting on the table and her head leaning on that hand, sat the strangest lady I have ever seen, or shall ever see.

She was dressed in rich materials,—satins, and lace, and silks,—all of white. Her shoes were white. And she had a long white veil dependent from her hair, and she had bridal flowers in her hair, but her hair was white. Some bright jewels sparkled on her neck and on her hands, and some other jewels lay sparkling on the table. Dresses, less splendid than the dress she wore, and half-packed trunks, were scattered about.

She had not quite finished dressing, for she had but one shoe on,—the other was on the table near her hand,—her veil was but half arranged, her watch and chain were not put on, and some lace for her bosom lay with those trinkets, and with her handkerchief, and gloves, and some flowers, and a Prayer-Book all confusedly heaped about the looking-glass.

Read the passage and answer the following questions:

1. How did the author feel at the beginning of the passage?

i. he felt afraid to knock the door.

ii. he felt uncomfortable and half afraid.

iii. he felt fearless.

iv. All of the above.

2. On knocking the door, what answer did the author get.

i. To enter the house.

ii. To leave right away.

iii. Silence.

iv.  To leave and visit the next day.

3. When the author entered what the first impression about the room did he have?

i. It was a large room,well lighted room full of daylight.

ii. It was a pretty large room, well lighted with wax candles. No glimpse of daylight was

to be seen in it.

iii. The room was big and dark.

iv.  The room was small, well lighted with wax candles. No glimpse of daylight was to be seen in it.

4. What room did the author supposed it to be?

i. A dressing-room.

ii. A bed room.

iii. A dining room with table.

iv. A living room.

5. “Whether I should have made out this object so soon if there had been no fine lady sitting at it, I cannot say.” what object is being talked about here?

i. Wax candles.

ii. A beautifully covered table.

iii. A dressing table with a gilded looking-glass.

iv.  All of the above.

6. When he saw the lady in an armchair, with an elbow resting on the table and her head leaning on that hand. What did he think about the lady?

i. He thought she was the most beautiful lady he has ever seen and will ever see.

ii. He thought she was the most strongest lady he has ever seen or will ever see.

iii. He thought she was too frightening.

iv. He thought she was the strangest lady he has ever seen and will ever see.

7. What kind of clothes had the lady worn?

i. She was dressed in rich materials,—satins, and lace, and silks,—all of white. Her shoes and veil were white too.

ii. She was dressed in rich materials,—satins, and lace, and silks,—all of black. Her shoes were black.

iii. She was dressed in rich materials,—satins, and lace, and silks,—all of white. Her shoes were white, with no veil on her head.

iv. All of the above.

8. What was scattered all about? 

i. Only her jewels.

ii. Dresses, less splendid than the dress she wore, and half-packed trunks.

iii. Her veil.

iv. None of the above.

9. What does the picture of the lady sitting like this portray ?

i. She was going for some funeral.

ii. She was about to be married.

iii. She was a witch.

iv. None of the above.

10. What does prominent mean? 

i. Bridal flowers.

ii. Draped table.

iii. Looking glass.

iv. projecting from something (clearly visible.)

 Answers.

1. ii.

2. i.

3. ii.

4. i.

5. iii.

6. iv.

7. i.

8. ii.

9. ii.

10. iv.