Very Short Answer Questions: 1 Mark
1. Who is the author of the prose piece, “The Verger”?
Answer: the author of the prose piece, “The Verger” is
William Somerset Maugham.
2. Who is the verger in the lesson?
Answer: The Verger in the lesson is Albert Edward.
3. Where does the verger work?
Answer: The Verger works in St. Peter’s church.
4. Where is St. Peter’s church located?
Answer: St. Peter’s church is located at Neville Square.
5. What was the occasion that particular afternoon?
Answer: The occasion was a Christening that particular
afternoon.
6. What was the verger’s grown made of?
Answer: The verger’s grown was made of perennial bronze.
7. Who were the people that frequented St. Peter’s, Neville Square?
Answer: The fashionable people that frequented St. Peter’s,
Neville Square.
8. For how long had the verger been working at St. Peter’s?
Answer: For sixteen years, the verger had been working at
St. Peter’s.
9. What is ‘vestry’?
Answer: A ‘vestry’ is a room which is basically attached to
a church or chapel. It is used for keeping vestments, vessels and records.
10. Where had the new vicar come from?
Answer: The new vicar had come from the East End.
11. Give the meaning of the following terms:
Answer:
Word-Meaning
(a)Disconcerting- causing
one to feel unsettled
(b) infirm- not
physically or mentally strong, especially through age or illness.
(c) genuflect- to lower one knee
as an act of worship
(d) aisle- a passage between
rows of seats or pews; a wing or lateral division of a church
(e) cassock- a full-length garment of a
single color worn by certain Christian clergy, members of church choirs,
acolytes, and others having some particular office or role in a church.
(f) vestry- a room attached to a church
or chapel used for keeping vestments, vessels and records
(g) congregation- a group of people
assembled for religious worship
(h) parish- (in the Christian Church)
a small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or
pastor
(i) discreet-
civil, polite, judicious
(j) subdued- (of a person or their
manner) quiet and rather reflective or depressed.
(k) whimpering- making a series of low,
feeble sounds expressive of fear, pain, or unhappiness.
(l) surplice- a loose white linen
vestment varying from hip-length to calf-length, worn over a cassock by clergy,
acolytes, and choristers at Christian church services
(m) refectory table- a
long, narrow table
(n) obsequious- showing respect;
compliant with the will or wishes of another in a servile manner
(o) deportment-behavior, law, moral conduct, law and
order, principle
(p) knack-an acquired or natural
skill at performing a task.
(q) prudence- wisdom; knowledge of or
skill in a matter
(r) nipper- a young boy or girl; the smallest
or youngest of a family
(s) latitude- the angular distance of a
place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or
south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
(t) disarming- of manner or behavior)
having the effect of allaying suspicion or hostility, especially through charm.
Short Answer Questions Type-1:
2 Marks
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