TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
A.J. Cronin
I. Answer the
following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:
1. Where did the author meet the two boys?
a) outskirts of
Verona city b) outskirts
of Paris
c) outskirts of
Johannesburg
Ans: a) outskirts of
Verona city
2. Who tries to stop the author from buying fruits from
the boys?
a) Nicola b) Luigi c) Jocopo
Ans: b) Luigi
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3. What did the driver tell about the fruits?
a) Fruits were not
good as the fruits in Verona city
b) Fruits were very
delicious
c) Fruits were
mesmerizing
Ans: a) Fruits were
not good as the fruits in Verona city
4. What did the narrator buy from the boys?
a) biggest basket of
fruits
b) smallest basket of
fruits
c) medium basket of
fruits
Ans: a) biggest
basket of fruits
5. Who was younger between Nicola and Jacopo?
a) Nicola b) Jocopo
Ans: b) Jocopo
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6. Who was elder between Nicola and Jacopo?
a) Nicola b) Jocopo
Ans: a) Nicola
7. What were the boys doing in the public square?
a) working as vendor
b) working as
goldsmith
c) working as
shoeshine boys
Ans: c) working as
shoeshine boys
8. What was one of the jobs done by the two boys to earn
money?
a) Selling lamps b) Selling caps c) Selling fruits
Ans: c) selling
fruits
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9. How old was Jacopo?
a) 11 b) 12 c) 13
Ans: b) 12
10. How old was Nicola?
a) 11 b) 12 c) 13
Ans: c) 13
11. The narrator observed that the two boys spent _______
a. very little money
on their food and clothing.
b. more money on
their food and clothing.
c. little time to
earn money.
Ans: a. very little
money on their food and clothing.
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12. The narrator was very much impressed by the boys’
personalities because______
a. they were great
actors.
b. despite their age,
they behaved like true gentlemen.
c. they were not
successful.
Ans: b. despite their
age, they behaved like true gentlemen.
13. What favour did Jacopo ask the narrator?
a) To take them to
bus stand in his car on Sunday
b) To take them to
auto stand in his car on Sunday
c) To take them to
Poleta in his car on Sunday
Ans: c) To take them
to Poleta in his car on Sunday
14. Why were the two boys visiting Poleta on every
Sunday?
a) To meet sister b) To meet father
c) To meet mother
Ans: a) To meet
sister
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15. What was Lucia suffering from?
a) Tuberculosis of
brain b) Tuberculosis of spine c) Tuberculosis of leg
Ans: b) Tuberculosis
of spine
16. Mention one of the ways the boys helped the
resistance movement.
a) They worked as a
secret agent and carried messages
b) They worked to
carry guns and bullets
c) They worked to
burn all documents of opponents.
Ans: a) They worked
as a secret agent and carried messages
17. How long did the German Elite Guards rule over
Verona?
a) 2 years b) 3 years c) 4 years
Ans: b) 3 years
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18. Where are Romeo and Juliet reputed to have lived in?
a) Poleta b) Verona c)
Padua
Ans: b) Verona
19. How old was Lucia?
a) 18 years b) 19 years c) 20 years
Ans: c) 20 years
20. Whose tomb did Nicola offer to take the narrator to?
a) Juliet b) Romeo c) John
Ans: a) Juliet
21. Name the village where Lucia was being treated?
a) Poleta b) Verona c) Padua
Ans: a) Poleta
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22. How would the boys usually go to Poleta?
a) Bicycle b) Auto rickshaw c) bus
Ans: a) Bicycle
23. Where did Nicola and Jacopo’s father work as a
singer?
a) La Paris b) La Scala c) La Lu
Ans: b) La Scala
24. How far was Poleta from Verona?
a) 20 km b) 25km c) 30 km
Ans: c)
30 km
25. The author met the two boys……………………….
a) on the outskirts of Padua b)
on the outskirts of Verona.
c) in Padua d) in Verona
Ans: a) on the outskirts of Padua
26. The author
bought………………………from the two boys.
a) wild strawberries b)
fresh apples
c) mangoes d) dried grapes
Ans: a) wild strawberries
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27. ………………………is/are reputed to have lived in Verona.
a) Julius Caesar b) Shylock
c) Mara d) Romeo and
Juliet
Ans: d) Romeo and Juliet
28. The boys were doing
business………………………in the public
square.
a) of selling cigarettes b) of polishing shoes
c) of selling wild strawberries d) by attracting customers
Ans: b) of polishing shoes
29. Nicola was………………………old.
a) thirteen years b) twelve years
c) ten years d)
fourteen years
Ans: a) thirteen years
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30. The boys were waiting
for the last bus from Padua to sell………………….
a) wild strawberries b) their papers
c) cigarettes d) tickets to the Opera
Ans: b) their papers
31. The narrator
thought that the boys must be saving up to…………………….
a) emigrate to Germany b)
emigrate to France
c) emigrate to Italy d) emigrate
to America
Ans: d) emigrate to America
32. The narrator
observed that the two boys spent ………………………
a) very little money on their
food and clothing
b) more money on their
food and clothing
c) little time to earn money
d) their time doing nothing
Ans: a) very little money on their food and
clothing
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33. Every Sunday,
the boys made a visit to the country,
……………………….
a) to Poleta b) to the Alps c) to Padua d) to Venice
Ans: a) to Poleta
34. Poleta was………………………from Venice.
a) 35 kilometres b) 30 kilometres
c) 40
kilometres d) 25 kilometres
Ans: b) 30 kilometres
35. Nicola and Jacopo used to visit Poleta every Sunday to go to…………………
a) a hospital b)
the opera c) the tomb of Juliet d)
a villa
Ans: a) a hospital
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36. Their father,
a widower, was a well-known ………………………
a) musician in Venice b) dancer at La Scala
c) fruit seller d)
singer at La Scala
Ans: d) singer at La Scala
37. ………………………established
headquarters in Verona and for three dreadful years ruled the city with
ruthless severity.
a) The French b) The German Elite
Guard
c) The Republicans d) The Secret State Police
Ans: b) The German Elite Guard
38. The boys were used to………………………to the forces of liberation
and, more dangerous still, to
ferret out information on the movements of the
German troops.
a) carry weapons b)
sell fruits
c) polish shoes d) carry messages
Ans: d) carry messages
39. Their beloved
sister was found suffering from………………………, contracted during the miseries
of the war.
a) an ulcer in her stomach b) a liver disease
c) tuberculosis of the spine d) cancer
Ans: c) tuberculosis of the spine
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40. The narrator
was very much impressed by the boys’ personalities
because……………………….
a) they were great actors
b) despite their age, they behaved
like true gentlemen
c) they were not successful
d) they ferreted messages about German troops
Ans: b) despite their age, they behaved like
true gentlemen
41. In spite
of working hard and earning money, the two boys still looked poor because………………………
a)
they were saving money to
go to America
b)
they had other plans
c)
wanted to save money
for medical expenses
d)
they were scared of getting robbed
Ans: c) wanted to save money for medical
expenses
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42. Nicola was
not pleased when Jacopo asked the narrator to drive them to Poleta
as he………………………
a)
did not want a stranger to become involved
with their plans
b)
preferred going to Poleta by train so that he could enjoy the scenery
c)
did not want to ask anyone
for favours
d)
did not want to take help from someone
he did not know well
Ans: c) did not want to ask anyone for
favours
43. The narrator
did not follow
the boys because………………………
a)
he was not invited to join
them
b)
he was not interested in knowing what the boys were up to
c)
he wanted to respect their
privacy
d)
he was in a hurry to get back to Venice
Ans: c) he wanted to respect their privacy
44. ………………………had made the two boys and their
sister homeless.
a) Their poverty b) Their unemployment
c) The war d) Lack of courage
Ans: c) The war
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45. The villa at
Poleta had been changed into……………………….
a) a parlour b) a hospital c)
a theatre d) a bank
Ans: b) a hospital
46. The author
did not speak to the boys on their return journey because he thought……………………….
a)
the boys would prefer
to keep their
secret
b)
the boys were ashamed
of their sister’s
condition.
c)
they wouldn’t tell him the truth
d)
they were worthless
Ans: a) the boys would prefer to keep their
secret
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47. The boys
work so hard as……………………….
a)
they were greedy for money
b)
they wanted to go to
America
c)
they wanted to save money for sister’s
treatment
d)
they wanted to take care of their father
Ans: c) they wanted to save money for
sister’s treatment
48. The boys
are evasive in disclosing their plan to the narrator in the story because……………………….
a)
they thought he could never understand their plight
b)
they did not want to
share their problem with a stranger
c)
they did not want to gain anybody’s sympathy
d)
they did not trust
anybody
Ans: they did not want to gain anybody’s
sympathy
