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Ingles Resumenes Y Actividades
CHAPTER 5
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b)
TRUE
c)
d)
TRUE
e)
FALSE. At first, Mrs Moore had thought that somebody had tried
to hurt her.
f)
FALSE. He was glad she told him because it showed that Mrs
Moore considered him a real friend with whom she could be frank.
g)
h)
FALSE. Although she realized that she did not love Ronny, she
knew it was too late to break off their engagement.
i)
TRUE
j)
PAGE 64 EXERCISE 4
Possible answer:
The novel A Passage to India describes the feelings and customs of both
the upper-class English and Indians at the beginning of the last century.
Some of the most important customs described are those linked to
hospitality and the behavior of guests. For these upper-class Indians
the question of honour was closely connected to how one treated his
guests. For example, the most important thing for the Nawab Bahadur
after the car accident was that he had risked the lives of his guests.
Mrs Moore surprised Aziz greatly because of her respect for the
traditions of the country when she took off her shoes before entering
the mosque.
Aziz, himself, felt very strongly that his honour depended on treating
his guests well. He said at one point that guests must be free otherwise
they become prisoners. For him, the most important thing was that his
guests were happy. In fact, the whole plot of the novel turned around
his feelings about hospitality. After all, he felt obliged to be a good host
to Mrs Moore and Miss Quested and couldnt, therefore, allow them to
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PAGE 65 EXERCISE 5
A)
B)
Because love was missing: she and Ronny did not love each other.
C)
(Open answer)
Page 66 exercise 7
a-6 b-4 c-7 d-1 e-5 f-3 g-2
Page 66 exercise 8
a)
b)
Hope spirituality; politeness social life; and the blowing of a
nose the physical existence of individuals
c)
Possible answer: Aziz his loss of honour; Mrs Moore- her loss of
spiritual certainty; Adela- her loss of sentimental certainty
CHAPTER 5
PAGE 75 EXERCISE 1
A)
Because he realized that the collector was mad as well, and so
could not possibly understand.
B)
Disaster
C)
They forgot their differences and began to act as single, united
community
D)
Because he thought that all Indians, sooner or later, became
criminals.
E)
Aziz followed Adela into a cave and made some insulting remark.
She tried to hit him with her binoculars and then escaped down the
gully.
(Open answer)
b)
He believed that Aziz, a criminal at heart like all Indians, made
insulting remarks to Miss Quested in one of the caves
c)
That if evil was done it was done by all, and if good was done it
was done by all.
d)
(Open answer)
Page 76 exercise 4
1-H 2-D 3-3 4-c 5-a 6-G