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Term 1 - Vistas Third Level - 01

1. In The Third Level, why did Charley need to speak to his psychiatrist friend on discovering the third
level of Grand Central?
a. He felt it was an illusion
b. He informed him his departure
c. Because Sam too had been there
d. He felt that it was a nightmare
2. Why was Louisa, Charley’s wife worried?
a. For not getting tickets
b. After Knowing about the Third Level
c. Sam scared her
d. For the tickets got delayed
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3. In the prose The Third Level, what does the third level mean to the narrator?
a. The way to reach his wife
b. The way to a peaceful life
c. The way to reach his home
d. The way to Galesburg
4. Why did Sam refer to Charley's hobby of collecting stamps as a temporary refuge from reality in The
Third Level?
a. Because it indicated his wish for a peaceful life
b. Because he did not have a job
c. Because it indicated his bond with his grandfather
d. Because he wanted to have the largest stamp collection
5. In The Third Level, why was Sam's letter evidence for both Charley and Louisa?
a. It proved that the third level was Charley's illusion
b. It indicated the existence of the third level
c. It said that Galesburg was an imaginary place
d. It proved that the third level didn't exist
6. What is the significance of 1894 in the lesson? (The Third Level)
a. Authors’ parents were alive
b. It was past
c. Author’s childhood time
d. Representing a peaceful, romantic living time

Question No. 7 to 11 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:

Have you ever been there? It’s a wonderful town still, with big old frame houses, huge lawns, and
tremendous trees whose branches meet overhead and roof the streets. And in 1894, summer evenings
were twice as long, and people sat out on their lawns, the men smoking cigars and talking quietly, the
women waving palm-leaf fans, with the fire-flies all around, in a peaceful world. To be back there with
the First World War still twenty years off, and World War II over forty years in the future... I wanted

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two tickets for that.

7. Who does you refer to?

a. Charley’s psychiatrist, Sam Weiner
b. The reader
c. Charley’s wife, Louisa
d. Nobody in particular, it is a figure of speech
8. Choose the option that best describes the society represented in the above extract.
a. leisurely, sentimental
b. orthodox, upper class
c. comfortable, ancient
d. content, peace-loving
9. Imagine that the city of Galesburg is hosting a series of conferences and workshops. In which of the
following conferences or workshops are you least likely to find the description of Galesburg given in
the above extract?
a. Welcome to the home you deserve: Galesburg Realtors
b. The Woman Question: The world of women at home
c. Gorgeous Galesburg: Archiving a Tourist Paradise
d. Re-imagining a Warless Future: Technology for Peace
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10. tremendous trees whose branches meet overhead and roof the streets is NOT an example of
i. imagery
ii. metaphor
iii. alliteration
iv. anachronism
a. Options (ii) and (iii)
b. Options (ii) and (iv)
c. Options (i) and (ii)
d. Options (i) and (iii)
11. What was Charley’s vision about Galesburg town?
a. Charley thought that Galesburg was still a wonderful town.
b. Charley thought that Galesburg was still a small town.
c. Charley thought that Galesburg was still a messy town.
d. None of these

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Class 12 - English Core

Term 1 - Vistas Third Level - 01

Solution

1. (a) He felt it was an illusion

Explanation: The third level had never been spoken about by any of the railroads' authorities and
there has been the mention of two levels only. Therefore, having visited the third level, Charley felt it
was some kind of illusion that his mind was forcing him into and was so assured by his psychiatrist
friend whom he had consulted about it.
2. (b) After Knowing about the Third Level
Explanation: Sam's wife, Louisa was very worried after hearing her husband's visit to the third level.
Initially, she got worried as her husband came late and later after hearing the incident, she got all the
more worried and tried to convince her husband to stop looking for the third level.
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3. (b) The way to a peaceful life
Explanation: The third level represented Charley's wish to return to a peaceful life where there will be
no worries, fears, insecurities, war and the rest of it.
4. (a) Because it indicated his wish for a peaceful life
Explanation: According to Charley's psychiatrist friend, known by the name of Sam, Charley's visit to
the third level of the Grand Central was an illusion and was because he wanted to escape from the
insecurities and fear of the modern life. His hobby of stamp collection was a temporary refuge that
indicated his wish to have the peaceful life that he had back in Galesburg when he was a child.
5. (b) It indicated the existence of the third level
Explanation: Sam's letter to Charley and his wife indicated that the third level really existed because
Sam's letter was dated 18 July 1894 where Sam claimed that it was true that the Grand Central had a
third level which can take them back to a peaceful life in 1894.
6. (d) Representing a peaceful, romantic living time
Explanation: The year represented a peaceful, romantic era. It was the time where the narrator
wished to be and live happily with his wife. He wanted to escape the pulls and pressures of life and
relax in the YEAR 1894.
7. (b) The reader
Explanation: The reader
8. (b) orthodox, upper class
Explanation: orthodox, upper class
9. (d) Re-imagining a Warless Future: Technology for Peace
Explanation: Re-imagining a Warless Future: Technology for Peace
10. (b) Options (ii) and (iv)
Explanation: Options (ii) and (iv)
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11. (a) Charley thought that Galesburg was still a wonderful town.
Explanation: Charley thought that Galesburg was still a wonderful town.

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