Class 12, Two Gentlemen Of Verona, An English Chapter, By A. J. Cronin, Punjabi translation, Q/A

Описание: Long Answer Type Questions

Question 1.
Draw a brief character sketch of the two boys in the story.

Answer:
Nicola and Jacopo were two brothers. Their widower father died in the war. Their house was bombed. So they were homeless and orphans. Their sister was in the hospital suffering from tuberculosis of the spine. They led wretched lives. They sold newspapers and fruit. They carried messages for others and took the tourists to places of tourist interest in Verona.

Their tender age and small size made them very serviceable. The two boys were devoted to their sister. They earned money by all sorts of work to pay the expenses of their sister in the hospital. The writer looked upon them as a happy family. Their selfless service of their sister gave promise of a greater hope for human society.


Question 2.
Write the theme of the story, ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona, in your own words. (V. Imp.)

Answer:
This story is based on the theme that selfless action brings a new nobility into human life. It gives a promise of a greater hope for human society. The author finds the two boys involved in an exemplary action of self-sacrifice for their sister. The message is clear.

Care of one’s sister strengthens the family ties. Care for the sick and suffering would make the world a better place to live in. What we see in the world is that selfishness is the order of the day. The two young boys have set a glorious example of noble conduct for others to follow. Such a sacrifice develops values which are good for the health of society.

Objective Type Questions

Question 1.
What were the jobs that the two boys undertook ?
Answer:
They polished shoes, sold fruit, hawked newspapers, conducted tourists round the town and ran errands.

Question 2.
Describe the physical appearance of both the boys.
Answer:
The two brothers were little figures with their brown skins, tangled hair and earnest eyes Jacopo was lively as a squirrel and Nicola had an attractive smile.

Question 3.
How were the two boys useful for the narrator and his friend in many ways ?
Answer:
They were useful in getting them American chocolates, booking seats for the opera or telling the name of a good restaurant etc.

Question 4.
Why did the two boys work endlessly ?
Answer:
They worked very hard to pay for the treatment of their sister suffering from tuberculosis of the spine.

Question 5.
Where did the narrator drive the two boys ?
Answer:
He drove them to a village beyond Poleta to enable them to see their sister in the hospital.

Question 6.
Who was the woman at the village ?
Answer:
She was a pleasant-looking trained nurse.

Question 7.
What made the narrator follow the boys ?
Answer:
The narrator followed the boys Nicola and Jacopo to see whom they were visiting.

Question 8.
What did. Lucia aspire to be ?
Answer:
She aspired to be a singer.

Question 9.
Why was the narrator deeply moved ?
Answer:
He was deeply moved by the two boys’ devotion to their sick sister.

Question 10.
What made the two brothers and their sister orphans ?
Answer:
They were the children of a widower killed in the war and the destruction of their home made them orphans.

Question 11.
What is the message conveyed by the two boys in the story ? Write in your own words. (Imp.)
Answer:
The message is : Care of one’s sister strengthens family ties; care for the sick and suffering would make the world a better place to live in.

Question 12.
Name the two boys who are the two gentlemen of Verona in the title of the story.
Answer:
Nicola and Jacopo.

Question 13.
What does the story tell you about the father of the two boys ?
Answer:
He was a famous singer, killed during the war.

Question 14.
To which place did the boys request the narrator to take them ?
Answer:
Poleta.

Question 15.
Choose one of the options about the sister of the boys :
Answer:
(ii) She wanted to be a singer.

Question 16.
What did the boys find in the quality of their life when German Elite Guards came to their town ? Write your answer in two words.
Answer:
More wretched.

Question 17.
Choose the correct option of the disease from which Lucia was suffering :

Answer:
(iv) Tuberculosis.

Question 18.
Name the writer of the story.
Answer:
A.J. Cronin.

Question 19.
What was attractive about Nicola ?
Answer:
His smile.

Question 20.
With whom has Jacopo been compared ?
Answer:
With a squirrel.

Question 21.
What had Lucia been suffering from ?
Answer:
She had been suffering from consumption of the spine.

Question 22.
Verona is a place in one of these countries :
Answer:
(c) Italy.

Question 23.
Name the two brothers in the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona :

Answer:
(a) Nicola and Jacopo.

Question 24.
Lucia had a desire to be one of these :

Answer:
(b) Singer