CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Ausable was a ____ fellow.
A
dull and boring
B
fat and sloppy
C
tall and handsome
D
active and smart
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: - , . , . . .

Detailed explanation-2: -Ausable thought that Fowler was bored because he thought that Fowler had spent a dull evening in a French music hall with a sloppy fat man who instead of having secret messages manages to get only a prosaic telephone call making an appointment in his room.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Ausable was a smart, intelligent man who was a secret agent. He was very fat and sloppy. He spoke in an American accent which he had brought from Boston twenty years ago. He could speak French and German but possibly he was a spy who dealt in espionage and danger.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ausable discerned that Fowler got bored because everything turned out against what he had expected. He told him that he was disillusioned because he indicated that something thrilling was supposed to happen. He told him that soon he would see an important paper for which many people had risked their lives.

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