CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who came to meet Ausable?
A
Max
B
Fowler
C
Policeman
D
Ausable’s father
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -a)Ausable’s father b)Policemanc)Fowler d)MaxCorrect answer is option ‘C’. Can you explain this answer? Fowler who was a romantic young writer who came to meet Ausable in order to know about secret agents and gathering information about them for his book on secret agents.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Fowler is a young and romantic writer who had come to meet Ausable.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fowler was a very young and romantic writer. He wanted to meet Ausable, the secret agent to learn how Ausable tackled with some exciting events. He was disappointed because he thought Ausable was an unfit secret agent on account of his fat body and American accent.

Detailed explanation-4: -(b) Why did ‘he’ want to meet Ausable? Ans: Fowler wanted to meet him because he was a writer and wished to meet a real spy. (c) Why was Fowler disappointed? Ans: He was disappointed to meet Ausable who looked ordinary, slow, sluggish and a very fat person who lived in a small room on the top floor of a cheap hotel.

Detailed explanation-5: -He was staying in a hotel. A guest named Fowler comes to meet him. Ausable gives an order to the waiter for a bottle of wine and two glasses. When they entered the room, they were surprised to see an intruder named Max in the room.

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