Here are some lines from the lesson. Match the meanings of the underlined words with their meanings listed below.

A. Then he had a job in a Bengali firm which he gave up in disgust when his boss began to treat him in too high-handed a fashion	(i) stimulate the imagination
B. A faint memory was stirred up in Patol Babu's mind.	(ii) to surrender or relinquish
C. At first he opened a variety store which he had to wind up after five years.	(iii) staged
D. In Jatras, in amateur theatricals, in plays put up by the club in his neighbourhood, Patol Babu was always in demand	(iv) to gain control over one's actions
E. Patol Babu was about to step forward when he was pulled up short by a voice shouting 'Silence!'	(v) shut down
F. Patol Babu pulled himself together.	(vi) stopped

Read the following extract and answer the questions by choosing from the alternatives given below.
‘Come in, come in, sir!’ Patol Babu dragged the young man in and pushed the broken-armed chair towards him.

(a) Patol Babu was ___________
(i) a well-known film star
(ii) a rich businessman who ran a variety store
(iii) a successful stage actor
(iv) None of the above

(b) Who was the young man invited in by Patol Babu?
(i) Nishikanto Babu
(ii) Naresh Dutt
(iii) Mr. Pakrashi
(iv) Baren Mullick

(c) Why was Patol Babu excited on seeing the visitor?
(i) The visitor was his mentor.
(ii) He had offered him a role in a film.
(iii) He was his brother-in-law.
(iv) He was a famous director.

Read the following extract and answer the questions by choosing from the alternatives given below.

The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.

(a) How did the mariners enter the silent sea?
(i) A storm drove them there.
(ii) The breeze stopped blowing and the sails dropped.
(iii) The Albatross took them there.
(iv) The helmsman steered the ship.

(b) Name the poem and the poet.
(i) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by P. B. Shelley
(ii) The Ancient Mariner by S.T. Coleridge
(iii) The Mariner and the Albatross by D. H. Lawrence
(iv) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by S.T. Coleridge

(c) Which poetic device is used in the above lines?
(i) Metaphor
(ii) Alliteration
(iii) Simile
(iv) Personification

What did Sosanko mean when he said that Patol Babu was lucky?

Answer the following in about 120 words:
“That’s odd − the man hadn’t been paid yet. What a strange fellow!” What traits of Patol Babu make him a strange fellow?

'Oh, oh, oh; oh, oh ...' Patol Babu began giving the exclamation a different inflection
each time he uttered it: After doing it a number of times he made an astonishing
discovery.

(a) Why did Patol Babu repeat the word, `oh' over and over again '?

(b) What 'astonishing discovery' did he make?

(c) What does the word, 'uttered' mean?

Who was Mr. Pakrashi and how did he instil the value of being true to one's work in
Patol Babu?

What was the news that Nishikanto Ghosh gave Patol Babu?

How did Patol Babu react? Why?

Why had Patol Babu lost his first job in Calcutta?

How does Patol Babu reconcile to the dialogue given to him?