ENG214:HOW TO READ A SHORT STORY QUESTION BANK
1.How does Lawrence’s style help to create a particular mood and atmosphere?
2.Describe Paul’s mother in your own words?
3.Comment on the ending of The Rocking –Horse Winner. How would you end it? Give reasons?
4.Do you think this story is different because a great writer like Tolstoy has retold it? why?
5.Why did the workers in, ‘Twenty Six Men and a Girl respect Tanya’?
6.What did everybody else say about the mother in, ‘The Rocking Horse Winner? What was the reality?
7. What clever method does the lady in ‘The Luncheon’adopt to enjoy a huge lunch?
8. Narrate the story of ‘Kafan’ written by Premchand in your own words.
9.Why did Paul want to win more and more money in Horse racing? How was the money utilized?
10. Describe Johnsy’s mental state in the hospital in ‘The Last Leaf’.
11. What kind of life did Madame Loisel live after marrying a clerk in the Necklace?
12.Sketch the character of the clerk in the story, ‘The Death of a Clerk’.
13. What were the factors responsible for the unhappy life of Phatik in, ‘The Home Coming’?
14. What did Mrs. Sappleton say about the open window and shooting? What was it’s effect on Mr. Nuttel?
15. Why did Ma Parker break down after the death of Lennie?
16. Describe Pahom’s struggle in the last phase of the measuring land in, ‘How much Land does a man Need’.
17. How did Budhiya’s arrival affect the lives of Ghisu and Madho in, ‘The Shroud’?
18. Describe how the lady exploited the writer in, ‘The Luncheon’.
19. How did Mr. and Mrs. Loisel raise money to buy the diamond necklace?
20.Write a note on significance of the little, ‘The Home Coming’.
21. Attempt a character sketch of Ma Parker in your own words.
22.Write a short note on the structure of a short story.
23. Sketch the character of the girl in ‘Hills like White Elephants’.
24. How do Folk-Tales differ from written literature?
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