The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

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While waking the author up in the village, grandmother used to constantly mutter her prayers in the hope that he would imbibe some religious verses which he

• never did

• did

• imbibed partially

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The turning point in their relationship came when-

• Khushwant SIngh joined university

• The narrator moved abroad

• Their moving to the city

• Their moving to the village

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How did the sparrows express their sorrow when the author's grandmother passed away?

• They chirruped a lot

• They did not come that day

• They did not express their sorrow

• They did not take notice of bread crumbs and flew away without eating them.

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The Portrait of a Lady has been written in

• autobiographical mode

• biographical mode

• scientific mode

• romantic mode

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Which though was almost revolting?

• Grandfather's long and white beard

• Grandfather being young and handsome

• Games grandmother used to play as a child

• Grandmother being young and pretty

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Name the poetic device in the line "she was like the winter landscape".

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Repitition

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The grandmother accepted ______________

• a separate room

• a common room with the narrator

• a job

• seclusion with resignation