12th English Two Gentlemen of Verona Questions and Answers| Character sketch| Theme|PSEB

 

Class- 12^th
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA

Lesson for Intensive study

Chapter – 8

 

QUESTION’S/ ANSWER’S

Q1. What were the jobs that the two boys undertook?

Ans. They polished shoes, sold fruit, hawked newspapers, conducted tourists round the town and ran errands.

Q2. Describe the physical appearance of both the boys?

Ans. The two brother were little figures with their brown skins, tangled hair and earnest eyes; Jacopo was lively as a squirrel and Nicola had an attractive smile.

Q3. How were the two boys useful for the narrator and his friend in many ways?

Ans. They were useful in getting them American chocolates, booking seats for the opera or telling the name of a good restaurant etc.

Q4. Why did the two boys work endlessly?

Ans. They worked very hard to pay for the treatment of their sister suffering from tuberculosis of the spine.

Q5. Where did the narrator drive the two boys?

Ans. He drove them to a village beyond Poleta to enable them to see their sister in the hospital.

Q6. Who was the woman at the village?

Ans. She was a pleasant-looking trained nurse.

Q7. What made the narrator follow the boys?

Ans. The narrator followed the boys Nicola and Jacopo to see whom they were visiting.

Q8. What did Lucia aspire to be?

Ans. She aspires to be a singer.

Q9. Why the narrator was deeply moved?

Ans. He was deeply moved by the two boys devotion to their sick sister.

Q10. What made the two brother and their sister orphans?

Ans. They were the children of a widower killed in the war and the destruction of their home made them orphans.

Q11. What is the message conveyed by the two boys in the story? Write in your own words.

Ans. The message is: Care of one’s sister strengthens family ties; care for the sick and suffering would make the world a better place to live in.

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTION

Q1. Explain in brief the condition in which the two boys grew up?

Ans. The two boys led a very miserable life after the death of their widower father. In their childhood they lived a confortable and cultured life. Their sister wanted to train as a singer. Their life became very miserable in the war. Their home was bombed in Verona, and completely destroyed. So they became homeless. They had to suffer from starvation and exposure to the terrible winter in Verona. This made them angry. They became spies for the resistance group. They faced risks. They visited their sister every week in the hospital and paid her dues to the hospital. The author found the three siblings a happy family.

Q2. What is the message conveyed by the story, Two Gentlemen of Verona’?

Ans. The message of the story is clear. Care of one’s sister strengthens the family ties. Care for the sick and suffering would make the world a better place to live in. The two young boys have set a glorious example of noble conduct for other to follow. Such a sacrifice develops values which are good for the health of society.

 

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTION

Q1. Draw a brief character sketch of the two boys in the story?

Ans. Nicola and Jacopo were two brothers. Their widower father died in the war. Their house was bombed. So they were homeless and orphans. Their sister was in the hospital suffering from tuberculosis of the spine. They led wretched lives. They sold newspapers and fruit. They carried messages for others and took the tourists to places of tourist interest in Verona. Their tender age and small size made them very serviceable.

        The two boys were devoted to their sister. They earned money by all sorts of work to pay the expenses of their sister in the hospital. The writer looked upon them as a happy family. Their selfless of their sister gave promise of a greater hope for human society.

Q2. Write the theme of the story, Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in your own words?

Ans. This story is based on the theme that selfless action brings new nobility into human life. It gives a promise of a greater hope for human society. The author finds the two boys involved in an exemplary action of self-sacrifice for their sister. The message is clear. Care of one’s sister strengthens the family ties. Care for the sick and suffering would make the world a better place to live in. What we see in the world is that selfishness is the order of the day. The two young boys have set a glorious example of noble conduct for other to follow. Such a sacrifice develops values which are good for the health of society.