English The Luncheon Assignment

DAV Public School, Dwarka

Class-VIII(2016-17)                  Subject-English                         L-The Luncheon

                                                            by W. Somerset Maugham

Q1. Put the events of the story in correct order:

a.    She gave me her last kind advice how to improve my eating habits.

b.    I met her in the theatre after many years and I could hardly recognize her.

c.    Twenty years ago I lived in Paris and earned just enough money to get by.

d.    I was really scared what could happen when I would pay the bill.

e.    "I never eat anything for luncheon."

f.     I ordered a mutton chop for myself.

g.    She had read a book of mine.

h.    She ordered asparagus.

i.      I invited her to a famous and expensive restaurant.

j.      I didn’t have dinner for the rest of the month.

Q2. Choose the most appropriate option for the following :

a.    The author was living in _______________.

i.              Foyot’s           ii. Latin           iii. Paris          iv. cemetery

b.    The lady wanted to have a ____________ with the author.

i.              meeting          ii. luncheon   iii. dinner       iv. cup of tea

c.    Before the luncheon, the author had ____________ francs to last him for the rest of the month.

i.              fifty      ii.forty             iii.eighty         hundred

d.    The first dish ordered for the lady was _____________.

i.              salmon           ii. cavaire       iii. asparagus                        iv.mutton chops

e.    The author was in _________ when the asparagus were being cooked.

i.              dreams           ii. panic          iii.high spirits                        iv.pleasure

f.     After twenty years,the lady weighed twenty one stones. It means she had_____

i.              lost weight     ii. become obese      iii.become 21 years old       iv.turned ugly

Q3. Match the following words with their meaning:

Word                                                                                      Meaning

1.    modest                                                                                   very sad

2.    miserable                                                                               extremely large

3.    enormous                                                                              quickly

4.    succulent                                                                              excellent

5.    panic                                                                                      having a preference

6.    splendid                                                                                 juicy

7.    promptly                                                                                 moderate in size

8.    inclined                                                                                  state of fear

Q4. Answer the following questions:

a.    Why did the narrator decide to invite the lady for the luncheon?

b.     Inspite of the hefty bill thoughts on the narrator’s mind, he orders a coffee for himself and a coffee with ice-cream for the lady. Why?

c.     Why did the lady call the narrator a ‘humorist’?

d.    What kind of revenge did the narrator have after many years when he met her at the theatre?

Q5. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

"You know, there's one thing I thoroughly believe in

a.    Who is the speaker of the above line?

b.    Who is referred to as ‘you’ in the above line?

c.    What is the ‘one thing’ which the speaker believes in?