A Wedding in Brownsville By Isaac Bashevis Singer

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A Wedding in Brownsville By Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903-1991) was a Polish-American writer and Nobel Prize-winning author known for his Yiddish-language stories that explore Jewish life, folklore, and themes of spirituality, identity, and morality. His works often delve into the complexities of human nature, blending realism with mysticism. In his story, “A Wedding in Brownsville,” Singer tells the tale of a man named Dr. Margolin, who returns to Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood for a wedding after many years. As he reconnects with familiar faces, he is haunted by memories of his past, including lost love and the horrors of the Holocaust. The story explores themes of memory, guilt, and the enduring impact of trauma on personal identity and relationships. Q: Who were the Senciminers? Ans. Sencimineers were Jewish villagers from the town of Sencimin, where Dr. Margolin once lived. They are now dispersed due to the devastation of WW II, and some of them attend th...
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The man who was a hospital (Mcqs)

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The Man Who Was a Hospital (Mcqs)

By Jerome K. Jerome

 

1. How did the author come to know that his liver was out of order?

(a)Through circular (b) through medicine book (c) he was feeling pain (d) None of these

2. The author never read any circular without being impelled to the conclusion that

(a) he is in good health (b) he is suffering from that particular disease (c) he should see a doctor (d) the symptoms do not match his condition

3. Where did the author go to read up the treatment of some slight ailment?

(a) British Library (b) British Museum (c) Hospital (d) Medical College

4. What was the disease the author fancied he had?

(a) Scarlet fever (b) Typhoid fever (c) Hay-fever (d) None of these

5. I idly turned the leaves and began to ___________ study diseases, generally.

(a) carelessly (b) carefully (c) indolently (d) None of these

6. ___________ I was relieved to find, I had only in a modified form.

(a) Cholera (b) Typhoid (c) Scarlet Fever (d) Bright’s disease

7. I seemed to have born with ___________.

(a) diptheria (b) cholera (c) hay-fever (d) St. Vitus’ Dance

8. ____________ I had with severe complications.

(a) Typhoid (b) hay-fever (c) cholera (d) Bright’s disease

9. I plodded ____________ through the twenty-six letters.

(a) nervously (b) conscientiously (c) indifferently (d) None of these

10. Which disease the author concluded he did not have?

(a) Cancer (b) hay-fever (c) cholera (d) housemaid’s knee

11. The author calls it an _______________ that he did not have housemaid’s knee.

(a) injustice (b) invidious reservation (c) insult (d) unfairness

12. The author felt hurt at first and it seemed to him some sort of _______ that he did not have housemaid’s knee.

(a) injustice (b) slight (c) insult (d) none of these

13. The author had every known malady in ___________.

(a) pharmacology (b) medicine (c) the world (d) none of these

14. The author thought that he should be an _______________ to a medical class.

(a) acquisition (b) asset (c) achievement (d) attainment

15. What was the pulse rate of the author when he timed it?

(a) 147/min (b) 147/hour (c) 80/min (d) 120/min

16. The author tried to feel his ________ but could not feel it.

(a) liver (b) pulse (c) heart (d) none of these

17. What did the author gained after seeing the tip of his tongue?

(a) that he is going to die (b) that he had scarlet fever (c) that he is going to live (d) that he is having typhoid

18. I had walked into that reading room a happy, healthy man. I crawled out a _____ wreck.

(a) decrepit (b) dilapidated (c) crumbling (d) none of these

19. What is the meaning of chum.

(a) friend (b) doctor (c) psychologist (d) None of these

20. What a doctor wants according to the author?

(a) patients (b) money (c) practice (d) None of these

21. He would get more practice out of me than _______ ordinary, commonplace patients.

(a) fifteen hundred (b) seventeen hundred (c) sixteen hundred (d) fourteen hundred

22. The author said to the doctor that he would not waste his time by telling him what is the matter with him because according to him he was __________.

(a) about to die (b) suffering from every disease listed in pharmacology (c) too busy (d) none of these

23. The doctor opened him, looked down at him, and clutched hold of my wrist and then he ________ me over the chest.

(a) patted (b) hit (c) knocked (d) none of these

24. Why did the chemist say that he did not have what is written in the prescription?

(a) he was short of stock (b) the prescription contained instructions not medicine (c) he could not understand writing of the doctor (d) none of these

25. The chemist told the author that if he were a co-operative store and family hotel combined, I might be able to ________ you.

(a) cater (b) oblige (c) gratify (d) fulfil

26. The prescription ran: 1 lb beef steak every ________.

(a) 3 hours (b) hour (c) 6 hours (d) day

 

 

 

Answer Key

1.through circular 2. He is suffering from that particular disease 3. British museum 4. Hay-fever 5. Indolently 6. Bright’s disease 7. Diphtheria 8. Cholera 9. Conscientiously 10. Housemaid’s knee 11. Invidious reservation 12. Slight 13. Pharmacology 14. Acquisition 15. 147/min 16. Heart 17. That he had scarlet fever 18. Decrepit 19. Friend 20. Practice 21. Seventeen hundred 22. He was suffering from every disease listed in the pharmacology 23. Hit 24. The prescription contained instructions not medicine 25. Oblige 26. Six hours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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