1st Chapter: The Third Level : Jack Finney : Vistas
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MCQ
1. Who is the author of “The Third Level” ? “The Third Level” āĻāϞā§āĻĒāĻā§ā§° āϞā§āĻāĻ āĻā§āύ ?
A) R.K. Narayan B) Jack Finney C) John Keats D) O. Henry
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Jack Finney
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Jack Finney wrote the story “The Third Level.” (Jack Finney āĻ “The Third Level” āĻāϞā§āĻĒāĻā§ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
2. How many levels did Charley say Grand Central Station had ? āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ Grand Central Station āϤ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāĻž āϏā§āϤ⧰ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) One B) Two C) Three D) Four
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Three
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Charley said there was a mysterious third level. (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝ⧠āĻāĻāĻž ā§°āĻšāϏā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
3. Who was Charley’s friend ? āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋā§° āĻŦāύā§āϧ⧠āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Teacher B) Psychiatrist C) Doctor D) Clerk
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Psychiatrist
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Charley discussed his strange experience with a psychiatrist friend. (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāϤāĻž psychiatrist āĻŦāύā§āϧā§ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
4. What did the psychiatrist call the third level ? (psychiatrist āĻāύ⧠āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āϤ⧰āĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
A) Real station B) Dream world C) Waking dream wish fulfillment D) Tunnel
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Waking dream wish fulfillment
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The psychiatrist believed it was Charley’s imagination. (psychiatrist āĻāύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋā§° āĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĨ¤)
5. What was Charley’s hobby ? (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋā§° āĻļāĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
A) Singing B) Gardening C) Stamp collecting D) Painting
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Stamp collecting
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Charley loved collecting stamps and first-day covers. (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻš āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
6. Who started Charley’s stamp collection ? āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋā§° āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻš āĻā§āύ⧠āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Father B) Grandfather C) Sam D) Louisa
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Grandfather
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: His grandfather started the collection long ago. (āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻāĻāϤā§āĻ āϏāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻš āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
7. Why did Charley want to escape ? (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϞāĻžā§āύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
A) Studies B) Office work C) Modern stress and fear D) Family problems
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Modern stress and fear
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Modern life was full of fear, war and worry. (āĻāϧā§āύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§ā§ąāύ āĻāϝāĻŧ, āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§°āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
8. What was the name of Charley’s wife ? (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋā§° āĻĒāϤā§āύā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
A) Maria B) Hannah C) Louisa D) Anne
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Louisa
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Louisa was Charley’s wife. (āϞā§āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋā§° āĻĒāϤā§āύ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
9. Which station is mentioned in the story ? (āĻāϞā§āĻĒāĻā§āϤ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āώā§āĻā§āĻāύ⧰ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāĻā§ ?)
A) Victoria Station B) Delhi Junction C) Grand Central Station D) Mumbai Central
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Grand Central Station
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The story mainly takes place at Grand Central Station. (āĻāϞā§āĻĒāĻā§ āĻŽā§āϞāϤ Grand Central Station āϤ āϏāĻāĻāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤)
10. Who also collected stamps according to Charley ? (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋā§° āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻš āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
A) Gandhi B) Lincoln C) Roosevelt D) Edison
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Roosevelt
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: President Roosevelt also collected stamps. (President Roosevelt āĻāĻ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻš āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
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2 Marks & 5 Marks Questions with Answers
1. Why did Charley visit the psychiatrist ? (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ psychiatrist ā§° āĻāĻā§°āϞ⧠āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
Ans: Charley visited the psychiatrist to explain his strange experience of the third level at Grand Central Station. (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ Grand Central Station ā§° āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āϤ⧰⧰ āĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāϤāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧠psychiatrist ā§° āĻāĻā§°āϞ⧠āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
2. What did the psychiatrist say about the third level ? Psychiatrist āĻāύ⧠āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āϤ⧰⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: The psychiatrist said that the third level was a waking dream wish fulfillment and Charley wanted to escape from reality. (Psychiatrist āĻāύ⧠āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝ⧠āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āϤ⧰āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§ā§°āϤ āϏāĻĒā§āύ⧰ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ąā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒāϞāĻžā§āύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
3. What was Charley’s hobby ? (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋā§° āĻļāĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
Ans: Charley’s hobby was stamp collecting. (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋā§° āĻļāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻšāĨ¤)
4. Why did Charley want to go to Galesburg ? (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ Galesburg āϞ⧠āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻžāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
Ans: Charley wanted to go to Galesburg because it was peaceful and free from stress, fear and wars. (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ Galesburg āϞ⧠āϝāĻžāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ āϏā§āĻ āĻ āĻžāĻ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϝāĻŧ, āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻĒā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŽā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
5. Who was Sam ? Sam āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: Sam was Charley’s psychiatrist friend. (Sam āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋā§° psychiatrist āĻŦāύā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
6. What proof showed that the third level existed ? āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āϤ⧰ āĻĨāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: Sam’s letter from Galesburg in 1894 proved that the third level existed. (1894 āĻāύ⧰ Galesburg ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž Sam ā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āϤ⧰⧰ āĻ āϏā§āϤāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
7. What is a first-day cover ? (First-day cover āĻāĻŋ ?)
Ans: A first-day cover is an envelope mailed on the first day a stamp is issued. (First-day cover āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ āĻĄāĻžāĻāϝā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻ ā§ā§ąāĻž envelopeāĨ¤)
8. Why did the clerk refuse Charley’s money ? (Clerk āĻāύ⧠āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋā§° āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āύāĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠?)
Ans: The clerk refused because Charley’s modern currency looked different from the old currency of 1894. (Clerk āĻāύ⧠āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āύāĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋā§° āĻāϧā§āύāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻž 1894 āĻāύ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦā§āϞā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
9. What does the third level symbolize ? (āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āϤ⧰⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?)
Ans: The third level symbolizes escape from the stress and insecurity of modern life. (āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āϤ⧰⧠āĻāϧā§āύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§ā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒāϞāĻžā§āύāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
10. Why was Louisa worried ? (Louisa āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
Ans: Louisa was worried because Charley kept searching for the mysterious third level. (Louisa āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ ā§°āĻšāϏā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āϤ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
11. How old Charley ?
Ans: Thirty one Year Old.