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The document is a worksheet containing extracts from a story and questions about the extracts. It discusses a narrator's experience at Grand Central Station where he encountered a third level that seemed to be from the past. His psychiatrist friend and others felt his stamp collecting was a way to escape modern realities. The questions test reading comprehension and require referencing specific details from the text.

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S. D. Jain Modern School

The document is a worksheet containing extracts from a story and questions about the extracts. It discusses a narrator's experience at Grand Central Station where he encountered a third level that seemed to be from the past. His psychiatrist friend and others felt his stamp collecting was a way to escape modern realities. The questions test reading comprehension and require referencing specific details from the text.

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S. D.

JAIN MODERN SCHOOL


WORKSHEET
(THIRD LEVEL)
Qu1. Read the extracts given below to answer the questions that follow:
A. I talked to a psychiatrist friend of mine, among others. I told him about the third level and
he said it was the waking dream wish fulfilment. He said I was unhappy. That made my wife
kind of mad ,but he explained that he meant the modern world is full of insecurity, fear,
war, worry and all the rest of it, and that I just want to escape. .

1. How did his psychiatrist friend interpret his problem?


a) Sleeplessness
b) Anxiety
c) Waking dream wish fulfilment
d) Both A and B

2. Who does "I" refer to?


a) Sam
b) Louisa
c) Clerk at the Ticket Window
d) Charley

3. What is the meaning of 'Waking dream wish fulfilment"?


a) pleasant wish that makes one forget the present
b) a pleasant wish that takes one to the future
c) A pleasant wish which inspires to work

4. What does the Third level signify?


a human tendency to escape from the harsh realities of the present to past happy times
b) A third way on Grand Central station
c) A third gate on Grand Central Station
d) None

B. But that's the reason, he said, and my friends all agreed. Everything points to it, they
claimed. My stamp collecting, for example; that's a "temporary refuge from reality." Well,
maybe, but my grandfather didn't need any refuge from reality; things were pretty nice and
peaceful in his day, from all I hear, and he started my collection. It's a nice collection too,
blocks of four of practically every U.S. issue, first-day covers, and so on. President
Roosevelt collected stamps too, you know. Anyway, here's what happened at Grand
Central. One night, last summer I worked late at the office. I was in a hurry to get uptown
to my apartment so I decided to take the subway from Grand Central because it's faster
than the bus.

1. What does the narrator mean by "temporary refuge from reality"?


a. To take refuge at a safe place.
b. To forget the stress of life temporarily.
c. To face the reality and get rid of stress.
d. To run away from one's problem forever.

2. The narrator's temporary refuge from reality was his


a. His stamp collecting.
b. His grandfather's stamp collection.
c. Reading his grandfather's books.
d. President Roosevelt's stamp collection.

3. Why did the narrator decide to take the subway?


a. Because he worked late at the office.
b. Because subways are cheap.
c. Because subways are faster than buses.
d. Because he was in a hurry

4. Whom does "he" refer to in the given passage?


a. Charley
b. Sam
c. Louisa
d. Galesburg

C.The corridor I was in began angling left and slanting downward and I thought that was wrong,
but I kept on walking. All I could hear was the empty sound of my own footsteps and I didn't
pass a soul. Then I heard that sort of hollow roar ahead that means open space and people
talking. The tunnel turned sharp left; I went down a short flight of stairs and came out on the
third level at Grand Central Station. For just a moment I thought I was back on the second level,
but I saw the room was smaller, there were fewer ticket windows and train gates, and the
information booth in the centre was wood and old-looking. And the man in the booth wore a
green eyeshade and long black sleeve protectors. The lights were dim and sort of flickering.
Then I saw why. they were open flame gaslights.

1. Why did the narrator hear the empty sound of his own footsteps?
a. Because he was walking fast
b. Because he had again lost his way.
c. Because he was frightened.
d. Because he was walking alone

2. How did the narrator reach the Third Level?


a. Because he wanted to reach there.
b. Some external forces were working on him.
c. He followed the corridor that angled left and downwards.
d. He followed his wife's directions.
3. What information would the information booth be giving?

a. about the train timings, their arrival and departure.


b. about locomotives and its working
c. about the availability of newspapers and journals
d. about the rest rooms.

4.What does ‘flickering ‘suggest?

Qu2. Answer the following questions in about 50 words:

a) What strange experience did Charley have on the day when he went to the Grand Central
Station?
b) How the narrator was convinced that he had come to the Third level?
c)Why did the clerk refuse to accept the money?
d)Why did the narrator get out so fast?
e) Where did Charley go after reading Sam's letter?

Long Answer Questions:

The story reveals refuge from reality to illusion. Do you think it is obvious to escape from reality
of life?

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