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“Say,” said Pescud, stirring his discarded book with the hand, “did you ever read one of these best-sellers? I mean the kind where the hero is an American swell-sometimes even from Chicago-who falls in love with a royal princess from Europe who is tr...
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31/01/2021 5:06 pm
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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
“Say,” said Pescud, stirring his discarded book with the hand, “did you ever read one of these best-sellers? I mean the kind where the hero is an American swell-sometimes even from Chicago-who falls in love with a royal princess from Europe who is travelling under an alias and follows her to her father’s kingdom or principality? I guess you have. They’re all alike.
(a) Name the discarded book.
(b) What do you mean by the term ‘alias’?
(c) What does ‘They’ refer to here?
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31/01/2021 5:07 pm

(a) The Rose Lady and Trevelyan.
(b) A false or different name.
(c) Best-sellers.
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