Question Bank for 12th Class English The Third Level MCQs - The Third Level

Direction (1 - 4): Read the extract given below and answer the following questions by choosing the correct option.

Yes, I've taken the obvious step: I talked to a psychiatrist friend of mine, among others. I told him about the third level at Grand Central Station, and he said it was a waking dream wish fulfillment. 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. Well, who doesn't? Everybody I know wants to escape, but they don't wander down into any third level at Grand Central Station.

Why did the narrator go to a Psychiatrist?

A)

Because he went through an experience no one else did.

B)

Because he was unhappy and wanted to know why.

C)

Because he was depressed.

D)

Because he wanted to meet him.

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2)

What is 'Waking dream wish fulfillment'; according to the psychiatrist in the lesson?

A)

Charles finding a Third level at Grand Central Station.

B)

Charley's realiszation of his wish to visit Galesburg Illinois.

C)

Charles escaping into his daydreaming everyday.

D)

Charles post stamp collecting habit.

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3)

What was the Third Level?

A)

A third platform on the Grand Central Station

B)

A third storey on the Grand Central Station.

C)

An imaginary discovery of the narrator's mind.

D)

A level in the game that Charley had been playing.

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4)

What does the Psychiatrist explain to Charlie?

A)

That the modern world is not an ideal world.

B)

That the modern world has many mysteries.

C)

That the third level is just a movie.

D)

That his experience was the result of stress and anxiety of his mind.

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5)

Direction (5 - 8): Read the extract given below and answer the following questions by choosing the correct option.

Sometimes I think Grand Central is growing like a tree, pushing out new corridors and staircases like roots. There's probably a long tunnel that nobody knows about feeling its way under the city right now, on its way to Times Square, and maybe another to Central Park. And maybe - because for so many people through the years Grand Central has been an exit, a way of escape - maybe that's how the tunnel I got into... But I never told my psychiatrist friend about that idea.

The above extract is NOT an example of

A)

allegory

B)

analogy

C)

imagery

D)

metaphor

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6)

Charley decided not to tell his psychiatrist friend about his idea. Choose the option that reflects the reaction Charley anticipated from his friend.

A)

"That's such a lovely comparison. Why don't you become a writer, Charley?"

B)

"Oh Charley. It is so sad to see your desperation to run away! So very sad."

C)

"Maybe that's how you entered the third level. Who would have thought?!"

D)

"You need help, my raving friend. You are way too invested in this crazy thought!"

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7)

Look at the following image that lists some of the ways in which the symbolism of a tree is employed. Which of the following would represent an example as used by Charley in the above extract?

A)

'Stay grounded' as the train station is underground.

B)

'Connect with your roots' as he desires to go back to his past.

C)

'Enjoy the view' as the station leads to all tourist sights of the city.

D)

'Keep growing' as the station keeps renovating and expanding.

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8)

The idiom 'feeling its way' implies ......... movement.

A)

swift

B)

tentative

C)

circular

D)

disorganized

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9)

Direction (9 - 12): Read the extract given below and answer the following questions by choosing the correct option.

Have you ever been there? It's a wonderful town still, with big old frame houses, huge lawns, and tremendous trees whose branches meet overhead and roof the streets. And in 1894, summer evenings were twice as long, and people sat out on their lawns, the men smoking cigars and talking quietly, the women waving palm-leaf fans, with the fire-flies all around, in a peaceful world. To be back there with the First World War still twenty years off, and World War II over forty years in the future... I wanted two tickets for that.

Who does 'you' refer to?

A)

Charley's psychiatrist, Sam Weiner

B)

Charley's wife, Louisa

C)

The reader

D)

Nobody in particular, it is a figure of speech.

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10)

Choose the option that best describes the society represented in the above extract.

A)

content, peace-loving

B)

leisurely, sentimental

C)

orthodox, upper class

D)

comfortable, ancient

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11)

Imagine that the city of Galesburg is hosting a series of conferences and workshops. In which of the following conferences or workshops are you least likely to find the description of Galesburg given in the above extract?

A)

Gorgeous Galesburg: Archiving a Tourist Paradise

B)

Welcome to the Home you Deserve: Galesburg Realtors

C)

Re-imagining a Warless Future: Technology for Peace

D)

The Woman Question: The World of Women at Home

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12)

"tremendous trees whose branches meet overhead and roof the streets is NOT an example of

A)

Options (i) and (ii)

B)

Options (i) and (iii)

C)

Options (ii) and (iii)

D)

Options (ii) and (iv)

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13)

The genre of the lesson "third level" is

A)

historical fiction

B)

tragedy

C)

science fiction

D)

fantasy

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14)

'The Third Level' refers to the third level at the Grand Central Station. As a metaphor, which of the following would NOT be an appropriate explanation of the title?

A)

The convergence of reality and fantasy.

B)

The bridge between the past and the present.

C)

The oppressive monotony of modern life.

D)

The need for an alternate plane of understanding.

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15)

Based on the given context, choose the option that illustrates when a person can go through Waking dream wish fulfillment, out of the examples given below.

A)

A thirsty man seeing a large water body in a desert.

B)

A man talking to himself about his company's profit growth.

C)

A group of girls not finding the cafe they has visited earlier.

D)

A sudden tap on the back while you are alone.

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16)

Which option indicates that everyone accepted the psychiatrist claims?

A)

Everybody I know wants to escape...

B)

Everything points to it, they claimed

C)

Well, who doesn't?

D)

But that's the reason, he said

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17)

How would you describe Charley's vision of his grandfather's life and times?

A)

wistful escapism

B)

idealised sentimentality

C)

nostalgic simplicity

D)

dreamy perfection

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18)

Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.

Statement 1: The narrator finds it strange that only he could see the third level.

Statement 2: The third level according to his friend is a place in the narrator's mind.

A)

Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.

B)

Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true.

C)

Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 cannot be inferred

D)

Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 can be inferred

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19)

"I passed a dozen men who looked just like me" This line is indicative of

A)

Race of life

B)

Monotony

C)

Insecurity

D)

Fear

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20)

Imagine Charley decides to write about his experience in a form of a book. Which of the following could be his book?

A)

Option 1

B)

Option 2

C)

Option 3

D)

Option 4

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21)

Once I got into a tunnel about a mile long and came out in the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel.

Another time I came up in an office building on Forty-sixth Street, three blocks away.

Which of the following is not true in the context of the given lines?

A)

The narrator knew that he was always exploring something new.

B)

The psychiatrist friend of the narrator was right in his analysis.

C)

The narrator's imaginative wanderings were not new.

D)

The narrator desires a life away from the hustle bustle of the city.

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22)

When the narrator compares the station to a tree he wants to highlight that

A)

the Grand Central Station is always under construction.

B)

the Grand Central Station for him is always expanding.

C)

he had visited many other sections of the Grand Central Station.

D)

he feels that there are many hidden sections of the Grand Central Station.

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23)

The lines that "Grand Central has been an exit, a way of escape" for many people indicates that

A)

modern life is full of stress and worries.

B)

Grand Central Station is a home to people like the narrator.

C)

There are many people who are suffering in the modern world.

D)

The modern world does not provide peace to anyone.

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24)

Look at the statements given below.

Choose the option that correctly identifies which statements are fact and which are opinion:

(i) Charley's observation is so good that even in his imagination he could build up a clear picture of the past.

(ii) Charley's immaculate description of the third level shows his deep desire to go back to Galesburg.

(iii) Charley should accept that he is suffering from the effects of insecurity and fear of modern life.

(iv) Charley's wife is right in her worry for her husband.

A)

Fact -(i) and (iv); Opinion-(ii) and (iii)

B)

Fact-(ii) and (iii); Opinion-(i) and (iv)

C)

Fact-(i) and (ii); Opinion -(iii) and (iv)

D)

Fact-(ii) and (iv); Opinion -(i) and (iii)

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25)

"And then I knew" indicates

A)

Acceptance

B)

Surprise

C)

Recognition

D)

Disdain

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26)

Which of the following sections of books would Charley not explore?

A)

Options (i) and (ii)

B)

Options (ii) and (iii)

C)

Options (i) and (iii)

D)

Options (i) and (iv)

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27)

How does Charley describe Galesburg as it used to be in 1894?

A)

As a deserted place

B)

As an overpopulated place

C)

As a quiet, simple and peaceful place

D)

As a chaotic place

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28)

"I wanted two tickets for that". This shows the narrator's

A)

nostalgia for the old world

B)

desire to go back to the old pre-world war world

C)

requirement of peace

D)

desire to remove the insecurities and stresses of life

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29)

"and if you're trying to skin me, you won't get very far,". In the line skin me implies

A)

To punish

B)

To cheat

C)

To slap

D)

To make fun of

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30)

"I've tried often enough" shows the narrator's

A)

frustration

B)

desire

C)

regret

D)

anger

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31)

"I went back to my stamps". This sentence means

A)

collecting post stamps

B)

looking for his granddad's post stamps

C)

preserving his granddad's post stamps

D)

working with post stamps

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32)

Read the quotes given below. Choose the option that might best describe Charley's views.

A)

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. -Norman Schwarzkopf

B)

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time. -Lyndon B. Johnson

C)

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means. -Ronald Reagan

D)

There is no 'way to peace', there is only 'peace'. -Mahatma Gandhi

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33)

How would you describe Charley?

A)

confused, happy-go-lucky

B)

escapist, adventurous

C)

imaginative, nostalgic

D)

friendly, responsible

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34)

Which of the following is a conclusion that can be drawn from the story?

A)

Reality is indeed stranger than fiction.

B)

With all its worries, modern life is not worth living.

C)

The past is undoubtedly better than the present.

D)

Imagination might be the only great escape.

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12th Class English The Third Level Question Bank

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