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  Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.                                                       (1 x 3 = 3) The luncheon party she declined; there are limits beyond which repressed emotions become dangerous. (i) Who declined the luncheon party? (ii) Why did she decline the invitation? (iii) How do repressed emotions become dangerous? Or Who's gone dead? It's someone in the family (He chuckles)? (i) Who speaks these words to whom? (ii) What makes the speaker think that someone has died? (iii) What answer does the speaker get to his questions?

Answer:

  (i) Loona Bimberton declined the party. (ii) She declined the invitation because she could not bear to see her rival Mrs Packletide in the limelight. (iii) The repressed emotions can be changed into a feeling of revenge if they go beyond a certain limit. Or (i) Mr Abel speaks these words to Jordan and Slater. (ii) Abel makes this statement on seeing Ben in mourning. (iii) Abel is told someone in Ben's family had expired.