Madhya Pradesh Board Class 12 English — Flashcards for Quick Revision

A: Franz is the first-person narrator, a schoolboy from Alsace. He is late for school, fears being questioned on participles, and slowly realises the value of his language and education.

A: M. Hamel is the French schoolteacher in the village school. He has taught there for forty years and gives the last French lesson before the new German-only order takes effect. On that day, he wears hi

A: Franz was late and expected to be questioned on participles, which he did not know at all. He feared a scolding, but M. Hamel responds kindly instead of punishing him.

A: Charley claims that a third level exists at Grand Central Station. It is not officially acknowledged, but he says he has been there. The mystery lies in whether this level is a real place, a time-slip

A: Charley is the narrator and protagonist. He is thirty-one years old, an ordinary man, and Louisa’s husband. He is also a stamp collector and believes he found the third level at Grand Central Station.

A: He believes it offers an escape from the worries of the modern world. The third level leads him to 1894, a peaceful past that feels safer and calmer than his own time.

A: Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the author of the story and also the first-person narrator. He is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, and journalist, and he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.

A: The story explores dream interpretation, uncertainty, and irony. It shows how dreams can shape human decisions, but it also keeps the truth about prophecy unclear. The ending creates a strong sense of

A: She says, 'I sell my dreams.' This reply shows her unusual profession and introduces the idea that dreams can have practical value in the story world.