Read the attached excerpt from “A Temporary Matter” from
Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel “Interpreter of Maladies.” Then answer the questions
below.
Interpreter of Maladies: A Temporary Matter
- What
is the reason that Shukumar and Shoba have been skirting around each other
before their candlelit dinners?
A. They
have fallen out of love
B. They
are still uncomfortable with each other after being arranged to marry
C. Shoba
is having an affair
D. They
are growing apart due to their occupations
E. They
lost their baby and don’t know how to cope.
- Why does the truth represent in their Shoba and Shukumar’s nightly truth game?
I.
Their truth represents how they are finally coming back
to become closer to each other.
II. The beginning of a new type of
relationship with the couple
III. A time of
preparation for their uncertain future
- I
- II
- III
- I
and III
- II and III
- The
passage suggests that their dinners before their candlelit dinners were
- Callous
and contemptuous
- Serene
and reflective
- Cynical
and hubristic
- Lugubrious and solitary
- Derisive
and churlish
- What
did the darkness provide for
the couple that the light could not?
- A
way to mask the unknown
- A
chance to be ingenuous
- A
method to be deceitful
- A
non-binding conscious
- A technique to ease back into their old habits
- Why does Shukumar finally tell Shoba the truth he’s been hiding about their baby?
I.
To hurt Shoba like she hurt him
II. To share a loving memory, in this
period of pain and agony
III. To release a burden off his
chest
A. I
B.II
C. III.
D. I and III
E. II and III
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