Madhya Pradesh Board Class 12 English — Flashcards for Quick Revision

A: Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) is the author. The story is set during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) when France was defeated by Prussia led by Bismarck, and the French districts of Alsace and Lorra

A: Franz was reluctant and careless about his studies. He was late for school, afraid of being scolded for not knowing participles, and considered running away to spend the day outdoors. He found his boo

A: The school was unusually quiet instead of the usual bustle, M. Hamel was wearing his finest clothes (green coat, frilled shirt, embroidered black silk cap), and village elders were sitting on the back

A: The protagonist is Charley, a thirty-one-year-old ordinary man who works in an office. He is married to Louisa and lives in an apartment uptown.

A: The psychiatrist calls it a 'waking-dream wish fulfillment' and explains that Charley is unhappy with the modern world full of insecurity, fear, war, and worry, so he wants to escape from reality.

A: Charley argues that his grandfather started the collection and didn't need any refuge from reality since things were peaceful in his time. He also mentions that President Roosevelt collected stamps to

A: Anees Jung is the author of 'Lost Spring'. The subtitle of her book is 'Stories of Stolen Childhood'. She was born in 1944 in Rourkela and has been an editor and columnist for major newspapers in Indi

A: 'Saheb-e-Alam' means 'lord of the universe'. The irony is that despite having such a grand name, Saheb is a poor ragpicker who lives in poverty and has no control over his circumstances. He doesn't ev

A: Saheb's family left Bangladesh in 1971 due to storms that swept away their fields and homes. They came to India looking for better opportunities, metaphorically 'looking for gold in the big city' wher