CBSE XI ENGLISH CORE, THE ADDRESS, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CBSE GRADE XI ENGLISH CORE

THE ADDRESS

NCERT SOLUTIONS

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1. ‘Have you come back?’ said the woman, ‘I thought that no one had come back.’ Does this statement give some clue about the story? If yes, what is it?
Ans: Yes, it gives. This statement is told by Mrs. Dorling. she had taken the nice household articles from the house of Mrs. S, during the early part of the war.

Mrs. S thought that when the war was over Mrs. Dorling would give them back. But during the war Mrs. S and her daughter were taken to a concentration camp. Meanwhile Mrs. S died when she was in the camp. When the war was over Mrs. S's daughter, the narrator of the story was released from the concentration camp.

Then the narrator remembered the address of Mrs. Dorling where they stored their household articles. she visited Mrs. Dorling's  house. When Mrs. Dorling met the narrator she exclaimed and said the statement. She thought both the mother and her daughter might have killed in the concentration camp.  Mrs. Dorling did not expect Mrs. S's daughter would come back and claim the costly belongings.     

 

2. Why did the narrator of the story want to forget the address?
Ans:  After Mrs. S's death, the narrator, her daughter decided to visit Mrs. Dorling, at No. 46, Marconi street. Her first visit to the address was fruitless. Mrs. Dorling didn't welcome her, even she didn't allow her to enter her house.

But her second visit was successful. Mrs. Dorling was not there, her daughter welcomed the narrator. She entered their living room.  She saw her belongings in the midst of things she wanted to see again. Everything was arranged in a clumsy

 

and tasteless way. There floated a muggy smell. She felt oppressed in the strange and dirty atmosphere. She lost the true value of her fine belongings as they had been separated from her mother and they were in a clumsy and strange surroundings. So she decided to forget the address as she did not want to see them again.

3. ‘The Address’ is a story of human predicament that follows war. Comment.
Ans: "The war" is a curse. It creates not only physical difficulties but also emotional sufferings. The narrator who is the daughter of Mrs. S experiences unpleasant hardship in the concentration camp,  where  she loses her mother.

When the war was over she went to No.46, Marconi street to see, touch and smell her mother's valuable belongings. But Mrs. Dorling, the cruel lady refused to recognize her in the beginning. She had taken her mother's household articles. But in the end the narrator lost the value of all fine things as it would not comfort her. The things were stored in a strange and artless atmosphere that pained her.

Additional Questions
4. Why does the narrator think that she has rung the wrong bell?
Ans: The narrator thinks so because Mrs. Dorling doesn't recognize her. In other way she refuses to recognize the narrator. So she thinks that it is not the correct address where she stands.

5. Why did Mrs. Dorling take away all the nice things from narrator’s house ?
Ans:  Mrs. Dorling was an old acquaintance of the narrator’s mother whom she hadn’t seen for years. The war was broken out. Mrs. S, the narrator's mother had to leave the house if the war continued.  In that case, their all household articles would be left behind and there was no security to get them back. Mrs. Dorling told Mrs. S that she would keep all the valuable household articles in her house which was far away from the warfront. In order to keep them safe , Mrs. Dorling took away all the nice things from the narrator's house.

 

 

6. Why did the narrator go to Number 46, in Marconi Street?
Ans: Number 46, in Marconi Street was the house, where the narrator's valuable  household articles were stored. It was the house of Mrs. Dorling. When the war was over the narrator went there to see , touch and remember them once again.

7. Why did the old possessions of the narrator lose their value?
Ans: The narrator went to see her old possessions at Number 46, in Marconi Street. In her first visit she was not allowed to see them. But in her second visit she got a chance to see them. When she saw them she lost their real value as  they were arranged in a tasteless and clumsy way. Moreover, that things were connected with the memory of the narrator's beloved mother. So she decided to forget the address.

 

 

 

CBSE GRADE XI ENGLISH CORE

THE ADDRESS

NCERT SOLUTIONS

mkchandran.blogspot.com

 

1. ‘Have you come back?’ said the woman, ‘I thought that no one had come back.’ Does this statement give some clue about the story? If yes, what is it?
Ans: Yes, it gives. This statement is told by Mrs. Dorling. she had taken the nice household articles from the house of Mrs. S, during the early part of the war.

Mrs. S thought that when the war was over Mrs. Dorling would give them back. But during the war Mrs. S and her daughter were taken to a concentration camp. Meanwhile Mrs. S died when she was in the camp. When the war was over Mrs. S's daughter, the narrator of the story was released from the concentration camp.

Then the narrator remembered the address of Mrs. Dorling where they stored their household articles. she visited Mrs. Dorling's  house. When Mrs. Dorling met the narrator she exclaimed and said the statement. She thought both the mother and her daughter might have killed in the concentration camp.  Mrs. Dorling did not expect Mrs. S's daughter would come back and claim the costly belongings.     

 

2. Why did the narrator of the story want to forget the address?
Ans:  After Mrs. S's death, the narrator, her daughter decided to visit Mrs. Dorling, at No. 46, Marconi street. Her first visit to the address was fruitless. Mrs. Dorling didn't welcome her, even she didn't allow her to enter her house.

But her second visit was successful. Mrs. Dorling was not there, her daughter welcomed the narrator. She entered their living room.  She saw her belongings in the midst of things she wanted to see again. Everything was arranged in a clumsy

 

and tasteless way. There floated a muggy smell. She felt oppressed in the strange and dirty atmosphere. She lost the true value of her fine belongings as they had been separated from her mother and they were in a clumsy and strange surroundings. So she decided to forget the address as she did not want to see them again.

3. ‘The Address’ is a story of human predicament that follows war. Comment.
Ans: "The war" is a curse. It creates not only physical difficulties but also emotional sufferings. The narrator who is the daughter of Mrs. S experiences unpleasant hardship in the concentration camp,  where  she loses her mother.

When the war was over she went to No.46, Marconi street to see, touch and smell her mother's valuable belongings. But Mrs. Dorling, the cruel lady refused to recognize her in the beginning. She had taken her mother's household articles. But in the end the narrator lost the value of all fine things as it would not comfort her. The things were stored in a strange and artless atmosphere that pained her.

Additional Questions
4. Why does the narrator think that she has rung the wrong bell?
Ans: The narrator thinks so because Mrs. Dorling doesn't recognize her. In other way she refuses to recognize the narrator. So she thinks that it is not the correct address where she stands.

5. Why did Mrs. Dorling take away all the nice things from narrator’s house ?
Ans:  Mrs. Dorling was an old acquaintance of the narrator’s mother whom she hadn’t seen for years. The war was broken out. Mrs. S, the narrator's mother had to leave the house if the war continued.  In that case, their all household articles would be left behind and there was no security to get them back. Mrs. Dorling told Mrs. S that she would keep all the valuable household articles in her house which was far away from the warfront. In order to keep them safe , Mrs. Dorling took away all the nice things from the narrator's house.

 

 

6. Why did the narrator go to Number 46, in Marconi Street?
Ans: Number 46, in Marconi Street was the house, where the narrator's valuable  household articles were stored. It was the house of Mrs. Dorling. When the war was over the narrator went there to see , touch and remember them once again.

7. Why did the old possessions of the narrator lose their value?
Ans: The narrator went to see her old possessions at Number 46, in Marconi Street. In her first visit she was not allowed to see them. But in her second visit she got a chance to see them. When she saw them she lost their real value as  they were arranged in a tasteless and clumsy way. Moreover, that things were connected with the memory of the narrator's beloved mother. So she decided to forget the address.