Telephone Conversation Short Answer Questions ISC Rhapsody Workbook Solutions Ch-11. Very Important Short Answer of Telephone Conversation composed by Wole Soyinka. This article would be helpful if you are going to appear in council exam. We added extra short answer questions for complete practice. Visit official website CISCE for detail information about ISC Board Class-12 English.
Telephone Conversation Short Answer Questions ISC Rhapsody Workbook Solutions Ch-11 composed by Wole Soyinka
| Board | ISC |
| Publications | Evergreen Publications |
| Subject | English |
| Class | 12 |
| Book Name | Rhapsody (A collection of ISC Poem ) |
| Chapter-11 | Telephone Conversation |
| Writer | Wole Soyinka |
| Topics | Short Answer Questions |
Short Answer Questions
Ch-11 Telephone Conversation Short Answer Questions ISC Rhapsody Workbook Solutions Written by Wole Soyinka
Que-1: What were the things about the house that the speaker find attractive ?
Ans: the reasonable price and the location which was indifferent to him.
Que-2: What comes as a shock to the speaker ? Why?
Ans: When the landlady’s direct inquired about how dark his skin then he shocked . He identifies himself as African on a question that exposes her racial bias.
Que-3: Why does the man think that he will have a wasted journey?
Ans: She can refuse the agreement as soon as she knew that he was an African Hence the man think that he will have a wasted journey?
Que-4: What does the lady want to know about the speaker’s colour?
Ans: She is very particular about knowing the exact shade of his complexion. Therefore woman asked whether the speaker’s skin colour is dark black or light black/mild black. .
Que-5: How does the speaker explain the colour of the skin to the woman?
Ans: ‘West African sepia’ is the cleverly and smartly answer The speaker explains his skin colour to the woman by referring to it as which is the colour mentioned in his passport. Even she still does not understand, he again replied by comparing it to ‘brunette’ or brown colour.
Que-6: Why does the speaker say that his colour is not altogether black?
Ans: The speaker cleverly replied to the landlody that his colour is not fully black. He says that certain part of the body such as palms of his hands and feet are blonde and further explain jokely that his bottom is not completely black but raven black (Dark Black ) due to friction from sitting.
Que-7: Comment on the ending of the poem.
Ans: At ending of the poem ,It is full of joke and silly conversation. The black, comments about his own skin colour and his request to the woman to come and see him are an funny and powerful criticism of the woman’s idea about racist and dis criminatory behaviour.
The lady (owner of house) puts the phone receiver down without giving any clearification about renting out the accommodation, suggesting her prejudiced ideas against the man race/ colour.
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