Playing the English Gentleman
                                 – M. K.
Gandhi
                                 

Answer
the following questions in one sentence each.

 1. Which book by
Howard Williams did Gandhiji read?

Answer: Gandhiji read the book “The Ethics of Diet” by
Howard Williams.

2. Where did Gandhiji and his friend take their dinner?

Answer: Gandhiji and his friend took their dinner at the
Holborn Restaurant.

3. Which was the first course served to Gandhiji at the
restaurant?

Answer:
The first course served to Gandhiji at the restaurant
was soup.

4. Where did Gandhiji buy his new clothes?

Answer: Gandhiji bought his new clothes at the Army and Navy
Stores.

5. Which was the centre of fashionable life in London?

Answer:
Bond Street was the centre of fashionable life in
London.

6. What was necessary for Gandhiji to make an English
gentleman?

Answer:
It was necessary for Gandhiji to learn dancing, French
and elocution.

7.
What fee was paid by Gandhiji at the dance class?

Answer: Gandhiji paid 3 pounds as a fee at the dance class.

8.
Which book did the elocution teacher recommend to
Gandhiji for learning elocution?

Answer:
The elocution teacher recommended Bell’s “Standard
Elocution” to Gandhiji for learning elocution.

9. What did Gandhiji realize at the end?

Answer: Gandhiji realized at the end that he must qualify to
join the Law Courts in London.

10.
Why did Gandhiji decide to become an English
gentleman?

Answer: Gandhiji decided to become an English gentleman to
put his friend at ease and to show that he would not be clumsy.

Choose the Correct Answers of the following questions. 

1) Mahatma Gandhi learnt that all philosophers and
prophets in the past were————.

a) vegetarians        

b)
non-vegetarians           

c) dietitians            

d) serious about hygiene

2) The extract
“Playing the English Gentleman” has been taken from————–.

a) The Story of My Experiments With Truth

b) The Story of My Experiments With Vegetarianism

c) My Experiments With Vegetarianism

d) My Experiments With Englishmen

3) Gandhiji’s friend invited him to go to
the————.

a) theatre               

b) doctor                   

c) restaurant           

d) vegetable shop

4) ———-is the centre of fashionable life in
London.

a) London Street    

b) Bond Street          

c) Theatre            
 

d) Victorian Hotel

5) Mahatma Gandhi went to England—————–.

a) to study law                        

b) to learn
music        

c) to study English literature      

d)
to meet his friend

6) The extract “Playing
the English Gentleman” tells us about Gandhiji’s————–.

a) youth                

b) childhood               

c) old age              

d) middle age

7) Gandhiji started learning dance, French and elocution
to————.

a) become more of an English gentleman  

b) please his friend

c) enjoy his stay in England                          

d) win awards

8) Gandhiji and his friend took their dinner
at———–.

a) Victoria Hotel   
             

b) London Hotel       

c) Holborn Restaurant    

d) Army and Navy Hotel