THE THIRD LEVEL (VISTAS)

EXTRACT BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Extract - 1
He said I was unhappy. That made my wife kind of mad, but he explained that
he meant the modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry, and all the rest
of it, and that I just want to escape. Well, who doesn't? Everybody I know wants
to escape, but they don't wander down into any third level at Grand Central
Station. But that's the reason, he said, and my friends all agreed. Everything
points to it, they claimed.
My stamp collecting, for example, that's a 'temporary refuge from reality.' Well,
maybe, but my grandfather didn't need any refuge from reality.
Q.1): Why did Sam's verdict make Charley's wife 'mad'?
A. It made it difficult for her to accept that Charley would consult a psychiatrist.
B. It seemed to suggest to her that she was the cause of Charley's unhappiness.
C. It made her aware of Charley's delicate state of mind.
D. It offended her that Charley and Sam collectively accused her.
Q.2): Sam's explanation of the reaction of Charley's wife was in
A. critical B. aggressive C. clarifying D. accusatory
Q.3): Select the option that signifies the condition of people of the
'modern world' mentioned in the extract.
1. Unsure 2. Lazy 3. Offensive 4. Anxious 5. afraid
A. (1) and (3) B. (2) and (5) C. (2), (3), and (4)
D. (1), (4), and (5)
Q.4): Select the option that displays a cause-effect set.

Extract - 2
I've been on the third level of the Grand Central Station. Yes, I've taken the
obvious step: I talked to a psychiatrist friend of mine, among others. I told him
about the third level at Grand Central Station, and he said it was a waking
dream wish fulfilment. He said I was unhappy.
Q.1): Who is the author of The Third Level?
(A) George Orwell (B) Agatha Christie (C) James Joyce (D) Jack Finney
Q.2): Who is 'l' in the above lines?
(A) Sam (B) Charley (C) Louisa (D) Jack Finney
Q.3): What does the Third level signify?
(A) a human tendency to escape from the harsh realities of the present to past
happy times (B) A third way on Grand Central station
(C) A third gate on Grand Central Station (D) None
Q.4): Why was the narrator seeing this' Third Level'?
(A) as a wish to visit Galesburg (B) wanted to meet his friends
(C) wanted to take a break from office
(D) As a result of stress and anxiety in his mind

Extract - 3
I've been in and out of Grand Central hundreds of times, but I'm always
bumping into new doorways and stairs and corridors. Once I got into a tunnel
about a mile long and came out in the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel. Another
time I came up in an office building on
Forty-Sixth Street, three blocks away. Sometimes I think Grand Central is
growing like a tree, pushing out new corridors and staircases like roots. There's
probably a long tunnel that nobody knows about feeling its way under the city
right now, on its way to Times Square, and maybe another to Central Park. And
maybe - because for so many people through the years Grand Central has been
an exit, a way of into.... escape maybe that's how I got into the tunnel.
Q.1): What does the word 'Bumping' mean?
A. Collide with force B. Collide with empathy
C. Collide without any support D. All of these
Q.2): What does the narrator mean by 'Grand Central has been an exit"?
A. People get lost in it
B. People want to escape through Grand Central station
C. People need excuses to go to Grand Central station
D. It is the best mode to reach the under-ground tunnel
Q.3): Which literary device has been used in 'Grand Central Station
growing like a tree'
A. Alliteration B. Metaphor C. Simile D. Personification
Q.4): Why does only Charley get lost at the third level?
A. Because he is practical B. Because he is an escapist
C. Because he loves to do adventurous things D. All of these

Extract - 4
I'm just an ordinary guy named Charley, thirty-one years old, and I was wearing
a tan gabardine suit and a straw hat with a fancy band; I passed a dozen men
who looked just like me. And I wasn't trying to escape from anything: I just
wanted to get home to Louisa, my wife. I turned into Grand Central from
Vanderbilt Avenue, and went down the steps to the first level, where you take
trains like the Twentieth Century. Then I walked down another flight to the
second level, where the suburban trains leave from, ducked into an arched
doorway heading for the subway- and got lost. That's easy to do.
Q.1): What is 'Gabardine"?
A. A firm durable fabric B. Brown colour
C. Kind of tight outfit D. None of these
Q.2): What does the speaker mean by "suburban"?
A. Place located on the outskirts of the city B. Place located in the city
C. Place located far away from the city D. Place located in the centre of the
city
Q.3): What does 'Duck into' mean?
A. To move downwards and enter B. To move upwards and enter
C. To move aside and enter D. None of these
Q.4): Where does the narrator get lost?
A. On the first level B. On the second level C. On the third level
D. All of these

Extract - 5
A woman walked in through the train gate; she wore a dress with leg. of mutton
sleeves and skirts to the top of her high-buttoned shoes, Behind her, out on the
tracks, I caught a glimpse of a locomotive, a very small Currier & Ives
locomotive with a funnel-shaped stack. And then I knew. To make sure, I
walked over to a newsboy and glanced at the stack of papers at his feet. It was
The World; and The World hasn't been published for years. The lead story said
something about President Cleveland. I've found that front page since, in the
Public Library files, and it was printed June 11, 1894.
Q.1): What is a locomotive?
A. Engine B. Loco C. Rail road D. All of these
Q.2): What does the speaker mean by stack of papers?
A. Pile of papers B. Pile of wastage C. Pile of stamp papers D. All of these
Q.3): What was 'The World'?
A. Journal B. Magazine C. Newspaper D. Book
Q.4): Where had Charley travelled to?
A. Present B. Past C. Future D. None of these