Reading Comprehension Passage 36 MCQ Test With Answers

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Reading Comprehension Passage 36 MCQ Test

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Question 1

(Please note: The following questions are related to a specific reading passage, which is available solely before the first question. Remember, it may be helpful to refer back to the reading text while answering the questions to ensure accuracy.)

A STREET ACCIDENT

One day in my car when I was a little slow in making a getaway at the green light while our patient fellow citizens immediately began honking furiously behind me, I suddenly remembered another occasion set in similar circumstances. A motorcycle ridden by a skinny little man wearing spectacles had gone around me and planted itself in front of me at the red light. As he came to a stop the little man had stalled his motor and was vainly striving to revive it. When the light changed, I asked him with my usual courtesy to take his motorcycle out of the way so that I might pass. I suppose the little man was getting a little irritable over his wheezy motor. Hence he replied according to the rules of Parisian courtesy, that I could go and climb a tree. I insisted, still polite but with a slight shade of impatience in my voice. I was immediately told in no uncertain terms that I could go to hell.

Meanwhile, several horns had begun honking noisily behind me. With great firmness, I begged my interlocutor to be polite and realize that he was blocking the traffic. The irascible character, probably exasperated by the now-evident ill-temper of his motor, informed me that if I wanted what he called a thorough dusting-off he would gladly give it to me. Such cynicism filled me with a healthy rage and I got out of my car with the intention of teaching a good lesson to this foul-mouthed individual. I was at least a head taller than my adversary and my muscles have always been sound. I still believe the dusting-off would have been received rather than given. But no sooner had I set foot on the pavement than from among the gathering crowd a man stepped forth, rushed at me, informed me that I was the scum of the earth and that he would not allow me to strike a man who had a motorcycle between his legs and hence was at a disadvantage.

Albert CAMUS, The Fall.

There is an obvious note of sarcasm in the statement, "Our patient fellow-citizens immediately began honking furiously." The narrator means that

A	these people piling up behind him enjoyed honking furiously.
B	they should -- and could -- have been a bit more patient.
C	they were in a hurry because a patient fellow-citizen was being taken to a hospital.
D	these people knew their citizens' rights quite well.
E	he would have done the same -- had he been in their place.

Question 2

The narrator thinks that the little man

A	must have been having trouble with his motorcycle quite frequently.
B	knew the rules of Parisian courtesy quite well.
C	should really have bought himself a brand new motorcycle.
D	was doing it all on purpose.
E	would go on blocking the traffic forever.

Question 3

As he got out of his car, the narrator was intending to

A	throw the motorcycle out of the way.
B	honk back at the people.
C	beat up the little man.
D	beg the little man to be a little bit more polite.
E	talk to the crowd.

Question 4

The narrator had not expected that the

A	lights would change to green so soon.
B	little man would put up a fight.
C	motorcycle could be repaired that day.
D	little man could be so tranquil.
E	bystanders would take sides with the little man.

Question 5

The proposed "dusting-off" did not take place one way or the other, because

A	somebody from among the crowd told the narrator that he was the scum of the earth.
B	the little man refused to have a fight with him.
C	the narrator was emotionally incapable of manhandling a little man; his compassionate feelings would not allow his to do such a thing.
D	the narrator was prevented from fighting by somebody from among the crowd.
E	the little man was at a great disadvantage.