CLASS 10 ENGLISH LITERATURE - DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL [4 MARKS]

Q 8. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. [4 x 1 = 4]

‘Paper has more patience than people.’ I thought of this saying was one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wandering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding: Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I’m not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a ‘diary’, unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won’t make a bit of difference.

Questions

a. Why is the speaker feeling bored?

b. What has she made up in her mind?

c. Trace a word in the passage that means with ‘no energy’.

(i) depressed

(ii) bored

(iii) listless

(iv) brooding 

d. Why is writing a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank?

(i) she was used to write only letters

(ii) nobody would read her musings

(iii) she hated brooding

(iv) she had a weak memory

Answers:

a. The speaker is feeling bored because she has no friend.

b. She has made up her mind to write in a diary her own musings.

c. (iii) listless

d. (ii) nobody would read her musings.