English Supplementary reading 5, 6 ,7
ch 5
a) The professor allowed the narrator back into his house because of the narrator’s answer to the policeman that the fault of the incident lay on the narrator.
b) We know that the deceased white man was an artist because his knapsack contained scraps of verse, pictures of sceneries, a paint box, a box of coloured chalk, a few paint brushes and a cheap revolver.
c) The narrator was ‘scared out of his wits’ when he saw the full page picture picture of the most extraordinary creature he had ever seen. The animal appeared monstrous and grotesque. .
d) The ‘extraordinary creature’s’ head was like that of a fowl, the body of a bloated lizard, the trailing tail was furnished with upward-turned spikes and the curved back was edged with a high serrated fringe.
e) The narrator and McArdle’s attempts to get in touch with Professor Challenger were unsuccessful. Their first attempt to contact him was met with abuse against the press. The second attempt failed to generate a response and the third resulted in a terrible crash which sounded like the professor’s receiver had been shattered.
ch 6
a) Professor Summerlee was a veteran professor of Comparative Anatomy.
b) Professor Challenger interrupted Professor Waldon’s lecture because he thought that Professor Waldon was not right in assuming that prehistoric animals did not exist as he had not seen any himself.
c) The narrator decided to volunteer for the expedition because he wanted to please Gladys who wanted him to be someone adventurous and one who took risks.
d) The narrator’s companions for the expedition were Professor Summerlee and Lord John Raxton.
ch 7
a) Lord Roxton was a combination of Napoleon III, Don Quixote and an English country gentleman, the keen, alert and lover of open air of dogs and animals. Lord Roxton’s house had rich furs and strange mats scattered upon the floor. The halls were decorated with rare pictures and paintings. But, amidst all these various ornaments were Lord Roxton’s trophies which showcased him as one of the great all-round sportsmen and athletes of his time.
b) Lord Roxton tested whether the narrator can be relied on by telling him about Sir Ballinger, one of the best jockeys who had now taken to heavy drinking. Moreover, he also lay in bed with a revolver on his coverlet and had threatened to shoot anyone who came near him. Lord Roxton suggested that he would try to force feed him if the narrator could pin him down. The narrator proved that he was brave when he got up to see Sir Ballinger.
c) Sir Ballinger was one of the best jockeys in the country.
d) The narrator felt that if any danger lay ahead, Lord Roxton would surely have his back.
e) The narrator and McArdle’s attempts to get in touch with Professor Challenger were unsuccessful. Their first attempt to contact him was met with abuse against the press. The second attempt failed to generate a response and the third resulted in a terrible crash which sounded like the professor’s receiver had been shattered.
a) The professor allowed the narrator back into his house because of the narrator’s answer to the policeman that the fault of the incident lay on the narrator.
b) We know that the deceased white man was an artist because his knapsack contained scraps of verse, pictures of sceneries, a paint box, a box of coloured chalk, a few paint brushes and a cheap revolver.
c) The narrator was ‘scared out of his wits’ when he saw the full page picture picture of the most extraordinary creature he had ever seen. The animal appeared monstrous and grotesque. .
d) The ‘extraordinary creature’s’ head was like that of a fowl, the body of a bloated lizard, the trailing tail was furnished with upward-turned spikes and the curved back was edged with a high serrated fringe.
e) The narrator and McArdle’s attempts to get in touch with Professor Challenger were unsuccessful. Their first attempt to contact him was met with abuse against the press. The second attempt failed to generate a response and the third resulted in a terrible crash which sounded like the professor’s receiver had been shattered.
ch 6
a) Professor Summerlee was a veteran professor of Comparative Anatomy.
b) Professor Challenger interrupted Professor Waldon’s lecture because he thought that Professor Waldon was not right in assuming that prehistoric animals did not exist as he had not seen any himself.
c) The narrator decided to volunteer for the expedition because he wanted to please Gladys who wanted him to be someone adventurous and one who took risks.
d) The narrator’s companions for the expedition were Professor Summerlee and Lord John Raxton.
ch 7
a) Lord Roxton was a combination of Napoleon III, Don Quixote and an English country gentleman, the keen, alert and lover of open air of dogs and animals. Lord Roxton’s house had rich furs and strange mats scattered upon the floor. The halls were decorated with rare pictures and paintings. But, amidst all these various ornaments were Lord Roxton’s trophies which showcased him as one of the great all-round sportsmen and athletes of his time.
b) Lord Roxton tested whether the narrator can be relied on by telling him about Sir Ballinger, one of the best jockeys who had now taken to heavy drinking. Moreover, he also lay in bed with a revolver on his coverlet and had threatened to shoot anyone who came near him. Lord Roxton suggested that he would try to force feed him if the narrator could pin him down. The narrator proved that he was brave when he got up to see Sir Ballinger.
c) Sir Ballinger was one of the best jockeys in the country.
d) The narrator felt that if any danger lay ahead, Lord Roxton would surely have his back.
e) The narrator and McArdle’s attempts to get in touch with Professor Challenger were unsuccessful. Their first attempt to contact him was met with abuse against the press. The second attempt failed to generate a response and the third resulted in a terrible crash which sounded like the professor’s receiver had been shattered.