English Language Questions for CLAT | QB Set 15

Dorrigo Evans’ earliest memories are filled with light. He recalls the sun flooding a church hall where he sat with his mother and grandmother, the warm glow surrounding him as he toddled back and forth. Women who loved him embraced him repeatedly, like the familiar comfort of entering the sea and returning to the shore. His mother held him, blessed him, and reassured him with affection. These memories must have been from 1915 or 1916 when he was just one or two years old.

Later, shadows began to fill his memories in the form of a kerosene lamp’s dim light, and he remembers a man named Jackie Maguire crying in their dark kitchen. It was unusual to see a grown man cry back then—crying was reserved for babies. Dorrigo, at the age of nine, had never seen anything like it, apart from his brother Tom, who broke down in tears after returning from the Great War in France. Tom had simply swung his kitbag down, and the weight of the war seemed to overwhelm him, causing him to weep in astonishment and grief.

These moments stuck with Dorrigo, leaving him to wonder what could bring a grown man to tears. As he grew older, he saw a shift in society’s view of emotions—crying became a validation of feelings, and emotions became a performance, a theatrical display where people lost their sense of who they were once they stepped off the stage. Dorrigo, though, remembered a time when people were ashamed to cry, fearing that it showed weakness. He believed that over time, people began praising things that did not deserve praise, and emotions, especially those seen as weaknesses, became dangerous to a true understanding of feelings.

What is Dorrigo’s earliest memory filled with?
a) Shadows in the kitchen
b) His brother Tom crying
c) Warm light and loving embraces
d) His father’s comforting words

What was unusual to Dorrigo about seeing Jackie Maguire cry?
a) He had never seen an adult cry before
b) He thought Jackie Maguire was very strong
c) Men were often seen crying during those times
d) His mother had told him not to cry in front of others

How did Dorrigo view the role of emotions as he grew older?
a) He believed they were essential for human connections
b) He saw them as a form of performance, losing authenticity
c) He thought they were more powerful in children than adults
d) He felt they were always a sign of strength and courage

What shift did Dorrigo notice in society’s attitude towards crying?
a) People no longer cried in public
b) Crying became a sign of weakness
c) Crying started to be seen as a validation of emotions
d) People always associated crying with sadness

What can be inferred about Dorrigo’s attitude toward modern expressions of emotion?
a) He admired the emotional openness of modern society
b) He felt emotions, particularly crying, were now being overvalued
c) He believed people should show more emotion publicly
d) He thought modern society suppressed genuine emotions


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