MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS

VISTAS- THE THIRD LEVEL (PROSE)

SL NO QUESTIONS ANSWER TYPE
1 How did Charley confirm that he was on The Third Level? (a)The World remembering
(a) The World (b) The Times (c) The Deccan (d) The New York Times
2 Sam was a .... . (a) Psychiatrist remembering
(a) Psychiatrist (b)Grain Seller (c) Newspaper Vendor (d) Soldier
3 When a new stamp is issued, the stamp collectors buy some, and use (d) First Day Cover remembering
them to mail themselves, the post mark proves the date. A blank
paper is kept inside. The envelope is known as
(a) Stamp (b) Envelope (c) Letter (d) First Day Cover
4 The reason reaching the third level by the narrator is (d) He wanted to escape from worries and tensions Understanding
(a) The third level was recently made.
(b) He has been using third level daily
(c) He wanted to explore new things
(d) He wanted to escape from worries and tensions
5 The third level refers to _____ . (d) The way to escape the suffering of present time Understanding
(a) Past Time (b) A level on Grand central station (c) Sam’s imagination
(d) The way to escape the suffering of present time
6 Why did Sam want to start hay , feed and grain business in 1894? (b) Wanted to escape the frustration of modern life Understanding
(a) Hated his current profession
(b) Wanted to escape the frustration of modern life
(c) Wanted to leave his friend’s company
(d) Wanted to earn more money
7 The phrase” try to skin” means _____ (a) Try to cheat Understanding
(a) Try to cheat (b) Try to conceal (c) Try to show (d) Try to clarify
8 What is the genre of the third level? (c) Scientific Fantasy Application Base
(a) Fiction (b) Imagination (c) Scientific Fantasy (d) Play
9 What do you mean by temporary refuge? (a) Shelter for short time Application Base
(a) Shelter for short time (b) Shelter for long time (c) Shelter home
(d) Shelter
10 Charley decided to go to Galesburg to____ (a) Find Peace Application Base
(a) Find peace (b)Buy the things cheaper (c) Meet Sam
(d) Meet his grand father
 FILL UPS/SENTENCE COMPLETION TYPE QUESTIONS

VISTAS- THE THIRD LEVEL (PROSE)

SL NO QUESTIONS ANSWER TYPE
1 According to Sam, the __________ is full of insecurity, fear, war and world R
worries.
2 Stamp collecting was a __________________ refuge for Charley. temporary R
3 It so happened that entered into a mile long __________________ tunnel R
and came out in the lobby of Roosevelt Hotel
4 The date of the postmark on __________________ was July 18, 1894 Sam’s letter R
5 At the stamp and coin store, Sam bought __________________dollars eight hundred R
worth of old style currency
6 In 1894, summer evenings in Galesburg were more _____________ pleasant and relaxing u
and ______________ than today
7 The fact that the lights at the third level were dim and flickering was electric U
because they were not the modern ____________ ones but gaslights
8 Holding ‘The World’ in his hands made Charley realised that he had time and space U
been transported in ___________ and ___________
9 Sam was _______________ in Galesburg after setting up the business happy U
of feed and grain.
10 Sam suggested Charley and Louisa to ________________ the Third continue searching for U
Level as he had himself found it
11. Charley found Sam’s letter sent from Galesburg which means that had found the third level A
Sam __________________
12 Charley was happy even after getting less money in exchange because things were cheaper in 1894 A
__________________________.
13 The person at the ticket counter said ‘that ain’t money’ because it was twentieth century currency notes A
1894 and the author gave him _____________
14 Temporary refuge from modern day frustration can be picking up a hobby A
___________
15 ‘The Third level’ to you means _______________ an escape from the worries of modern life A
 REFERENCE TO CONTEXT TYPE QUESTIONS

VISTAS- THE THIRD LEVEL (PROSE)

SL NO QUESTIONS ANSWER TYPE
1 I talked to a psychiatrist friend of mine. I told him about the Third
Level at Grand Central. He said, it was a waking dream wish
fulfilment.
a. Charley R
a. Who is ‘I’ in the given extract? b. To tell about the Third Level at grand Central U
b. Why did he meet a psychiatrist friend? station
c. What was the response of the psychiatrist friend? c. It was a waking dream wish fulfilment A
d. How many levels were there at Grand Central Station d. Three levels R
according to the narrator?
2 My stamp collecting, was a temporary refuge from reality. Well, may
be but my grandfather did not need any refuge from reality.

a. What was stamp collecting to the narrator? a. Temporary refuge R

b. Why did grandfather not need any refuge? b. Things were pretty good in his time U
c. Was it necessary for the narrator to do stamp collecting? c. Yes, to get a at least temporary relief A
d. Does stamp collecting really provide refuge to anyone? Give d. Yes it diverts the mind from harsh realities of A
reasons modern life.
3 The lights were dim and sort of flickering. Then I saw why, they were
open flame gaslights. There were brass spittoons on the floor and
across the station a glint of light caught my eye.

a. How were the lights at the Third level of the Grand Central a. Dim and flickering R
Station?
b. Give the meaning of ‘flickering’. b. Light that shines on and off U
c. Why were there open flame gaslights? c. In olden times, things were not so advanced. A
d. What things were observed by the narrator? d. Open flame gaslights, brass spittoons R
4 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.

a. Where was the narrator? a. At the Third Level of the Grand Central A
Station
b. How did the narrator make sure that he was in the past? b. After taking a glance at the date of ‘The R
World’
 c. What was the lead story on ‘The World’? c. The lead story said something about A
President Cleveland.
d. What do you mean by ‘stack’? d. Pile U
5 For just a moment I thought I was back on the Second Level, but I saw
the room was smaller, with fewer ticket windows and train gates, and
the information booth was wood and old looking.

a. What was the difference between the third level and the
other level of Grand Central Station?
b. How did the information booth look like?
c. Why was Charley confused that he was on the Second Level?
d. How many ticket windows and train gates were there on the
Third Level?
6 Have you ever been there? It’s a wonderful town still, with big old
frame houses, huge lawns and tremendous trees whose branches
meet overhead and roof the streets.
a. Room was smaller, with fewer ticket U
windows and train gates at Third Level
b. It was made up of wood and old looking R
c. A short flight of stairs took him to the Third A
Level but he was in the impression that he
had reached the Second Level
d. Fewer ticket windows and train gates R

a. Which place is the narrator talking about? a. Galesburg, Illinois A

b. How were the houses in that place? b. Big old frame houses with huge lawns and R
tremendous trees
c. Explain ‘roof the streets’. c. The trees cover the streets like a roof and U
provided shade.
d. Why was the place mentioned called a ‘wonderful town still’ d. Small attractive town with peace and people A
by the narrator? living in harmony

7 “That ain’t money mister”….. and if you are trying to skin me , you
won’t get very far.

a. Who spoke these lines? a. The booking clerk R

b. Why did the booking clerk speak like that? b. He was given the modern currency which A
was not in use in 1894.
c. Explain ‘…if you are trying to skin me’. c. If Charley was trying to deceive and cheat U
the booking clerk, he could not go far
d. What will be the consequences if Charley tried to ‘skin’ the d. He won’t be able to escape very far. U
 booking clerk?
8 Louisa was pretty worried when I told her all this, and did not want
me to look for the Third Level any more, and after a while I stopped.

a. Why was Louisa worried? a. She knew that no such Third Level ever A
existed.
b. Why did Louisa not want Charley to look for the Third Level? b. She knew that no such Third Level ever U
existed and it was only his imagination.
c. Why did Charley stop looking for the Third level? c. He never found it again. R

d. What could be the reason of reaching the Third Level by d. He wanted to escape from the harsh realities A
Charley? of the present and go into the past.
9 I went back to my stamps. But now we’re both looking, every
weekend, because now we have proof that the Third Level is there.

a. What proof does the narrator talk about? a. He talks about Sam’s disappearance and his A
letter
b. Why did the narrator go back to stamp collection? b. He did not find the Third Level again. R
c. Where did Charley and Louisa go every weekend? c. They went to search the Third level. U
d. What is the Third Level here? d. A medium of escape from the modern day A
frustrations
10 But there it was. It was there because someone had mailed it to my
grandfather at his home in Galesburg.

a. What does it refer to? a. It refers to the first day cover. U

b. Who mailed the envelope? b. Sam Weiner R
c. Why did he mail the envelope? c. He wanted Charley and Louisa to spend A
some time together and take a break from
their hectic monotonous lives
d. What was the letter about? d. Sam had found the Third Level. R