Question ID - 84155 | SaraNextGen Top Answer

Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.                                                                         PASSAGE      Read not to contradict and confuse, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. That is some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books may also be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
What should be the purpose of reading a book?
(a)	To contradict.	(b)	To weigh and consider.
(c)	To take it for granted.	(d)	To understand the contents.
Why are some books to be tasted?
(a)	To be read with great care.	(b)	To be read with great attention.
(c)	To be read only in parts.	(d)	To be read for fun.
How is man’s character influenced by the art of writing?
(a)	It makes him a great writer.	(b)	It makes him a ready man.
(c)	It makes him a full man.	(d)	It makes him an exact man.
What kind of books is to be read by the deputy?
(a)	Extraordinary books.	(b)	Ordinary books.
(c)	Interesting books.	(d)	Meaner sort of books.
What is meant by chewed and digested?
(a)	Thoroughly read and understood.	(b)	Partly read and understood.
(c)	Understood without any effort.	(d)	None of the above.