Answer key 

Unit 1.3 

The Turning Point of my life ( Part II) 

A1) Complete the sentence by using right alternative. 

1.  to write a novel 
2.  it made him crazy 
3. not to do much activities 
4. tactfully ignored his illusions of writing 

A2)  Guess: 

  

      The narrator compared himself with the poet in Daudet's  'Jack'  because  in this immortal masterpiece he could not able to progress beyond its stillborn opening phrase ,"In a remote valley of the pyrenees." In the same writer could not write a single line. After three hours of trying to write, his page was still blank. 

A3) Explain : 

     The narrator's schoolmaster told him that the idea should not be stopped in the head. it should always be noted down on the paper. If it stopped in the head it will always be nothing. The narrator remembered his advice  and it encourage him to put down his idea on the paper.

A4)  1) Rearrange the events in a proper sequence. 

1. The doctor set up his practice in the West End of London.
2. He himself was diagnosed with gastric ulcer.
3.  He was advised to take six month complete rest in a farm house outside the town.
4.  He started living in Fyne Farm near the village Tarbert in the Scottish Highlands.

       2) Rearrange the events in a proper sequence.

1. He felt the enforced idleness more agonizing 
2. He decided to write a novel thinking his enforced rest, an opportunity.
3. He couldn't even succeed in writing an opening phrase of his novel.
4. He remembered his school masters's encouraging words " If it stops in your head, it will always be nothing. Get it down." 

A5) Complete the web. Mention the naive fundamentals to complete the novel that writer had mentioned.

A6) Mention : 

       The difficulties that the narrator has faced while completing his novel. 

1. When he started to write a novel everything was clear in his mind but he faced the difficulty to compose a  simple statement. 
2. He spent hours and hours looking for an adjective. 
3. He correct and re-corrected the sentence to get the perfect one. 

A7) Complete the web with the help of given clue. 

A8) Mention : 

    when I faced many difficulties to do something I do not give up very easily. I try that until  I get what I want. someone has rightly said that 'try try but don't cry'. I motivate myself by saying that these little bit difficulties can not be a barrier in my way .