Practice "the Third And Final Continent" By Jhumpa Lahiri (2.3) - Unit 3: Prose – Short Stories and Novels
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"The Third and Final Continent" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Practice - "The Third and Final Continent" by Jhumpa Lahiri - 2.3

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Question 1 Easy

Name the three continents the narrator lived on in the order he lived on them.

  • Answer: 1. Asia (India), 2. Europe (London), and 3. North America (Boston/USA).
  • Hint: The title tells you that North America was the "final" one.

💡 Hint: The title tells you that North America was the "final" one.

Question 2 Easy

Define Propriety as it relates to Mrs. Croft’s character.

  • Answer: Conformity to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals. Mrs. Croft expects the narrator to behave with the strict, formal manners of her Victorian upbringing.
  • Hint: It’s about "doing the right thing" in a social setting.

💡 Hint: It’s about "doing the right thing" in a social setting.

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Question 1

What is the narrator’s primary occupation in Boston?

  • Type: MCQ
  • Options: Astronaut, Professor, Librarian, Doctor
  • Correct Answer: Librarian
  • Explanation: He works at the MIT library, which provides the stable income that allows him to bring Mala to America.
  • Hint: He handles books at a famous university.
Astronaut
Professor
Librarian
Doctor * **Correct Answer**: Librarian * **Explanation**: He works at the MIT library
which provides the stable income that allows him to bring Mala to America. * **Hint**: He handles books at a famous university.

💡 Hint: He handles books at a famous university.

Question 2

Mrs. Croft is 103 years old when the narrator meets her.

  • Type: Boolean
  • Options: True, False
  • Correct Answer: True
  • Explanation: Her extreme age is a symbol of her resilience and her connection to a bygone era (the 19th century).
  • Hint: She was born in the 1800s.
True
False * **Correct Answer**: True * **Explanation**: Her extreme age is a symbol of her resilience and her connection to a bygone era (the 19th century). * **Hint**: She was born in the 1800s.

💡 Hint: She was born in the 1800s.

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Challenge 1 Hard

The Resilience Calculation: If Mrs. Croft was 103 years old in 1969, calculate the approximate year she was born. Discuss one way the world changed between her birth and the moon landing.

  • Solution: She would have been born around 1866. Between 1866 and 1969, the world moved from horse-drawn carriages and the telegraph to jet engines and humans walking on the moon. Her survival through these massive shifts mirrors the narrator's own resilience as he moves between radically different cultures.
  • Hint: Subtract 103 from 1969.

💡 Hint: Subtract 103 from 1969.

Challenge 2 Hard

The Literary Comparison: Compare the Moth in Arundhati Roy’s story (a symbol of haunting failure) to the Moon Landing in Lahiri’s story (a symbol of splendid success). How do these symbols reflect the different "moods" of the two stories?

  • Answer: The Moth represents the "smallness" and bitterness of a life that feels cheated by history. In contrast, the Moon Landing represents the "greatness" and optimism of a life that embraces the unknown. Roy's story is about being trapped by the past, while Lahiri's is about using the past to build a bridge into the future.
  • Hint: One is "cold" and "haunting"; the other is "splendid" and "extraordinary."

💡 Hint: One is "cold" and "haunting"; the other is "splendid" and "extraordinary."

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