The Luncheon

William Somerset Maugham


Available Answers

  1. 1.

    Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.

    1. At the beginning of the story. the narrator said that he would hardly have recognised her. He said this as
      1. he was seeing her in her old age.
      2. he had forgotten her.
      3. she weighed twenty-one stone at present.
      4. he had become a farmouse author.
    2. The narrator never thought of going to Foyot's as
      1. it was very cheap.
      2. it was too expensive.
      3. it was an ordinary place.
      4. he did not eat out.
    3. What all did the lady order for her luncheon?
      1. salmon, caviar, asparagus, coffee and ice cream
      2. ice cream, coffee, biscuits, buns
      3. ice cream, salmon, coffee, chops
      4. chops, asparagus ice cream and coffee
  2. 2.

    My heart sank. I had seen them in the shops and I knew that they were horribly expensive.

    1. What were horribly expensive?
    2. Why did the narrator say his heart sank?
  3. 3.

    Then a terrible thing happened.

    1. Which terrible thing happened?
    2. What was the speaker's first thought?
  4. 4.

    "One should always get up from a meal feeling one could eat a little more."

    1. Who said these  words and to whom?
    2. Do you think the speaker was feeling one could eat a little more by the time he/she got up from the meal?
  5. 5.

    How does the narrator describe the woman when he met her at Foyot's?

  6. 6.

    What did he decide to do if the bill came to more than the money he had?

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