Lesson 7

MY FINANCIAL CAREER

Stephen Leacock

 

Q. 1:   What light do the following expression throw on Leacock’s state of mind when he entered the bank: ‘looked timidly round’, ’shambled in’?

Ans:  Both the expressions throw light on distrustfulness and fearfulness of Leacock’s mind.

 

Q. 2:   Why did the manager come to think that Leacock had an awful secret to reveal?

Ans:   Leacock’s strange behavior and doubtful manners showed to the manager that he had an awful secret to reveal.

 

Q. 3:  What was the attitude of the manager towards Leacock on learning that he only wished to deposit 56 dollars in the bank?

Ans:  The manager got up angrily, opened the door and asked the clerk to open his account.

 

Q. 4:   What other blunders did Leacock commit after leaving the manager’s office?

Ans:    He entered the safe, he wrote 56 instead of six.

 

Q. 5:   After this misadventure in the bank where did Leacock keep his money?

Ans:    He used to keep his savings in a sock.

 

Q. 6:  Give us many examples as you can to show that Leacock was feeling completely lost in the bank all the time he was there.

Ans:  He met the manager to open an account. He wrote 56 instead of six.