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magnet, helping him to explain himself, promising him something.
What it was I do not know. Perhaps they promised that there would
always be women in the world who would spend their brightest,
freshest, rarest hours to nurse and protect that superiority he cherished
in his heart.
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Assignments

I
1.Transcribe and give equivalents to the following words.
1. queer 6. deep in one’s heart
2. average 7. a refuge of life
3. to conceal 8. to cling to one’s/smb’s point of view
4. misprision 9. preposterous
5. impassioned

2.Supply antonyms and synonyms to the following.
Queer, definite, erect, different, compensation, refuge, sink, stubbornly.

3.Answer the following questions.
1. What did the author feel when he heard a man proclaiming himself
an “average, honest, open fellow”?
2. What is the main difference between the rich and the poor?
3. What do the rich think, deep in their hearts? Why?

4.Which sentences are true?
1. The author wants to attack all the lies that the poor have told about
the rich.
2. Unless one was born rich, one will never understand the world of
rich people.
3. Anson Hunter was a foreigner.
4. Reporters make the country of the rich as unreal as fairy-land.
5. The author described nothing but a preposterous movie.

5.Describe:
1. The author’s understanding of the difference between the rich and
the poor.
2. “An average, honest, open fellow”.