ISC Prism Workbook Solutions Chapter 2 Advice to Youth
Advice to Youth Story Long Answer Questions
Question 1.
What is Mark Twain’s message in “Advice to Youth”?
Answer:
In his “Advice to youth’ Mark Twain, in his inimitable satirical manner, sends the primary message to younger generation to be pragmatic to the demand of the situation and act accordingly. In his typical paradoxical sentences with levity, he teaches to be respectful and non-violent towards the older generations while at the same time he suggests to guarding one’s own honour even with violence.
He shows the might of articulated lies, while at the same time confesses that truth is the mightiest and shall prevail. He points at the hypocrisies of the parents and advises their words to be respectful only when such parents are around. This means that the parents were also not so obedient in their prime youth to their parents. His advice about the protocol of using unloaded guns arouse in the reader a sense of naughty mirth and fun considering the reactions of the living targets of such blank fires.
He mocks at the old adage of the utility of early-rising and suggests to keep a singing bird instead to wake up the late sleeper as late as 9:30 am because nothing in the world is expected to change by then. He also suggests to read some good books and the list includes “The Innocents Abroad’, his own. Thus we see in him a typical American sneering at the Old world order and advising the newer generation to follow a rational path.
Question 2.
Discuss Mark Twain’s “Advice to youth” as a satirical essay.
Answer:
Albert says that Mark Twain, “A humourist, aiming to please the masses, his strokes are bold and broad, and the humour ranges from farce to bitter satire. Always he writes with his eye on the object, and his best works are firmly grounded in reality.”
His object in his essay, ‘’Advice to youth” is to ridicule the old order of morality and expose their hypocrisy to the younger generation. In doing so, he makes satire his main weapon and through several paradoxes, he proves his point and thus his essay becomes a successful in the genre of satirical literature.
When he advises the younger generation to obey their parents in their presence, he is obvious that the younger generation may take the liberty to be disobedient in their absence. Like Edwardian guardians of England, the American parents also thought that they knew better than their children and so Mark Twain tried to break that conviction.
On one hand, he advises the youth to be respectful to seniors and on the other, he contradicts by saying that they must be earnest in protecting their honour even by hitting such seniors with bricks whenever the seniors offend them intentionally. His paradox is clear when he further advises that the youth must seek forgiveness from such seniors if they offended unintentionally.
His advice to keep and train a singing bird to sing at 9:30 Am to wake up a late sleeper is a mockery and a sarcasm of the old adage, ‘’Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.,” because the world would not changed within such a short time.
About lying, he advocates for articulated, gilt- edged lies which, without however, surpassing the truth, might live for a long lease of time for some material purpose. This is an excellent example of irony.
Then there is his advice for maintaining the protocol for using guns especially when it is fired blank at a living target, taking day lights out of him, while giving the shooter all the ‘’Huzza” for his life.
His advice for the youth to read some good books including “The innocents abroad” is a pointer to the youth to redeem from the apparent mundane finalities of the old order is more didactic than satirical because in his own book, we see a typical American turning on the Old world the skeptical eye of the new and thus this essay has become satirical-almost philistine but vivid and amusing genre of satirical literature.
Advice to Youth Story Short Answer Questions
Question 1.
Why has the author to give an advice to the youth?
Answer:
The author in his essay had addressed the young people because they are standing at the crucial point of their life. Mark Twain expected to share his wisdom in order to give them guidance to start their new life.
Question 2.
What did Mark Twain believes the young people to be?
Answer:
Mark Twain believes that the young people are like clay and they can acquire habits, values and characteristics which will go a long way in their entire life.
Question 3.
As per Mark Twain what are “the virtued” important for future life of a young man?
Answer:
Mark Twain underlines the importance of various virtues which are very important for their future. Qualities like obedience to parents, punctuality, respect for seniors and other and avoidance from gun and ammunition can make the modern people happy and successful.
Question 4.
What are the author’s idea on telling a lie?
Answer:
Mark Twain wants the young people to be very careful about lying. Once one is caught one can never regain the same old status. He calls lying “an art”. The young people should be “temperate” in the use of this “great art”.
Question 5.
What does the essay “Advice to Youth” focus on?
Answer:
The essay “Advice to Youth” by Mark Twain focuses that young people should be aware of the basic but indispensable virtues which can make them successful in life. The virtues of obedience to parents, punctuality, respect for superiors and avoidance of arm and ammunitions can make the life of young people happy and successful.
Question 6.
What are author’s views an handling firearms?
Answer:
Mark Twain warns the young people to handle firearms carefully. These weapons in the hands of the untrained and careless people can bring more havoc than caused in war. The youths have to be careful about old rusty weapons also.
Question 7.
Which books are recommended by the author for the young people to read?
Answer:
Mark Twain advises the young people to read good books. He calls books as “great” inestimable and unspeakable means of improvement. He strongly recommends Robertson’s Sermon, Baxter’s Saint’s Rest, Innocents Abroad and other books of this kind.
Question 8.
What are the three requirements in youth that makes them perfect?
Answer:
Patience, diligence and painstaking attention to details are the main requirements to make the students perfect. These qualities are the foundation for “future eminence”.
Question 9.
How do Mark Twain concludes his essay?
Answer:
Mark Twain concludes his essay in a sarcastic way. He hopes that the young people will treasure up his instructions. They should build their personalities and characters following his advice.
Question 10.
How young people will show their respect to their superiors?
Answer:
The young people should be respectful to their superiors. Strangers also deserve respect. If someone hurts or insult, do not react instaneously. If the offence is unintertional the young people should be frank and make a true confession. In this age, charity and kindliness, belligerent attitude is unwanted and unwarranted.
Question 11
Who is the target audience?
Answer:
The new generation American youth is the target audience.
Question 12
Why is obeying, in Mark Twain’s opinion, is the best policy?
Answer:
Twain believed that obeying is the best policy since the parents would make the children act as per the advice of the parents whether the children liked it or not.
Question 13
What superstitions do the parents have according to Twain?
Answer:
The superstitions or rather the conviction the parents have, is that they know better than their children.
Question 14
How does Twain advice the youth to avoid violence?
Answer:
Twain advises the youth to avoid violence by actually enforcing it upon someone, and then regretting it and apologizing for it in such an uncivil way. He concludes his advice by forbidding to retaliate in a violent way. This should be left to the mad man of the world.
Question 15.
Why is lying bad according to Twain?
Answer:
Lying is bad according to Twain because one may get caught if one is not good at lying. Once somebody is caught, one’s reputation shall be gone forever.
Question 16
How is lying a great art according to Twain?
Answer:
Lying is a “great art” if one can manipulate others into believing what one wants to make them believe. The art of lying is composed of careful planning, that will last for a long time.
Question 17
What is Twain’s advice to youth about lying?
Answer:
The youth should learn the art of lying at an early age in order to practice and live a life full of beautifully crafted lies and enjoy the benefits of lying.
Question 18
Twain provides an anecdote about firearms. Is this funny or not?
Answer:
To make a blank fire to an elderly lady may give pleasure to the shooter while at the same time, the barrel of the gun takes the daylight away from the eyes of the human target. It’s all “Huzza” for the shooter and all scare for the target. This brings out the paradox of the anecdote.
Question 19
Why shouldn’t the youth handle firearms, according to Twain?
Answer:
Youth is normally temperamental and therefore must observe caution in handling guns. A gun is a killing instrument and hence any neglect in handling guns may result into loss of life, in case a loaded gun is fired at a man under the misconception of the gun not being loaded, it is sure to take a life. That is why Twain forbids the youth to handle guns.
Question 20
What is the result of building one’s character, according to Twain?
Answer:
The result of building one’s character is to act according to the demand of the situation which will identify one with other matured ones.
Advice to Youth Story Logic-Based Questions
Complete the following sentences by providing a REASON for each:
Question 1.
The young people should obey their parents because……
Answer:
Obedience to parents is a virtue and they should make most of their knowledge and experience the parents in their future life.
Question 2.
If a person offends the young people, their reaction should vary because……
Answer:
The offense is uninteational and young person should frankly confess. Belligerent attitude is unwanted and unwarranted.
Question 3.
The young people “should avaoid violence” because….
Answer:
untrained and careless use of weapons in young hands can cause have a distraction in their life and young people can ruin themselves.
Question 4.
“…… a lark is really the best thing to get up” because ….
Answer:
More young people will sleep more disciplined they will become. Their mind worst engross into bad activities.
Question 5.
The author advises the youngsters to be very careful about lying because….
Answer:
The author feels lying to be “an great art”. The young people should be temperate” in the use of this “great art”
Question 6.
There are certain qualities which can make the students perfect because
Answer:
These are the foundation for “futureeminence”.
Question 7.
The author advises the young people to read good books because…
Answer:
He feels that books are “great, inestimable and unspeakable means of improvement.
Question 8.
“Never handle fire arms carelessly” because…
Answer:
these weapons in the hands of the untrained and careless people can bring more havoc than caused in words.
Question 9.
The author recommends Robertson’s “Sermons”, Baxter’s “Saint’s Rest”, “The Innocents Abroads” and other books of this kind because….
Answer:
These books have great, inestimable and unspeakable means of improvement for the young people.
Advice to Youth Story MCQs
Question 1.
Based on the first paragraph; what audience is Mark Twain probably writing to?
a. School-age youth.
b. Teachers and other adults
c. Politicians
d. Writers.
Answer:
a. School-age youth.
Question 2.
Twain said he should tell students something ‘’Didactic” about education and youth. ‘’Didactic” probably means
a. Conversation between two or more persons.
b. Intended for instruction or teaching a moral lesson.
c. A special variety of language based on geographical origin.
d. Any of a number of extinct flying reptiles from the Jurassic or cretaceous periods.
Answer:
b. Intended for instruction or teaching a moral lesson.
Question 3.
By using archaic term like ‘’beseechingly”, Twain’s word choices help establish an elevated and highly educated style of speaking. He is using good- to appeal to his educated audience.
a. Tone
b. Diction
c. Pathos
d. Epithet.
Answer:
b. Diction
Question 4.
If someone offends you, what would you do?
a. Hit him or her with a brick.
b. Politely walk away after excusing yourself.
c. Punch him or her.
d. Tell the person that he or she offended you and carry on the conversation.
Answer:
a. Hit him or her with a brick.
Question 5.
Which of the following is the most dangerous
a. An unloaded, rusty old firearms.
b. A loaded and new firearm
c. Juggling knives
d. Playing with fire
Answer:
a. An unloaded, rusty old firearms.
Question 6.
Should you obey your parents?
a. Only when your parents are present.
b. Never
c. Most of the time.
d. All the time.
Answer:
a. Only when your parents are present.
Question 7.
Is it okay to lie?
a. Definitely not
b. Yes, only if you have perfected the art of lying though
c. Obviously it’s okay
d. Only to spare someone’s feelings
Answer:
b. Yes, only if you have perfected the art of lying though
Question 8.
What type of essay is Advice to youth by Mark Twain?
a. Familiar
b. True narrative
c. expository
d. I don’t care
Answer:
a. Familiar
Question 9.
What is the thesis?
a. “A truth is not hard to kill, but a lie well told is immortal.”
b. Most parents think they know better than you do, and you can generally make more by humoring that superstition than you can by acting or your own better judgment.”
c. Ah jeez I’m stumped
d. “I have found there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than do travel with them.”
Answer:
b. Most parents think they know better than you do, and you can generally make more by humoring that superstition than you can by acting or your own better judgment.”
Question 10.
What is the theme?
a. Follow your common sense-you don’t need someone “important” to tell you what’s right and what isn’t.
b. Should your female companion with unloaded firearms.
c. Always obey your parents.
d. Never lie.
Answer:
a. Follow your common sense-you don’t need someone “important” to tell you what’s right and what isn’t.
Question 11.
What is a satirical essay?
a. An essay containing sarcasm
b. An essay containing many metaphors.
c. An essay containing many hyperboles.
d. An essay for young audiences.
Answer:
a. An essay containing sarcasm
Question 12.
What audience does Advice to youth mostly appeal to?
a. Parents
b. grandpa
c. Grandpas
d. young children.
Answer:
d. young children.
Question 13.
What audience does the essay Advice to youth indirectly appeals to?
a. Youth
b. Parents.
c. College students
d. Household pets
Answer:
d. Household pets
Question 14.
In paragraph 2, Twain said students should be”Humouring” their parents because it makes parents more likely to agree to things. Was it the likely definition of humour as it is used here?
a. A comic or absurd quality causing amusement.
b. A temporary mood or frame of mind
c. One of the four bodily fluids: blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile.
d. To comply with someone’s mood in order to make content or more agreeable.
Answer:
d. To comply with someone’s mood in order to make content or more agreeable.
Question 15.
Twain suggest students throw bricks at people because dynamite is for “the low and unrefined”. He is implying that people who throw bricks are – than those who throw dynamite.
a. Better fighters
b. Shorter
c. Of a higher class
d. People with deeper voices
Answer:
c. Of a higher class
Question 16.
Write the full name of ‘Mark Twain’
a. Ray Bradbury
b. Samuel Langhome Clemen
c. Langston Hughes
d. Roald Dahl
Answer:
b. Samuel Langhome Clemen
Question 17.
Mark Twain think about the young age
a. It is not a crucial point
b. It is crucial point
c. It is usually misguided
d. None of the above
Answer:
b. It is crucial point
Question 18.
Mark Twain Gave this advice
a. on his own
b. at press conference
c. he delivered this lecture
d. he addressed club members
Answer:
c. he delivered this lecture
Question 19.
Twain lay a great stress on the virtue of obedience to parents. He calls it
a. best policy in the long run
b. a wise step
c. a careful advice
d. guidance to start their life
Answer:
a. best policy in the long run
Question 20.
Baxter’s Saints Rest, The Innocents abroad and other books teach us…..?
a. charity and kindliness
b. right guidance
c. punctuality
d. moral values
Answer:
d. moral values
Question 21.
The young people should obey their parents
a. always
b. never
c. when they are present
d. when they love them
Answer:
c. when they are present
Question 22.
Mark Twain’s piece “Advice to youth” is an…….
a. essay
b. biography
c. autobiography
d. none of the above
Answer:
a. essay
Question 23.
Mark Twain Concludes the essay in which manner?
a. Sarcastic way
b. humourous manner
c. appropriate way
d. None of the above
Answer:
a. Sarcastic way
Question 24.
The author calls telling a lie:
a. a useless activity
b. dangerous
c. an art
d. a foolish activity
Answer:
c. an art
Question 25.
The firearms are many times handled by:
a. children
b. young people
d. careless people
d. None of the above
Answer:
b. young people
Question 26.
What makes a student perfect:
a. patience
b. guidance
c. painstaking attention
d. (a) and (c) are correct
Answer:
d. (a) and (c) are correct
Question 27.
Which are the “most deadly and unerring things”?
a. guns
b. heedless youth
c. old unloaded firearms
d. loaded firearms
Answer:
c. old unloaded firearms
Question 28.
The young people should avoid violence:
a. sometimes
b. as per the situation
c. if the opponent is weak
d. Always
Answer:
d. Always
Question 29.
The author says that the monument in Boston shows
a. a truth
b. a rare monument
c. a great achievement
d. a stolen discovery
Answer:
d. a stolen discovery
Question 30.
What has been the cause behind the innocent handling of firearms.
a. sorrow and suffering
b. superiority
c. negativity
d. None of the above
Answer:
a. sorrow and suffering
Question 31.
What Mark Twains considered as “Great Art”,
a. fine art
b. designing
c. lying as an art
d. none of the above
Answer:
c. lying as an art
Question 32.
Mark Twains major works are:
a. The prince and the Pauper
b. The Grace of God
c. The Legends of Luhe Skywalker
d. Ghare-Baire
Answer:
a. The prince and the Pauper
Question 33.
What types of books does the author recommended?
a. romantic
b. historical
c. novels
d. religious
Answer:
d. religious