Short Answer Type Questions of The Sound of Music Part 1 – Evelyn Glennie Listens to Sound Without Hearing It
Short Answer Type Questions of The Sound of Music Part 1 – Evelyn Glennie Listens to Sound Without Hearing It
Short Answer Type Questions of The Sound of Music Part 1
Understanding the Text
Short Answer Type Questions :
Answer the following questions in about 25 words :
Question 1. Where was the slight girl seen? How old was she and why was she ‘nervous yet excited’?
Answer – The slight girl was seen on the underground train platform. She was seventeen years old. She was ‘nervous yet excited’ because she was feeling the vibration of the approaching train.
Question 2. What challenge did Evelyn face?
Answer – Evelyn was deaf yet she wanted to be a musician. To be a musician, she required the power to hear. It was a big challenge for her stand as a musician before those who had the capacity to hear.
Question 3. What challenges did ‘this aspiring musician’ face? Was her challenge bigger or smaller than most?
Answer – Evelyn was an aspiring musician but she was profoundly deaf. She faced the challenge of deafness to become a musician. Yes, her challenge was bigger than most.
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Question 4. When was it first noticed that there was something wrong with the girl? Who discovered it?
Answer – It was first noticed that there was something wrong with the girl when she was eight years old. She had problem of hearing. Her mother discovered it.
Question 5. ‘For quite a while …..’ says Isabel. What did she manage to conceal for quite a while?
Answer – Isabel means to say that Evelyn managed to conceal her growing deafness from friends and teachers for quite a while.
Question 6. Who was Ron Forbes and what did he do?
Answer – Ron Forbes was a great percussionist and he encouraged Evelyn by playing two large drums to different notes. He helped Evelyn to sense the music inspite of her deafness.
Question 7. What was discovered when Evelyn was eleven?
Answer – When Evelyn was eleven, it was discovered that she was deaf for her marks had deteriorated.
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Question 8. When did Evelyn decide ‘she wanted to play it’? What did she want to play?
Answer – One day when Evelyn noticed a girl was playing a xylophone, she decided that she wanted to play it. She wanted to play a xylophone.
Question 9. What was Ron Forbes advice to her?
Answer – Ron Forbes advised her not to listen through her ears. She should try to sense it some other way.
Question 10. What is Evelyn’s contribution to percussion?
Answer – Evelyn’s contribution to percussion is remarkable. She has secured first it a front place in the orchestra. Her music of percussion instruments touch the hearts of the people.
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Question 11. What did she audition for, and what was its result?
Answer – Evelyn auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music, and as a result she scored one of the highest marks in the history of the academy.
Question 12. Which two additional languages did she manage to learn?
Answer – The two languages that Evelyn managed to learn were – French and Japanese.
Question 13. What happens when she removes her shoes on a wooden platform?
Answer – When Evelyn removes her shoes on a wooden platform, the vibrations pass through her bare feet and up her legs.
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Question 14. What award was she presented in 1991?
Answer – In 1991 she was presented with the Royal Philharmonic Society’s prestigious Soloist of the Year Award.
Question 15. Who has she given inspiration to? What do people who look to her say?
Answer – Evelyn has given inspiration to those who are handicapped. The people who look at her say, ‘If she can do it, I can.’
Question 16. How did Evelyn get admission to the Royal Academy of Music, London?
Answer – Evelyn appeared fot the audition to get admission in Royal Academy of Music, London. Her scored in the audition was one of the highest in the history of the academy. Therefore she got admission to the Royal Academy of Music, London.
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