THE LOST WORLD ch 6 & 7
taken aback : surprised
kicked off : started
made their way: came or walked
doubts to rest : answering questions and clearing doubts
good humored : good natured, laughingly, lightly
bird’s eye view : an overall or cursory view of things
transpired: taken place
convince : to move by argument
interrupted : stopped in between a task
spring out : moving and acting suddenly
plucking at : pulling at
fate was sealed: decide what will become of one
unprejudiced: unbiased, impartial
investigation : detail and careful examination, an enquiry for ascertaining facts
expedition : an excursion, journey or voyage
spare me time : take out some time
rival : opponent
hardened : seasoned
assuming : taking for granted
skepticism : having doubt or unbelief in religion and things
EXTRA questions
1.What was the mood of the crowd at the lecture hall?
The audience was good humored and mischievous at the same time.
2.Who received the loudest cheer from the audience?
Professor Challenger.
3.How did Mr Waldron conclude his lecture?
He said that the dinosaurs were extinct long before long before the first
appearance of mankind on this planet.
4.Who objected to this and why?
Professor Challenger objected because he
thought that such an idea was just an assumption on the part of Mr Waldron .
5.Who was Professor Summerlee, what did he say?
He was a professor of comparative anatomy , he agreed to be a part of the
committee that ProfessorChallenger suggested .
6.What kind of a person was Malone?
As we all know that he was driven by his lady love Gladys , who wanted him to be
someone who was adventurous and and took risks. Since he wanted to please her he
was trying to be the same person and was determined to achieve what he wanted in
life. In this lesson we also come to know that he was an opportunist. He did not want
to let go of the opportunity, that had come his way.
name the characters that are important in this part of the story ?
Lord John Raxton ,Professor Challenger, Mr Summerlee, Tarp Henry and The narrator -Mr
Melone.
7.What did Mr Melone do at the conference hall?
He volunteered to go on an expedition.
8.Who is Lord John Raxton?
He is another volunteer to go on the expedition. He claimed that he had already
been to Amazon Forests and is familiar with the jungle.
9.Name the three people who were selected to go on an expedition.
Professor Summerlee, Lord Raxton and Duncan Melone.
10.How would you describe the house of Lord Raxton?
The house had rich furs, strange mats were scattered all over the floor.
There were rare pictures and painting on the walls .
11.Upon meeting Malone, what did Lord Roxton do?
he wanted to find out if Melone was brave enough to go on a dangerous expedition or not?
12.What stigma was attached to Melone?
That he was a coward.
13.Was Melone really brave or he pretended to be brave?
He pretended to be Brave.
14.Which phrase made you think of this: Although the drunk gave me jitters ,
I rose from my chair and said to Lord Roxton.
People don’t like to have me ( stigma) .
15. How would you describe Lord Roxton after reading about him so far?
He was a man who was adventurous by nature. He wanted to explore things
and was interested in finding about wonderful things that existed on planet
earth.
16.What did Melone explain to McArdle?
That Melone should write full accounts of his adventures, in letters to Mc Ardle.
17.What happened when the team tried to contact Professor Challenger?
They made three attempts but all their attempts were futile.
18.What did he do?
At first he abused the press, then he did not give any response
at all, and finally only a sound was heard from his side that sounded like his phone
receiver crashed.
19.What message did Professor Challenger give all of them?
he gave them a sealed envelope with his directions and guidance, told them to
open it only when they reached Manaos , a town located in the Amazon.
20. Contrast the characteristics of Lord Roxton and Professor Summerlee.
Roxton: brisk walk, beaming face, eager
Summerlee: dejected, melonchaly figure, dragging steps, drooping head
Both : Interested in learning about wonderful mysteries of the Earth.
RECAP Questions (only for reference)
Who is Ned Malone?
A journalist with a newspaper and a spurned lover.
Who is his lover?
Gladys
Why has Gladys spurned his proposal?
Ned was not an ideal man of her dreams. She wanted Ned to achieve something
great.
Who is Mc. Ardle?
The editor of the newspaper that Ned works at.
With what purpose does Ned approach Mc. Ardle?
To send him on a challenging assignment.
What is the challenging assignment given to Ned?
To interview Professor Challenger.
Extra questions of Chapter-4 and 5
1.What did Ned find when he went to his friend’s office on Wednesday?
He found a letter.
2.What does Professor Challenger find offensive in Ned’s letter?
The use of the word speculation with regards to the professor’s statement upon the
subject of Darwinism.
3.Who is Austin?
Probably an assistant or Professor Challenger’s servant.
4.What work is assigned to Austin?
To shield Professor Challenger from the journalists.
5.According to Professor Challenger what kind of people are journalists?
They are intrusive rascals.
6.Why did Ned gasp as he saw Professor Challenger?
Professor Challenger’s appearance made him gasp. His head was enormous. He
had the face and beard of an Assyrian bull. The eyes were blue-grey, very critical
and very masterful. A huge chest and two massive hands covered with long black
hair.
7.Why did Professor Challenger attack Ned?
He recognized that Ned was a journalist
8.Why didn’t Ned give in Professor Challenger to the policeman?
Ned was to blame himself. He had intruded upon Professor Challenger inspite of
the fair warning given to him.
9.Why did Ned return to Professor Challenger’s room?
Because he felt that the fault of the incident lay with him.
10.What were the contents in the dead man’s knapsack/backpack?
Scraps of verse, pictures of sceneries, a paint box, a box of coloured chalk, a few
paint brushes and a cheap revolver.
11.From the above contents what was evident?
That the man was an artist or a poet.
12.Who were the Indians with whom Professor Challenger spent the night in an Indian village
in South America?
Cucama Indians.
13.Describe the strange creature sketched by the artist?
It’s head was like that of a fowl, the body of a bloated lizard, the trailing tail was
furnished with upward-turned spikes and the curved back was edged with a high
serrated fringe.
14.How does Professor Challenger’s convince Ned of the existence of the creature?
The professor shows Ned a monograph by his friend Ray Lancaster. In the
reconstructed animal of a dead world there was a great resemblance to the
sketch of the unknown artist.
15.What did Professor Challenger finally hand over to Ned?
The upper portion of the wing of a large bat.
16.Why did the picture that Professor Challenger showed Ned have an unsatisfactory
appearance?
Because when the Professor and the Indian guide descended into the river, the
boat was upset and the case which contained the undeveloped films was broken
and ruined beyond repair.
17.To which creature did it actually belong?
The dimorphodon or pterodactyl, a flying reptile of the Jurassic period.
