Does culture matter? | Non-Fiction | Essay by E. M. Forster | 12th English Literature | RBSE | Summary | Question-answers
♦️ About the author ♦️
E. M. Forster : (1879 -1970)
E.M. Forster’s full name was Edward Morgan Forster. He was a British novelist, essayist, short story writer and literary critic. He well known for his most popular novels A Passage to India (1924) and Howards End (1910). He also visited India three times.
♦️About the Essay ♦️
This essay is taken from 'Two Cheers for Democracy'. In this essay the author E. M. Forster expresses his concern about the decline of culture. He says that all the aesthetic creations of the past like books, paintings, music and traditions are our culture. People are becoming indifferent towards this cultural stuff. Defending culture he says that we must have power or ability to understand and enjoy our culture.
♦️ About the Video ♦️
In this video, you will get summary of all the main points of the chapter and important question-answers at the end. It will surely help you understand the main idea of the chapter as well as prepare the textual question-answers. Still if you have any query, you may mention it in the comment section.
Textual Questions
♦️Short Answer Type ( 50 Words) ♦
🔰ALL THE ANSWERS ARE AT THE END OF THIS VIDEO🔰
1. What was the speciality of Richard Terry?
2. What kind of civilization is described by Sinclair Lewis in the novel 'Babbitt'?
3. What did Dante write about the inscription on the gates of Hell?
4. Why does Forster say that cultivated people are like a drop of ink in the ocean?
5. What are the two arguments of the people against culture?
6. What does Forster mean by ' Faith makes one unkind’?
7. What reasons Mrs. Leavis give for the aggressive attitude of popular fiction towards classics?
8. Why does Forster say that Dante is a taste case?
♦️Long Answer Type ( 100 Words) ♦
1. How does Forster defend culture and advocate its continuance in the modern context?
2. Describe the incident of the popular comedian and the B.B.C. What does the author want to suggest by this incident?
🔰ALL THE ANSWERS ARE AT THE END OF THIS VIDEO🔰
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