12th English Elective Short Stories 1. I Sell my Dreams
12th English Elective Short Stories 1. I Sell my Dreams
प्रश्न बैंक - सह - उत्तर पुस्तक (Question Bank-Cum-Answer Book) Class - 12 English Elective 1. I Sell my Dreams Q 1. Did the author believe in the prophetic ability of Frau
Frieda? Ans:
Yes, the author believed in the prophetic ability of Frau Frieda. One night in
Vienna, Frau Frieda whispered to the author that she had dreamt about him and
he should leave Vienna for at least five years. Her conviction was so real that
he boarded the last train to Rome that same night and never returned to Vienna.
He considered himself a survivor of some catastrophe, he had never experienced. Q 2. Why did he think that Frau Frieda's dreams were a stratagem
for surviving? Ans:
Frau Frieda's dreams were a stratagem for surviving because she had no other
qualification than to sell her dreams. It was the period of world war and
people in those days were living in uncertainty. She had elite clients who used
to set their routine according to the predictions made by her. Her
conversations made it clear that…