Multiple choice

To the child, there is no glory in handling a spoon because

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Those of us who already possess knives and use them as a matter of course at our meals can hardly understand the longing of an infant to be given the freedom of so perilous an instrument. Man has been defined as a tool-using animal, and there is no other tool that appeals to the imagination as strongly as a knife. It is through long months and years, a forbidden thing, and all the more fascinating on that count. There is no glory in using a spoon. There is no honour in holding a fork in the right hand and in taking up on it little squares of meat that have been cut with a knife by some more privileged hand. Fork and spoon are little more than an extension of the fingers, and a spoon, at least, is so safe that it can be left in the hands of an infant in the cradle. But a knife is a danger against which constant warning is necessary — something out of reach and waiting as a prize at the end of a long avenue of years.

  1. the child does not find the spoon attractive

  2. for the child it is nothing but the extension of fingers

  3. it is an extremely safe instrument which is easily available and allowed for use

  4. it is not as exciting as a fork
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

There is no glory in using a spoon. There is no honour in holding a fork in the right hand and in taking up on it little squares of meat that have been cut with a knife by some more privileged hand. Fork and spoon are little more than an extension of the fingers, and a spoon, at least, is so safe that it can be left in the hands of an infant in the cradle.

Keep practicing — related questions