CH 5: ON DESTROYING BOOKS Short Questions with Answers

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Q1: What sort of books were presented by the British public to soldiers?

ANS: Most of the books were ordinary and suitable. But some people sent odd things. Some sent them twenty years old magazines. 

Q2: Why should bad books be destroyed?

ANS: Bad books should be destroyed because thier destruction not only makes room for new books but also saves one’s heirs the trouble of sorting out the books.

Q3: Why is it not easy to destroy books?

ANS: It is not easy to destroy books because it is hard to burn them. The only way to burn a book is to burn it leaf after leaf. 

Q4: Why could not the author burn the unwanted books?

ANS: He had no kitchen range, so he could not toast them on a gas cooker or consume them leaf by leaf in his small study fire.

Q5: How did the writer decide to get rid of them? OR What did the writer finally decide to do with his books?

ANS: He decided to get rid of the books by throwing them into the river.

Q6: Did the writer come to have a feeling for those books once he had got rid of them?