Sometimes I think Grand Central is growing like a tree, pushing out new corridors and staircases like roots. There’s probably a long tunnel that nobody knows about feeling its way under the city right now, on its way to Times Square, and maybe another to Central Park. And maybe — because for so many people through the years Grand Central has been an exit, a way of escape — maybe that’s how the tunnel I got into... But I never told my psychiatrist friend about that idea.
i. The above extract is NOT an example of ________.
a) allegory
b) analogy
c) imagery
d) metaphor
ii. Charley decided not to tell his psychiatrist friend about his idea. Choose the option that reflects the reaction Charley anticipated from his friend.
a) “That’s such a lovely comparison. Why don’t you become a writer, Charley?”
b) “Oh Charley. It is so sad to see your desperation to run away! So very sad.”
c) “Maybe that’s how you entered the third level. Who would have thought?!”
d) “You need help, my raving friend. You are way too invested in this crazy thought!”
iii. Look at the given image that lists some of the ways in which the symbolism of a tree is employed. Which of the following would represent an example as used by Charley in the above extract?
a) ‘Stay grounded’ as the train station is underground.
b) ‘Connect with your roots’ as he desires to go back to his past.
c) ‘Enjoy the view’ as the station leads to all tourist sights of the city.
d) ‘Keep growing’ as the station keeps renovating and expanding.
iv. The idiom ‘feeling its way’ implies ______ movement.
a) swift
b) tentative
c) circular
d) disorganized
