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Read the following paragraph and answer the questions given below.

“Fine, ” I said, “but surely my eyebrows are not like that?” “No,” said the photographer, with a momentary glance at my face, “the eyebrows are removed. We have a process now-the Delphide-for putting in new ones. You’ll notice here where we’ve applied it to carry the hair away from the brow. I don’t like the hair low on the skull.”

“Oh, you don’t, don’t you?” I said. “No,” he went on, “I don’t care for it. I like to get the hair clear back to the superficies and make out a new brow line.” “What about the mouth?” I said with a bitterness that was lost on the photographer, “is that mine?” “It’s adjusted a little, ” he said, “yours is too low. I found I couldn’t use it.”

(a) What was the only consolation to the author in the proof given to him?

(b) Why did the author express scorn while talking to the proud photographer?

(c) What was the purpose of the author’s visit to the studio?

(d) What did the author want to do with the photograph he wanted?

(e) Why did the author treat the photograph as a bauble?

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(a) The ears in the photo appeared to be like the author’s own. The rest of the facial features had been edited by the photographer. It was the only consolation.

(b) The photographer could not accept the ears resembling those of the author. He offered to remove them completely and fix them anew with the process called sulphide. This infuriated the author so much that he expressed scorn in the words he spoke to the photographer.

(c) The author visited with the purpose of taking a photo, a picture which would look like him.

(d) The author wanted to leave his photo with his friends who might keep it after his death to reconcile them to his loss.

(e) The photographer had used all his craftsmanship to correct the eyebrows, mouth and all the. facial features except the ears. The author was shocked to see the photo dissimilar to his look. Except his ears all looked different. The photographer offered to replace his ears using sulphide process. So, the author treated the photo as a worthless bauble and asked the photographer to retain it.

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