English Core > Literature Class 12 > Flamingo Prose

Read the following extracts and answer the questions: (A) Those were the days of mainly indoor shooting, and only five percent of the film was shot outdoors. I suppose the sets and studio lights needed the girls and boys to be made to look ugly in order to look presentable in the movie. A strict hierarchy was maintained in the make-up department. The chief make-up man made the chief actors and actresses ugly, his senior assistant 'second' hero and heroine, the junior assistant the main comedian and so forth. The players who played the crowd were the responsibility of the office boy. (Even the make-up department of the Gemini Studio had an 'office boy') On the days when there was crowd-shooting, you could see him mixing his paint in a giant vessel and slapping it on the crowd players. The idea was to close every pore on the surface of the face in the process of applying make-up. (Poets and Pancakes)

(i) What does the writer mean by the phrase 'indoor shooting' in the first line of the extract? (1 mark) (ii) Pick up one sentence from the extract that reflects the sarcastic tone of the writer. (1 mark) (iii) The hierarchy in the make-up department puts the 'office boy' in the ________ (lowest / top) rung of the ladder. (1 mark) (iv) Complete the following suitably: On the days when there was a 'crowd-shooting'. By the phrase crowd-shooting, the author refers to ________. (1 mark) (v) Choose the correct option: ".....mix his paint in a giant vessel and slapping it on the crowd players." The choice of words like 'paint' and 'slapping' by the author reflects. (1 mark) (A) author's intention to degrade the office boy's role in the make-up department. (B) the office boy's lack of seriousness. (C) author's sarcastic and humorous writing style. (D) author's dislike of the office boy. (vi) Choose the correct option: What does the following line from the extract showcase? "A strict hierarchy was maintained in the make-up department." (1 mark) (A) The office boy took all the decisions in the make-up department. (B) A system of ranks according to importance of work was followed. (C) Everyone was given an equal share of work in the department. (D) Nepotism was prevalent in the make-up department.