Question

the post office is a 1912 play by rabindranath tagore, originally written in bengali. the character amal is a young boy who imagines that the people he sees passing the window of his home are carefree even when engaged in work or chores, as is evident when he says to the daughter of a flower seller, ______

which quotation from the post office most effectively illustrates the claim?

choose 1 answer:

a \i see, you dont wish to stop; i dont care to stay on here either.\

b \oh, flower gathering? that is why your feet seem so glad and your anklets jingle so merrily as you walk.\

c \ill pay when i grow up—before i leave to look for work out on the other side of that stream there.\

d \wish i could be out too. then i would pick some flowers for you from the very topmost branches right out of sight.\

Explanation:

The claim is that Amal imagines people passing his window are carefree even when working. Option B describes the flower - gatherer's feet as "glad" and anklets "jingling merrily" while working (flower gathering), showing a carefree attitude during work. Option A is about not wanting to stay, not carefree work. Option C is about future payment and work plans, not carefree work. Option D is about Amal's wish to pick flowers, not others' carefree work.

Answer:

B. "Oh, flower gathering? That is why your feet seem so glad and your anklets jingle so merrily as you walk."