Emotional Intelligence Skills : My Financial Career
1. Why does the narrator
decide to open a bank
account?
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a) He wants to save money for the future.
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b) His salary has been increased and he feel that bank is the safe place for it. .
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c) He wants to experience what it’s like to have a bank
account.
o d) He is advised by his friends to open one.
o Answer: b) His salary has been increased and he feel that bank is the safe place for it. .
2. How
does the narrator feel when he
enters the bank?
o
a) Confident and excited
o
b) Nervous and
uneasy
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c) Angry and frustrated
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d) Calm and composed
o
Answer: b) Nervous and
uneasy
3. What
mistake does the narrator make while trying
to open an account?
o
a) He accidentally asks for a loan instead of opening an account.
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b) He forgets to bring his money.
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c) He addresses the manager instead of the teller.
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d) He writes down the wrong
amount on the deposit slip.
o
Answer: c) He addresses the manager instead of the
teller.
4. How does the manager
react when the narrator
asks to open an account?
o
a) He laughs at the narrator's nervousness.
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b) He immediately helps the narrator open the account.
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c) He becomes suspicious of the narrator's intentions.
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d) He sends the narrator
to the teller.
o
Answer: d) He sends the narrator to the teller.
5. What
happens when the narrator tries to
withdraw money from his new account?
o
a) He forgets his account number.
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b) He accidentally withdraws all his money.
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c) He writes the wrong
amount on the cheque.
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d) He decides not to
withdraw any money.
o
Answer: b) He accidentally withdraws
all his money.
6. How
much money does the narrator
have when he decides to open the account?
o
a) $100
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b) $500
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c) $56
o
d) $1,000
o Answer: c) $56
7. What is the ultimate outcome of the narrator's visit to the bank?
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a) He successfully opens an account and manages
it well.
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b) He closes his account immediately after opening it.
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c) He decides never to go to a bank again.
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d) He becomes a regular
customer of the bank.
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Answer: b) He closes
his account immediately after opening it.
8. What is the
tone of the story "My Financial
Career"?
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a) Tragic
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b) Sarcastic
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c) Humorous
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d) Serious
o
Answer: c) Humorous
9. What does the narrator's experience at the bank symbolize?
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a) The complexity of financial institutions
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b) The fear and
anxiety associated with dealing with money
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c) The incompetence of bank employees
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d) The success of a well-planned financial career
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Answer: b) The fear
and anxiety associated with dealing
with money
10. Why does the narrator
vow never to go to a bank
again?
o
a) He dislikes the long lines.
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b) He feels humiliated by his experience.
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c) He believes banks
are unnecessary.
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d) He decides to hide his
money at home instead.
o
Answer: b) He feels humiliated by his experience.
11. How
does the narrator describe his own
demeanor when he enters the bank?
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a) Confident and authoritative
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b) Timid and bashful
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c) Outgoing and friendly
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d) Angry and irritable
o
Answer: b) Timid and bashful
12. What
does the narrator mistakenly think the manager
assumes about him?
o
a) That he is a wealthy businessman
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b) That he is a detective or a spy
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c) That he is a thief
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d) That he is an accountant
o
Answer: b) That he is a detective or a spy
13. What does the narrator
do with the cheque he wrote to withdraw money?
o
a) He gives it to the manager.
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b) He tears it up in frustration.
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c) He hands it to
the teller and nervously exits.
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d) He accidentally writes wrong
amount
o Answer: d) He accidentally writes wrong amount
14. Why does the narrator
feel the need to explain
himself to the bank manager?
o
a) He thinks the manager suspects him of something suspicious.
o
b) He wants to ensure
that his money is handled properly.
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c) He feels guilty for withdrawing all his money.
o
d) He wants to impress the manager.
o
Answer: a) He thinks the manager suspects
him of something suspicious.
15. What
does the narrator plan to do with
his money after his bank experience?
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a) Invest it in stocks
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b) Open an account
at another bank
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c) Keep it in his pocket
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d) Donate it to charity
o
Answer: c) Keep
it in his pocket
16. How
does the bank staff perceive the narrator?
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a) As a wealthy and important client
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b) As an odd and overly nervous person
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c) As a potential troublemaker
o
d) As a knowledgeable and regular
customer
o
Answer: b) As an odd
and overly nervous person
17. What does the story "My Financial
Career" primarily critique?
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a) The inefficiency of banks
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b) The fear and anxiety
people face in dealing with formal institutions
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c) The complexity of financial systems
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d) The incompetence of bank employees
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Answer: b) The fear and anxiety
people face in dealing with formal institutions
21. What
is the first thing the narrator does upon
entering the bank?
o
a) He asks to speak to the manager.
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b) He fills out a deposit
slip.
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c) He stands quietly in the corner.
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d) He sits down in the waiting
area.
o
Answer: a) He asks to
speak to the manager.
22. How much money does the narrator plan to withdraw
after opening his account?
o a) $6
o b) $56
o c) $26
o d) $50
o Answer: a) $6
23. Why does the narrator's face turn red during
his interaction with the bank staff?
o a) He is embarrassed by his lack of financial knowledge.
o b) He is angry at the bank's inefficiency.
o c) He is flustered by the attention
he receives.
o d) He is confused
by the banking procedures.
o Answer: c) He is flustered by the attention he receives.
24. How does the story "My Financial Career" end?
o a) The narrator successfully deposits his money and
leaves.
o b) The narrator
faints in the bank due to
stress.
o c) The narrator closes
his account and vows never to return.
o d) The narrator decides
to take financial advice
from the manager.
o Answer: c) The narrator closes his account and vows never to return.
25. Why does the narrator feel intimidated by the bank manager?
o a) The manager is very formal and businesslike.
o b) The manager is unfriendly and stern.
o c) The narrator imagines
that the manager
is suspicious of
him.
o d) The manager has a superior
attitude.
o Answer: c) The narrator
imagines that the manager
is suspicious of him.
26. What
does the narrator repeatedly do when speaking
to the bank staff?
o a) He whispers his words.
o b) He speaks in a loud, commanding voice.
o c) He stammers and mumbles.
o d) He keeps asking the same question.
o Answer: c) He stammers and mumbles.
27. What kind of literary
technique is predominantly used in "My
Financial Career"?
o a) Irony
o b) Metaphor
o c) Hyperbole
o d) Allusion
o Answer: a) Irony
28. What
does the narrator's behavior in the bank reveal about his
character?
o a) He is confident but misunderstood.
o b) He is meticulous and organized.
o c) He is insecure and easily overwhelmed.
o d) He is arrogant
and self-assured.
o Answer: c) He is insecure and easily overwhelmed.
29. How does Stephen Leacock
use humor in "My
Financial Career"?
o a) By mocking the banking system.
o b) By exaggerating the narrator's nervousness to absurd levels.
o c) By presenting the bank
staff as clowns.
o d) By making the narrator
incredibly wealthy in the end.
o Answer: b) By exaggerating the narrator's nervousness to absurd levels.
30. Manager thought
that narrator had an awful secret to reveal,
because…
o A) Narrator dressed
up like a
detective.
o B) Narrator was behaving weird.
o C) Narrator asked manager to meet him alone.
o D) Narrator was carrying a huge amount of money.
o Answer: C Narrator asked manager
to meet him alone.
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