Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born on March 6, 1928, in Aracataca, Colombia. His father was Gabriel Eligio Garcia and mother Luisa Santiaga Marquez Iguaran. The famous author and journalist is known to his readers as simply Gabo. He has been recognized as one of the most remarkable storytellers of the 20th century.
Luisa’ parents did not approve of her marriage to a telegraph operator, and her son Gabriel, the oldest of twelve ***, was sent to live with his maternal grandparents. Marquez later said that his love of story-telling came from his grandparents.
On April 9, 1948, the **** of the ** presidential candidate led to three days of riots. Marquez’ house was burnt and his manuscripts were destroyed. The National University was closed, and Marquez was forced to go elsewhere. He went to the University in Cartagena and took up journalism to support himself. In 1950, he abandoned his legal studies and began writing columns and stories for El Heraldo, a ** newspaper. In 1954, he returned to Bogota as a reporter for El Espectador.
One Hundred Years of Solitude’ is commonly accepted as Marquez’* greatest literary masterpiece. It became known as the turning point work between modernism and post-modernism, and it helped to revive the novel. The publication of this work marked the end of Western domination of the novel.
In 1982, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He used the money that came with the prize to start a daily newspaper, El Otro, in Colombia, after the Colombian Govermment promised him that he would be safe in Colombia.
(a) How is Marquez known to his readers?
(b) To which century did Gabriel Marquez belong?
(c) The telegraph operator mentioned in the passage is Marquez’*
(i) father.
(ii) grandfather.
(iii) friend.
(d) From whom did Marquez inherit his love for story-telling?
(e) How long did the riot in 1948 last?
(f) What did Marquez do after giving up his legal studies?
(g) Add a prefix to the word ‘approve’ to form its antonym.
(h) ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ is Marquez’* greatest ....... (literary/literature) masterpiece.
(i) Mention the name of the newspaper for which Marquez worked as a reporter.
(j) What did Marquez do with the money that came with the Nobel Prize?
