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Questions

1)	How would you describe the school?

2)	This phrase is a little tough, "…the authoritative voice of the master, in the tone of menace or command, or, peradventure, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge." What does the word "urged" in this sentence?

3)	In the same phrase below, what does "appalling" mean? "…the authoritative voice of the master, in the tone of menace or command, or, peradventure, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge."

4)	So altogether what does the phrase below mean? "the authoritative voice of the master, in the tone of menace or command, or, peradventure, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge."

5)	There is no right answer here. But, why do you think the author uses words like "authoritative", "menace", and "appalling"?

6)	Were there any events that weren't clear to you?