1. THE THIRD LEVEL BY JACK FINNEY

    COMPLETE SOLUTION OF "THE THIRD LEVEL"

Q1. Name the author and the story.

Ans:- The author is Jack Finney and the story is The third level.

Q2. Who is Charley? How old is he?

Ans:- Charley is an ordinary guy. He is thirty one years old.

Q3. What does Charley talk about?

Ans:- Charley talks about the third level at Grand Central Station, New York.

Q4. Name the psychiatrist friend of Charley?

Ans:- Charley’s psychiatrist friend was Sam.

Q5. What was Charley’s hobby?

Ans:- Charley was fond of stamp collecting and it was his hobby.

Q6. What does Charley think about the third level?

Ans:- Charley thinks, there is existence of the third level at Grand Central Station. And he even claims that once he has been there.

Q7. Why was Charley in hurry? What did he do to reach his apartment quickly?

Ans:- Charley was in a hurry to get uptown to his apartment, so he decided to take the subway from Grand Central because it’s faster than the bus to arrive his apartment quickly.

Q8. Name the wife of Charley.

Ans:- Lousia.

Q9. What does Charley sometime think about the Grand Central Station?

Ans:- Charley thinks Grand Central is growing like a tree, pushing out new corridors and staircases like roots.

Q10. What did Charley look around him when he reached at the third level?

Ans:- Charley felt quite queer at the third level, he saw there were open flame gaslights. There were brass spittoons on the floor, and across the station a glint of light caught his eye; a man was pulling a gold watch from his vest pocket. He snapped open the cover, glanced at his watch and frowned. He wore a derby hat, a black four button suit with tiny lapels, and he had a big, black, handlebar mustaches.

Q11. Name the news paper that Charley saw at the third level.

Ans:- The World.

Q12. For where did Charley want two tickets?

Ans:- Charley wanted two ticket to Galesburg, Illinois.

Q13. Could Charley buy the tickets?

Ans:- No, he couldn’t.

Q14. Why couldn’t Charley buy the tickets at the third level?

Ans:- The currency that Charley paid for the tickets wasn’t working there. It was quite different for them and out of 1894. Hence Charley couldn’t buy the tickets.

Q15. What did Charley find by the letter of his friend Sam?

Ans:- The belief of Charley became stronger than earlier by getting the letter of his friend Sam because it has mentioned the existence of the third level where Sam himself has been for last few days. Thus Charley got confident about the third level at the Grand Central Station.

Q16. Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?

Ans:- No, it was only an illusion for Charley or may be said a psychological and contemplative opinion. But the third level wasn’t a medium of escape for Charley, because in fact there was not third level at the Grand Central Station else two.

Q17. What does the third level refer to?

Ans:- The third level refers to the medium of escape for Charley.

Q18. Would Charley ever go back to the ticket-counter on the third level to buy tickets to Galesburg for himself and his wife?

Ans:- No at all, Charley wouldn’t be able to get back to the ticket-counter on third level to buy tickets to Galesburg for himself and his wife because there is no existence of the third level at the Grand Central Station. It was only an illusion of Charley and nothing else.

Q19. What do you infer from Sam’s letter to Charley?

Ans:- Sam’s letter infers about the reality of the third level to Charley that there is the third level at the Grand Central Station because Sam himself has been there for last few days.

Q20. ‘The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry, and stress.’ What are the ways in which we attempt to overcome them?

Ans:- These lines have been an eternal part of the Story’ The Third Level’ where it seems that the author has tired of his daily work out and he loses himself in the theme of psychology. This world seems him full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and stress. Though, there are many ways to overcome them by applying some physical activities like Yoga, Meditation, and going on a long journey and many others too. These all will keep us far from ill thoughts and stress.

Q21. Do you see an intersection of time and space in the story?

Ans:- Of course. There is an intersection of time and space in the story where the author loses himself in the wave of scientific fiction. Though it is just an imagination but there is time and space.