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Raina : [timidly] Nine thousand hotels? Bluntschli : Hotels! Nonsense. If you only knew! Oh, it’s…
Raina : [timidly] Nine thousand hotels?
Bluntschli : Hotels! Nonsense. If you only knew! Oh, it’s too ridiculous. Excuse me: I must give my fellow orders about starting. [He leaves the room hastily, with the documents in his hand].
Louka : [knowing instinctively that she can annoy Raina by disparaging Bluntschli] He has not much heart, that Swiss. He has not a word of grief for his poor father.
Raina : [bitterly] Grief ! A man who has been doing nothing but killing people for years! What does he care? What does any soldier care? [She goes to the door, restraining her tears with difficulty].
Louka : Major Saranoff has been fighting too; and he has plenty of heart left. [Raina, at the door, draws herself up haughtily and goes out].
(i)[1.0]
What news has Bluntschli just received?
(ii)[2.0]
What makes Raina ask, ‘Nine thousand hotels’?
(iii)[2.0]
Why is Bluntschli in such a hurry to leave? What does Louka comment about him?
(iv)[2.0]
Why is Raina upset with Bluntschli?
(v)[2.0]
Why, in your opinion, does Louka compare Bluntschli to Sergius? What does she comment when Raina leaves the room?
(vi)[1.0]
Who enters the room at this point? What news does he give Louka?
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From ISC 2018 English Literature Paper 1, question 2(c).