“I put the brown paper in my pocket along with the chalks, and possibly other things. I suppose every one must have reflected how primeval and how poetical are the things that one carries in one’s pocket: the pocket-knife, for instance the type of all human tools, the infant of the sword. Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long: and the age of the great epics is past.”(From G.K. Chesterton’s “A Piece of Chalk”)Based only on the information provided in the above passage, which one of the following statements is true?
- AThe author of the passage carries a mirror in his pocket to reflect upon things.
- BThe author of the passage had decided to write a poem on epics.
- CThe pocket-knife is described as the infant of the sword.
- DEpics are described as too inconvenient to write.
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
Let us evaluate the options strictly based on the provided text:(A) The author mentions that people "have reflected" (meaning pondered or thought about), not that he carries a physical mirror.(B) The author states, "Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket," not a poem about epics.(C) The text explicitly states: "...the pocket-knife, for instance the type of all human tools, the infant of the sword." This makes option (C) factually correct according to the passage.(D) The author says the book of poems would be "too long" and that "the age of the great epics is past." He doesn't state that epics are "too inconvenient to write."