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1. Name the two temples the author visited, in Kathmandu., , Answer : The two temples the, author visited in Kathmandu were the, Pashupatinath temple and the Baudhnath, , stupa., , 2. The writer says, “All this | wash down with, Coca Cola.” What does ‘all this’ refer to?, , Answer: -‘All this’ refers to eating a bar of, marzipan, a corn-on-the-cob roasted in a, charcoal stove on the pavement (rubbed, with salt, chilli powder and lemon)., , 3. What does Vikram Seth compare to the, quills of a porcupine?, , Answer: -Vikram Seth compares the fifty or, sixty bansuris protruding in all directions, from the pole of a flute seller to the quills of, , a porcupine., 4. Name five kinds of flutes., , Answer:, , The reed neh, the recorder, the Japanese, shakuhachi, the deep bansuri of Hindustani, classical music, the clear or breathy flutes, of South America and the high-pitched, Chinese flutes., , Scanned with CamScanner