Answer the following questions.

a. What was the occasion that brought the people

together?

b. What did the people anticipate?

c. Why did the evening turn to be awful?

d. Who was the man who talked mostly?

e. Why does the author think that age excuses the

young man? Cite the text.

f. What does the author expect the young man to

learn? Keep your answer brief.

g. In the author’s opinion, how often do we meet

bad conversationalists?

h. How are bad conversationalists similar?

i. What are the two important things a talker

must remember?​