Question

What was the main activity of the members of the Trumpet Club?

• A. Debating current politics
• B. Telling stories and sharing opinions
• C. Organizing public events
• D. Writing satirical essays

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Telling stories and sharing opinions

• Although fictional, the Trumpet Club reflects Steele’s enduring influence as a writer who could blend satire with moral insight.

• It also captures the essence of the coffeehouse culture central to his era's intellectual life.

• Steele describes their meeting place, a coffeehouse, in vivid and humorous detail, portraying it as quaint and somewhat chaotic, and also different types of peculiar personalities with his commendable style.

• The essay presents the writer's wide knowledge of men and manners

• Richard Steele was exhausted sometimes in studies, but after a hard day's work, he made it his habit to spend the evenings in the company of men where he did not have to exercise his mind much-their talk lulled him to sleep the number of members had come down from the original 15 to 5 and where he was considered as the most learned.

• The members met every evening at 6. p.m and dispersed at 10.p.m and the conversation was the same as it was for the past few years.