Macavity:
The Mystery Cat
-T.S. Eliot
This
poem is written by T.S. Eliot. In this poem the poet tells about a cat his name
is Macavity but poet says he is mysterious cat because of his activeness. Poet
says this cat has power to rise and float in the air. Always after the crime he
reaches at the safe place. When people go to catch Macavity, the Macavity would
not be present there. Poet tells that he is very tall and thin. Macavity always
does crime such as drinking milk, breaking class he goes everywhere within our
approach. The poet says that when he does crime it never remains there.
Macavity cheats everyone but never leaves anything back. He is not a simple cat
he is very smart cat. Macavity is so smart that even the police of Scotland
failed to catch his.
Objective
Question Answer
1.
‘Macavity :
The Mystery Cat’ is written by…………..
a)John Keats b)Walt Whitman c)T.S Eliot
2.
Macavity’s powers of levitation would make a………..stare
a)saint b)fakir c)devil
3.
Macavity is outwardly……………….
a)healthy b)respectable c)miserable
4.
Macavity’s foot print-prints are not found in any………….of Scotland
yard.
a)file b)copy c)book
5.
Eliot was a…………
a)poet b)verse
dramatist c)critic d)all
6.
Macavity : The Mystery Cat’ is a ……………poem.
a)humorous b)didactic c)symbolic
7.
Macavity is the…………….of Scatland Yard.
a)Bafflement b)despair c)frustration
8.
Macavity is called……….
a)the hidden paw b)the Myterious paw c)the exposed paw
9.
Macavity is the settlement of………………
a)Bcotyard b)Scotyard c)Mcotyard
10.
Mungojerrie and Griddlebone are also…………
a)dogs b)birds c)cats
11.
Macavity is an…………
a)outlaw b)criminals c)looter
12.
Macavity is full of……………
a)happiness b)sadness c)deceitfulness
13.
T.S Eliot was born in…………
a)1888, U.S.A `b)1887, EnglaND c)1856
14.
T.S Eliot was poet of……..
a)19th century b)20th
Century c)18th
Century
15.
Eliot got Nobel Prize in…………
a)1945 b)1948 c)1850
16.
Four Quartets is wriiten by…….
a)T.S Eliot b)Keki N Daruwala c)Keats
17.
Macavity: The Mystery Cat has been take from……..
a)The Waste Land b)Ash
Wednesday c)Old possum’s book
of practical cats
18.
Eliot died in…………
a)1965, England b)1666,
England c)1966, America
19.
……………….is a master of criminal.
a)Kim b)Sim c)Macavity
20.
Macavity is a…………………..
a)donkey b)horse c)cat
21.
Macavity is the settlement of………………
a)Scotyard b)sixty Yard c)Forty Yard
22.
The poet compares Macavity to………………
a)Babar b)Hitler c)Napoleon
23.
Macavity moves like a…………..
a)snake b)lizard c)rat
24.
…………………is tall and thin.
a)Cavity b)Naughty c)Macavity
25.
Macavity is called……………..
a)the hidden paw b)dirty
paw c)dull paw
26.
Macavity disappears from the place of theft before the……………..reach
there.
a)police b)general c)commandoes
Questions & Answers
1. Why does the
poet call Macavity, a mystery cat?
The poet calls Macavity a mystery cat because he can commit any crime and is
able to disappear from the scene leaving no trace behind.
2. Why is
Macavity termed a criminal?
Macavity is termed a criminal because he commits all sorts of crimes. He
plunders larders, ransacks jewel cases, satifles pet dogs, breaks glass-panes,
steal important documents from Foreign office or plans and drawings from the
Admiralty.
3. What is
suggested by the phrase ‘powers of levitation’?
Some fakirs or holymen in India are supposed to possess the power break the law
of gravity and rise into the air upwards. This power of defying the law of
gravity is called power of levitation.
4. What would
you do if a cat enters your kitchen? Would you keep a cat as pet?
If a cat enters our kitchen, I would drive it out. I would not try to punish it
with the door closed. If a cat has no way to get away it can pounce on you, and
scratch your eyes out.
5. What are the
adjectives that have been used to describe Macavity’s character?
Macavity has been described as a mystery cat, the Hidden Paw; the master
criminal; bafflement of Scotland Yard; the flying Squad’s despair; a fiend in
feline shape; a monster of depravity; and Napoleon of crime.
6. Make a list
of crimes Macavity is capable of.
Macavity is capable of all sorts or crimes
i. He can plunder larders.
ii. He can ransack jewel cases.
iii. He may kill pet dogs.
iv. He can mangle trellis.
Explain
the following lines
1. Macavity’s a
Mystery Cat : he’s called Hidden Paw. For he’s the master criminal who can defy
the law.
Ans. The poet describes Macavity a mysterious cat. It is so cunning that it can
not be caught by anyone. It commits crimes like breaking glass, drinking,
destroying office files. Even Scotland Yard is fired Macavity because it
Vanishes in no time.
Fire-Hymn
-Keki N. Daruwalla
This
poem is written by Keki. N. daruwala. In this poem the poet describes the scene
of a burring Ghat.
One day, when the speaker was a child, he and his father passed by a burning
ghat near the river bank. The fire had died out. The embers had lost their hot
redness, and were now covered with grey ash.
There were half-burnt limbs and fingers of a body. The narrator’s father
pointed out that sometimes fire was negligent. It forgets to burn the dead
completely. The speaker was pained. He decided to save the fire from the sin of
forgetfulness.
Twenty
years later, the narrator’s eldest child died. He consigned his body to fire
and saw that the fire burnt it completely. The Fire-Hymn forgave his non-Parsi
act because it appeared that he had done so under compulsion and not willingly.
Objective
Question Answer
1.
Daruwalla was born in……….
a)1940 b)1941 b)1937
2.
The term ‘Zoroastrian’ in ‘Fire-Hymn’ stands for………..
a)Hindu b)Muslims c)Parsi
3.
The nearest ‘Tower of Silence’ According to the poem, ‘Fire-Hymn’
was…….away.
a)a thousand miles b)two
thousand miles c)three
thousands mile
4.
The speaker in the poem, ‘Fire-Hymn’ swears……….
a)once b)twice c)thrice
5.
Daruwalla has been a well known poet as well as………….
a)dramatist b)novelist c)short story writer
6.
‘Fire-Hymn’ deals with…………ghat.
a)burning b)bathing c)drinking
7.
The term ‘debauchery’ in ‘Fire-Hymn’ stands for…………..
a)moral behavior b)disgusting
behavior c)immoral behavior
8.
Daruwalla got Sahitya Akademi Award in..
a)1985 b)1984 c)1986
9.
Who got Commonwealth Poetry Award…..
a)Donne B)Keats c)Daruwalla
10.
Under Orion is written by………………
a)Kamala Das b)Daruwalla c)Auden
11.
Under Orion was published in ……………
a)1970 b)1975 c)1980
12.
Apparition in April is written by…….
a)Daruwalla b)Keats c)Auden
13.
Apparition in April was in………………
a)1971 b)1976 c)1981
14.
Crossing of Rivers is written by……….
a)Kamala Das b)Daruwalla c)Auden
15.
Crossing of Rivers was published in…………….
a)1976 b)1981 c)1986
16.
Keki N. Daruwala was a ………………..by religion.
a)Hindu b)Parsi c)Muslim
17.
Keki N Daruwala is an …………….poet.
a)Australian b)French c)Indian
18.
It was the…………of the poet along with him, passing by the ghat.
a)father b)mother c)brother
19.
The ……………….forgets its dead because sometimes it leaves the dead
body half burnt.
a)wind b)fire c)soil
20.
The poet sees the red hot………………..
a)embers b)furnace c)furnes
21.
The …………..child was consigned to fire under compulsion.
a)first born b)third born c)fourth born
22.
Keki N Daruwala belongs to………..religion.
a)Christian b)Islam c)Zoroastrian
23.
………….belongs to Zoroastrian religion.
a)John Donne b)Keki N Daruwalla c)T. S. Eliot
24.
Consingning his new born son to flames took place …………….years ago.
a)10 b)20 c)30
25.
Keki N Daruwalla consigned has new born…………..to flames.
a)niece b)son c)nephew
26.
………………swears to save fire from the sin of forgetfulness.
a)Keki N Daruwalla b)Kamala Das c)D.H. Lawrence
Short
Questions & Answers
1. Where do you
think is the ghat located?
The ghat is located near the bank of a river.
2. What does
the speaker see/observe in the morning at the ghat?
He saw embers losing their redness, and the grey ash had covered the half burnt
limbs.
3. Why does he
say that the redness of the fire is cruel?
He says that the redness of the fire is cruel because it stings and burns. It
spares nothing.
4. In what
sense does the fire forget its dead?
The fire is supposed to burn the dead completely. But sometimes it does not do
its duty. It leaves some limbs half-burnt.
5. What did the
fire-hymn say to him?
The fire-hymn forgave him for not observing the ritual of the dead according to
Zoroastrian religion.
6. Why did he
consign his first born to the flames?
The speaker consigned his first born to the flames under compulsion. The tower
of Silence, where he should have disposed of the dead body, was a thousand
miles away.
7. Why does the
speaker reveal his religious identity?
The speaker is a Zoroastrian. They do not burn their dead. They leave their
dead on the Tower of Silence. He reveals his religious identity to make this
point clear.
8. Which event
does the expression ‘ the burning ghat’ refer to?
It refers to an occasion when the speaker and his father were passing by a
burning ghat. They saw that the fire had died out but some limbs of a body were
still half-burnt.
9. How did the
passer-by get frightened?
The passer-by got frightened by the phosphorescence and wandering ghost lights
in the burning ghat at night.
10. How does the
ghat appear to the common people?
Ghat appears to be haunted by ghosts. It is a very scary place.
Explain
the following lines
1. It never
forgot, and twenty years since as I consigned my first born to the flames the
nearest tower of silence was a thousand miles. The fire hymn said to me, “You
stand forgiven.”
Ans. The poet says that he will never forget this fire. He further adds that he
had not seen this fire in last twenty years i.e., when he consigned his first
born child to flames because the tower of silence was thousand miles away. He
says that he might have committed so me mistakes for which he apologises.
जिस पोएम के लाइन में sin, fire,
swore, ghat, child, ash, twenty years लगा रहे तो पोएट का नाम keki N.
Daruwala लिख देंगे.
Snake
-D.H.
Lawrence
The
poem snake is written by D.H. Lawrence. The incident on which the poem is
composed is quite and simple and natural. One hot afternoon, in Sicily, the
poet got up to collect the water from the trough which lay in the open ground.
When he reached the spot he noticed a large brown snake resting its throat on
the trough’s edge. Fascinated over this sight of the snake, the poet stood
watching it for a long time. He rather realized that he was second to be there
and he had to wait till the snake had quenched its thirst. The poet had learnt
that the goldensnakes in Sicily were poisonous and so they should be killed.
Brushing aside those doubts and personal concerns the poet continued to watch
the snake in its natural act quenching its thirst. And finally the snake withdrew
itself and proceeded to move back into the dark hole, its dwelling place.
Suddenly under a cowardly impulse the poet hurled a log at it. It missed
the snake but it produced a feeling of terror in it, reflected in its haste.
Afterwards the poet deeply regretted his mindless act of aggression.
Objective
Question Answer
1.
‘Snake’ is written by…………..
a)D.H. Lawrence b)Walt Whitman c)Walter de la Mare
2.
D.H. Lawrence was born in…………….
a)1885 b)1880 c)1890
3.
The phrase ‘a king of exile’ in the poem ‘Snake’ stands for……………
a)the rat b)the elephant c)the snake
4.
After hitting the snake with a log the speaker of the poem ‘Snake’
wants to…………
a)enjoy b)expiate c)celebrate
5.
The snake came to the poet’s water-trough on a………day.
a)hot b)rainy c)cold
6.
In………..according to the poem ‘Snake’ black snakes are considered
innocent.
a)England b)Sicily c)Italy
7.
The speaker in the poem ‘Snake’ hits the snake with………..
a)a hunter b)a log c)a
rod
8.
The speaker of the poem ‘Snake’ compares the snake with the
sea-albatross of…….
a)’The Ancient Mariner’ b)’The
Scholar Gipsy’ c)’Lycidas’
9.
D.H. Lawrence died in…………..
a)1930 b)1990 c)1992
10.
D.H. Lawrence was born in the village of………………in Nottinghamshire.
a)Charlton b)Eastwood c)West Hills
11.
In the poem ‘Snake’ Lawrence denounces the artificialities
of……………life.
a)ancient b)medieval c)modern
12.
The poet had gone to the water trough to drink………..
a)tea b)coffee c)water
13.
The poet compares the snake to a………..bird, albatross.
a)river b)sea c)pond
14.
A………is mentioned in the poem ‘Snake’.
a)mango tree b)peepal
tree c)carob
tree
15.
The speaker had a desire to talk to………
a)cat b)rat c)snake
16.
D.H. Lawrence was a………………..
a) poet & novelist b)short story writer c)all
17.
“The White Peacock” is written by……………
a)John Donne b)Anita Desai c)D.H. Lawrence
18.
“The White Peacock” was published in……………
a)1911 b)1993 c)1910
19.
“Sons and Lovers” is written by………………
a)John Donne b)Anita Desai c)D.H. Lawrence
20.
“Sons and Lovers” was published in…………….
a)1913 b)1915 c)1917
21.
A………………….came to D.H. Lawrence’s water trough.
a)donkey b)horse c)snake
22.
The poet was wearing…………………….
a)Pyjama b)T. Shirt c)Sweater
23.
The poet had gone to the water trough to drink……………..
a)water b)juice c)wine
24.
A snake appears on a trough of the………………to sip.
a)plumber b)sweeper c)poet
25.
The snake met the poet near his water………….
a)trough b)tumbler c)pitcher
26.
The snake seemed like a……………..in exile.
a)prince b)king c)jack
27.
Etana is
in………………
a)Sicily b)Agra c)Moscow
28.
The snake looked at the poet………….
a)happily b)sadly c)vaguely
29.
‘The voice of my education said to me he must be killed’ these
line are taken from….
a)The Soldier b)Fire-Hymn c)Snake
30.
‘He lifted his head from his drinking, as cattle do’ is written
by……….
a)T.S. Eliot b)D.H.
Lawrence c)Rupert Brooke
Short
Questions & Answers
1. Where did
the speaker meet the snake?
The speaker met the snake at water-trough.
2. Why had it
come out its hole near the trough?
It had come out of its hole because it was thirsty and it wanted to drink
water.
3. Why did the
speaker decide to wait?
The speaker decided to wait for his turn. The snake had reached the trough
first, so it was its turn to drink first.
4. How did the
snake drink water?
It drank water as the cattle do. It lifted its head from its drinking, looked
about vaguely, drank a little more.
5. What is the
meaning of “Sicilian July” with Etna smoking?
It was the month of July in Sicily. It was as hot as it is there when volcano
Etna erupts.
6. What is the
belief prevailing in Sicily about a snake?
In Sicily it was believed that black snakes were innocent. But gold snakes were
poisonous, and they must be killed.
7. Why did the
speaker like the snake?
He liked the snake because it had come like a guest. It had drunk water
quietly, and departed peacefully after drinking to its satisfaction.
8. Do you think
he had a conflict in mind?
Yes, there was a conflict in the mind of the speaker. He could not decide
whether he should kill the poisonous snake, or spare it because it was his
guest.
9. Why did he
not like it going back to the dark hole?
The snake had come out of its dark hole. The poet was happy that it had been
his guest. But the poet was horrified because the snake was deliberately going
back into the horrid black hole.
10. What was his
reaction after hitting the snake?
The poet was filled with a sense of guilt and shame. He thought his hitting the
snake was a petty and mean act. He blamed his education for it.
11. What thing
about the snake did appeal him most?
The poet was most impressed by the graceful movement of the snake. The way he
lifted his head, ‘licked’ his lips and dreamily moved away impressed the poet
most.
Explain
the following lines
1. A snake came
to my water-trough
On a hot, hot day, and I am in Pyjamas for the heat, To drink there.
Ans. One day the poet felt thirty and he came down to drink water. As came out
he saw a black cobra coming out of the carob tree and approaching the water
trough to drink water. The poet was carrying a pitcher but he preferred to wait
since the snake had reached the water trough.
2. जिस poem के लाइन में water, trough, snake, kill, voice, earth रहे तो पोएट का
नाम D.H. Lawrence लिख देंगे.
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