9th Class English Keeping It from Harold - PG Wodehouse Question Bank

done 9th CBSE English Keeping It from Harold - PG Wodehouse Total Questions - 34

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  'My dear sir, do nothing hasty. Think before you speak. Don't go and be so silly as to act like a mutton-head. I'd be ashamed to be so spiteful. Respect a father's feelings.'          (i) Who is speaking to whom? (ii)Explain ... 'to act like a mutton-head'. (iii) The statement Td be ashamed to be so spiteful' implies what?
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    A chap takes the trouble to study form and saves up his pocket money to have a bet on a good thing and then he goes and gets let down like this . It may be funny to you, but I call it rotten. And another thing I call rotten is you having kept it from me all this time that you were, 'Young Porky', pa. (i) Who is speaking to whom? (ii) 'It may be funny to you, but I call it rotten'. What does this statement imply? (iii) What is the irony here?
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    I was to have fought an American named Murphy at National Next Monday, but I am not going to now. Not if the king of England came to me on his bended knees. (i) Who is speaking to whom? (ii) Bill had to have a boxing match with whom? (iii) He was adamant not to fight and it is indicated when he says that_
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    'Yet Harold, defying the laws of heredity, had run to intellect as his father had run to muscle. He had learned to read and write with amazing quickness. He sang in the choir. (i) Explain ......... 'Defying the laws of heredity'. (ii) Harold's intellect is known by____ (iii) The difference between Harold and his father is____
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    One chap's got a snapshop of Jimmy Wilde. At least he says it's Jimmy Wilde, but I believe it's just some ordinary fellow. Anyhow, its jolly blurred, so it might be anyone. Pa, can't you give me a picture of yourself boxing? I could swank like anything. And you do't know how sick a chap gets of having chaps call him. 'Goggles'.       (i) Who is Jimmy Wilde in the extract? (ii) Why is Harold not sure that the person in the photograph is Jimmy Wilde? (iii) Why does Harold want Bill's snap?
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    He was a self-centered child and accepting the commercial traveller fiction, dismissed the subject from his mind and busied himself with things of more moment. (i)More moment here means ____ (ii)Explain ... 'accepting the commercial traveler fiction'. (iii)Which subject is regarded as trivial?
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    The subject which is regarded as trivial by Harold his father's profession. The spectacled child considered the point for a moment gravely. Then, nodding, he arranged his books in readiness for his return and went out. The front door closed with a decorous softness.                          (i) Which point was considered gravely by the spectacled child? (ii) Where did the child went out? (iii) Who asked the spectacled child to go out?
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    He sat on the other side of the table, his lips gravely pursed and his eyes a trifle cloudy behind their spectacles. Before him on the red table cloth lay an open book. His powerful brain was plainly busy.    (i) Who is 'he' here? (ii) Explain '... his lips gravely pursed. (iii) What are the features which describes Harold as an intelligent boy?
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    It jarred upon him, this habit of his mother's of referring to herself in the third person, as if she were addressing a baby, instead of a young man often who had taken the spelling and dictation prize last term on his head.                               (i) 'It' here refers to whom? (ii) How old is the guy mentioned in the extract? (iii) What does 'jarred upon' mean?
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    Based on your reading of the story, answer the following questions by choosing the correct options.                                 (i) Mrs Bramble was a proud woman because (a) she was the wife of a famous boxer (b) she had motivated her husband (c) she was a good housewife (d) she was the mother of a child prodigy
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     (ii) The very naming of Harold had caused a sacrifice on his part.' The writer's tone here is...... (a) admiring                        (b) satirical (c) assertive                       (d) gentle
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     (iii) Harold felt that he was deprived of the respect that his classmates would give him as ... they did not know his father was the famous boxer 'Young Porky'. (b) his hero, Jimmy Murphy had not won the wrestling match. (c) he had not got Phil Scott's autograph. (d) Sid Simpson had lost the Lonsdale belt.
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     'Goodness knows I've never liked your profession, Bill, but there is this to be said for it, that it's earned you good money and made it possible for us to give Harold as good an education as any duke ever had, I'm sure'.                                                                           (i) Whose statement is this? (ii) To whom is it said? (iii) What does this statement indicate?  
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  Why was Harold called a prodigy'?
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    What did Harold dislike of his mother?
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    What was a constant source of amazement to Mrs Bramble?
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    Bill Bramble was a professional boxer. Why was it a trouble for both Jane Bramble and Bill Bramble?  
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    Who was "Young Porky'? Why did he hide his real identity from Harold?
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    How did Harold come to know that his father was a professional boxer?        
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                        How has Harold defied the laws of heredity?
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    When Mr Bramble came to know that he was to become a father, what were some of the names he decided upon? Why?                                                                                  
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    Why was Mrs Bramble not happy to see her husband's retirement from boxing?     
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                 Do you agree with Harold's parents, decision of hiding from him the fact that his father was a boxer? Why/why not?                         
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                                                                   Explain the title 'Keeping It From Harold'. Why was it to be kept from Harold?
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    Who was Jerry Fisher? What did he say to try and convince Bill to change his mind?   
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               Explain the irony in the story 'Keeping It From Harold'?
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    Why was Harold upset that his father had not told him about his true identity? Give two reasons.   
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    What did Harold's classmates called him? What makes him so jolly sick?  
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  Write the character sketch of Harold.     
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                                                           Give the character sketch of Bill Bramble.     
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                                                     Consider yourself Bill Bramble and give reasons why do you want to hide your real identity from your son, Harold and why you want to discontinue your boxing career. Write a diary entry in about 150 words to express your views.                                   
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                                                Consider yourself as Harold and express your views about how felt when you got to know about your father's profession as a professional boxer. What was your reaction afterwards? Write a diary entry in about 200 words.
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    Write a character sketch of Mrs Bramble.      
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                                                      quit the training session and say no to the match. All this shows that she was a very careful and practical woman.                    
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