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Why is the Flying Squad frustrated?

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Why is the Flying Squad frustrated?

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The Flying squad is frustrated because every time they rush to the spot of crime to arrest Macavity, he is not there.

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पाठ 4.2: Macavity - The Mystery Cat - Exercises [पृष्ठ १२८]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
पाठ 4.2 Macavity - The Mystery Cat
Exercises | Q A. ii. | पृष्ठ १२८

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

What do you associate with the title of the poem?


What happens to the poet when he visits someone for the third time?


Interpret each of the following expression used in the poem, in one or two line.

laugh with their eyes


Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

‘But now they only laugh with their teeth, While their ice-block-cold eyes…’

  1. Who are ‘they’?
  2. Explain: ice-block-cold eyes
  3. Identify the figure of speech used here.

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

I have learned to wear my faces Like dresses …


Do you think the narrator is heroic? Why?


Why would the referee ask whether there was a doctor in the stands? What stands is he referring to?


Why does the poet prefer to buy tickets worth their weight in radium? Bring out the significance of the metal referred to here.


Read the poem and complete the table with suitable rhyming words

e.g. enter center
  hockey
admire  
  romp
  deeds
score  
please  
  wrist
demands  
  stadium

Underline the alliterated word in the following line.

They do not ever in their dealings…


Would you like to exchange your place with someone else? Why/why not?


Why does the poet think that the birds were happy?


The poet finds joy in various objects of Nature. Explain.


The poem speaks of ______.


What scene in nature gives you pleasure? Talk for a minute describing a natural scene that gave you a lot of joy. What did you see, hear, smell or feel, that gave you joy?


What is Macavity’s nickname?


Where can you encounter Macavity?


Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

He’s the bafflement of Scotland

Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair:

For when they reach the scene of crime

— Macavity’s not there!..

  1. What is ‘Scotland Yard’?
  2. Why does the flying squad feel disappointed?

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

And when you think he’s half asleep, he’s always wide awake


What does ‘Everest’ in the title stand for?


In what way is every hillock similar to Everest?


Complete the passage given below, with suitable words from the box:

Lima, a (a)______and (b)______woman, kept (c)______at her colleagues and went on taxing them with hard labour. Though they were (d) ______to her, she being their head, they were offended and filled with (e)______. It so happened, that Lima was (f)______from her high position due to a serious blunder she had committed. Lima, having lost all her (g)______and glory, realized how arrogant she had been. She gave up her pride and with (h)______sought an apology from everyone. She thus turned over a new leaf and bid (i)______to them.

farewell ceremonious deposed
reverence vain pomp
conceited sorrow scoffing

What do the three words, ‘graves, worms and epitaphs’, refer to?


What does the executor mentioned in the poem do?


Bring out King Richard’s feelings when he was defeated.


Explain the following line with reference to the context in about 5 to 8 line:

All murdered – for within the hollow crown

That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, …”


Working with your partner, discuss the following adages and share your views with the class. You may need to give your ideas and justify your point of view. Remember to take turns while making your presentation/short speech.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown


Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following line from the poem:

“And yet not so – for what can we bequeath

Save our deposed bodies to the ground?”


Pick out the alliteration from the following lines:

“And tell sad stories of the death of kings:”


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