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Question
Read the first stanza and think.
(i) Is Macavity a cat really?
(ii) If not, who can Macavity be?
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Solution
(i) No, Macavity is not a cat really.
(ii) Macavity is just a fictional character created by the poet whose actions resemble those of a crook’s.
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