MCQ Questions for Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 3 Deep Water with Answers
The Rattrap MCQ Chapter 4 Class 12 Question 1.
What was the content of the package left for Edla by the peddler?
(A) a small rattrap with 30 kroner in it
(B) a small bangle
(C) a necklace
(D) a diamond ring
Answer:
(A) a small rattrap with 30 kroner in it
Explanation:
He leaves a rattrap as a Christmas gift for Edla and encloses a letter of thanks and a note of confession in it. He leaves behind the stolen money to be restored to its rightful owner, the crofter, thus redeeming himself from his dishonest ways.
Rattrap MCQ Chapter 4 Class 12 Question 2.
How did the rattrap peddler spend most of his Christmas Eve?
(A) He laughed the whole day round.
(B) He sang Christmas Carols.
(C) He played games with Edla.
(D) He slept for long hours.
Answer:
(D) He slept for long hours.
Explanation:
He slept as if he wanted to make up for the sleepless nights he had spent throughout his life.
Rattrap Class 12 MCQ Chapter 4 Question 3.
When the peddler was about to leave, ironmaster’s daughter .
(A) asked him to stay for that day only.
(B) said that she wanted to go with him.
(C) told him not to mind what her father had said.
(D) asked him to leave after 2 days.
Answer:
(A) asked him to stay for that day only.
Explanation:
She wanted the peddler to spend the day with them and celebrate Christmas.
MCQ Of Rattrap Chapter 4 Class 12 Question 4.
The ironmaster had mistaken identity of the rattrap peddler and thought him to be:
(A) an old regimental comrade.
(B) an old servant.
(C) an old employee.
(D) an old cousin of his wife.
Answer:
(A) an old regimental comrade.
Explanation:
The ironmaster met peddler unexpectedly at night and mistook him to be an old friend of his.
The Rattrap MCQ Questions And Answers Question 5.
Rattrap is a metaphor used for:
(A) humans and their life
(B) thieves and robbers
(C) attractions and distractions
(D) human greed and distractions
Answer:
(D) human greed and distractions
Explanation:
According to the seller, what lead us to various miseries are our insane wishes and greed of comfort.
The Rattrap MCQs Chapter 4 Class 12 Question 6.
Peddler signed himself as Captain von Stahle because:
(A) he didn’t want to hurt the iron master and his daughter.
(B) he forgot his name.
(C) he wanted to meet Edla’s expectations of him being an army man.
(D) he was the real Captain von Stahle
Answer:
(C) he wanted to meet Edla’s expectations of him being an army man.
Explanation:
The peddler signed himself as Captain von stahle because Edla had regarded him as though he ii was a captain. He continued that he was a rat that would have been trapped in the rattrap of this planet if he had not been elevated to captain, so he had the ability to clear himself in thet manner.
MCQ Of The Rattrap Chapter 4 Class 12 Question 7.
Imagine that the peddler from ‘The Rattrap’ turned his life around, and decided to write about his experience. Which of the following is likely to be the peddler’s book, from the popular books shown below?
(a) Option (i)
(b) Option (ii)
(c) Option (iii)
(d) Option (iv)
Answer:
(b) Option (ii)
The Rattrap Class 12 MCQ Chapter 4 Question 8.
“Left to his own meditations”, one day the peddler fell into “a line of thought, which really seemed to him entertaining”. What does the peddler’s conception of the world as a rattrap, signify about him?
(A) The peddler had a lot of time on his hands, with nothing much to do.
(B) The peddler was a reflective man whose wisdom did not depend on his status.
(C) The peddler was a lonely vagrant trying to make sense of his fortunes.
(D) The peddler was a rattrap seller, and his work deeply inspired him.
Answer:
(C) The peddler was a lonely vagrant trying to make sense of his fortunes.
Question 3.
“Yes, that was a fine fellow you let into the house,” said her father. What light does the given line throw on the ironmaster as a father?
(A) The ironmaster was disapproving of Edla’s decision to let the peddler stay.
(B) The ironmaster blamed his daughter for harbouring a criminal at home.
(C) The ironmaster was being playful with Edla and supported her decisioirs.
(D) The ironmaster loved Edla but thought her to be too naive and idealistic.
Answer:
(A) The ironmaster was disapproving of Edla’s decision to let the peddler stay.
Question 4
Though the reader does not meet Captain von Stahle in person, they encounter the captain symbolically. How?
(A) The ironmaster misidentifies the peddler as his old friend, the Captain and invites him home.
(B) The reader realizes the peddler is actually Captain von Stahle when he signs off the letter.
(C) Edla attends to the peddler as respectfully, caringly and kindly, as she would have the Captain.
(D) The peddler accepts the error of his ways, and displays the qualities expected of a Captain.
Answer:
(D) The peddler accepts the error of his ways, and displays the qualities expected of a Captain.
Read the given passages and answer the questions that follow:
I. “Since you have been so nice to me all day long, as if I was a captain, I want to be nice to you, in return, as if I was a real captain — for I do not want you to be embarrassed at this Christmas season by a thief; but you can give back the money to the old man on the roadside, who has the money pouch hanging on the window frame as a bait for poor wanderers. The rattrap is a Christmas present from a rat who would have been caught in this world’s rattrap if he had not been raised to been raised to captain because in that way he got power to clear himself.
“Written with friendship and high regard, Captain von Stahle.”
Question 1.
Which of the following CANNOT be attributed to the peddler, according to the above extract?
(A) Indebtedness
(B) Reform
(C) Self-pity
(D) Self-awareness
Answer:
(C) Self-pity
Question 3.
The word ‘frame’ has been used to indicate a rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door or windowpane. There are other meanings of ‘frame’ too. Choose the option that DOES NOT list the meaning of ‘frame’.
| (1) a person’s body with reference to its size or build | (2) a single complete picture in a series forming a cinema, television or video film | (3) the triangular structure for positioning the red balls in snooker | (4) a thin solid object that seals a container or hole; a lid |
(A) Option (1)
(B) Option (2)
(C) Option (3)
(D) Option (4)
Answer:
(D) Option (4)
Question 4.
This communication includes:
(1) A promise
(2) Regret
(3) An apology
(4) Shame
(A) Only 4
(B) Only 1
(C) 1&3
(D) 2&4
Answer:
(C) 1&3
II. …it was a big and confusing forest which he had gotten into. He tried, to be sure, to walk in a definite direction, but the paths twisted back and forth so strangely! He walked and walked without coming to the end of the wood and finally he realised that he had only been walking around in the same part of the forest. All at once he recalled his thoughts about the world and the rattrap. Now his own turn had come. He had let himself be fooled by a bait and had been caught. The whole forest, with its trunks and branches, its thickets and fallen logs, closed in upon him like an impenetrable prison from which he could never escape.
Question 1
How would you characterise the mood of the above extract?
(A) Mysterious, restful
(B) Ominous, despairing
(C) houghtful, whimsical
(D) Philosophical, anguished
Answer:
(B) Ominous, despairing
Question 2.
By what bait had the peddler been fooled?
(A) He had chosen to take the ‘safe’ forest route.
(B) He had decided to avoid the public highway.
(C) He had stolen money from the trusting crofter.
(D) He didn’t realize the power of his rattrap analogy.
Answer:
(C) He had stolen money from the trusting crofter.
Question 3.
The consequence of ‘his own turn’ having come was that the peddler had:
(A) got irreversibly lost in the thick, warped forest.
(B) been fooled and imprisoned in a hopeless prison.
(C) been walking around the same part of the forest.
(D) walked the whole forest without finding the end.
Answer:
(A) got irreversibly lost in the thick, warped forest.
Question 4.
The above extract richly employs literary devices. Look at the table below. Choose the option that correctly matches the instances examples in Column A with the literary devices in Column B:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. The forest closed in upon the peddler like an impenetrable prison. | (i) Imagery |
| 2. The big and confusing forest with its twisted paths, trunks, branches, thickets and fallen logs. | (ii) Allegory |
| 3. The lost peddler was reminded of the world and the rattrap. | (iii) Metaphor |
| 4. It was a big and confusing forest which he had gotten into. The peddler had been fooled and was trapped in the forest. | (iv) Similez |
(A) 1 – (i); 2 — (ii); 3 — (iii); 4 – (iv)
(B) 1 – (iv); 2 – (i); 3 – (ii); 4 – (iii)
(C) 1 – (iii); 2 – (iv); 3 – (i); 4 – (ii)
(D) 1 – (ii); 2 – (iii); 3 – (iv); 4 – (i)
Answer:
(B) 1 – (iv); 2 – (i); 3 – (ii); 4 – (iii)
III. No one can imagine how sad and monotonous life can appear to such a vagabond, who plods along the road, left to his own meditations. But one day this man had fallen into a line of thought, which really seemed to him entertaining.
Question 1.
Who is the vagabond here?
(A) Peddler
(B) Blacksmith
(C) Ironmaster
(D) Ironmaster’s daughter
Answer:
(A) Peddler
Question 2.
What kind of life was he leading? OR What kind of life did he lead?
(A) Happy and full of joy
(B) Sad and monotonous
(C) Nonchalant
(D) Meditative
Answer:
(B) Sad and monotonous
Question 3.
What was the thought that struck him one day? OR What was the thought that struck his mind?
(A) One should fear the fear itself.
(B)Indigo is a must for today’s world. None of these
(C) The world is a rattrap.
(D)None of these
Answer:
(C) The world is a rattrap.
Question 4.
Pick up the word which has the same meaning as ‘to walk with difficulty’.
(A) Vagabond
(B) Plods
(C) Entertaining
(D) Monotonous
Answer:
(B) Plods
IV. The world had, of course, never been very kind to him, so it gave him unwanted joy to think ill of it in this way. It became a cherished pastime of his, during many dreary plodding, to think of people he knew who had let themselves be caught in the dangerous snare and of others who were still circling around the bait.
Question 1.
Who is ‘he’ in the above extract?
(A) The Ironmaster
(B) Plods
(C) The Peddler
(D)Monotonous
Answer:
(C) The Peddler
Question 2.
How did the world treat him?
(A) Cheerfully
(B) Kindly
(C) Seriously
(D)Unkindly
Answer:
(D)Unkindly
Question 3.
Which thought used to give him joy?
(A) To see people get trapped in the clutches of their memories.
(B) To see people get trapped in the emotions of their loved ones.
(C) To see people get trapped in the social and cultural rituals.
(D) To see people get trapped in the bait of joys.
Answer:
(D) To see people get trapped in the bait of joys.
Question 4.
Find the word synonymous to ‘a trap for catching birds or mammals, typically one having a noose of wire or cord’.
(A) Cherished
(B) Dreary
(C) Snare
(D) Bait
Answer:
(C) Snare
V. The stranger must have seemed incredulous, for the old man got up and went to the window, took down a leather pouch which hung on a nail in the very window frame and picked out three wrinkled ten-kronor bills. These he held up before the eyes of his guest, nodding knowingly and then stuffed them back into the pouch.
Question 1.
Who was the ‘old man’ in the given lines?
(A) The Peddler
(B) The Ironmaster
(C) The Blacksmith
(D) The Crofter
Answer:
(D) The Crofter
Question 2.
Why did the old man show the stranger ten kronor bills?
(A) He thought that the bills were fake.
(B) He suspected that his guest did not believe him.
(C) He was furious with the return of his hard work.
(D) He wanted to show-off to the guest.
Answer:
(B) He suspected that his guest did not believe him.
Question 3.
What did the stranger do later?
(A) Stole the money
(B) Replaced the fake money with the genuine money
(C) Purchased a car with the money
(D) Left the money where it was
Answer:
(A) Stole the money
Question 4.
Pick out the word which has the similar meaning as ‘unwilling or unable to believe something’.
(A) Incredulous
(B) Wrinkled
(C) Kronor
(D) Stuffed
Answer:
(A) Incredulous
VI. All at once, he recalled his thoughts about the world and the rattrap. Now his own turn had come. He had let himself be fooled by a bait and had been caught. The whole forest, with its trunks and branches, its thickets and fallen logs, closed in upon him like an impenetrable prison from which he could never escape.
Question 1.
Who is ‘He’ in the above lines?
(A) Crofter
(B) Peddler
(C) Ironmaster
(D) Blacksmith
Answer:
(B) Peddler
Question 2.
What did he recall?
(A) The world is full of fake people.
(B) No one helps others in the time of need.
(C) East or West, Home is the Best. .
(D) The world is a big rattrap.
Answer:
(D) The world is a big rattrap.
Question 3.
Why had his own turn come?
(A) He had lost money in the forest.
(B) He had lost way in the forest.
(C) He had lost his luggage in the forest.
(D) He had got the chance to earn fame and money.
Answer:
(B) He had lost way in the forest.
Question 4.
How did he feel when he was trapped in the forest?
(A) Empowering cat
(B) Barking hound
(C) Helpless mouse
(D) Slow moving turtle
Answer:
(C) Helpless mouse
VII. The blacksmiths glanced only casually and indifferently at the intruder. He looked the way people of his type usually did, with a long beard, dirty, ragged and with a bunch of rattraps dangling on his chest. He asked permission to stay and the master blacksmith nodded a haughty consent without honouring him with a single word.
Question 1.
Who is the intruder here?
(A) Rattrap peddler
(B) Ironmaster
(C) Edla
(D) Crofter
Answer:
(A) Rattrap peddler
Question 2.
How was he looking?
(A) Shabby
(B) Ragged
(C) Long beard
(D) All of these
Answer:
(D) All of these
Question 3.
Where did he want to stay?
(A) Forge near the railway station.
(B) Forge near the furnace.
(C) Ship ready to sail off.
(D) Blacksmiths’ courtyard.
Answer:
(B) Forge near the furnace.
Question 4.
Which word in the passage is the antonym of ‘disapproval’?
(A) Indifferently
(B) Dangling
(C) Permission
(D) Haughty
Answer:
(C) Permission
VIII. Naturally, the first thing he saw was the tall ragamuffin who had eased his way so close to the furnace that steam rose from his wet rags. The ironmaster did not follow the example of the blacksmiths, who had hardly deigned to look at the stranger. He walked close up to him, looked him over very carefully, then tore off his slouch hat to get a better view of his face.
Question 1.
Who is ‘He’ in the above lines?
(A) Rattrap peddler
(B) Crofter
(C) Ironmaster
(D) Blacksmith
Answer:
(C) Ironmaster
Question 2.
Who is tall ragamuffin?
(A) Rattrap Peddler
(B) Edla
(C) Ironmaster
(D) Crofter
Answer:
(A) Rattrap Peddler
Question 3.
How was the attitude of ironmaster different from that of blacksmiths?
(A) Rattrap Peddler
(B) He gave food to the person.
(C) He combed the hair of the person.
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) Rattrap Peddler
Question 4.
Which word in the passage means ‘to do something that one considers to be below one’s dignity’?
(A) Ragamuffin
(B) Deigned
(C) Tore
(D) Slouch
Answer:
(B) Deigned