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From: Sonia Kohli <sonia...@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, May 9, 2013 at 12:53 PM
Subject: 9 May 2013
To: Manas <manas3...@gmail.com>
From: Sonia Kohli <sonia...@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, May 9, 2013 at 12:53 PM
Subject: 9 May 2013
To: Manas <manas3...@gmail.com>
Chapter 2. The Tiger King
1.
What was the secret the astrologers had to reveal? How did they behave when
compelled
to speak the truth?
2.
What incredible matter took place in the court? Why has this been compared to
bulletins
issued by the war office?
3.
What justification did the tiger king give before he started out on tiger hunt?
4.
Did the maharaja relent to the demands of the English officer? What did he do?
5.
Why did tiger population become extinct in his kingdom?
6.
Why did the king decide to get married? How far was the marriage successful?
7.
What was the important factor that was considered for his marriage?
8.
Once the maharaja decided to exempt a village from paying taxes, which he
changed
later
on, and levied double tax on the village. What does this speak about the king?
9.
“I have killed the hundredth tiger. My vow have been fulfilled”-was the Tiger
King’s
vow
really fulfilled? What happened on that day?
10.
Why was the Maharaja not in a position to gift a real tiger to his son?
11.
How did the death of the Tiger King take place?
12.
Why does the author say the hundredth tiger took its final revenge?
Long Questions
1.
The story` Tiger King` reflects `the whims and fancies of people in power’
Elucidate.
2.
Tiger king shows the general behaviour of people towards animals. People like
the tiger
king
are responsible for making some of creatures’ endangered species. Express your
views.
3.
A person like the Tiger King does not believe that in this
universe there is equal place for
all
living creatures. It is a world created by the rich and the powerful to live
the way they
want.
The author brings out this simple truth through this political satire “Tiger
King”
Elucidate.
Chapter 5. Should Wizard Hit Mommy
1.
What was the regular routine of Jack in the evening and for Saturdays?
2.
What were the special features of the stories created by Jack?
3.
Why didn’t other animals play with Roger Skunk?
4.
Is there any autobiographical element in the story created by Jack?
5.
What was the observation made by Jo about God? What does it speak about her?
6.
Why didn’t Jack like to be interrupted by Jo?
7.
What did the wizard tell Roger Skunk to do?
8.
Why did Roger Skunk`s mother dislike the new smell? What does it reveal about
mothers`
in general?
9.
What did Roger’s mother ask him to do?
10.
How did Jo want the story to end?
11.
There is difference in opinion about the ending of the story of Roger Skunk.
What does
John
Updike want to say through this story?
12.
Why did Jack feel trapped?
13.
What picture of Jack do you form from this story?
Long Questions
1.
The story “Should wizard hit mommy?” deals with a problem, which is very
relevant
today.
Elucidate.
2.
Jack though gave time to his children does not prove himself to be an ideal
father. –
Discuss
3.
Jo though very young voices her own opinion. What impression do you form of the
children
of today?
4. Justify the significance of the title
Should wizard hit mommy
The Tiger King
1.How did the chief astrologer react to the tiger king’s question about the manner of his death? How did the tiger king take it?
A. When the baby barely ten days old opens its lips in speech the chief astrologer was wonderstruck. He thought it to be incredible that the baby raised an intelligent question –to know about the manner of his death. The astrologer told that the prince was born in the hour of the bull. The bull and tiger are enemies. Therefore, death to him shall come from the Tiger. The tiger king growled, “Let tigers be ware!”
2.Why was it celebration time for all the tigers inhabiting Pratibandapuram?
A. There was a celebration time for all the tigers inhabiting Pratibandapuram because the state banned tiger hunting by any one except the Maharaja and a proclamation was issued to the effect that if any one dared to fling a stone at a tiger, all his wealth and property would be confiscated.
3.What did the Maharaja do when he stood in danger of losing his kingdom in refusing the British officer permission for tiger hunting?
A. The Maharaja obtained some fifty expensive diamond rings of different designs from a British Jewellery Company in Calcutta and send them to the British officer’s good lady expecting her to choose one or two rings and send the rest back. But she kept all the rings and thanked the Maharaja for the gift. This cost the Maharaja three lakh rupees; but his kingdom was saved.
4.What plan did the Maharaja think of to fulfill his vow to kill hundred tigers after the tiger population became extinct in his state?
A. When the tiger population became extinct in his state the Maharaja planned to marry a girl of royal family of a native state with a large tiger population so that he would kill the remaining thirty tigers in the sate of his father –in-law when he visits that.
5.What caused the death of the Maharaja?
A. The prophecy of the chief astrologer came true. A toy-wooden tiger-the hundredth tiger killed the Maharaja. The silver quill on the wooden tiger pierced his hand when he was plying with it on the crown prince’s third birthday. It caused a suppurating sore that spread all over the arm. He was operated but died
Should Wizard Hit Mommy?
1.What was usually the basic storyline of the tale that Jack told Jo almost daily?
A. The stories that Jack used to tell Joe were the slight variation of the basic tale about a small creature usually named Roger. Roger would go to the wise owl whenever in trouble. The wise owl would ask him to go to the wizard who would finally solve Roger’s problem.
2.Decribe the wizard’s room.
A. The wizard’s room is a white house over the crick. Inside it are all magic things all jumbled together in a big dusty heap as the wizard did not have any cleaning lady.
3.How did Roger Skunk’s mommy react when he smelling ‘roses’ went home?
A. When Roger Skunk smelling ‘roses’ reached home his mommy asked what was that awful smell. Roger Skunk replied that the wizard had made him smell like that. She got angry and with Roger went to the wizard and hit his head with an umbrella.
4.How did Jo react to Jack’s storyline?
A. Jo did not agree with Jack’s version of the story in which Roger Skunk’s mommy hit that wizard right over his head for changing Roger Skunk’s smell. Instead she wanted the wizard hit Skunk’s mommy and did not change that little Skunk’s smell back.
5.What does Jack actually want Jo to know and understand in the story?
A. Jack actually wants Jo to know and understand that parents always love their children as they are. Smelling good or bad is immaterial against the natural biological bond. But this thing is Jo’s beyond understanding. She understands what she sees around; but not beyond that.
1.How did the chief astrologer react to the tiger king’s question about the manner of his death? How did the tiger king take it?
A. When the baby barely ten days old opens its lips in speech the chief astrologer was wonderstruck. He thought it to be incredible that the baby raised an intelligent question –to know about the manner of his death. The astrologer told that the prince was born in the hour of the bull. The bull and tiger are enemies. Therefore, death to him shall come from the Tiger. The tiger king growled, “Let tigers be ware!”
2.Why was it celebration time for all the tigers inhabiting Pratibandapuram?
A. There was a celebration time for all the tigers inhabiting Pratibandapuram because the state banned tiger hunting by any one except the Maharaja and a proclamation was issued to the effect that if any one dared to fling a stone at a tiger, all his wealth and property would be confiscated.
3.What did the Maharaja do when he stood in danger of losing his kingdom in refusing the British officer permission for tiger hunting?
A. The Maharaja obtained some fifty expensive diamond rings of different designs from a British Jewellery Company in Calcutta and send them to the British officer’s good lady expecting her to choose one or two rings and send the rest back. But she kept all the rings and thanked the Maharaja for the gift. This cost the Maharaja three lakh rupees; but his kingdom was saved.
4.What plan did the Maharaja think of to fulfill his vow to kill hundred tigers after the tiger population became extinct in his state?
A. When the tiger population became extinct in his state the Maharaja planned to marry a girl of royal family of a native state with a large tiger population so that he would kill the remaining thirty tigers in the sate of his father –in-law when he visits that.
5.What caused the death of the Maharaja?
A. The prophecy of the chief astrologer came true. A toy-wooden tiger-the hundredth tiger killed the Maharaja. The silver quill on the wooden tiger pierced his hand when he was plying with it on the crown prince’s third birthday. It caused a suppurating sore that spread all over the arm. He was operated but died
Should Wizard Hit Mommy?
1.What was usually the basic storyline of the tale that Jack told Jo almost daily?
A. The stories that Jack used to tell Joe were the slight variation of the basic tale about a small creature usually named Roger. Roger would go to the wise owl whenever in trouble. The wise owl would ask him to go to the wizard who would finally solve Roger’s problem.
2.Decribe the wizard’s room.
A. The wizard’s room is a white house over the crick. Inside it are all magic things all jumbled together in a big dusty heap as the wizard did not have any cleaning lady.
3.How did Roger Skunk’s mommy react when he smelling ‘roses’ went home?
A. When Roger Skunk smelling ‘roses’ reached home his mommy asked what was that awful smell. Roger Skunk replied that the wizard had made him smell like that. She got angry and with Roger went to the wizard and hit his head with an umbrella.
4.How did Jo react to Jack’s storyline?
A. Jo did not agree with Jack’s version of the story in which Roger Skunk’s mommy hit that wizard right over his head for changing Roger Skunk’s smell. Instead she wanted the wizard hit Skunk’s mommy and did not change that little Skunk’s smell back.
5.What does Jack actually want Jo to know and understand in the story?
A. Jack actually wants Jo to know and understand that parents always love their children as they are. Smelling good or bad is immaterial against the natural biological bond. But this thing is Jo’s beyond understanding. She understands what she sees around; but not beyond that.
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