BRAINSTORMING
The Cop And The Anthem
(A1) (i) Discuss with your partner and find out the different ways in which Soapy tried to get arrested. The first one is given.
(a) Tried to enter a luxurious cafe.
(b)broke the glass window of the shop.
(c)ate at the modest hotel and showing inability to pay.
(d)stole silk umbrella.
Q )
(ii) Describe the atmosphere when Soapy reached near the Church.
Ans:-
(a) A soft light glowed through the violet-stained window
b) sound of the organ playing an anthem could be heard transfixed him.
C) radiant moonlight and twittering of birds
d)Few vehicles and pedestrian made it seem like a country churchyard .
Q:-
2)Give reasons and complete the following
a) Soapy had confidence in himself because— he was clean shaven and dressed in trim coat and bow tie.
(b) The head waiter of the luxurious cafe did not allow Soapy to enter because— he noticed soapy’s tattered trousers and decadent Shoes.
(c) The cop did not arrest Soapy for breaking the glass window because ……. no criminal would wait to be caught after committing crime.
(d) The cop did not arrest Soapy for shouting and dancing because ……he mistook him to be university Student in a celebraty mood.
Q
(iii) Pick out the lines .from the text which show that :
(a) Soapy wants to enter the cafe for two reasons.
Ans:
1)A roasted mallard duck, thought Soapy,would be about the thing with a bottle of wine and then some cheese, a cup of coffee and a cigar. One dollar
for the cigar would be enough.
2)the meat would leave him
filled and happy for the journey to his winter island.
(b) Soapy was afraid that he won’t be able to enter the prison.
Ans:It seemed that his route
to the coveted island was not to be an easy one. Some other way of entering the limbo must be devised.
(c) Soapy was not caught by the cop for throwing stones at the glass.
Ans:
Men who smash windows do not remain tochat with the police
(d) Soapy actually did not want the umbrella.
Ans
He hurled the umbrella angrily into
an excavation. He muttered
(e) Listening to the anthem, Soapy remembered his good old days.
Ans:
when his life contained such
things as mothers and roses and ambitions and friends
and immaculate thoughts and collars.
Q
(iv) ‘He would make a man of himself again’ – The word ‘man’ in the sentence
Ans An honest person or good person.
Q 6
After listening to the sweet and solemn organ notes , Soapy decides to
Ans:+
a) to make a man of himself, to take a job, work hard and decided to earn honest living.
b) to restore his ambitions and follow them unflatteringly.