MP Board 12th English Short Answer Questions Flamingo Prose Question Bank

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Instructions- Answer the following questions in about 30 words.

Short Answer Questions- Flamingo (Prose)

Instructions- Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
The Last Lesson

1. What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
2. What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day?
3. What had been put up on the bulletin-board?
4. What changes did the order from Berlin cause on school that day?
5. How did Franz’s feelings about M Hamel and school change?
6. Why did Franz not want to go to school that day?
7. What tempted Franz to stay away from school?
8. What was unusual about M Hamel’s dress on his last day in the school?
9. Why the order from Berlin is called a thunderclap by Franz?
10. Why were the villagers sitting in the classroom?
11. Who did M Hamel blame for the students’ poor performance in study?
12. How did M Hamel praise the French language?
13. What words M Hamel write on the blackboard before leaving the last class?
    What did they mean?
14. What was the fear in little Franz’s mind when he started for school in the morning?
15. What did Franz see while he was going to school?
16. Why was Franz not scolded for reaching the school late that day?
17. How did M Hamel dress himself on his last day at school?
18. What information did M Hamel give to his students in his last class?

1. The Lost Spring

1. What does the writer mean when she says, ‘Saheb is no longer his own master’?
2. How is Mukesh different from the other bangle makers of Firozabad?
3. What does the title, ‘Lost Spring’ convey?
4. Who is Mukesh? What is his dream?
5. Is Saheb happy working at the tea stall? Why/ Why not?
6. Mention any two problems faced by the bangle sellers.
7. Why did Saheb’s parents leave Dhaka and migrate to India?
8. What is Mukesh’s dream? Do you think he will be able to fulfil his dream? Why? Why not?
9. What does Saheb look for in the garbage 1 dumps?
10. Why was Saheb unhappy while working at the tea-stall
11. 
    Deep Water

1. What is the “misadventure” that William Douglas speaks about?
2. What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool? What plans did he make to come to the surface?
3. How did this experience affect him?
4. Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?
5. How did the instructor “build a swimmer” out of Douglas?
6. How did Douglas make sure that he conquered the old terror?
7. What sort of terror seized Douglas as he went down the water with a yellow glow? How could he feel that he was still alive?
8. Why did William Douglas develop aversion to the water when he was three or four years old?
9. What misadventure did William Douglas experience at the YMCA pool?
10. Why did Douglas go to Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire?
11. Which factors led Douglas to decide in favour of YMCA pool?
12. What did Douglas learn from his experience at the YMCA pool?
13. 
    The Rattrap

1. From where did the peddler get the idea of the world being a rattrap?
2. Why was he amused by this idea?
3. Did the peddler expect the kind of hospitality which he received from the crofter?
4. Why was the crofter so talkative and friendly with the peddler?
5. Why did he show the thirty kronor to the peddler?
6. Did the peddler respect the confidence reposed in him by the crofter?
7. What made the peddler think that he had indeed fallen into rattrap?
8. Why did the iron master speak kindly to the peddler and invite him home?
9. Why did the peddler deny his invitation?
10. What caused the peddler to accept Edla Willmansson’s invitation?
11. What doubts did Edla have about the peddler?
12. When did the iron master realise his mistake?
13. What did the peddler say in his defence when the iron master had mistaken him for someone else?
14. Why did Edla still entertain the peddler even after knowing the truth about him?
15. Why was Edla happy to see the gift left by the peddler?
16. Why did the peddler sign himself as Captain Von Stahle?
17. 
    Indigo

1. Why did the servants think Gandhi to be another peasant?
2. What did the British landlords want the pigeons to pay as rent?
3. What would be the impact of synthetic Indigo on the prices of natural Indigo?
4. Why did Gandhi agree to a settlement of 25 percent refund to the farmers?
5. How did this episode change the plight of the peasants?
6. How was Gandhi able to influence lawyers?
7. Why did Gandhi consider the Champaran episode to be a turning point in his life?
8. Why did Gandhi chide the lawyers of Muzaffarpur?
9. 
   Poets and Pancakes

1. Why is Pancakes related to Gemini Studios?
2. What does Pancakes refer to?
3. What work did the ‘office boy’ do in the Gemini Studios?
4. Who was Subbu’s principal?
5. Who was the English visitor to the studios?
6. Who was the boss of Gemini Studios?
7. How was the make-up of the crowd done?
8. Who was Subbu?
9. Where was Gemini Studios located?
10. What did the story department of the studio comprise of?
11. What was the general dress in that Gemini Studios?
12. Who was the poet that visited the Gemini Studios?
13. What was the special talent that Subbu possessed?
14. Did the people at Gemini Studios have any particular political affiliations?
15. What does ‘The God that Failed ‘refer to?
16. 
    The Interview

1. How does V. S. Naipaul comment on interview?
2. What is the belief in some primitive cultures about being photographed?
3. What does Caroline write in her diary on 14 october 1892?
4. What are interstices?
5. How many copies of the novel ‘The Name of The Rose’ have been sold?
6. What is semiotics?
7. Who has written the novel ‘The Name of The Rose’?
8. How does some celebrities despise the interview?
9. Give the name of the two celebrities whom H. G. Wells interviewed?
10. Why was Roland Barthes frustrated?
11. How does Eco find time to write so much?
12. Who were the celebrities that disliked interviews?
13. What do celebrities think about interviews?
14. What was believed in primitive culture?
15. For how many copies Umberto Eco was given advance?
16. What do you understand by ‘thumbprints on his windpipe?
17. What are some of the positive views on interviews?
18. How does Denis Brian express about interview?
19. What did The English novelist and academic David Lodge comment about Umberto Eco?
20. Do you think Umberto Eco likes being interviewed? Give reasons for your opinion.
21. What type of novel is ‘The Name of The Rose’?
22. What did Rudyard Kipling say about interviews?
23. What puzzled the journalists and the publishers?
24. Why Eco was popular?
25. Why did Kipling dislike being interviewed?
26. 
    Going Places

1. Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?
2. What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of?
3. Why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey?
4. Did Sophie’s father believe in her story of meeting Danny Casey?
5. Which country did Danny Casey play for?
6. Why didn’t Sophie want Janie to know about her story with Danny?
7. Did Sophie meet Danny Casey?
8. Which was the only occasion when she got to see Danny Casey in person?
9. Why did Sophie long for her brother’s affection?
10. Who was Danny Casey? How was he adored by Sophie’s family?
11. Why did Sophie choose to walk by the canal? What did she do there?
12. Why did Sophie not want Jansie to know about her meeting with Danny Casey?
13. What did Sophie want to keep as a secret from her father and why?
14. Why is Sophie attracted towards Danny Casey?
15. Why is Jansie so critical of Sophie?
16. What is wrong with Janise’s outlook on life?