Class 12 Mr. Chips
Important Short Questions
LESSON NO: 1
LESSON NO: 1
Q 1: When did Mr.
Chips join Brookfield?
Ans: Mr. Chips joined Brookfield
in 1870.
Q 2: Who was the head
master of the school when Mr. Chips joined it?
Ans: Wetherby was the head master
of the school when Mr. Chips joined it.
Q 3: What advice did
Mr. Wetherby give to Mr. Chips?
Ans: Mr. Wetherby advised Mr.
Chips to take firm attitude from the beginning in the class and not to let anyone play tricks
with him.
Q 4: Why did he leave
Melbury School?
Ans: Mr. Chips was ragged there
by the students. He could not maintain discipline in his class. So he had to
leave that school.
Q 5: What happened
when Mr. Chips took his first class at Brookfield?
Ans: When Mr. Chips entered the
class he found five (500) wanton boys ready to rag him. There was complete
silence in the class. Then someone dropped the lid of the desk. Fortunately he
saw the boy who had made this mischief. He gave him punishment of writing
hundred lines. Then no boy dared tease him.
Q 6: Who was Colley?
What interesting joke was attached to him?
Ans: Colley was the boy who
dropped desk lid during the first class of Mr. Chips. After many years his son
and then his grandson became Mr. Chips’ students. Mr. Chips used to ridicule
his grandson by saying that both his father and grandfather were stupid but he
believe that he was “the biggest fool of the lot”.
Q 7: Where was Mr.
Chips settled after retirements?
Ans: Mr. Chips lived at Mr.
Wicket’s’ after retirements just across the road from the school. He had been
there for more than a decade.
Q 8: What was the
quality of Mr. Chips’ voice?
Ans: The voice of Mr. Chips’ was
jerky and high pitched having sprightliness.
Q
9: What was Mr. Chips’ routine before
going to bed?
Ans: Mr. Chips always wound up
the clock after the last bell. He put the wire guard in front of the fire and
carried a detective novel to bed.
LESSON NO: 2
Q 1: When was
Brookfield established and when was it reconstructed?
Ans: Brook filed was established
in the region of Queen Elizabeth as a grammar school. Its main structure was
rebuilt in the region of George.
Q
2: What type of school was
Brookfield? What type of person did it supply?
Ans: Brookfield was a good school
of second rank. It was not as famous as Harrow or Elton. However, it produced
many history making men of the age including judges, members of parliament,
colonial administrator, peers and bishops and number of merchants and
professionals
Q
3: What were the qualifications of
Mr. Chips?
Ans: Mr. Chips was an ordinary
teacher with inadequate qualifications. He was simple graduate from Cambridge.
His degree was not good.
Q
4: What was Mr. Chips given at the
time of requirements?
Ans: Mr. Chips was retired in
1913, at the age of 65. He was presented with cheque, a writing desk and a
clock.
Q 5: Was Mr. Chips an
ambitious person?
Ans: Mr. Chips was ambitious when
he was young. His dream was to get a head ship or a senior mastership in a
first rank school. But with the passage of time he realized that his
qualifications were not good enough to materialize his dream.
LESSON NO: 3
Q 1:
Give a brief description of Mr. Chips’ room at Mrs. Wickett’?
Ans: The room of Mr. Chips at
Mrs. Wicketts was small but comfortable and sunny. It was furnished simply.
There were a few bookshelves, sporting trophies, a mantel piece crowded with
fixture-cards and signed photographs of boys and men, a worn Turkey carpet, easy
chairs, some pictures on the wall and a number of classical books and detective
novels.
Q
2: How does Mr. Chips remember
Collingwood?
Ans: Mr. Chips remember
Collingwood very well. He once thrashed him for climbing on to the gymnasium
roof to get a ball out of the gutter. He had become a major in the army.
Q
3: What were his tastes in reading?
Ans: His collection was chiefly
classical. There were, however, a few books of history and belles letters’
there were also a number of cheap editions of detective novels.
Q
4: Who was Mrs. Wicketts?
Ans: Mrs. Wicketts was a kind
lady. Mr. Chips after retirement lives at Mrs. Wicketts as a playing guest. She
had been in charge of the linen room at Brookfield.
LESSON NO: 4+5
Q
1: Where and when did Mr. Chips met
Katherine?
Ans: In the summer of 1896, Mr.
Chips went to the district lake to enjoy vacations. One day, climbing on Great
Gable, he noticed a girl standing on a dangerous point and waving excitedly.
Mr. Chips rushed to save the girl but slipped and wrenched his ankle. The girl
was Katherine who was good climber and waving her friend. Katherine, with the
help of her friend, took Mr. Chips to his farmhouse at Wasddale where he was
staying.
Q
2: When were they married?
Ans: Katherine used to visit
Chips. Within weeks they were head over heels in love. They married in Landon a
week before the beginning of autumn term. At the time of marriage Chips was 48
while Katherine was 25.
Q
3: What was Katherine’s appearance?
Ans: Katherine was 25, young
enough to be Chips’ daughter. She had blue flashing eyes, freckled cheeks and
smooth straw colored hair.
Q
4: What were the views of Katherine?
Ans:
Katherine had radical socialistic views. She liked writers having radical
socialistic inclination. She loved reading Ibsen, Bernard Shaw and William
Morris. She believed that women ought to be admitted to universities they ought
to have a right to vote.
Q
5: Describe Mr. Chips’ views about
women?
Ans: Mr. Chips was a conservative
man who lived too much in the past. He did not like modern women who were bold,
fashionable and had radical view. He thought nice women were weak, timid and
delicate.
Q
6: Why did Katherine like Mr. Chips?
Ans: Katherine liked Mr. Chips
because he had gentle and quiet manners, because his ideas were noble in-spite
of being old and because his eyes were brown and he looked charming when he
smiled.
Q
7: Which were the professions
disliked by Katherine?
Ans:
Katherine liked the profession of Chips’. She thanked God that Mr. Chips was a
teacher and not a solicitor, a stock broker, a dentist or a business in
Manchester.
Q
8: How did Katherine address Mr.
Chips on the night before the wedding?
Ans: Katherine said that it was
their last farewell. She felt rather like a new boy beginning his first term
with him. Then she said Mr. Chips good bye—–Good bye Mr. Chips.
LESSON NO: 6+7+8
Q
1: What were the changes that came in
the life of Chips after marriage?
Ans: Mr. Chips had been a dry and
neutral sort of person before marriage. Katherine brought a positive change in
his life. His eyes gained sparkle and his mind became adventurous. His sense of
humour sharpened. He became more popular after marriage.
Q
2: What advice did Katherine give to
Mr. Chips about the boys?
Ans: Katherine always advised
Chips to be kind and lenient to his students. But she also told him to be a
strict when it was necessary.
Q
3: Did Mr. Chips want to make a
collection of his recollection?
Ans: Mr. Chips wanted to make a
collection of his recollections. He used to remember thousands of his students
and scores of incidence that took place during school years. He tried to make
notes in an exercise book. But he soon got tired. Moreover while writing, the
memories lost their charm.
Q
4: Write down some of memories of
Chips?
Ans: His memories were mainly
about Katherine and Brookfield school. Chips remembered the matter of Archer’s
resignation; matter about the rat that Dunster put in the organ loft, lute old
ogilvie was taking choir practice.
Q
5: What was Chips mental conditions
after Katherine’s death?
Ans: After Katherine’s death he
was mentally normal. He did not find any interest in school affairs. Young
Faulkner met in the lane. He wished to have the afternoon off. Chips was so
disturbed that he said “you can go to Blaze”.
LESSON NO: 9+10
Q 1:
Who were Boers and what his views about them?
Ans: The Boers were the Dutch
South African. Mr. Chips was not a pro-Boer but he was also not in the favour
of people who condemned them bitterly.
Q
2: Why did Mr. Chips think to give up
his house mastership?
Ans: After Katherine’s death Mr.
Chips was so cast down that he thought of giving up his house mastership but
the head convinced him not to do that. Later he felt glad as this work kept him
pretty engaged.
Q
3: Who succeeded Mr. Wetherby?
Ans: Mr. Meldrum succeeded Mr.
Wetherby in 1870, and acted till his death in 1900.
Q
4: How long did Wetherby served
Brookfield?
Ans: Mr. Wetherby served
Brookfield for three decades. He joined Brookfield in 1840 and served up till
1870.
Q
5: Who became the acting head Mr.
Meldrum?
Ans: Mr. Chips was appointed as
acting head before the appointment of a successor of Mr. Meldrum.
Q
6: When and how did Mr. Meldrum die?
Ans: Mr. Meldrum died of
Pneumonia in 1900.
Q
7: What type of person was Mr.
Ralston?
Ans: Mr. Ralston was a young man
of 37, “glittering with firsts and blues”. He was on efficient person. He had
an impressive personality. But at the same time he was very ambitious and
ruthless person.
Q 8: Why didn’t Mr.
Chips like Mr. Ralston?
Ans: Mr. Chips didn’t like Mr.
Ralston because their temperament was quite different. Chips was an old
conservative person while Ralston was young, modern and ambitious. Mr. Chips
was a soft and mild man while Ralston was harsh and ferocious.
LESSON NO: 11+12
Q
1: What was the cause of row between
Chips and Ralston?
Ans: Mr. Chips and Ralston never
liked each other. Mr. Ralston asked Mr. Chips to think of retirement. He also
objected to his dress, his slovenly habits, his old method of teaching and his
pronunciation. So in 1908, there was a row between the two.
Q
2: How did the news of row spread?
Ans: A small boy, waiting to see
Ralston, listened their exchange of hot words. Naturally he told his friends.
Some of these told their parents. In this way the news of row spread all around
in no time. The people, the school boys and staff planned to protest against
Ralston.
Q
3: How was this row resolved?
Ans: Sir John Rivers, chairman of
the board of Governors, visited Brookfield. He ignored Ralston and went
straight to Mr. Chips. He favored Chips and told him that Governors did not
want him to resign. He could stay there till he was a hundred.
Q
4: When did Ralston leave Brookfield?
Ans: In 1911, Ralston left
Brookfield “to better himself”. He was offered the Headship of greater public
school.
Q
5: Who was the successor of Ralston?
Ans: Ralston’s successor was Mr.
Chatter is whom Chips liked. He was younger than Ralston.
Q
6: Why and when did Mr. Chips resign?
Ans: In 1913, Chips had to resign
on the account of Bronchitis. He was 65 at that time. He realized that it would
not be fair to hang on if he could not do his job properly.
Q
7: What was the feather of his speech
at the farewell party?
Ans: He made a memorable speech
at farewell party. It was studded with Jokers, Latin proverbs and recollections
of the past.
Q
8: Give the reference of the captain
of the school in Chips’ speech?
Ans: In his speech he gave a
reference to the captain of the school who exaggerated in speaking of Chips’
services to Brookfield. Mr. Chips said that the boy belonged to an exaggerating
family. His father had exaggerated one mark into seven.
Q
9: What was his routine at him after
retirement?
Ans: He was making a record of
his recollections. He took on the preparation and editing of a new Brookfield
Directory. He accepted presidency of the old boy club and went to dinners in
London. He contributed to the Brookfield terminal magazine. He also entertained
the boys.
Q
10: Who was Max Staefel?
Ans: In august 1913, Chips went
for treatment to Wiesbaden. There he stayed at the home of the German master at
Brookfield field, max Staefel. He became friendly with him.
LESSON NO: 13+14+15
Q
1: What was condition during war
days?
Ans: During the world War-1,
there were military camps near Brookfield. In the play ground of the school
military exercise could be seen. Most of the young masters joined the army.
There were constant air raids. On Sunday the head master read out the names of
the boys killed in the war.
Q
2: Why did Chatteries visit Mr.
Chips?
Ans: At the end of the July 1916,
Chatteries visited Mrs. Wicketts to talk to Mr. Chips. He was over worked and
looked ill. He requested Chips to help him in discipline and administrative
matters of the school.
Q
3: What is abhorrendum?
Ans: There was a mysterious kind
of rissole. It was a dish of mince-balls. I began to appear on the school menus
on every Monday and Chips called it humorously abhorrendum which means
abhorred.
Q
4: When was Chips once again made the
acting head?
Ans: During the winter of 1917,
Chips became once again the acting head due to the death of Mr. Chatteries.
Q
5: Why was the death of Max Staefel
not denounced?
Ans: Max Staefel was German. He
was a teacher at Brookfield before the World War-1. He was killed in the war,
fighting on the side of the Germans. But his death was not denounced rather Mr.
Chips read out his name with the other Brookfieldians who were killed in the
war.
Q
6: When did Chips give his
resignation?
Ans: After the World War-1, on
November 11, 1918, Chips finally gave his resignation.
LESSON NO: 16+17+18
Q
1: When did Chips make his will?
Ans: Chips made his will in 1930.
Except for legacies to the mission and to Mrs. Wickett, he left all he had for
an open scholarship for Brookfield boys.
Q
2: What were the things he had never
done?
Ans: Chips had never been to a
cinema and had never traveled by air.
Q
3: Who was the last visitor of Mr.
Chips?
Ans: It was a foggy day when Linford
visited him. Chips did not know him. Chips entertained him with tea. The boy
before leaving bade him “good bye, Mr. Chips”.
Q
4: What was his reaction when
Cartwright expressed his regret at Chips being issueless?
Ans: Just before Chips’ death
Cartwright expressed that Chips was issueless. But Mr. Chips opened his eyes
and answered, “I thousand of children; all the Brookfield boys are my
children”.
Q
5: Describe the death scene of Mr.
Chips?
Ans: Mr. Wickett had gone to some
relatives. Mr. Cartwright and Dr. Merivale were there. They advised Mr. Chips
to sleep and the same night he died.
Q
6: When did Mr. Chips die?
Ans: Mr. Chips died at a November
night 1933. He died because of respiratory failure.
Q
7: A decent career decently ended.
Discuss.
Ans: Mr. Chips served Brookfield
for quite a long time. He had become a legend. He was honoured and loved by the
students as well as staff members. He served the school in a dignified manner
and his career came to an end in a dignified way.
