Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XII Short Questions Good Bye Mr. Chips Chapter 14

Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XII Short Questions Good Bye Mr. Chips Chapter 14 2nd Year English Notes Online Taleem Ilmi Hub Class 12th

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Q 1. What were the feelings of Mr. Chips over joining Brookfield?

Ans. He felt like a music hall favourite returning to the boards. For the first time in his life, he felt necessary to something that was closet to his heart. He was made the acting head again after the death of Mr. Chatteris.

Q 2. What did Chips reply when asked to carry on?

Ans. When asked to carry on for the duration, he said that he would, if the Governors would refrain from appointing him officially.

Q 3. Why was the letter from Switzerland censored?

Ans. It was censored because it had the news of Mr. Staefel’s death. He was a German master who served in Brookfield before the war began.

Q 4. Why was the news of Max Staefel’s death unusual?

Ans. It was unusual because he was fighting for the Germans and was an enemy of England. The students thought that reading the name of an enemy of English martyrs was a funny affair.

Q 5. What was “abhorrendum”? / What was the joke about rissole?

Ans. There was a mysterious kind of rissole that began to appear on the school menus on Mondays and Chips called it “abhorrendum” – “meat to be abhorred”.

Q 6. Why did Chips refuse to be appointed the permanent Head officially?

Ans. Chips refused to become the official Head because he did not consider himself eligible for the post he had grown old. He feared that he would not be able to perform the job as per expectations of the people.

Q 7. What did Chatteris die and when did Chips become Acting Head of Brookfield for the second time?

Ans. Chatteris fell ill during the winter of 1917 and died, because he was a diabetic. Chips became Acting Head in 1917.

Q 8. What did Chips remark about bayonet-practice?

Ans. When bayonet-practice was bring carried on near cricket pavilion, Chips remarked that it was a vulgar way of killing people.

Q 9. How did Chips read the tragic list on Sundays?

Ans. Chips read the tragic list of the old Brookfieldians who were killed in war on Sundays during chapel. He was very sad and sometime he was in tear s to remember the boys.

Written By: Asad Hussain