Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XII Short Questions Good Bye Mr. Chips Chapter 4

Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XII Short Questions Good Bye Mr. Chips Chapter 4 2nd Year English Notes Online Taleem Ilmi Hub Class 12th

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Q 1. Why was spring of 1896 very dear to Chips?

Ans. The spring of 1896 was very dear to him because it was the same year that he met Katherine Bridges when he was 48.

Q 2. Where did Chips stay at Lake District?

Ans. He stayed at Wasdale Head where he boarded in a small farmhouse.

Q 3. Who was Rowden? / Why did he return from Lake District?

Ans. Rowden was a colleague of Chips who went up to Lake District with him but had to return due to some family business after a week.

Q 4. How did Mr. Chips come across Katherine Bridges for the first time?

Ans. During his visit to the Lake District, he came across Katherine Bridges when he was climbing on Great Gable. He noticed a girl waving excitedly from a dangerous looking ledge. Thinking that she was in danger, he ran to help her but got his ankle wrenched. Later, Katherine came to rescue him.

Q 5. How did Katherine rescue Chips? / Who brought Chips home from Great Gable?

Ans. When Chips slipped and wrenched his ankle, Katherine came to rescue him. She helped him and took him to the farm house where Chips was staying. She nursed him during his injury.

Q 6. What is the most interesting incident in the novel?

Ans. The accidental meeting between Chips and Katherine is the most interesting incident in my opinion. This meeting proved to be a turning point in the novel which changed the life of Chips.

Q 7. What was Chips’ idea about women? / How did Chips feel about the modern women?

Ans. He never felt at home or at ease with them. The new woman of 1890’s filled him with horror. Chips did not like the modern newness and freedom asked by woman.

Q 8. What type of a man Chips at the time of meeting Katherine?

Ans. He was a quiet, conventional person and the world seemed to him full of unpleasant changes. He did not hold with this modern newness and freedom.

Q 9. What was general appearance of Katherine Bridges?

Ans. She was twenty-five years old, young enough to be Chips’ daughter. She had blue flashing eyes, freckled cheeks and straw-coloured hair.

Q 10. What were Katherine’s ideas? / What were Katherine’s political views?

Ans. Katherine Bridges had very revolutionary ideas. In politics she was radical. She read and admired Ibsen, a very radical writer. She believed that women ought to be admitted to the universities, she even thought that women ought to have a vote.

Q 11. When and where Katherine and Chips got married?

Ans. They got married from the house of her aunt in Ealing, London, a week before the beginning of the autumn term in 1896.

Q 12. What were the views of Chips and Katherine Bridges on politics?

Ans. Katherine Bridges had very revolutionary ideas. She believed that women ought to have a vote. In politics she was a radical and liked the ideas of William Morris and Bernard Shaw, but Chips did not like them because he was a conservative in politics.

Q 13. How did Katherine Bridges initially think of Mr. Chips?

Ans. She always thought that middle aged men who read The Times and disapproved of modernity were terribly bores. She thought the same about Mr. Chips at start but later her ideas were completely changed.

Q 14.Why did Katherine Bridges like Mr. Chips?

Ans. She liked him initially because he was hard to get to know, because he had gentle and quiet manners, and though his opinions were old, yet very honest. After liking his character, she started liking his appearance i.e. brown eyes and his smile.

Q 15. Who were George Bernard Shaw and Ibsen?

Ans. They were modern writers. George Bernard Shaw was an English playwright who voiced radical and revolutionary ideas in the late 19^th and early 20^th century. Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright who wrote tragedy about ordinary people and gave revolutionary ideas about women rights.

Q 16. Why did Chips dislike George Bernard Shaw and Ibsen?

Ans. Chips disliked Ibsen and Shaw because they were modern writers. Their writings were full of innovations. Their ideas were the most objectionable for the conservative people like Chips. Their plays were also disturbing for the society.

Written By: Asad Hussain