Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XI Night Mail Short Questions 1st Year English Notes Online Taleem Ilmi Hub Class 11th

To view other notes of English 11th. Click Here.

Poem no: 2 Night Mail (W.H. Auden)

Q:1 What kind of train has been described by the poet?

Ans: Night Mail is a train that brings letters postal orders and cheques for people belonging to every walk of life.

Q:2 What does the Night mail cross and why?

Ans: The Night Mail crosses the Border to bring the cheque and the postal order.

Q:3 What does the Night Mail bring?

Ans: It brings letters for rich, for the poor, for the shopkeepers and the love-letters.

Q:4 What tries to hinder the speed of Night Mail and how does she react?

Ans: The slope tries to check the speed of Night Mail but she always reaches on time.

Q:5 Where does the Night Mail throw stream from?

Ans: It throws steam over its shoulder.

Q:6 What kind of noise does the Night Mail produce?

Ans: The Night Mail snorts noisily.

Q:7 How does the Night Mail pass the cotton grass and moorland boulder?

Ans: It passes the cotton grass and moorland boulder by shoveling white steam over its shoulder.

Q:8 How does the birds behave when the Night Mail approaches?

Ans: The birds turn their heads when the Night Mail approaches.

Q:9 How do the sheep dogs react at the arrival of the train?

Ans: The sheep-dogs continue sleep on the arrival of the train because they can’t turn her course.

Q:10 Does the Night Mail disturb the life on farm? How do the sheep-dogs behave on her arrival?

Ans: The Night Mail does not disturb the life on farm at all. The sheep-dogs keep on sleeping while spreading their paws on its arrival.

Q:11 How do the sheep-dogs sleep?

Ans: They sleep with their paws across.

Q:12 What happens when the Night Mail passes through the farm?

Ans: No one wakes when the Night Mail passes through the farm. Only a jug in a bedroom shakes gently.