English 11th Night Mail Short Questions

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

Questions and Answers.

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.