Objective Questions
1.Macavity’s powers of leviation would make a ……. stare.
(A) saint
(B) devil
(C) fakir
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
2. Macavity is outwardly-
(A) miserable
(B) healthy
(C) appealing
(D) respectable
Answer ⇒ (D)
3. Macavity’s foot-prints are not found in any one of Scotland yard.
(A) file
(B) book
(C) copy
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
4. According to Eliot, Macavity is the ………. of Crime.
(A) Hitler
(B) Napoleon
(C) Alexander
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
5. Who has composed the poem ‘Macavity ; The Mystery Cat’ ?
(A) T.S. Eliot
(B) W.B. Yeats
(C) W.H. Auden
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
6. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in-
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1949
(D) 1950
Answer ⇒ (B)
7. Eliot belonged to ………. century.
(A) 18th
(B) 19th
(C) 20th
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
8. Eliot was a-
(A) poet
(B) verse dramatist
(C) critic
(D) All of these
Answer ⇒ (D)
9. Macavity: the Mystery Cat’ is a ……… poem.
(A) humorous
(B) didactic
(C) symbolic
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
10. Macavity is the ………… of Scotland Yard,
(A) despair
(B) bafflement
(C) frustration
(D) None of thes
Answer ⇒ (B)
11. T.S. Eliot has written the poem-
(A) Fire-Hymn
(B) Snake
(C) Macavity : The Mystery Cat
(D) The Soldier
Answer ⇒ (C)
12. ………….. is a master of criminal.
(A) Macavity
(B) Monkey
(C) Racavity
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
13. Macavity is called –
(A) the Hidden Paw
(B) the Mysterious Paw
(C) the Exposed Paw
(D)the Naughty Paw
Answer ⇒ (A)
14. Macavity moves like a ~
(A) scorpion
(B) snake
(C) monkey
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
15. The poet compares Macavity to —-
(A) Charles
(B) Samudra Gupta
(C) Bismark
(D) Napoleon
Answer ⇒ (D)
16. Macavity is the settlement of –
(A) Вcotyard
(B) Mcotyard
(C) Scotyard
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
17. …………. is tall and thin.
(A) Nacavity
(B) Macavity
(C) Lacavity
(D) Sacavity
Answer ⇒ (B)
18. Macavity is a —
(A) dog
(B) rat
(C) tiger
(D) cat
Answer ⇒ (D)
19. Mungojerrie and Griddlebone are also-
(A) dogs
(B) monkeys
(C) birds
(D) cats
Answer ⇒ (D)
20. Macavity is an-
(A) outlaw
(B) criminals
(C) looter
(D) diplomat
Answer ⇒ (A)
21. Macavity is full of –
(A) happiness
(B) sadness
(C) selfishness
(D) decitfulness
Answer ⇒ (D)
22. Macavity disappears from the place of theft before the ………… reach there.
(A) Owner
(B) Police
(C) Charles
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
23. ‘He’s is broken every human law’ is taken from-
(A) The Soldier
(B) Fire-Hymn
(C) The Epitaph
(D) Macavity : The Mystery cat
Answer ⇒ (D)
24. ‘And when the foreign office find a Treaty’s gone astray is written by-
(A) Walt Whitman
(B) Rupert Brooke
(C) T.S. Eliot
(D) Kamala Das
Answer ⇒ (C)
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does the poet call Macavity, mystery cat?
Ans. The poet calls Macavity a mystery cat because he can commit any crime, and is able to disappear from the scene leaving no trace behind.
2. What are the adjectives that have been used to describe Macavity’s character?
Ans. Macavity has been described as a Mystery Cat, the Hidden Paw: the master criminal; bafflement of Scotland Yard; the Flying Squad’s despair, a monster of depravity; and Napolean of crime.
3. Why is Macavity termed a criminal?
Ans- Macavity is termed a criminal because he commites all sorts of crimes. He plunders larders, ransacks jewel cases, stifles pet dogs, breaks glass-panes, steals important documents from Foreign office or plans and drawings from the Admiralty.
4. What is suggested by the phrase ‘powers of levitation’?
Ans. Some fakirs or holymen in India are supposed to possess the power break the law of gravity and rise into the air upwards. This power of defying the law of gravity is called power of levitation.