MCQ Question for Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 4 The Rattrap (Selma Lagerlof)

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The Rattrap (Selma Lagerlof) Class 12 English Flamingo MCQs Questions with Answers

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS :-

Question. When did the peddler make the rattraps?
a.) Distractive moments
b.) Odd moments
c.) Difficult moments
d.) Happy moments

Question. After following the sound of the regular thumping, where did the peddler finally land?
a.) Manor house
b.) Forest
c.) Ramjso Iron mills
d.) Mjolis

Question. Why did the crofter show his money to the peddler?
a.) Because the peddler looked at him ridiculously.
b.) Because he was rich
c.) Because the peddler seemed incredulous
d.) Because he wanted to flaunt

Question. What game did the peddler and the crofter play?
a.) Mehfils
b.) Majlis
c.) Mjolis
d.) Mossacs

Question. Where did the crofter hang his pouch?
a.) Loft
b.) Door
c.) Frame
d.) Window pane

Question. What gift did Edla receive from the peddler?
a.) A silver spoon
b.) A tiny rat
c.) A tiny rat tap
d.) A tiny rattrap

Question. According to the peddler, the world is a ………
a.) A place to live in
b.) A big rattrap
c.) A big rat
d.) A big bait

Question. What is the message of the story?
a.) Love and kindness are powerful reformers
b.) Kindness encourages thieves
c.) Thieves need reprimand
d.) Kindness is powerless

Question. What made the peddler finally change his ways?
a.) Edla’s beauty
b.) His mistaken identity
c.) His greed
d.) Kindness and care

Question. From where did the peddler get the idea of the world being a Rattrap?
a.) From crofter’s behavior
b.) From his friend’s situation
c.) From Edla’s words
d.) From his circumstances and miserable life condition

Question. Why id Edla bring the peddler to her house for Christmas cheer?
a.) Because he was funny
b.) Because she Knew him
c.) Because of his resemblance to her father’s friend
d.) He was goodlooking

Question. How much money had the peddler stolen from Crofter?
a.) 20 kronors
c.) 30 kronors
b.) 10 kronors
d.) 40 kronors

Question. Choose the statement that is not true about the peddler.
(a) The peddler wanted the ironmaster to give him some money.
(b) The peddler feels guilty and curses himself for stealing.
(c) The peddler was enchanted by Edla even though he finds her to be modestly beautiful.
(d) The peddler wishes to live a respectful life like a captain.

Question. The Rattrap seller says that when he reached the cottage, “instead of the sour faces which ordinarily met him”, he received a different treatment. What kind of treatment did the seller get?
(a) Hostile
(b) Incredulous
(b) Generous
(d) Suspicious

Question. “Left to his own meditations”, one day the peddler fell into “a line of thought, which really seemed to him entertaining”. What does the peddler’s conception of the world as a rattrap, signify about him?
(a) The peddler had a lot of time on his hands, with nothing much to do.
(b) The peddler was a reflective man whose wisdom did not depend on his status.
(c) The peddler was a lonely vagrant trying to make sense of his fortunes.
(d) The peddler was a rattrap seller, and his work deeply inspired him.

Question. Select the suitable option for given statements,
based on your reading of ‘The Rattrap’.
1. The ironmaster is skeptical of letting the peddler stay with them.
2. This fears come out to be true as the peddler is identified as a thief.
(a) Both 1 and 2 are true.
(b) Both 1 and 2 are false
(c) 1 is true but 2 is false
(d) 1 is false but 2 is true.

Question. But one day this man had fallen into a line of thought, which really seemed to him entertaining.
The ‘line of thought’ implies a
(a) Belief
(b) Philosophy
(c) A fallacy
(d) Fact

Question. “You must have patience, my little girl,” said the father.
The given line shows that the iron master was a ……………..
(a) Loving father
(b) Rational person
(c) Egoist
(d) Both (a) and (b)

Question. The Peddler had the idea of the world in ……… .
(a) Happy moments
(b) Odd moments
(c) Difficult moments
(d) Distractive moments

Question. “Yes, that was a line fellow you let into the house,” said her father.
What light does the given line throw on the ironmaster as a father? 
(a) The ironmaster was disapproving of Edla’s decision to let the peddler stay.
(b) The ironmaster blamed his daughter for harbouring a criminal at home.
(c) The ironmaster was being playful with Edla, and supported her decisions.
(d) The ironmaster loved Edla but thought her to be too naive and idealistic.

Question. Select the suitable option for the given statements, based on your reading of ‘The Rattrap’.
1. The vagabond enjoyed the company of the crofter and wanted to help him out.
2. The vagabond stole the money so that he could find a living for himself.
(a) 1 can be inferred but 2 cannot be.
(b) 1 is cannot be inferred 2 can be.
(c) Both 1 and 2 can be inferred. 
(d) Both 1 and 2 cannot be inferred.

Question. After following the sound of the regular thumping, where did the peddler finally land?
(a) City
(b) Forest
(c) Manor house
(d) Ramsjö Iron Mills

Question. Why was the peddler’s life sad and monotonous ?
(a) Because he had no family.
(b) Because he had to work hard.
(c) Because he was poor and lonely.
(d) Because he had no respect in the society.

Question. “Every now and then one of them got up to stir the glowing mass with a long iron bar, returning in a few moments dripping with prespiration, though, as was the custom,” What was the custom?
(a) To sit with the helper in the dark forge
(b) To wear nothing but a long shirt and a pair of wooden shoes
(c) Shovelling the charcoal into the maw of the furnace
(d) Dripping with perspiration but still working through the furnace.

Question. Though the reader does not meet Captain von Stahle in person, they encounter the captain symbolically. How?
(a) The ironmaster misidentifies the peddler as his old friend, the Captain and invites him home.
(b) The reader realises the peddler is actually Captain von Stahle when he signs off the letter.
(c) Edla attends to the peddler as respectfully, caringly and kindly, as she would have the Captain.
(d) The peddler accepts the error of his ways, and displays the qualities expected of a Captain. 

Question. Why was the old crofter so talkative and friendly with the peddler?
(a) Because he trusted the peddler.
(b) Because the peddler was his old friend.
(c) Because he lived there all alone and was happy to get someone to talk to
(d) Because he thought that he peddler was a gold guy.

Question. “Yes, that was a fine fellow you let into the house,” said her father. “I only wonder how many silver spoons are left in the cupboard by this time”. The tone used in the given lines can be described as ……… .
(a) Sarcastic
(b) Disgust
(c) Sorrow
(d) Angry

Question. But although his guest was now so well groomed, the ironmaster did not seem pleased. Why was the ironmaster not pleased?
(a) Because of the change in his friend
(b) Because of the news of a robbery.
(c) Because the guest was not his acquaintance.
(d) Because his daughter had defied him.

Extract Based MCQs :

1. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.

“It offered riches and joys, shelter and food, heat and clothing, exactly as the rattrap offered cheese and pork, and as soon as anyone let himself be tempted to touch the bait, it closed in on him, and then everything came to an end. The world had, of course, never been very kind to him, so it gave him unwanted joy to think ill of it in this way.”

Question. Select the option the matches the reference to ‘riches and joys, shelter and food’.
(a) Deceit
(b) Temptation
(c) Materialism
(d) Luxury

Question. The given extract does not talk about
(a) how people treated the peddler
(b) the philosophy of the rattrap seller
(c) the characteristics of the peddler
(d) the monotony of peddler’s life

Question. How can the peddler describe the world?
(a) Unjust and hostile
(b) Unequal and brutal
(c) Kind and compassionate
(d) Sad and sorrowful

Question. Select the option that list the correct characteristic of the rattrap seller.
1. Shabby
2. Cunning
3. Pessimist
4. Vulnerable
5. Mischievious
6. Petty
(a) 1, 2, 3
(b) 1, 3, 6
(c) 4, 5, 6
(d) 2, 4, 5

Question. Why do you think that the world was not very kind to him?
(a) He was poor and dirty
(b) He was a thief
(c) He was a rattrap seller
(d) He looked monstrous

2. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.

…it was a big and confusing forest which he had gotten into. He tried, to be sure, to walk in a definite direction, but the paths twisted back and forth so strangely! He walked and walked without coming to the end of the wood, and finally he realised that he had only been walking around in the same part of the forest. All at once he recalled his thoughts about the world and the rattrap. Now his own turn had come. He had let himself be fooled by a bait and had been caught. The whole forest, with its trunks and branches, its thickets and fallen logs, closed in upon him like an impenetrable prison from which he could never escape. 

Question. The consequence of ‘his own turn’ having come was that the peddler had …………
(a) got irreversibly lost in the thick, warped forest.
(b) been fooled and imprisoned in a hopeless prison.
(c) been walking around the same part of the forest.
(d) walked the whole forest without finding the end.

Question. The above extract richly employs literary devices. Look at the table below. Choose the option that correctly matches the instances/examples in column A with literary devices in column B.
Q.4 P.110
(a) 1-(i); 2-(ii); 3-(iii); 4-(iv)
(b) 1-(iv); 2-(i); 3-(ii); 4-(iii)
(c) 1-(iii); 2-(iv); 3-(i); 4-(ii)
(d) 1-(ii); 2-(iii); 3-(iv); 4-(i)

Question. By what bait had the peddler been fooled?
(a) He had chosen to take the ‘safe’ forest route.
(b) He had decided to avoid the public highway.
(c) He had stolen money from the trusting crofter.
(d) He didn’t realize the power of his rattrap analogy.

Question. For the Peddler, the forest had become
(a) an inevitable prison
(b) a hopeless trap
(c) an unending circle
(d) an impenetrable maze

Question. How would you characterise the mood of the above extract?
(a) Mysterious, restful
(b) Ominous, despairing
(c) Thoughtful, whimsical
(d) Philosophical, anguished

True/False Question :

Question. The common feature of these characters – Edla, Crofter and peddler is loneliness. (T/F) (Analysis)

Question. There was nothing unusual for the poor vagabonds to ask for shelter in the forge during night. (T/F)

Question. The stranger caused no trouble to the iron master as he did nothing but sleep. (T/F) (Understanding)

Question. The Ironmaster was an ambitious man. (T/F)

Question. The peddler led a happy but monotonous life (T/F)

Question. The peddler got the power to clear himself because he had been raised to captain. (T/F) (Understanding)

Question. The whole world with its lands and seas, its cities and villages was nothing but a big rattrap. (T/F) (Understanding)

Question. Edla gave a cry of joy because she found a small rattrap and food in a small package. (T/F) (Understanding)

Question. The Peddler was embarrassed to go to the manor’s house. (T/F)

Question. Edla’s kind and compassionated behavior had transformed the Peddler.( T/F)

Assertion Reason Question

Question. Assertion: The ironmaster was happy that the peddler would be spending his time with an old friend
Reason: He told Edla that they needed to feed him well and provide him with a better business than selling rattraps.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion A): The old man was happy to get someone to talk in his loneliness.
Reason (R): The peddler was a talkative fellow.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true.

Question. Assertion: Peddler was an extremely poor man who earned his living by selling rattraps.
Reason: He has to resort to thievery and begging to make both ends meet.
A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A)
B) A and R both are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) Assertion is true, R is false.
D) A is false, R is true

Question. Assertion: Edla and her father rushed back home fearing a theft at their place.
Reason: Peddler took all the silver along with him.
A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A)
B) A and R both are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true.

Question. Assertion: The peddler spends the whole of Christmas eve eating and sleeping.
Reason : The next day at church, Edla and her father come to know that the paddler is a thief.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Question. Assertion: The blacksmith did not notice that a man had opened the gate and entered the forge, until he stood close up to the furnace
Reason: Outside roared the waterfall, and a sharp north wind whipped the rain against the brick-tiled roof.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true, but R is false.
D) A is false, but R is true.

Question. Assertion: The peddler had to beg and even steal to survive.
Reason: The business of rattrap selling was not profitable.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion A): The peddler did not clear the misunderstanding of the ironmaster initially.
Reason (R): The peddler thought the ironmaster will give a couple of kronor.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true.

Question. Assertion: Edla’s kindness compassion and caring behaviour finally made the peddler change his ways.
Reason: The peddler believed in giving back to the world what he received from it.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: The ironmaster sent his daughter to take the peddler home.
Reason: The ironmaster seemed to be kinder than the blacksmiths at Ramsjo Ironworks.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: The Rattrap brings up an idea that the latent spark of human goodness is inherent in each one of us and it can be stirred back through love, trust and understanding.
Reason: The peddler was a vagabond who sold rattrap with a little thievery to make both end meet.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Question. Assertion: The peddler decline the invitation of the ironmaster because he was carrying the crofter’s money which he had stolen and might have been handed over to the police.
Reason: After stealing the crofter’s money the peddler went to the Ramsjo ironworks to spend night.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion A): While coming back from the church Edla hung her head even more dejectedly than usual.
Reason (R): Edla’s trust was broken because the peddler had stolen money from the house of Mr. Willmansson.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true.

Question. Assertion: The peddler often thought about people who had been tempted to touch the bait.
Reason: He was of thoughtful nature.
A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A)
B) A and R both are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true.

Question. Assertion: The essential goodness in a human being never dies.
Reason: One deserves a second chance to redeem oneself.
A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A)
B) A and R both are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true.

Question. Assertion: The peddler made no attempt to delude them any longer.
Reason: He explained that he said to the ironmaster that he was Nils Olof.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion A): The peddler felt pleased with his smartness.
Reason (R): The peddler went to Ramsjo ironworks to find a shelter for the night.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true.

Source Based Question

Read the lines given below and answer the following questions 
“As soon as he gets clean and dressed up, you will see something different. Last night he was naturally embarrasseD) The tramp manners will fall away from him with the tramp clothes.” Just as he said this the door opened and the stranger entereD) Yes, now he was truly clean and well dresseD) The valet had bathed him, cut his hair, and shaved him. Moreover he was dressed in a good-looking suit of clothes which belonged to the ironmaster. He wore a white shirt and a starched collar and whole shoes. But although his guest was now so well groomed, the ironmaster did not seem pleaseD)

Question. How did the ironmaster expect to see something different of the peddler?
A) the peddler transforming back into his old friend
B) the peddler as a well- groomed person
C) the peddler as a handsome young man
D)None of these

Question. Who is a valet?
A) Personal Assistant
B) Personal Secretary
C) Personal receptionist
D) None of these

Question. “The tramp manners will fall away from him with the tramp clothes.” Who is the speaker?
A) Edla Willamansson
B) Ironmaster
C) Valet
D) Peddler

Question. What does the speaker mean by ‘starched collar’?
A) Soft
B) Delicate
C) Rough
D) Stiff

Read the lines given below and answer the following questions
‘It looks as though Captain Von Stahle preferred to stay with you tonight, Stjernstrom’’, he said to the master blacksmith, and turned on his heel. But he laughed to himself as he went away, and the blacksmith, who knew him, understood very well that he had not said his last worD) It was not more than half an hour before they heard the sound of carriage wheels outside the forge, and a new guest came in, but this time it was not the ironmaster. He had sent his daughter, apparently hoping that she would have better powers of persuasion than he himself.

Question. Why did the ironmaster call the peddler, Captain Von Stahle?
A) he thought he was indeed Captain Von Stahle
B) he recognized him as an old friend
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B

Question. Why was Edla brought to the iron mill?
A) she knew him very well
B) she could persuade him to accept their invitation
C) Edla would be very happy to see him
D) To verify if he was indeed the captain

Question. Who was Edla’s father?
A) Ragamuffin
B) Valet
C) Captain Von Stahle
D) The Ironmaster

Question. What does the word ‘compassionately’ mean?
A) With affection
B) Angrily
C) Without care and love
D) None of these

Short Answer Questions

Question. Why did the peddler think that the world was a rattrap?
Answer:- The peddler was an extremely poor man who earned his living by selling rattraps. His mind thus was always preoccupied with rattraps. He felt that the shelter, food, clothes, riches and joys that the world provided were all baits set to entrap man just as a rattrap offered cheese or meat to entrap rats.

Question. Why did the peddler derive pleasure from his idea of the world as a rattrap?
Answer:- The world had never been kind to the poor peddler. Wherever he went, he was greeted with sour faces and was turned or chase away. Therefore, he derived pleasure from thinking ill of the world in this way. Moreover, he perhaps was jealous of those whose fate was better than his and was rather amuse to think that someday they too would be tempted by the bait and be caught in the rattrap.

Question. Who was the owner of Ramjso iron mills? Why did he visit the mills at night?
Answer:- The owner of Ramjso Iron Mill was an ex – army man. He was very particular about the quality of his products. That is why he visited the mills even at night to make sure that good iron was shipped out from his mills.

Question. Why did the peddler decline the invitation of the ironmaster?
Answer:- The ironmaster has mistaken the peddler for an old regimental comrade and invited him home. The peddler declined the invitation because he was carrying the money he had stolen. He knew that if the ironmaster discovered his identity, he would hand him over to the police.

Question. Why was the peddler surprised when he knocked at the door of the cottage?
Answer:- The peddler was surprised as he was not only welcomed at the night but was also provided food and shelter. He was treated like a guest not as a beggar.

Question. What did the peddler sell? How did he make those rattraps?
Answer:- The peddler sold small rattraps made of wire. He made them himself. He got the material by begging in the stores or at the big farms.

Question. How did the peddler react when he saw that the ironmaster had recognized him as Nils Olof, an old regimental comrade?
Answer:- The peddler was mistaken by the ironmaster to be an old acquaintance from the regiment. He assumed that the ironmaster would hand him a few kronors and therefore, made no attempts to deny the reference being made. However, when the ironmaster said the that he should not have resigned and suggested that, “ Nils Olof” should accompany him to the manor, he flatly refused to do so, for fear of being recognized.

Question. Why did the crofter welcome the peddler in his cottage?
Answer:- The crofter lived alone in his cottage. He was without wife and child. He welcome the peddler to overcome his loneliness.

Question. The peddler was given to thievery and begging. Why?
Answer:- The peddler made small rattraps and sold them. But his business was not profitable. So he had to resort to both begging and petty thievery to keep his body and soul together.

Question. Describe the peddler.
Answer:- The peddler was poor and wore shabby ragged clothes. His cheeks were sunken and hunger shone in his eyes. He was tall, with a long grey beard and a bunch of rattraps dangling on his chest.

Long Answer Questions

Question. The story, “The Rattrap” is both entertaining and philosophical. Do you agree with this statement? Why/Why not?
Answer:- The story, “The Rattrap” is indeed, both entertaining an philosophical. The fast-paced narrative in the the person, generous use of dialogue by the author and different characters belonging to different mindsets and locales make the story interesting and entertaining. Besides, the author has managed to keep up the suspense till the end.
The incidents in the Forge, with the ironmaster coming at midnight, hold our attention. The peddler’s constant refusals to the ironmaster to accompany him, but his accepting Edla’s invitation in one go, the ironmaster’s realization of his mistake, and Edla’s sympathy and generosity, all make the story quite gripping. While all the above events make the story interesting, there is also an element of philosophy in the story.

Somewhere, the peddler’s theory of the world being a rattrap is true. One feels caught up like a rat in the entrappings of the world. Some people fall into this trap never to come out of it again. The story teaches us that, as human beings, we are not above temptations.

Question. Do you think the title, “The Rattrap” is appropriate? Give examples from the text in support of your view.
Answer:- Selma Lagerlof gives a very apt an logical title to the story. The metaphor
not correct of the rattrap is very effectively used. The whole world is nothing but a big rattrap. All riches, joys, food and shelter are just baits. These baits make people restless, helpless and powerless. The moment anyone touches the bait, the rattrap closes in on him. Then everything comes to an end.
The story revolves around the vagabond, who, though philosophises about the world being a rattrap, falls into its trap. Though the crofter shows him kindness by offering him food and shelter, he robs him. His greed for money makes him fall in the rattrap. Further, when the ironmaster mistakes him to be an old friend, he does him. He decides to cheat him of his money. So even though the peddler tries hard not to fall into the rattrap or worldly riches and materialistic benefits, he ultimately falls into one.

Question. How did the peddler feel after robbing the crofter? What course of life did he adopt and how did he react to the new situation?
Answer:- The peddler did not respect the confidence that the crofter had shown in him. As soon as the crofter went to milk his cow, the peddler smashed the window pane and took away the crofter’s thirty kronors. He was quite happy at his smartness. The peddler did not feel any prick in his conscience due to his act of thievery. But he realized that he must not walk on the public highway. Therefore, he turned to the woods. Initially he did not have any problem. Later in the day it became very bad.
It was a big and confusing forest. He tried to walk in a definite direction, but the paths twisted back and forth strangely. He walked and walked without coming to the end of the forest. Finally he realized that he had been walking around in the same part of the forest. All at once he recalled his thoughts about the world and the rattrap. He thought now his turn had come. He thought, he had let himself befooled by a bait and had been caught.

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