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The Man with the Scar: Questions & Answers
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When did the man with the scar come into the Palace Hotel?
a)at cocktail time b)in the morning c)in the dawn d)in the night
2. The man with the scar usually wore-a) Khaki overcoat b)Khaki shirt c)torn overcoat d)Grey shirt
3. Where did the man with the scar belong to? a)Nicaragua b)Caramba c)Guatemala d)Rome
4. Whom did the man with the scar wish to meet before his execution? a) his father b)his mother c)his daughter d)his wife
5. What did the man with the scar do before his execution?
a) he killed his wife b)he killed his sister c)he cried d)he shouted at the general
6. Who cancelled the death sentence of the rebel?
a) The judge b)The general c)The sergeant d)The police
7. What did the man with the scar sell at the bar?
a)lottery tickets b)alcohol c)wine d)walnuts
8. What did San Ignacio ask the condemned men?
a) San Ignacio asked the condemned men if they wanted to get released from prison. b)San Ignacio asked the condemned men why they had been arrested. c)San Ignacio asked the condemned men where they lived earlier d)San Ignacio asked the condemned men if they had any wish before their execution
9. In reality the man with the scar was -a) a police b)a revolutionary general c)a doctor d)a sergeant
10. How did the court-martialled men fall?
a) The court-martialled men fell as though they were criminals of the prison. b)The court-martialled men fell as though they were lame and blind. c)The court-martialled men fell as though they were confident about their mission. d)The court-martialled men fell as though they were puppets in a toy theatre.
11. The condemned men were led into the _______ of the gaol.
a)store b)Patio c)palace d)room
12. How many men fell when the officer in command gave an order?
a)Four b)five c)two d)three
13. William S. Maugham is a ______ writer.
a)American b)British c)African d)Irish
14. The scar of the man ran from- a)his elbow to hand b)his fingers c)his neck to heart d)his temple to his chin
15. Name the general who was followed by his ADC.
a)San Ignacio b)Ivan Vasilyevich c)Lomov d)Chubukov
16. The man with the scar stabbed his wife in her -a) stomach b)neck c)finger d)elbow
17. The Palace Hotel is situated in -a)Guatemala City b)Rome c)Nicaragua d)China
18. What do you mean by ‘Pesos’? a)currency b)scar c)legend d)delicacies
a)at cocktail time b)in the morning c)in the dawn d)in the night
2. The man with the scar usually wore-a) Khaki overcoat b)Khaki shirt c)torn overcoat d)Grey shirt
3. Where did the man with the scar belong to? a)Nicaragua b)Caramba c)Guatemala d)Rome
4. Whom did the man with the scar wish to meet before his execution? a) his father b)his mother c)his daughter d)his wife
5. What did the man with the scar do before his execution?
a) he killed his wife b)he killed his sister c)he cried d)he shouted at the general
6. Who cancelled the death sentence of the rebel?
a) The judge b)The general c)The sergeant d)The police
7. What did the man with the scar sell at the bar?
a)lottery tickets b)alcohol c)wine d)walnuts
8. What did San Ignacio ask the condemned men?
a) San Ignacio asked the condemned men if they wanted to get released from prison. b)San Ignacio asked the condemned men why they had been arrested. c)San Ignacio asked the condemned men where they lived earlier d)San Ignacio asked the condemned men if they had any wish before their execution
9. In reality the man with the scar was -a) a police b)a revolutionary general c)a doctor d)a sergeant
10. How did the court-martialled men fall?
a) The court-martialled men fell as though they were criminals of the prison. b)The court-martialled men fell as though they were lame and blind. c)The court-martialled men fell as though they were confident about their mission. d)The court-martialled men fell as though they were puppets in a toy theatre.
11. The condemned men were led into the _______ of the gaol.
a)store b)Patio c)palace d)room
12. How many men fell when the officer in command gave an order?
a)Four b)five c)two d)three
13. William S. Maugham is a ______ writer.
a)American b)British c)African d)Irish
14. The scar of the man ran from- a)his elbow to hand b)his fingers c)his neck to heart d)his temple to his chin
15. Name the general who was followed by his ADC.
a)San Ignacio b)Ivan Vasilyevich c)Lomov d)Chubukov
16. The man with the scar stabbed his wife in her -a) stomach b)neck c)finger d)elbow
17. The Palace Hotel is situated in -a)Guatemala City b)Rome c)Nicaragua d)China
18. What do you mean by ‘Pesos’? a)currency b)scar c)legend d)delicacies
Short Answer Type Questions
1. What did the man with the scar do in Guatemala City?
Ans: The man with the scar went to the Palace Hotel in Guatemala City daily at cocktail time and walked leisurely around the bar to offer lottery tickets for sale.
2. Why did the general cancel the death sentence of the rebel?
Ans: The general asked the rebel why he had killed his wife. He replied to the general that he did it because he loved her. Then the general observed him for a while silently and considered his action as a sign of love. So he cancelled the death sentence of the rebel.
3. How did the man get the scar?
Ans: Once the man was opening a bottle of ginger ale, and the bottle burst at the same time. This way the man got the scar.
4. In which language did the narrator’s friend speak of the story of the man with the scar?
Ans: The narrator’s friend spoke of the story of the man with the scar in Spanish.
5. How did the wife of the man with the scar look? How was she dressed up while coming to meet the man?
Ans: The man with the scar’s wife had a white face. She was so young with a slim figure, with few regular features. She had enormous eyes which were distraught with anguish.
While coming to meet the man She wore a black dress. There was a veil over her hair.
6. Why was the man with the scar tried by court-martial?
Ans: The man with the scar had been banished from Nicaragua. He was both a ruffian and a bandit. He was a revolutionary general who broke military law and worked against the government. In the meantime, the government captured him, along with his staff. This way he was tried by court-martial.
Long Answer Type Questions
1. Whom did the man with the scar Kill? Why did the man with the scar Kill her?
Ans: The man with the scar Killed his wife.
The man with the scar was tried by court-martial and was sentenced to be shot down. So he wanted to save his wife from all the dangers and difficulties of the cruel society where a woman has to struggle to survive every moment. Besides saving her from the sorrows of a pathetic life, the man with the scar had a desire to stay with his wife after his death. He had an intense love for his wife and a strong conviction that he would have stayed with his wife in the realm of heaven after their death. Again, he had a fear that his wife could have a love affair with any other person after his death. so, We can say that the man with the scar killed his wife as he loved her extremely.
2. What did the general ask? Why couldn’t the general execute the man with the scar?
Ans: The general asked why the man with the scar killed his wife.
The general wanted to know the reason that made the man with the scar kill his wife, but he became surprised and stared at him for a while after knowing that the man with the scar killed his wife because of his intense love for his wife. So, the general accepted “the act of killing his wife” as a noble gesture which was an act of bravery and an honourable act. So, she felt sympathy for the man and offered deep respect without executing him.
3. What was the last wish of the man with the scar? What was the girl’s condition after being stabbed? How fast did it happen?
Ans: The last wish of the man with the scar was to say goodbye to his wife before the execution took place. After being stabbed, the girl’s blood spurted from the cut vein and the girl would have fallen if the A.D.C. had not caught her. She was unconscious, and it was impossible to stop her blood from flowing. So, she became dead very soon.
It happened so fast that made people unable to realize what had occurred.
4. Who told the author the story of the man with the scar? Where is the man with the scar from? How did he spend the night before the execution? What did the general order the soldiers to do?
Ans: The narrator’s Spanish friend told the story of the man with the scar.
The man with the scar was from Nicaragua.
He spent the night playing poker game before the execution.
The general ordered the soldiers to take his car to drive him to the frontier.
5. How did the man with the scar look? How was he dressed up? Describe the sad story of the man with the scar.
Ans: The man with the scar had a round, fat, and good-humoured face with a scar. Having small and undistinguished features with an artless expression, his face did not match his fat body. He seemed to be a more powerful man than a man of common height without maintaining cleanliness.
He used to wear a dirty grey suit, a khaki shirt, and an old and slightly damaged Mexican hat.
The man with the scar was a revolutionary general who had a beautiful wife, but he had been defeated as a revolutionary general in the war as his ammunition had been ended while fighting a war to upset the government. Having been banished from his country, he was tried by court-martial. So, before his death, he killed his wife so that he could live with her in the realm of heaven, but he got relief from his punishment after his wife’s death, and he had to live his life without his wife whom he loved extremely.
6. What does ‘the scar’ represent in the story, ‘The Man with the Scar’?
Ans: The man’s scar tells us about an accident that made a scar on the man’s face, and the scar could not be removed. It also represents the struggle the man with the scar had to endure in his past which influenced his future that the man with the scar could not avoid. So, the scar reveals the truth that the man led a pathetic life in his past and his fortune did not favour him.
7. Who noticed the man with the scar and why? What did the author wonder after noticing the scar on the man’s face?
Ans: The author noticed the man with the scar.
He noticed him as he had a scar on his face.
After noticing the scar on the man’s face, the author wondered if it must have been due to a formidable wound that had been caused by a sabre or by a piece of bomb.
Textual Grammar:
Do as directed :
1. He never refused it. (Change into a positive statement)
Ans: He always accepted it.
2. It happened so quickly that many didn’t know what had occurred.
Ans: It happened so quickly that many didn’t know what had brought about.
3. He was far from clean. (use the noun form of clean)
Ans: He was far from the cleanliness.
4. I was standing at the bar one evening. (change to simple past tense)
Ans: I stood at the bar one evening.
5. He was never punctual. (use punctual and rewrite the sentence)
Ans: He was always un-punctual.
6. She gave a cry with outstretched arms forward and ran forward. (Split into multiple sentences)
Ans: She outstretched her arms. She gave a cry. She ran forward.
Do as directed-(Interchange the parts of speech):
1. It doesn’t add to his beauty, does it? (Use the verb form of ‘beauty’)
Ans: It doesn’t beautify him, does it?
2. I never liked it. (Use the noun form of ‘liked’)
Ans: I never had a liking for it.
3. The general stared at him for a while in silence. (Use adverb form of ‘silence’)
Ans: The general stared at him for a while silently.
4. He was far from clean. (Use the noun form of ‘clean’)
Ans: He was far from what was called cleanliness.
5. She gave a cry and with outstretched arms ran forward. (Use the verb form of ‘cry’)
Ans: She cried and with outstretched arms ran forward.
Exercise
i) Answer the following:
1.”Because I loved her”-Whom did the speaker love? What did he do for his love? Did he love her?
2. What did the man with the scar wish before his execution? What did the general decide when the man fulfilled his wish? Why did he do so?
3.”It was a noble gesture”-Which was a noble gesture and why?
4. Comment on the unexpected turn at the end of the story ‘The Man with the Scar’.
5. Describe the last wish of the man with the scar.
6. How was the face of the man with the scar? How did the man get the scar?
7.”It was a noble gesture”-Concerning Maugham’s story, ‘The Man with the Scar’, narrate briefly which gesture is termed noble and why?
8. Narrate the events that led to the escape of the man with the scar from the court martial.
9. What expression do you get of the man with the scar when he was being taken for execution?
10. What did the man with the scar do on meeting his wife before he was to be executed?
ii)Replace the underlined word with a phrasal verb.
1. I cannot execute this man.
2. My friend stopped and for a time I was silent.
3.They sprang forward and seized him.
iii)Change the voice.
1. The general stared at him for a while in silence.
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