The Cop and the Anthem

               XII   ENGLISH

               Unit no. 1.3

    

                     

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              Brainstorming

A-1 -(i)

Discuss with your partner and find out the different ways in which Soapy tried to get arrested.

Ans:Tried to enter in a luxurious

Cafe.                                                             

b) Took a stone and smashed the glass window of a shop at a corner of sixth Avenue.

c) Ate a food , without having money, in another restaurant across the street.

d) Began to shout and dance in the presence of cop as if a drunken person to disturb others

 e) Grabbed an umbrella of a well dressed man in a cigar store and went away slowly.

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(ii)

Describe the atmosphere when Soapy reached near the church

Ans:

a) A soft light glowed through the violet-stained window

b)Sweet music came to soapys' ear

c) The Moon was above peaceful and radiant

d) Pedestrians were few

e)He could hear twittering of birds

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A 2 -(i)

Read the story and match the incidents given in column A with the consequences given in column B

           A                              B

Soapy tried            a cop ran after

to enter a cafe        another man

              

                     

                                       

Soapy broke a        suddenly a

glass window         wonderful                                             change came   

                                    in his heart

Two waiters             dream of 

Pitched Soapy        turning around

on the callous        in life was 

 Pavement                shattered

Soapy heard           he stood up

the anthem             slowly breath-

being played           ing the dust  

in the church          from his                                                  clothes

Cop arrest              strong and

Soapy for                ready hands

hanging                   of the head

around                     waiter turned

                                   him around

Answers:

        A                      B

        1                       5

        2                       1

        3                       4

        4                       2

        5                       3

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 A 2 (ii)

Give reasons and complete the following :

a) Soapy had confidence in himself because------------

Ans:

He looked all right. He was shaven. His coat was good enough.The part of his body that would be seen above the table would look all right.

b)The head waiter of the luxurious cafe did not allow Soapy to enter because ---------

And: As Soapy put his foot inside the restaurant door, the head waiter saw his torn old shoes and tattered trousers.

c)The cop did not arrest Soapy for breaking the glass window because----------------

Ans: According to the cop, men who break glass Windows do not stop there to talk to cops.They run away as fast as they can.The cop saw a man running along the street, he ran after him to arrest.

d) The cop did not arrest Soapy for shouting and dancing because---------------

Ans:The cop thought that Soapy is a student of college . They had orders, not to arrest college students.   

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A 2(iii)

Pick out the lines from the text which show that :

a) Soapy wants to enter the Cafe for two reasons----

Ans:  (i) The Cafe created to large appetites and modest purses.

(ii) "Now get busy and call a cop",

said Soapy."And don't keep a gentleman waiting ".

b)Soapy was afraid that he won't be able to enter the prison.

Ans : Soapy was seized with a sudden fear that some dreadful enchantment had rendered him immune to arrest.

c) Soapy was not caught by the cop for throwing stones at the glass.

Ans:The police man refused to accept Soapy even as a clue.

d) Soapy actually did not want the umbrella.

Ans: He hurled the umbrella angrily into an excavation.

e) Listening to the anthem,Soapy remembered his good old days.

Ans: And the anthem that the organist played cemented Soapy to the iron fence, for he had known it well in the days when his life contained such thing as mothers and roses and ambitions and friends and immaculate thoughts and collars

A 2 (iv)

"He would make a man of himself again "The word 'man' in the sentence means

Ans:

A worthy and respectable person.

A2 (V)

Soapys' earlier life was much different from his present life. Complete the table to show this contrast.one is done for you.

              Earlier life         

a) Contained friends and roses.

b) High hopes

c) Clean thoughts and clothes.

             Present life

a) Unworthy desires

b) Dead hopes

c) The lost power of his mind.

A2 (vi)

Listening to the sweet and solemn organ notes, Soapy decides to :

a)He decides to find a work. A man had once  offered him a job.

He would go downtown district and find a work.

b)He would be somebody in the world with a confidence and determination.

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A3

(i)  O' Henry has used different words to indicate prison where Soapy wants to reach.

Make a list of those.

Ans:

The different words used to indicate prison in the text are:

1) Winter island; 2) Coveted island; 3) Island, 4) Unattainable Arcadia, and  5)Limbo.

(ii)

Find out words used for the 'degraded state of Soapy '

Ans:

Words used to indicate the 'degraded state of Soapy are:

'unworthy desires',' dead hopes',

the lost power of his mind.

(iii)

The specific meaning of the word 'anthem' in the content of the story is ------

Ans:

1) The 'anthem' is the music being played by the organist inside the church.

2) The 'anthem'  is an inspiration and intuition for those who want   to reform . 

         Church anthems are always intended to inspire good thoughts in the hearers.

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A 4 -

I )  Convert the following sentences into Negative without changing their meanings.

a) The police man refused to accept Soapy even as a clue.

Ans: The police man did not accept Soapy even as a clue.

b)Soapy drifted along twice unsuccessful.

Ans: Soapy drifted along twice but did not succeed.

c) Soapy stopped his unavailing racket.

Ans: Soapy did not continue his unavailing racket.

d) The island seemed very far away.

Ans: The island did not seem very close.

e) The island seemed an unattainable Arcadia.

Ans: The island did not seem attainable Arcadia.

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(ii) Convert the following sentences into affirmative without changing their meanings.

a)Men who smash windows do not remain to chat with the police.

Ans: Men who smash windows avoid to chat with the police.

b) Why don't you call a cop ?

Ans: You are free to call a cop.

c)On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant of no great pretensions.

Ans: On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant of without any great pretensions.

d)Noisy;but no harm.

Ans: Noisy but without harm.

e) They seemed to regard him as a king who could do no wrong.

Ans: They seemed to regard him as a king who could hardly do any wrong.

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