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CBSE Solutions Class 8 English Honeydew Poems
Page No. 51
Working with Poem
Q1. Read the first stanza and think.
(i) Is Macavity a cat really?
Answer: Yes, Macavity is a mysterious ginger cat.
(ii) If not, who can Macavity be?
Answer: Macavity is just a fictional character created by the poet whose actions resemble those of a crook’s.
Q2. Complete the following sentences.
(i) A master criminal is one who _________.
(ii) The Scotland Yard is baffled because _________.
(iii) _____________________because Macavity moves much faster than them.
Answer:
(i) A master criminal is one who can defy the law.
(ii) The Scotland Yard is baffled because whenever they reach the scene of crime, they cannot find Macavity.
(iii) Nobody can catch Macavity at the scene of crime because Macavity moves much faster than them.
Q3. “A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through”. (Jules Verne)
Which law is Macavity breaking in the light of the comment above?
Answer: Macavity is breaking the law of gravity, which pulls everything towards the earth, in the above-presented comment. No evidence is found at the crime scene about Macavity and it appears as if he vanished through thin air.
Q4. Read stanza 3, and then, describe Macavity in two or three sentences of your own.
Answer: Macavity is a mysterious ginger cat who is very tall and thin with sunken eyes. His brow is deeply lined with thought and he has a highly domed head. He has a dusty coat and his whiskers are uncombed due to negligence. He sways his head from side to side and makes snake-like movements. Although others might think that he is half asleep but he is always wide awake.
Q5. Say ‘False’ or ‘True’ for each of the following statements.
(i) Macavity is not an ordinary cat.
(ii) Macavity cannot do what a fakir can easily do.
(iii) Macavity has supernatural powers.
(iv) Macavity is well-dressed, smart and bright.
(v) Macavity is a spy, a trickster and a criminal, all rolled in one.
Answer: (i) True
(ii) False
(iii) False
(iv) False
(v) True.
Q6. Having read the poem, try to guess whether the poet is fond of cats. If so, why does he call Macavity a fiend and monster?
Answer: Yes, it seems like the poet is fond of cats. He calls Macavity a ‘fiend’ and a ‘monster’ because he might have wanted to portray an evil side. He might have used a cat in order to create a negative character who is a criminal and escapes easily from police. The quick movements of a cat and its mysterious eyes might have influenced him to create this evil character in the form of a cat.
Q7. Has the poet used exaggeration for special effect? Find a few examples of it and read those lines aloud.
Answer: Yes, the poet has used exaggerations such as the cat’s defiance of gravity and it is called a ‘monster of depravity’ and a ‘fiend’ in order to enhance the mystery surrounding the cat. Since the cat is shown to be super fast as nobody from Scotland Yard to the flying squad can catch it on the scene of the crime, these exaggerations have been used by Eliot to lay stress on this monstrous as well as surprising and mysterious nature of Macavity.
Examples:
(i) ‘He’s the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair’.
(ii) ‘He breaks the law of gravity’.
(iii) ‘His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare.’
(iv) ‘He’s a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity.’
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