Mr. Chips Important Questions
Q.1. what did Chips say to the young
Colley, the son of the Colley whom
Chips punished first at Brookfield?
Ans: chips said to him,” Colley, your
father was the first boy I ever punished when I
came here twenty-five years ago. He
deserved it then and you deserve it
now.
Q.2. Describe the atmosphere in the
Hall when Chips took his first class?
Ans: There was a sudden silence when
Mr. Chips entered the class room. The wall clock
was ticking behind him. There was
smells of ink and varnish. The red rays of the setting
sun were coming in through the glass
windows. The sudden hush in the class room
frightened Mr.Chips.He felt a bit
nervous.
Q.3. How did Mr.Wetherby advise Chips
on the day of his interview at Brookfleld?
Ans: He asked chips to give his zeal
of youth to Brookfield and it would give him
something in return. He asked him not
to allow anyone to play tricks with him. He
asked him to take up firm attitude to
keep discipline.
Q.4. What was the name of Chips’
doctor and how often did he visit Chips?
Ans: The name of chips’ doctor was
Merivale.He called upon chips every fortnight.
Q.S. For how much time did Chips work
at Melbury School and why did he not
like it?
Ans: Chips worked at Melbury school
for a year. He did not like it because he had been
a bit tired and anxious there.
Q.6. How did Chips measure his time
when he live at Mrs.Wickett’s house?
Ans: Chips measured his time by the
signals of the past. He lives his life according to the
bells of Brookfield.
Q.7. What did Chips doctor say about
Chips?
Ans: the doctor said that he was
fitter than he. He would not get any horrible disease.
He would die a natural death. He
called chips a matchless old boy.
Q.8. What did Chips do after the last
bell of Brookfield when he lived at
Mrs.Wickett’s House?
Ans: after the last bell of
Brookfield, chips wound up the clock, put the wire guard in
front of the fire, turned out the gas
and carried a detective novel to
bed.
Q.9. How did the boys look when Chips
took his first class at Brookfield?
Ans: the big hail was full of five
hundred wicked boys. They looked like lusty barbarians
ready to attack him.
Q.1O. what kind of fellow was Mrs.
Wetherby?
Ans: Wetherby was the headmaster of brookfield in 1870. He was
ill then when chips
joined it. He liked and
respected Chips cooperative. He had
vivid eyes.
Q.11. How did Chips enjoy sleep?
Ans: Sleep came to him swiftly and
peacefully. His days and nights were equally full of
dreaming.
Q.12. What mischief was made in the
very first class of Chips at Brookfield and
who made?
Ans: a boy dropped a desk lid. His
name was colley.
Q.13. When was the structure of the
building of Brookfield rebuilt and extended?
Ans: The main structure of the
building of Brookfield was rebuilt and extended, in the reign
of the George 1.
Q.14. Was Chips an ambitious teacher?
Ans: In his early twenties, he wanted
to get a headship or a senior mastership. It was
after many repeated failures that he
realized the unfitness of his qualifications.
Q.15. When did Chips retire and what
was presented to him on the day of his
retirement?
Ans: chips was retired in 1913 at the
age of sixty-five .at the time of retirement, he was
presented with a cheque, a writing
desk and a clock.
Q.16. what was the social and
academic status of Chips?
Ans: Chips in social and academic
sense was respectable; but he was no more brilliant.
Q.17. what was Chips’ status at
Brookfield at sixty?
Ans: At sixty, he was l3rookfield in
his person. He was the guest of honor at Old
Brookfieldian dinners.
Q.18. How did Brookfield look?
Ans: Brookfield lay behind a line of
ancient elms. It looked reddish brown. It consisted
of a group of eighteenth century
building.
Q.19. what kind of people did
Brookfield supply?
Ans: it supplied judges, members of
parliament, peers and bishops, merchants, etc.
Q.20. Did Brookfield enjoys a good
repute?
Ans: There had been rise and fall in
its luck. However, it remained a good school of the
second rank.
Q.21. what kinds of books did Chips
have in his room?
Ans: The books were chiefly
classical. There were a few books of history and detective
novels.
Q.22. How was Chips’ room decorated
at Mrs.Wickett’s house?
Ans: His room was furnished simply
and with school masterly taste. There were a few
bookshelves, a mantelpiece, easy chairs
and some pictures.
Q.23. what was the condition of Mrs. Wickett’s
house?
Ans: The house itself was ugly and
affected but comfortable. It was situated near
Brookfield.
Q.24. with what did Chips serve the
boys?
Ans: He served the boys with
walnut-cake tea. And crumpets, soaked in butter.
Q.25. What did Chips tell Mrs.Wickett
about Major Collingwood?
Ans: He told her that once he had
punished Collinwood for climbing on to the
gymnasium roof to get a ball out of
the gutter. He might have broken his
neck.
Q.26 How did Chips feel in the
company of women?
Ans: Chips did not care for women. He
never felt at ease with them. He considered the
new woman of the nineties such a
monstrous creature that filled him with horror.
Q.27. How did Katherine Bridges look?
Ans: She had blue flashing eyes and
freckled cheeks and smooth straw- colored hair.
Q.28. What did Katherine think about
women’s right?
Ans: She believed that women ought to
be admitted to the universities. She even
thought that they ought to have a
vote.
Q.29. Why did Chips not like Bernard
Shaw and Ibsen and cycling?
Ans: Chips was a conventional person.
He did not like Bernard Shaw Ibsen for there
disturbing plays. He d Id not like
women taking up bicycling because he was against the
freedom of women.
Q.30. What did Chips see while
climbing on Great Gable?
Ans: One day, climbing on Great
Gable, he saw a girl waving excitedly from a
dangerous-looking ledge.
Q.31. Why did Katherine begin to like
Chips?
Ans: She began to like Chips because
he had gentle and quiet manners. She liked his
honest views though they were
out-dated. She also liked his brown charming, eyes.
Q.32. What was the profession of
Katherine?
Ans: She was a governess out of job
but she had already saved a little money.
Q.33. What were the political views
of Katherine?
Ans: In politics, she had radical
views. She was impressed by the people like Bernard
Shaw and William Morris.
Q.35. Where and with whom did Chips
go during the summer vacation of 1896?
Ans: He with his colleague Rowden
went up to the Lake District.
Q.36.What did Katherine say to Chips
on the night before wedding?
Ans: She said that she felt like a
new by beginning his first term with Chips. She asked if
she should call him ‘Sir’ or ‘Mr. chips'
would be great? she said, “Good-Bye Mr.
Chips".
Q.37. What did Chips remember aIiut
the time he spent with Katherine in Lake
District?
Ans: He remembered the evening
strolls with her. He remembered her cool voice and
gay laughter. She had always been a
happy person. They had been so eager, planning a
future together, but he had been a
bit serious about it, even a little
awed.
Q.38. Where was Katherine married
from?
Ans: She had no parents. She was
married from the house of an aunt in Ealing.
Q.39.Was Katherine pleased with Chips
being a teacher?
Ans: She enjoyed living among the
boys. She was happy that Chips was a teacher and
not a lawyer or a broker or a dentist
or a big businessman. She liked teaching
profession.
Q.40. What influence did Katherine
Bridges exercise on Chips?
Ans: Katherine exerted a great
influence upon Chips. She made him a new man. She
broadened his views and opinion.
Before marriage, Chips was a dry person. She made
him affectionate and kind. His eyes
gained sparkle. His humour became mature. He
became popular.
Q.41. Describe the quarrel between
Ralston and Chips?
Ans: One day, Ralston asked Chips to
retire. He said that Chips’ methods of teaching
were slack and old-fashioned. His
habits were slovenly. He disobeyed him. His
pronunciation was wrong. He was slack
and obstinate. Chips flamed up to hear this. He
refused to retire.
Q.42.Write a note on Chips’ humour?
Ans: Chips had a keen a sense of humor.
He amused people with his little witty jokes.
Everybody waited for his new joke.
His humor was harmless.
Q.43. What was Chips performance as a
teacher before marriage?
Ans: The teacher feel bore in
teaching the same lesson for years. So was the case with
Chips before marriage. He worked
well. He gave service, satisfaction, and confidence,
everything except inspiration.
Q.44. What kind of fellow was Mr.
Chips before marriage?
Ans: Before marriage, he had been a
dry a natural sort of person. He was liked in
general in Brookfield but he had
nothing to be popular and loved.
Q.45. How much popular was Katherine
in Brookfield?
Ans: She was very popular with boys
and masters alike. She won Brookfield as she had
won Chips.
Q.46. Was Katherine more intelligent
than Chips?
Ans: She was sharper than he. He
could not reject her ideas even when he disagreed to
them.
Q.47. What changes did Katherine
bring in Chips?
Ans: She made him a new man. His eyes
gained sparkle. His humor became rich and
mature, He began to feel strong. His
discipline improved. He became popular.
Q.48. Did Katherine always pleads
Chips for leniency?
Ans: No, on rare occasions, she urged
him on strictness when he inclined to be
forgiving. She asked him to punish
the rude and arrogant type of boys.
Q.49. What memories of Katherine
haunted Chips?
Ans: In his memory, he saw Katherine
rushing along the stone corridors, laughing at
some mistake in the essay he checked,
taking part in the concerts, and tending him her
good advice.
Q.5O. Did Chips take a class on the
day when his wife and child died?
Yes, he took his fourth form as usual
after call-over.
Q.51. What change did the death of
his wife bring in Chips?
Ans: Just as marriage added something
to his life, so did grief. After the death of his
wife, Chips became suddenly a kind of
man whom the boys classed as “old”.
Q.52. What was the April foolery
Chips faced?
Ans: On 1st April 1898, while he was
staying at his desk, someone said that there were
letters for him. He opened them one
by one. All the letters contained a blank sheet of
paper. He thought that it was
strange.
Q.53. How did Katherine urge Chips to
forgive the students for their mistakes?
Ans: She urged Chips to give them a
chance. She asked him to talk to them and they
would be all right. She asked him to
tell them that they would be punished if they
repeated the mistake.
Q.54. How did Ralston look?
He was a young man of thirty-seven.
He was glittering with Firsts and Blues. He had a
personality that could reduce the Big
Hall to silence by the mere lifting of an eyebrow.
Q.55. What duty was assigned to the
boys of Brookfield when the railway men
were on strike?
Ans: The railway men were on strike.
The soldiers were driving the engines. Stones
were being thrown at trains. The boys
of Brookfield were asked to guard the railway
line.
Q.56. When did Chips become the
acting head of Brookfield?
Ans: Meldrum had succeeded Wetherby
as Head and held the office for thirty years. In
1900, He died suddenly from Pneumonia
and Chips became the Acting Head of
Brookfield.
Q.57. Did Ralston knows Brookfield
and its traditions?
Ans: No, he knew neither Brookfield nor
its traditions. He could estimate neither the
toughness of brookfield’s tradition
nor its readiness to defend itself and its defenders.
Q38. What sort of person was Ralston?
Ans: He was ruthless, ambitious,
energetic and a fine power-transmitter.
Q.59. How did people come to know
about the quarrel between Ralston and
Chips?
Ans: A small boy, who was waiting
outside to see Ralston, heard the entire row
between the two. He told his friends
about it and the boys conveyed the news to their
parents. Soon the news spread around.
Q.60. What allegations did Ralston
put on Chips?
Ans: Ralston said that Chip’s methods
of teaching were old and lazy and his personal
habits were slovenly. He blamed him
that he ignored his instructions, which was rank
insubordination.
Q.61.What did Chips say in the
farewell speech?
Ans: In the speech, he made many
little jokes. There were several Latin quotations in it.
There was also a reference to the
Captain of the School who had overstated Chip’s
services.
Q.62. Who was the successor of
Ralston and what kind of man was he?
Ans: Chatteris was the successor of
Ralston. He was modern, friendly and sympathetic.
He wisely accepted Chips. Chips also
liked him much.
Q.63. When / why did Ralston leave
Brookfield?
Ralston left Brookfield in 1911 to
better himself. He was offered the headship of one of
the greater public schools.
Q.64. What happened to Chips in 1913?
Ans: In 1913, Chips had bronchitis
and was off duty for nearly the whole of the winter
term. This made him decide to resign.
Then he was sixty five.
Q.65. What were the activities of
Chips after his retirement?
Ans: He invited boys to tea, watched
matches, dined with the Head and the masters
took on the preparation of the new
edition of Brookfeldian Directory, wrote articles
and read newspaper and detective
novels.
Q.66. When did Chips receive his
farewell party?
Ans: At the final end-of-term dinner,
in July, 1913, he received his farewell party. He
also made speech there.
Q.67. Where did Chips go in 1913?
Ans: In August, 1913, Chips went for
a cure to Wiesbaden.
Q.68.How did Chips feel when chattris
told him about his problems and disease?
Ans: Chips had not known anything
about him.When he learnt that Chatteris was ill
with diabetes and over-worked, he was
shocked because Chips liked him.
Q.69.What did Chatteris read out on
every Sunday night during the war?
Ans: On every Sunday night, after
evening service, Chatteris read out the names of the
old boys who were killed in the war.
He also told their short biographies were a very
moving sight.
Q.70. Write a brief note on
Mr.Chatteris?
Chatteris succeeded Ralston. He was a
young man of thirty four. He was suffering from
diabetes. He had to work till
midnight. He fell ill and died in April, 1917.
Q.71. Write a brief note on
Mr.Merivale?
Ans: Mr. Metrical was Chip’s doctor.
He visited Chips every fortnight or so. He would
often say that Chips was fitter than
he. He called Chips a remarkable old boy. He said
that Chips had got no disease except
old age. He said that Chips would die a natural
death.
Q.72. When I how did Chips perform as
the head of Brookfield?
Ans: He worked as Head in l9l7and
1918. He handled problems and dealt with
complaints and requests. He became
very kind, gentle and confident. He kept the sense
of proportion.
Q.73. How did Chips feel when he
rejoined Brookfleld?
Ans: He felt very fit. The actual
work was not tiring him. He felt very happy. For the first
time in his life, he felt himself
necessary to Brookfield.
Q.74. What sort of jokes did chips
make when he joined Brookfleld again during
war?
Ans: Besides his old jokes he also
made new jokes about the O.T.C. and the food
rationing system and the
anti-air-raid blinds that had to be fitted on all the windows.
Q.75. What did doctor Merivale say
about Chips health?
Ans: The doctor said that Chips was
fitter than he. He would not get any horrible
disease. He would die a natural
death.
Q.76. Who was Mrs.Wickett?
Ans: Mrs. Wickett was a kind lady. In
the past, she had been in charge of the linenr
oom at Brookfield.
Q.77. How did Katherine help Chips in
the matters of discipline?
Ans: He was very rigid in maintaining
discipline. Many times, Katherine advised Chips
in the matter of discipline. She
urged his discipline improved. He became popular with
students. People began to love him.
Q.78. What were Chips’ feelings on
the death of his wife?
Ans: Katherine and her new-born child
died on 1st April 1998. It was a deep shock for
Chips. On the death of his wife chips
found himself to be in a horrifying nightmare. He
wished to die like her. He found
himself to be in a continuous trance. He was totally
preoccupied.
Q.79. Why was Ralston against Chips?
Q.80. What was Chips’ reaction to
Ralston’s allegations?
Ans: He thought that Ralston was
running the school like a factory to turn out a snob-
cultural based on money and machines.
He thought that Ralston was lessening the old
good traditions.
Q.81. How did Chatteris die?
Ans: He was suffering from diabetes.
He had to work till midnight. He fell ill and died in
April, 1917.
Q.82. When did Chips think to getting
retirement?
Ans: In 1913, Chips had bronchitis
and was off duty for nearly the whole of the winter
term. This made him decide to resign.
Then he was sixty five.
Q.83. How did Chips perform his
duties during his second Headship?
Ans: He worked as Head in 1917 and
1918. He handled problems and dealt with
complaints and requests. He became
very kind, gentle and confident. He kept the sense
of proportion.
Q.84. What were Chips’ outdoor
activities during the last years of his life?
Ans: He invited boys to tea, watched
matches, dined with the Head and the masters,
wrote articles and read newspaper and
detective novels.
Q.85. What was Chips will?
Ans: In 1930, Chips made his will.
Expect for the legacies to the mission and to Mrs.
Wickett, he left all he had to found
an open entrance scholarship the School.
Q.86. What did Cartwright say about
Chips children?
Q.87.How did Chips face his first
class at Brookfield?
Ans: The big hall was full of five
hundred wicked boys. They looked like lusty
barbarians ready to attack him.
Q.88.What was the effect of
Katherine’s death on Chips?
Ans: On the death f his wife he found
himself to be in a horrifying nightmare. He wished
to die like her. He found himself to
be in a continuous trance. He was totally
preoccupied.
Q.89. Why did Ralston ask Chips to
retire?
Ans: In 1908, when Chips had just
reached sixty, Ralston asked him to retire. He said
that Chips’ methods of reaching were
old lazy and his personal habits were slovenly.
Q.90. Who was Merivale?
Ans: Mr. Merivale was Chips doctor he
visited chips every fortnight or so.
Q.91. Why did Chips join Brookfield?
Ans: Chatteris told him that the young masters
had joined the army. He had to take the
classes till mid nights. He said that
he could no longer continue like that.
Q.92.What is the contribution of
Brookfield school of England?
Ans: Brookfield served England in
both peace and war. During peace, it gave England
judges, members of parliament,
merchants, etc. During the war, its grounds were used
as a training camp for the soldiers.
Q.93.What is the most thrilling
incident of the Novel?
Ans: One day, climbing on Great
Gable, Chips saw a girl on a dangerous ledge. He
thought that she was in trouble. He
ran to help her. But he slipped and wrenched his
foot. The girl came to help him.
During this period they fell in love with each other and
finally married. This is the most
important incident of the novel.
Q.94. Why was Sir John Rivers in favor
of Chips?
Ans:
Q.95. What changes did the marriage
bring in Chips?
Before marriage Chips was a dry
person. After marriage, he became affectionate
Katherine broadened his views and
opinions. His eyes gained sparkle. His humour
became rich and mature. His
discipline improved. He became popular. People began to
love him.
Q.96. How did Chips come across
Katherine Bridges?
Q.97. Why did students; teachers and
parents turn against Ralston?
Ans: Ralston was not liked in
Brookfield. He was feared and respected. However, after
the row with Chips, the dislike rose
to the point where it conquered fear and destroyed
even respect.
Q.98.What is the most interesting
incident of the Novel?
Ans: One day, climbing on Great
Gable, Chips saw a girl on a dangerous ledge. He
thought that she was in trouble. He
ran to help her. But he slipped and wrenched his
foot. The girl came to help him.
During this period they fell in love with each other and
finally married. This is the most
important incident of the novel.
Q.99. Describe Chips experience at
Brookfield on the first day?
Ans: The big ball was full of five
hundred boys. They looked like lusty barbarians ready
to attack him.
Q.100. Describe any two changes
brought about by Katherine in the life of Chips?
Ans: She made him a new man. His eyes
gained sparkle. His discipline improved.
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