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Chapter Name: The Rattrap
Subject: English (Flamingo)
Book: NCERT Class 12 English
Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
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The Rattrap

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Imagine that the peddler from ‘The Rattrap’ turned his life around, and decided to write of his experience. Which of the following is likely to be the peddler’s book, from the popular books shown below?

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Option (i)

Option (iv)

Option (ii)

Option (iii)

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What does the rattrap peddler symbolize in the story "The Rattrap"?

Edla's trusting nature

The ironmaster's kindness and generosity

Individuals who manipulate and deceive others

The harsh winter conditions

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How does the setting of the remote forest location contribute to the overall tone and mood of the story?

It creates a sense of excitement and adventure

It creates a sense of wonder and magic

It creates a sense of isolation and desolation

It creates a sense of fear and anxiety

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The writer tones down the philosophical load inherent in ‘The Rattrap’ with the inclusion of

classical references.

ironical situations.

satirical dialogues.

humor and wit.

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What is the significance of setting the story's events during Christmas?

To emphasize the themes of greed and materialism

To symbolize redemption, kindness, and positive transformation

To highlight the importance of family and friends

To showcase the harsh winter conditions

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What does Edla's character represent in the story?

The cruelty and heartlessness of the world

The kindness, forgiveness, and selflessness of the Christmas spirit

The importance of material wealth and status

The struggles and hardships of the working class

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Though the reader does not meet Captain von Stahle in person, they encounter the captain symbolically. How?

Edla attends to the peddler as respectfully, caringly, and kindly, as she would have the Captain.

The reader realizes the peddler is actually Captain von Stahle when he signs off the letter.

The ironmaster misidentifies the peddler as his old friend, the Captain, and invites him home.

The peddler accepts the error of his ways and displays the qualities expected of a Captain.

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…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 realized 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.

The consequence of ‘his own turn’ having come was that the peddler had ___________

been fooled and imprisoned in a hopeless prison.

been walking around the same part of the forest.

walked the whole forest without finding the end.

got irreversibly lost in the thick, warped forest.

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“Since you have been so nice to me all day long as if I was a captain, I want to be nice to you, in return, as if I was a real captain — for I do not want you to be embarrassed at this Christmas season by a thief; but you can give back the money to the old man on the roadside, who has the money pouch hanging on the window frame as a bait for poor wanderers.

The rattrap is a Christmas present from a rat who would have been caught in this world’s rattrap if he had not been raised to captain, because in that way he got power to clear himself.

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“Written with friendship and high regard,

Captain von Stahle.”

This communication includes

a promise

regret

an apology

shame

a. only 4

b. only 1

d. 2 & 4

c. 1 & 3

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No one can imagine how sad and monotonous life can appear to such a vagabond, who plods along the road, left to his own meditations. But one day this man had fallen into a line of thought, which really seemed to him entertaining. He had naturally been thinking of his rattraps when suddenly he was struck by the idea that the whole world about him — the whole world with its lands and seas, its cities and villages — was nothing but a big rattrap. It had never existed for any other purpose than to set baits for people.

On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.

The world offers living beings a life full of pleasure.

However, only compassionate people can enjoy those pleasures.

(2) has been caused by (1)

(1) cannot be inferred from the extract but (2) can be

(2) is a hypothesis based on (1)

(1) can be inferred from the extract but (2) cannot be.

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By what bait had the peddler been fooled?

He had chosen to take the ‘safe’ forest route.

He had stolen money from the trusting crofter.

He had decided to avoid the public highway.

He didn’t realize the power of his rattrap analogy.

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Does the story reinforce the stereotype that women are more trusting and forgiving than men?

Yes, through Edla's actions

No, Edla's actions are based on empathy and kindness

The story does not provide enough evidence to support this claim

The story contradicts this stereotype

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The rattrap is a Christmas present from a rat who would have been caught in this world’s rattrap if he had not been raised to captain, because in that way he got power to clear himself.

“Written with friendship and high regard,

Captain von Stahle.”

Which of the following CANNOT be attributed to the peddler, according to the above extract?

reform

indebtedness

self-awareness

self-pity

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The rattrap is a Christmas present from a rat who would have been caught in this world’s rattrap if he had not been raised to captain, because in that way he got power to clear himself.

“Written with friendship and high regard,

Captain von Stahle.”

The word ‘frame’ has been used to indicate a rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or windowpane. There are other meanings of ‘frame’ too.

Choose the option that DOES NOT list the meaning of ‘frame’.

a person's body with reference to its size or build

a thin solid object that seals a container or hole; a lid

a single complete picture in a series forming a cinema, television, or video film.

a triangular structure for positioning the red balls in snooker.

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What does the gift of the rat trap signify?

The peddler's gratitude and newfound sense of morality

The peddler's desire for material wealth

The peddler's lack of trust in others

The peddler's desire for revenge against the ironmaster

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Key Topics Covered in the Quiz

✔ The theme of deception vs. compassion
✔ The metaphor of the rattrap
✔ Character analysis of the peddler and Edla Willmansson
✔ Moral lesson and transformation of the protagonist

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