12th Eng.The Rattrap MCQS Multiple Choice Questions

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“The Rattrap” MCQs with Answers from CBSE  

           

 Class 12 English Flamingo The Rattrap Chapter 4 Multiple Choice Questions

 

 1.Who is the author of The Rattrap?

A) Selma Lagerlof

B) Thomas B. Allen

C) Howard Phillips

D) Sudha Murthy

 

2.Which country does the author belong to?

A) Singapore

B) Sydney

C) Sweden

D) Switzerland

 

3.Where has the story been set up?

A) Jewellery shops

B) Forests of Sweden

C) Roads of Sweden

D) Mines of Sweden

 

4.Sweden Mines are rich in which ore?

A) Brass

B) Copper

C) Steel

D) Iron ore

 5.In what manner has the story been narrated?

A ) Non-fictious style

B) Realistic manner

C) Fairy tale manner

D) None of these

6.What is the message of the story?

A) Love and kindness are powerful reformers.

B) Kindness is powerless

C) Kindness encourages thieves

D) Thieves need reprimand

 7.This story revolves around whom?

A) Around Crofter and his daughter

B) Around crofter

C) Around ironman

D) Around peddler- the Rattrap seller

 

8.What does the rattrap seller have to do to make his both ends meet?

A) Peddling

B) Selling

C) Begging

D) Thievery and begging

 

9.Why does the peddler knit up various kind of thoughts?

A) Because of greed

B) Because of travelling

C) Because of loneliness and poverty

D) None

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10.In peddler’s view, what does the world look like?

A) A Rat

B) A Jungle

C) A Jigsaw

D) A Rattrap

 

11.According to the seller what leads us to various miseries?

A) Attractions

B) People

C) Friends

D) Wishes and greed of comfort

 12.Why did the peddler have to take shelter?

A) Because of his wishes

B) Because he wants to steal

C) Because he wants to be with his friends

D) Because he had no home

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13.Who offered shelter to the Peddler?

A) A beggar

B) A friend

C) A milkman

D) An old Crofter

 

14.What made the Peddler finally change his ways?

A) Edla’s beauty

B) His mistaken identity

C) His greed

D) Kindness and care

 

15.What does the metaphor Rattrap in the lesson signify?

A) Humans

B) Thieves

C) Attractions

D) Human greed and distractions

 

16.What lightens the seriousness of the lesson?

A) Peddler’s greed

B) Peddler’s gossip

C) Peddler’s tricks

D) Peddler’s sense of humour

 

17.What earns the sympathy of the reader towards the peddler?

A) His actions

B) His stories

C) His face

D) His sense of humour and innocent acceptance

 18.From where did the Peddler get the idea of the world being a Rattrap?

A) From his friends’ situation

B) From Crofter’s behavior

C) From Edla’s words

D) From his circumstances and miserable life condition

 

19.Why was he amused by his idea of a rattrap?

A) It was a bad joke

B) It was a good comparison

C) It was the exact situation and was humorous

D) None

 

20.Why was the ironmaster so talkative and friendly with the Peddler?

A) Because he knew him.

B) He was his friend

C) He was his neighbour

D) Because of his resemblance to one of his old friend

 

 

 21.Why did Elda bring the Peddler to her house for Christmas cheer?

A) Because she knew him

B) He was very funny

C) He was good looking

D) Because of his resemblance to her father’s old friend

 

22.Why did the Peddler leave the stolen money in a Rattrap?

A) Because of his plan

B) To deceive them

C) Because his heart was changed with Edla’s kindness

D) None

 23.How is the Peddler influenced by meeting the Crofter and Edla?

A) He was encouraged to steal money

B) He became a rattrap seller

C) His heart was changed

D) None of these

 24.Why did Edla have doubts about the Peddler?

A) His behavior

B) His words

C) His fear and appearance

D) None

 25.Why did the Peddler not reveal his true identity?

A) Because of fear

B) He didn’t want to hurt them

C) In the greed of getting money

D) None of these

 

26.Why did the Peddler feel that he had fallen into the Rattrap?

A) Because he fell into a pit

B) Because he fell in love with Edla

C) Because his heart is changed

D) Because of his greedy action and pitiable circumstances

 

27.Why did Crofter show 30 Kronor to the Peddler?

A) To show him down

B) To flaunt

C) Because he is sad

D) To share his feelings of pride

 

28.Why did the Peddler have to resort to begging and thievery?

A) He was habitual of it

B) Miserable life

C) Because of non-profitability of his business

D) None of these

 

29.Who used to make rattraps?

A) Crofter

B) Edla

C) Ironmaster

D) Peddler

 

30.From where did the Peddler get the material to make rattraps?

A) Shops

B) Roads

C) Streets

D) Stores

 31.How did Crofter treat the Peddler?

A) Very rudely

B) In a strange manner

C) Friendly manner

D) None of these

 

32.Why did Peddler sign himself as Captain Von Stahle?

A) He didn’t want to hurt them

B) Because he forgets his name

C) Because he wants to meet Edla’s expectations of him being an armyman

D) None of these

 

33.When does the ironmaster realise his mistake?

A) when the peddler speaks

B) when he sees an old photograph

C) when the peddler changes clothes and cleans his face

D) All of these

 34.What made the Peddler finally change his heart?

A) Edla’s words

B) Edla’s appearance

C) Edla’s father

D) Edla’s goodness and care

 

35.What was the Peddler’s profession and who he was?

A) Selling, traveller

B) Begging, traveller

C) Stealing, thief

D) None of these

 

36.Why did the Peddler feel like stealing?

A) has to repay a loan

B) has to buy a drink

C) habitual of it

D) due to others’ indifference to his needs

 

37.How did the Crofter tempt the Peddler to steal his money?

A) By his kindness

B) By his warm care

C) By showing him money

D) None of these

 

38.Why did the Peddler decline the invitation?

A) Because he had stolen money

B) He wanted to run

C) He wanted to hide money

D) He wanted to remain at the mill

 

39.How much money had the peddler stolen from Crofter?

A) 20 kronors

B) 10 kronors

C) 40 kronors

D) 30 kronors

 

40.Why did Edla plead her father not to send the Vagabond away?

A) Because of her father

B) Because he resembled her father’s friend

C) Because she liked him

D) Because of sympathy and his poor life condition

 

41.What did the ironmaster’s daughter say when the peddler was about to leave?

A) she asked him to stay for that day only

B) she said she wanted to go with him

C) she told him not to mind what her father had said

D) she asked him to leave after 2 days

 

42.The first move of the ironmaster was to make sure that the guest could

A) gain some flesh on his bones

B) have verification done

C) be given some money

D) be given some clothes

 

43. The purpose of her visit to the iron mill was to

A) persuade the rattrap seller to spend Christmas Eve at their house

B) propose to him

C) counsel him

D) advise him to give up stealing

 

44.In what way is the story has been narrated?

A) fictitious style

B) fairy tale manner

C) realistic manner

D) non-fictitious

 

45.Why was the Crofter so talkative and friendly with the Peddler?

A) because he knew him.

B) he was his friend

C) he was his neighbor

D) because of his resemblance to one of his old friend

 

46.Why did Elda bring the Peddler to her house for Christmas cheer?

A) Because she knew him

B) He was very funny

C) He was good looking

D) Because of his resemblance to her father’s old friend

 

47.Why did the Peddler leave the stolen money in a Rattrap?

A) Because of his plan

B) To deceive them

C) Because his heart was changed with Edla’s kindness

D) None

 

48.How is the Peddler influenced by meeting Crofter and Edla?

A) He was encouraged to steal money

B) He became a rattrap seller

C) His heart was changed

D) None of these

 

49.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? (CBSE QB,2021)

A) Option (i)

B) Option (ii)

C) Option (iii)

D) Option (iv)

 

50.“Left to his own meditations”, one day the peddler fell into “a line of thought, which really seemed to him entertaining”. What does the peddler’s conception of the world as a rattrap, signify about him?

 

A) The peddler had a lot of time on his hands, with nothing much to do.

B) The peddler was a reflective man whose wisdom did not depend on his status.

C) The peddler was a lonely vagrant trying to make sense of his fortunes.

D) The peddler was a rattrap seller, and his work deeply inspired him.

 53.“Yes, that was a fine fellow you let into the house,” said her father
What light does the given line throw on the ironmaster as a father? 

51.A) The ironmaster was disapproving of Edla’s decision to let the peddler stay.

B) The ironmaster blamed his daughter for harboring a criminal at home.

C) The ironmaster was being playful with Edla, and supported her decisions.

D) The ironmaster loved Edla but thought her to be too naïve and idealistic.

 

52.Though the reader does not meet Captain von Stahle in person, they encounter the captain symbolically. How? (CBSE QB, 2021)

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

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

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

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

 

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ANSWER KEY

1	A	31	C
2	C	32	C
3	D	33	C
4	D	34	D
5	C	35	C
6	A	36	D
7	D	37	C
8	D	38	A
9	C	39	D
10	D	40	D
11	D	41	A
12	D	42	A
13	D	43	A
14	D	44	B
15	D	45	D
16	D	46	D
17	D	47	C
18	D	48	C
19	C	49	B
20	D	50	C
21	D	51	A
22	C	52	D
23	C
24	C
25	C
26	D
27	D
28	C
29	D
30	D

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