Home Assignment Ch-4 The Rattrap

THE RATTRAP  by Selma Lagerlof 

1-From where did the peddler get Idea of world being a rattrap?

2-Did the peddler expect the kind of hospitality that he received from the Crofter?

3-Why was the Crofter so talkative and friendly with the peddler?

4-Why did the Crofter show thirty kronor to the peddler?

5-Did the peddler respect the confidence reposed in him by the Crofter?

6-What made the peddler think that he had indeed fallen into rattrap?

7-Why did the peddler decline the invitation?

8-What made the peddler accept Edla Williamson's invitation?

9-When did the iron master realize his mistake?

10-Why did Edla still entertain the peddler even after she knew the truth about him?

11-Why was Edla happy to see the gift left by the peddler?

12-Why did the peddler sign himself as captain von Stahle?

13-what made the peddler finally change his ways?

14- Attempt the character sketch of Crofter

15- Attempt the character sketch of the rattrap peddler.

16. Why was the peddler hesitant to accompany the iron master to the manor house?

17. What did pedler write in his letter to Edla?

18. The readers sympathy is with the peddler right from the beginning of the story why is it so?

19. How does the peddler interpret the acts of kindness and hospitality shown by the crofter iron master and his daughter?

20 Edla is a contrast to her father iron master explain.

21. How does the metaphor of the rat trap serve to highlight the human predicament?

22. The story rattrap focuses on human loneliness and the need to Bond with others' comment.