“The Monkey & the Crocodile” Question Answer ENG A WBCHSE

“The Monkey & the Crocodile” Question Answer ENG A WBCHSE. It is a poem by Vikram Seth. Seth has tried to bring the age old story through his poetry. The poem is included in the syllabus of ENG A of WBCHSE Class 11.

Short Question Answer

Question 1: What type of poem is “The Monkey and the Crocodile”? 

Ans:“The Monkey and the Crocodile”  is a story poem and a fable. 

Question 2:Refer to at least two important works of Vikram Seth. 

Ans: Two important works of Vikram Seth are Mappings (1980) and From Heaven Lake 1983.

Question 3:Where did Kuroop, the crocodile, live? 

Ans: Kuroop the crocodile lived on Ganga’s greenest island. 

Question 4:What type of dish attracted the crocodile? 

Ans: Kuroop was attracted by substantial dishes like dolphin, turtle, fatter fish. 

Question 5:Explain the figure of speech “out he would glide… polliwog. “

Ans: The figure of speech used here by the poet in the mentioned line is a simile and the crocodile has been compared to a tadpole in these lines who glides towards its prey swiftly. 

Question 6 : How did Kuroop give death to its victim? 

Ans: Kuroop used to move as a polliwog and he  used to come near its prey  by swimming a single length. He then grabbed and snapped and ripped it to death. 

Question 7: What was the prime pleasure of Kuroop’s life? 

Ans: Kuroop’s prime pleasure was to drag the dead body of the animal to his wife’s feet and eat a bit and watch her eating. 

Question 8: What was the special summer treat which the monkey provided to his friend? 

Ans: The monkey used to throw gold, right and sweet mangoes to his friend Kuroop, the crocodile as a summer treat. 

Question 9: How would Mrs. crocodile behave if she was not provided with mangoes in burning June? 

Ans: If Mrs crocodile will not get mangoes in burning June she would pine , weep and swoon. 

Question 10: What was ‘partly true’? 

Ans: The reason which was partly true was that Mrs. crocodile liked love and mangoes too. 

Question 11: What was the special anniversary treat which Mrs. crocodile pine for? 

Ans: The anniversary treat for which Mrs. crocodile was longing for was the delicious heart of Monkey as their dinner. 

Question 12: Why would every fruit taste bitter to Mrs. crocodile? 

Ans: Every fruit would taste bitter now to Mrs. Crocodile because she wanted to eat something much sweeter than her previous food. She wanted to munch on the monkey’s heart. 

Question 13: What was the condition laid down by the monkey for not being able to visit and accept the treat of Kuroop? 

Ans: The condition which was laid down by the monkey for not being able to visit Kuroop and dine with him was that he can only jump from tree to tree but he cannot swim . Therefore, he would take a boat and come to dinner. 

Question 14: What were the two options given by the crocodile regarding the death of the monkey? 

Ans: The two options given by the crocodile in regarding the death of the monkey were that either he wanted to drown in Ganga or to be gutted by crocodile and his wife. 

Question 15: If the crocodile had not rushed the monkey, what were the things he would have carried along with him? 

Ans: If the crocodile had not rust monkey he would have found time to take his heart, liver, half his brain, a finger nail, cufflinks, chutney and a spare tail. 

Question 16: What do you mean by the term “double-dunce”? 

Ans: The meaning of double dunce is to be fooled twice . 

Question 17: How did the monkey behave with his friend after he was carried back to the Shore? 

Ans: the

Long Question Answer:

1: How do we come to know that the relationship between Mr and Mrs crocodile was cordial? What was the special anniversary treat she pined for and why? What was her husband’s instant reaction? How did she react to his reaction? 

Ans: Mr crocodile was a lovely husband as he used to fulfill every desire of his wife. The substantial dishes like dolphin and turtle and flatter fish were brought by him to his wife where he used to eat a bit and watch his wife eating .This use to be his prime pleasure of him which proves the cordial relationship between Mr. and Mrs. crocodile. 

         Mrs. Crocodile wanted the monkey’s heart from his husband as a special anniversary treat as she wanted to eat something sweeter than  fruit and that was the monkey’s heart. 

       Mr. crocodile was astonished to hear his wife’s wish because the monkey was his close friend. 

       Mrs. crocodile started fainting and requested her husband that she wanted to eat something sweeter . Therefore, he must go and fetch his friend with his heart otherwise she might die.