This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Common Subjects > English Flamingo > Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 4 The Rattrap – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 4 The Rattrap Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Iron master was once working in a A) Regiment. B) Barricade. C) Resthouse. D) Brigade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regiment. 2. What does monotonous mean in this lesson? A) Colourful. B) Boring and unchanging. C) Dangerous. D) Helpful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boring and unchanging. 3. Why did Edla bring the Peddler to her house for Christmas cheer? A) He was very funny. B) Because she knew him. C) He was goodlooking. D) Because of his resemblance to her father's old friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of his resemblance to her father's old friend. 4. What did the peddler sell? A) Wooden toys. B) Clothes. C) Vegetables. D) Rattraps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rattraps. 5. What does "Keep body and soul together" mean? A) To survive. B) To deceive. C) To develop. D) To understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To survive. 6. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because he had no home. 7. What is 'pig iron'? A) Crude iron first obtained from a smelting furnace. B) Pig in the iron cell. C) Both a & b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crude iron first obtained from a smelting furnace. 8. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he wants to meet Edla's expectations of him being an armyman. 9. According to the cellar what leads us to various miseries? A) Attractions. B) People. C) Friends. D) Wishes and greed of comfort. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wishes and greed of comfort. 10. Beggar kept away from the main road because A) The road was not good. B) The crofter would trace him. C) People would see him. D) He would be caught by the sheriff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He would be caught by the sheriff. 11. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of sympathy and his poor life condition. 12. What did the ironmaster feel when he saw the rattrap seller after he was well groomed by his valet? A) Angry. B) Very happy. C) Suspicious. D) Not pleased. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not pleased. 13. What worked as a bait for the peddler? A) Shelter. B) Joys. C) Food. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Money. 14. According to the seller what leads us to various miseries? A) Attractions. B) People. C) Friends. D) Wishes and greed of comfort. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wishes and greed of comfort. 15. -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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because his heart was changed with Edla's kindness. 16. Why did Edla have doubts about the Peddler? A) His behavior. B) His words. C) His fear and appearance. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His fear and appearance. 17. The Champaran episode compelled British to bow down to Gandhiji and let him go scot free. This episode got registered in Indian history as A) Civil Disobedience. B) Non cooperation Movement. C) Dandi March. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Civil Disobedience. 18. The first move of the ironmaster was to make sure that the guest could A) Be given some clothes. B) Have verification done. C) Be given some money. D) Gain some flesh on his bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gain some flesh on his bones. 19. What Christmas present does the peddler leave for the old man's daughter? A) A necklace. B) A beautiful dress. C) A wedding ring. D) A rat-trap. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A rat-trap. 20. Who came to the iron-mill on a round of inspection? A) The security guard. B) The ironmaster. C) The caretaker. D) The policeman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ironmaster. 21. The rattrap peddler spent most of his Christmas Eve A) Playing. B) Sleeping. C) Laughing. D) Singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sleeping. 22. What lightens the seriousness of the lesson? A) Peddlar's gossip. B) Peddlar's sense of humour. C) Peddlar's tricks. D) Peddlar's greed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peddlar's sense of humour. 23. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the peddler changes clothes and cleans his face. 24. What did the vagabond heard while lying on the ground in the forest? A) Dripping of rain. B) Burning of charcoal. C) Clatter of Iron. D) Heavy thumping of Hammer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heavy thumping of Hammer. 25. Why did Crofter show 30 Kronor to the Peddler? A) To flaunt. B) Because he considers him a friend. C) To boast. D) To share his feelings of pride. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To share his feelings of pride. 26. Why do you think the peddler finally changed his ways? A) Because he wanted to change. B) Because of the invitation given by the ironmaster. C) Because of the respect given by Edla. D) Because of the crofter's hospitality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because of the respect given by Edla. 27. Why did the crofter show the thirty kronor to the peddler? A) He was very proud of his cow and excited to tell his guest about the profit she gave him. B) He unwittingly shared his secret and then showed the money to convince him. C) Both a & b. D) Some other reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a & b. 28. Why did the Peddler decline the invitation? A) He wanted to hide money. B) He wanted to run. C) Because he had stolen money. D) He wanted to remain at the mill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he had stolen money. 29. The purpose of her visit to the iron-mill was to A) Propose to him. B) Counsel him. C) Persuade the rattrap seller to spend Christmas Eve at their house. D) Advise him to give up stealing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persuade the rattrap seller to spend Christmas Eve at their house. 30. Apprentice means A) A person who is doing job with experience. B) A person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer. C) Neither a nor b. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer. 31. Was the ironmaster happy to discover peddler's true identity? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 32. The ironmaster live in manor with his A) Old mother. B) Oldest daughter. C) Wife. D) Son. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Son. 33. Why was the peddler sign himself as Captain Von Stahle? A) Because he was a thief. B) Bad treatment of Edla. C) Because he was a vagabond. D) The talent goodness of his heart was awakened by the kind treatment Edla gave him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The talent goodness of his heart was awakened by the kind treatment Edla gave him. 34. Why did the ironmaster not seem pleased with the guest the next morning? A) Because the peddler was a rattrap seller. B) Because he was not Nils Olof. C) Because the peddler was poor. D) Because the peddler was a thief. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he was not Nils Olof. 35. Why did Elda bring the Peddler to her house for Christmas cheer? A) Because of his resemblance to her father's old friend. B) He was goodlooking. C) He was very funny. D) Because she knew him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because of his resemblance to her father's old friend. 36. The landlords compel all the tenants A) To stay under a long-term agreement. B) Submit the whole harvest in the form of rent. C) To plant 15% of their Indigo. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 37. "But even so, the business was not especially profitable"Which business is being talked about here? A) The business of farming. B) The business of selling rattraps. C) The iron mill business. D) The business of begging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The business of selling rattraps. 38. The girl had brought with her the following article to make him feel warm A) A fur coat. B) A sweater. C) A woollen shawl. D) A blanket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A fur coat. 39. What factors tell us that the story is based on the lines of fairy tales? A) It begins with once upon a time. B) It has a tragic ending. C) Rags to riches story. D) It has a transformation story. E) Both a c and d. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Both a c and d. 40. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of his greedy action and pitiable circumstances. 41. The purpose of the ironmaster's daughter's visit to the iron-mill was to A) Advise him to give up stealing. B) Persuade the rattrap seller to spend Christmas Eve at their house. C) Counsel him. D) Propose to him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persuade the rattrap seller to spend Christmas Eve at their house. 42. How did the peddler respond to the invitation by the iron master? A) Accepted. B) Declined. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Declined. 43. Why did 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the greed of getting money. 44. Why was his business not profitable? A) He sold them at a very high price. B) People did not need rattraps often. C) He made only a few in a day. D) His rattraps broke easily. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People did not need rattraps often. 45. The rattrap peddler gave the ironmaster a lecture on A) How the world is a rat trap. B) How to be honest. C) How to be ethically correct. D) How to be professional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How the world is a rat trap. 46. Why did iromaster realise his mistake? A) Because of Edla. B) Because of pedlar's words. C) Because of his friend. D) Because of uncertain reflections and Edla. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of uncertain reflections and Edla. 47. When did the peddler make the rattraps? A) Odd moments. B) Distracted moments. C) Happy moments. D) Difficult Moments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odd moments. 48. The peddler often thought about people who A) Had been tempted to touch the bait. B) Were priests. C) Had caught rats. D) Were thieves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been tempted to touch the bait. 49. Who is Stjernstrom? A) Trainee. B) Blacksmith. C) Ironmaster. D) Rattrap man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blacksmith. 50. What did the package left for Edla contain? A) A small rattrap with 30 kroner on it. B) A small bangle. C) A necklace. D) A diamond ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A small rattrap with 30 kroner on it. 51. What describes Edla the best? A) Compassionate and pessimistic. B) Kind and mild. C) Compassionate and humanitarian. D) Compassionate and persuasive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compassionate and persuasive. 52. Where has the story been set up? A) Forests of Sweden. B) Jewellery shops. C) Roads of Sweden. D) Mines of Sweden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mines of Sweden. 53. What does "plods along the road" mean? A) Walking with slow & heavy footsteps. B) Sitting at one place to meditate. C) Thinking of the things around. D) Scolding people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking with slow & heavy footsteps. 54. The old man in the grey cottage A) Shooed away the peddler. B) Welcomed the peddler. C) Fought with the peddler. D) Got into an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Welcomed the peddler. 55. There are other meanings of 'frame' too.Choose the option that DOES NOT list the meaning of 'frame'. A) 1. a person's body with reference to its size or build. B) 2. a single complete picture in a series forming a cinema, television, or video film. C) 3. a triangular structure for positioning the red balls in snooker. D) 4. a thin solid object that seals a container or hole; a lid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. a thin solid object that seals a container or hole; a lid. 56. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His sense of humour and innocent acceptance. 57. In what manner has the story been narrated? A) A ) Non-fictious style. B) B) Realistic manner. C) C) Fairy tale manner. D) D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) Fairy tale manner. 58. The rattrap seller felt he had been fooled by a A) Crofter. B) Prankster. C) Policeman. D) Bait. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bait. 59. Sweden mines are rich in which ore? A) Brass. B) Copper. C) Iron. D) Steel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iron. 60. Why did the Peddler feel like stealing? A) He was poor. B) Has to repay a loan. C) Due to others' indifference to his needs. D) Habitual of it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Due to others' indifference to his needs. Next →Related QuizzesCommon Subjects QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 4 The Rattrap Quiz 2Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 4 The Rattrap Quiz 3Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 4 The Rattrap Quiz 4Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 1 The Last Lesson QuizClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 2 Lost Spring QuizClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water QuizClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 5 Indigo QuizClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 6 Poets And Pancakes Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books