Bihar Board Class 12 English: Dear students, “Mindbloom Study” (#1 Online Study Portal For Bihar Board Exams) has brought for you the Summary and Answer Question of “The Artist”
SUMMARY
‘The Artist’ is a very sensitive story written by a Japanese writer Shiga Naoya. According to the story, Seibei is a Japanese boy, who has a peculiar hobby to collect gourds. He generally goes to market and buys a gourd. He brings it, first he makes a neat hole in the top of it and extracts the seeds. After that he applied tea-leaves to get rid of the unpleasant gourd-smell. Seibei is a twelve years old boy. He lives in a harbour town and read in a primary school. One day he goes to school with a gourd and starts polishing it in the class while the teacher has been teaching. The teacher catches him red-handed and rebukes him. The teacher complains to his mother. When his father comes and hears about the teacher’s complaint, he becomes angry and beats his son, Seibei. Then he smashes all his gourds. When he is forced to give up collecting gourds, he begins making pictures and becomes an artist. But, his father scold him for painting the pictures.
ANSWER QUESTIONS
B.1.1. Complete the following sentences on the basis of the story :
i. Seibei was passionately interested in …gourds… .
ii. Seibei laughed all the way home because …he realised his mistake… .
iii. Seibei was …. twelve years… old and at … primary… school.
iv. Seibei did not appreciate Baken gourd because..it was awkward… .
v. Seibei was now …engrossed… in his picture.
B.1. 2. Answer the following questions briefly :
1) Where did Seibei live?
2) Which type of gourd did Seibei like?
3) Why did the conversation of his father and his friend make Seibei laugh inwardly?
4) Why did Seibei’s father shout at him?
5) Why did Seibei wander about the town?
B.2.1. Complete the following sentences on the basis of the story :
i. The old woman asked …… for the gourd.
ii. The teacher was particularly angry because ……. .
iii. Seibei’s father worked at …… .
iv. Seibei’s father fetched his hammer and ……. .
v. The curio-dealer sold the confiscated gourd to …… .
B.2.2. Answer the following questions briefly :
1) What made Seibei’s heart beat faster?
2) Which is called effeminate pastime in the story?
3) How did Seibei’s father react to the teacher’s complaint?
4) How much did the curio-dealer pay for the confiscated gourd?
5) What did Seibei do after he was forced to give up collecting gourds?
C. 1. Long Answer Questions
1. Who was Seibei? What was his hobby?
2. Pick out instances from the story to show that Seibei was passionate towards gourd collection.
3. Explain the views of Seibei’s father about him and his hobby.
4. Why did Seibei’s teacher become angry with him? Was his anger justified?
5. Seibei’s teacher held his parents responsible for Seibei’s mistake. Do you agree with the teacher? Explain.
6. Describe in your own words the attitude and reaction of the teacher to Seiber’s passion.
7. Why and how did Seibei change his hobby? Describe in your own words.
8. Do you have similar experiences? Describe in your own words.
9. Sketch the character of Seibei as an artist.
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