Class 7 English – “QUALITY”
Chapter -5
Question 1: What was the
author’s opinion about Mr Gessler as a boot maker?
Answer: According to the
author, Mr Gessler was an excellent boot maker. The boots made by him never
failed to fit. Besides, they lasted long. Although he was beaten by big firms
in the business, yet he never compromised with the quality.
Question 2: Why did the author
visit the shop so infrequently?
Answer: The author was
infrequent at the shop because once he brought a boot, it lasted long. So the
author visited him only when he needed a new pair of shoes.
Question 3: What was the
effect on Mr Gessler of the author’s remark about a certain pair of boots ?
Answer: One day the author
remarked, ‘‘Mr Gessler, that last pair of boots creaked.’’ This made Mr Gessler
mum for a while. He expected the author to withdraw his remarks. When the
author didn’t, Mr Gessler asked him to send them back for a check-up. He even
said that he would not charge if he found them bad.
Question 4: What was Mr
Gessler’s complaint against "big firms"?
Answer: According to Mr
Gessler, the big firms have no self-respect. They do not care for the quality
of the boots. They advertise their product and sell bad boots. This makes the
quality shoemakers suffer. The quality shoemakers lose their customers every
year to the firms. They starve while the big firms progress.
Question 5: Why did the author
order so many pairs of boots? Did he really need them?
Answer: When the author
visited the shoemaker, the shoemaker was in a very bad condition and since the
author wanted to help him, he ordered so many pairs of boots. He did not need
those boots. His boots lasted long. He ordered them because he wanted to help
the shoemaker.
Quality Extra
Questions and Answers
Very Short Answer
Type Question
1. What was the
name of the shop?
Answer: Gessler Brothers.
2. Where was the
shop?
Answer: The shop was in a
small by street in a fashionable part of London.
3. what was kept
in a front window of the shop?
Answer: A few pairs of
boots.
4. With whom did
Mr. Gessler live in the shop?
Answer: He lived with his
elder brother.
5. What did Mr.
Gessler make?
Answer: Mr. Gessler made
boots which was mysterious and wonderful.
6. Why was it not
possible for the author to visit his shop often?
Answer: Because his boots
lasted terribly.
7. where the tip
tap sound comes from?
Answer: From the slippers
of Mr. Gessler.
8. Did the author
visit his shop often?
Answer: No.
9. Who was Mr.
Gessler?
Answer: Mr. Gessler was a
german shoemaker, lived in London.
10. What did the
author order to Mr. Gessler?
Answer: To make a pair of
Russian leather boots for him.
11. What happened
when the another said his boots were creaked?
Answer: This made Mr.
Gessler quite shocking.
12. What did Mr.
Gessler say if he can’t repair the boots?
Answer: He would return
the money.
13. What happened
to the next visit of the author to his shop after two years?
Answer: He received a
shocking news of the death of Mr. Gessler’s elder brother.
14. Was Mr.
Gessler young them?
Answer: No, he too was old
like his elder brother.
15. Why did it
take longer time to make the boots?
Answer: Because of its
finest quality.
16. Was Mr.
Gessler happy to made boots?
Answer: Yes, it gave him
pleasure to make.
17. How old was
Mr. Gessler when the author visited his shop?
Answer: He was seventy
five years old.
18. Did Mr.
Gessler able to recognise the author in his visit?
Answer: No.
19. What happened
to his shop when the author visited later?
Answer: The shop was no
more there.
20. Where was the
poster of Gessler Brother?
Answer: It was no more
there and removed by someone.
21. Whom did the
another find in the shop?
Answer: An English man.
22. What made the
author shocked by an English man?
Answer: The death mews of
Mr. Gessler.
23. What was the
cause of Mr. Gessler’s death?
Answer: The cause was due
to slow starvation.
24. Was Mr.
Gessler proud of his work on boots?
Answer: Yes.
25. What happened
to the money earned by Mr. Gessler?
Answer: The money all went
under rent and leather.
26. What happened
to the shop of Mr. Gessler?
Answer: It was bought by
an English man.
27. Who is ‘I’
referred to the story “Quality”?
Answer: The ‘I’ is
referred to the author himself.
28. Name the
author of the story “Quality”?
Answer: John Galsworthy.
SHORT ANSWER TYPE
QUESTIONS
1. How was Mr.
Gessler’s language?
Answer: Mr. Gressler
spoke English with an influence of his mother tongue which proved that he
wasn’t an Englishman.
2. Who lived in
London in his shoe shop?
Answer: Mr. Gessler
lived in London in his shoe shop.
3. What was
written on the sign board at the shop?
Answer: Mr.
Gessler’s shop didn’t had any other signs except Gessler Brother written on it.
4. What was Mr.
Gessler guess regarding the discomfort in shoes?
Answer: Mr. Gessler
pressed with his finger at a particular point and he could make it out that the
left boot wasn’t giving comfort to the author.
5. How were the
shoes of distinct?
Answer: Mr. Gessler
made boots from the finest quality leather and craftsmanship.
6. Why did Mr.
Gessler fail to recognize the author?
Answer: The narrator
did not come to Mr. Gessler’s shop and secondly, Mr. Gessler failed to
recognise the author during his final days which proves that he had really
grown old.
7. How did the
narrator express his gratitude for the shoemaker?
Answer: The author
went to the shop to thank Mr. Gessler for making the great boots. Every time,
he gave orders to help them financially.
8. The narrator
was awestruck at the craft and skill. Describe his appreciation for him?
Answer: Mr. Gessler
made boots only on orders. His boots were perfect in size. They lasted long and
were made from the best leathers.
9. Who was Mr.
Gessler?
Answer: Mr. Gessler was a
German shoemaker. He lived with his elder brother in their shop in London.
10. Why did the
author visit to Mr. Gessler rarely?
Answer: The author visited
to Mr. Gessler very rarely because the shoes that he made for the author lasted
too long and of better quality.
11. What sound did
the author hear in his shop?
Answer: The author heard
harsh sound and the tip tap sound of his slippers that beating The narrow
wooden stairs of Mr. Gessler.
12. How did Mr.
Gessler understand the author was not comfortable with his left boot?
Answer: He understood by
putting his hand down and pressed with his finger on the place where the
left boot was not quite comfortable.
13. How did Mr.
Gessler express his thought about trade?
Answer: He expressed his
thought about the conditions and hardships of his trade. In big cities, the
large firm attracts their customers by luxurious shows and trough advertising
products, and they takes all orders of boots instead of Mr. Gesslers boot.
14. Who removed
the name plate of his shop and why?
Answer: An English man
removed Mr. Gessler name plate from his shop because it no longer belonged to
him as he was bought by an English man.
15. How did Mr.
Gessler die?
Answer: The Englishman
said that Mr. Gessler died due to slow starvation because he involved himself
too much in making shoes and all the money were spent on his rent and business.
LONG ANSWER TYPE
QUESTIONS
1.
Describe Mr. Gessler as a bootmaker.
Ans:
Mr. Gessler was a perfectionist. He made each pair of boots with patience,
care, and love. He used top-quality materials and ensured perfect fitting. He
believed in quality rather than quantity and never advertised his work.
2. Why did the
author choose to visit the shoemakers?
Answer: The author
was fascinated and charmed by the perfectionist shoemakers. He wanted to help
them by placing maximum orders. They were sincerely worked on the orders to the
level of satisfaction of customer’s satisfaction. He observed the changes in appearance,
felt sorry for their distressed state. He was devastated by the untimely death
of the genius of their craft.
3. What was the
authors opinion Mr Gressler as a boot maker?
Answer: The author
was impressed with Mr Gessler. He liked the boots made only on order and those
boots perfectly fitted the customers. Their boots had the best materials and
lasted long. He found the work mysterious and wonderful.
4. What was the
effect on Mr Gessler of the author remark about a certain pair of boots?
Answer: Mr. Gessler
at first found the remark unbelievable. He argued that the author might have
got them wet. He was shocked. He told the author that he would either repair
them or adjust the money in his bills.
5. What was Mr.
Gessler’s complaint against – “big firms”?
Answer: Mr.
Gessler’s complaint against big firms was that they got customers only because
of advertising, and because of any quality work. Mr. Gessler, who loved his job
and who used to make good quality boots, had very little work because people
preferred the big firms.
6. Why did the
author orders so many pairs of boots? Did he really need them?
Answer: The author
got shocked and filled with sorrow when he knew about the death of Mr.
Gessler’s elder brother. In order to help him, he ordered so many pairs of
boots. No, he didn’t really need them.
7. Describe The
attire of Mr. Gessler according to the author?
Answer: As the author
enters his shop, he feels like its a church and was sitting on the wooden
chair. Mr. Gessler appeared with a harsh sound and the tip tap of his slippers
that were beating the wooden stairs. He stood without coat, wearing leather
apron with sleeves that turned back and little bent.
8. What happened
when the author visited his shop after many months?
Answer: When the
author visited his shop, that time it appeared to be his elder brother holding
a piece of leather. Mr. Gessler greeted him and said that his elder brother was
no more. This news made him quite shocking and he ordered several pairs of
boots for himself on the same day. Those pairs of boots were better than the
other and lasted too long.
EXTRACT QUESTIONS
Extract: “He grew pale as he looked
at me.” Questions:
- Who
is ‘he’?
- Why
did he grow pale?
- What
had the speaker said to make him react in this way?
- What
does this reaction tell you about his character?
Answers:
- ‘He’
refers to Mr. Gessler.
- He
grew pale because the narrator said his newly made boots creaked.
- The
narrator’s complaint hurt his pride as a perfectionist craftsman.
- The
reaction shows that Mr. Gessler took immense pride in his work and was
deeply sensitive about its quality.
Extract: “They took orders only from
those who knew their worth.” Questions:
- Who
are ‘they’ in the above line?
- What
does this statement tell you about their work ethics?
- Why
did they not advertise their work?
- What
was the result of this approach?
Answers:
- ‘They’
refers to the Gessler brothers.
- It
shows they valued quality over money and catered only to customers who
appreciated fine craftsmanship.
- They
did not advertise because they believed in speaking through their work,
not publicity.
- This
approach cost them business as large firms attracted more customers.
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