Mr.
Chips chapter 2
(1) Trace out the similarities between Chips and Brookfield.
Ans. Mr. Chips and Brookfield were similar. Brookfield school was not a first rank school like Harrow but
it was a good school of the second rank. Similarly Mr. Chips was an ordinary teacher with ordinary
degrees. So, both the school and Mr. Chips were respectable but not so admirable.
(2) What type / kind of men / people did Brookfield supply / produce?*
Ans. Brookfield supplied many history-making men of the age like judges, Members of Parliament,
colonial administrators, peers bishops, merchants and manufacturers, squires and parsons.
(3) What was presented / given to Mr. Chips at his retirement?*
OR
*When did Chips get retirement and what was presented to him?*
Ans. Mr. Chips retired at the age of sixty five in 1913. He was presented with a cheque, a writing desk
and a clock. He left Brookfield in tumultuous cheers. A decent career decently closed.
*(Brookfield School rebuilt and extended?
The structure of the building of Brookfield was rebuilt and extended in the reign of George I. It was a
good school of the second rank but it never became as famous as Harrow.
Describe the context of "A decent career, decently closed".
Mr. Chips joined Brookfield school as a classical teacher of Latin and Greek in 1870. At the age of forty,
he was the doyen of the staff. At sixty, he was Brookfield: the guest of honour at Old Brookfieldian
dinners, the court of appeal in all matters affecting Brookfield's history and traditions. And in 1913, at
the age of 65, he retired. A decent career that he started in 1870 was decently closed.
MCQS
Across the road behind a rampart of ancient elms lay Brookfield, russet under its autumn mantle of
creeper.
(a) memory
(b) wall
(c) relic
(d) fort
Across the road behind a rampart of ancient elms lay Brookfield, russet under its autumn mantle of
creeper.
(a) reddish green
(b) reddish blue
(c) reddish yellow
(d) reddish brown
Across the road behind a rampart of ancient elms lay Brookfield, russet under its autumn mantle of
creeper.
(a) winds
(b) cover
(c) rain
(d) leans
Across the road behind a rampart of ancient elms lay Brookfield, russet under its autumn mantle of
creeper.
(a) crawling
(b) vine
(c) walking
(d) leaves
Then came the small dependent village and the open fen country.
(a) dry
(b) green
(c) wet
(d) bushy
The school went up and down, dwindling almost to non-existence at one time, becoming almost
illustrious at another.
(a) increasing
(b) improving
(c) decreasing
(d) reading
The school went up and down, dwindling almost to non-existence at one time, becoming almost
illustrious at another.
(a) fame
(b) height
(c) obscurity
(d) sublimity
The school went up and down, dwindling almost to non-existence at one time, becoming almost
illustrious at another.
(a) lighting
(b) obscure
(c) famous
(d) beautiful
Later, after the Napoleonic Wars and until mid-Victorian days, the school declined again.
(a) decreased
(b) improved
(c) increased
d. teased
*10. Wetherby, who came in 1840, restored in fortunes somewhat.*
(a) stored
(b) snatched
(c) relined
(d) regained
*11. Wetherby, who came in 1840, restored in fortunes somewhat*
(a) building
(b) standard
(c) fame
(d) students
*12. Several notable families supported it*
(a) known/famous
(b) wealthy
(c) healthy
(d) political
*13. It was the sort of school which, when mentioned, would sometimes make snobbish people who
that they rather thought they had heard of it.*
(a) arrogant
(b) rich
(c) honest
(d) sick
*14. It was the sort of school which, when mentioned, would sometimes make snobbish people say that
they rather thought they had heard of it.*
(a) realize
(b) admit
(c) think
(d) mend
*15. Not that he was boastful or conceited but he had been, in his early twenties, as ambitious as other
young men at such an age.*
(a) proud
(b) honest
(c) nice
(d) poor
*16. Not that he was boastful or conceited but he had been, in his early twenties, as ambitious as other
young men at such an age.*
(a) rich
(b) studious
(c) bigheadede
(d) angry
*17. Not that he was boastful or conceited but he had been, in his early twenties, as ambitious as other
young men at such an age.*
(a) aspiring
(b) knowledgeable
(c) ignorant
(d) poor
*18. His dream had been to get a headship eventually or at any rate a senior mastership in a really first
class school.*
(a) incidentally
(b) luckily
(c) finally
(d) rarely
*10. Wetherby, who came in 1840, restored in fortunes somewhat.*
(a) stored
(b) snatched
(c) relined
(d) regained
*11. Wetherby, who came in 1840, restored in fortunes somewhat*
(a) building
(b) standard
(cfame
(d) sick
*19. It was only gradually, after repeated trials and failures, that he realized the inadequacy of his
qualification.*
(a) applications
(b) chances
(c) attempts
(d) examinations
*12. Several notable families supported it*
(a) known
(b) wealthy
(c) healthy
(d) political
*13. It was the sort of school which, when mentioned, would sometimes make snobbish people who
that they rather thought they had heard of it.*
(a) arrogant
(b) rich
(c) honest
(d) sick
*14. It was the sort of school which, when mentioned, would sometimes make snobbish people who
that they rather thought they had heard of it.*
(a) realize
(b) admit
(c) think
(d) mend
*15. Not that he was boastful or conceited but he had been, in his early twenties, as ambitious as other
young men at such an age.*
(a) proud
(b) honest
(c) nice
(d) poor
*16. Not that he was boastful or conceited but he had been, in his early twenties, as ambitious as other
young men at such an age.*
(a) rich
(b) studious
(c) bigheaded
(d) angry
*19. It was only gradually, after repeated trials and failures, that he realized the inadequacy of his
qualification.*
(a) applications
(b) chances
(c) attempts
(d) examinations
*20. It was only gradually, after repeated trials and failures, that he realized the inadequacy of his
qualification.*
(a) insufficiency
(b) failing
(c) passing
(d) excellence
*21. His discipline, though good enough and improving, was not absolutely reliable under all
conditions.*
(a) ready
(b) readable
(c) relishing
(d) dependable
*22. Where he was, began to fill a comfortable niche in his mind.*
(a) table
(b) floor
(c) place/corner
(d) slab
*23. At fifty he was the doyan of the staff.*
(a) headmaster
(b) senior member
(c) head
(d) principal
"Three cheers, indeed; but there was more to come, an unguessted epilogue, an encore played to a
tragic audience."
(a) noisy
(b) final
(c) glorious
(d) fine
And
(a) expected
(b) brilliant
(c) unexpected
(d) nice
And
(a) last part
(b) first part
(c) news
(d) book
And
(a) repetition
(b) enquiry
(c) innings
(d) match
1. Brookfield looked russet under the *autumn* mantle of freerper.
(a) aroma
(b) covering
(c) exceptional
(d) flowers
2. Chips had *mediocre* degree.
(a) average
(b) brilliant
(c) tremendous
(d) very good
12. Brookfield is an old *foundation*.
(a) institution
(b) hall
(c) shop
(d) post-office
13. Chips is given an *unproarious* farewell.
(a) quiet
(b) small
(c) noisy
(d) lovely
14. The *epilogue* was to come still.
(a) conclusion
(b) joy
(c) sorrow
(d) marriage
