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Karnataka State Syllabus Class 9 English Prose Chapter 6 The Noble Bishop
The Noble Bishop Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes
Before you read:
Question 1.
Which is the animal referred to in the above incident?
(a) a cat
(b) a dog
(c) a pony
(d) a rabbit
Answer:
(c) a pony.
Question 2.
Why do you think that the pet has entered only your compound and not that of others?
Answer:
The pet has entered only our compound and not that of others because, we are friendly with it.
Question 3.
How do you treat the wounded pet? Discuss this incident with your teacher and classmates.
Answer:
We dress its wound and apply medicine to the wound. We give food and water until the wound is cured.
Think About the Text:
C1. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two each. Work in pairs.
Question 1.
Who was Jean Valjean?
Answer:
He was a convict.
Question 2.
Who brought the silver candlesticks from the mantel?
Answer:
Baptistine, the Bishop’s sister.
Question 3.
What did the stranger steal from the Bishop’s place?
Answer:
The stranger stole the silverware from the Bishop’s place.
Question 4.
Why was Jean Valjean surprised at the Bishop’s behaviour the next morning?
Answer:
Because the Bishop addressed him as brother before the policemen and also told them that he had given the silverware to him.
Question 5.
Why was Jean Valjean finally set free?
Answer:
Bishop told the sergeant that he had given. the silverware to Jean Valjean. So Jean Valjean was set free.
Question 6.
What did Jean Valjean promise the Bishop?
Answer:
Jean Valjean promised the bishop that he would become an honest man.
C2. Discuss in groups and write the answers for the following questions.
Question 1.
What do you think were Jean Valjean’s feelings when he was called ‘friend’?
Answer:
Jean Valjean felt some satisfaction when he was called “friend’. He felt that the Bishop must be a great soul and thanked him. He felt good and comfortable.
Question 2.
Why did Jean Valjean say that he was a beast?
Answer:
He stole some bread and was punished. He was sentenced to 19 years in the galleys. He was chained up like a wild animal and he was lashed like a hound. He was illtreated. So he was abeast.
Question 3.
What kind of a person was the Bishop?
Answer:
Bishop was a kind-hearted and sympathetic man.
Question 4.
Why did Jean Valjean hesitate to steal the silverware at first?
Answer:
He feared that Bishop may be awake. So he hesitated to steal the silverware at first.
Question 5.
Was there any change in Jean Valjean’s attitude when he left the Bishop? What was the change?
Answer:
His conscience pricked him. He knew that he was committing an evil deed. But later in the story, he was a transformed man.
C3. Discuss the following questions in small groups and present your answers to the class. Write a short paragraph on each question.
Question 1.
Describe the sufferings of Jean Valjean.
Answer:
Jean Valjean was sentenced to nineteen years in the galleys for stealing some bread. It became hell for him. He was chained up like a wild animal he was lashed like a hound (dog). He was fed on filth for nineteen years. His name and soul were taken away, and he was just a number and given a devil in its place. He was a man once, but he had become a beast.
Question 2.
Explain how the Bishop reacted when Jean Valjean was brought before him by the police.
Answer:
Jean Valjean stole the silverware from the Bishop’s have and was caught by the police. They brought him to the Bishop. On seeing Jean Valjean. The Bishop addressed him as a friend and told the policemen that he had gives him the silverware. So the police left him. The Bishop was noble and generous.
C4. Say whether the following statements are True or False. Write ‘T’ or ‘F’ in the box accordingly.
1. Jean Valjean was in the galleys only for a few years. [ ]
2. All the people were kind to Jean Valjean. [ ]
3. The Bishop woke up in the middle of the night. [ ]
4. Baptistine said that the silver was stolen. [ ]
5. The silverware belonged to Jean Valjean. [ ]
Answer:
1. (F) 2. (F) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (F)
Vocabulary:
V1. Study the words.
Infer the meaning of the words in bold from the context. You can write the right word from those given in brackets.
- Jean Valjean pleaded with the police and said that he was not guilty, (requested, fought, argued)
- He fed on filth for nineteen years, (bread, dirty food, fish)
- The Bishop slept tranquility, (fast, quickly, peacefully)
- He stood terrified at this radiant figure (frightening, shining)
- The moral world has no greater spectacle than this, (scenery, glasses, sight)
Answer:
- requested
- dirty food
- peacefully
- shining
- sight.
V2. Read the following sentence.
Task 1: Match the following words with their homophones.
| A | B |
| 1. bread | a. knight |
| 2. through | b. seen |
| 3. right | c. bred |
| 4. night | d. write |
| 5. scene | e. threw |
Answer:
1 – (c), 2 – (e), 3 – (d), 4 – (a), 5 – (b).
Task 2: Find the homophones for the following words, and write them.
- Wait – _______________
- Cell – _______________
- Waist – _______________
- Fare – _______________
- Pray – _______________
Answer:
- Weight
- Shell, sell
- Waste
- Fair
- Prey
V3. Prepare a list of five words under each head with the letter ‘r’ in the beginning, in the middle and at the end. Pronounce them. Verify that with the help of a dictionary.
‘r’ in the beginning
‘r’ in the middle
‘r’ at the end.
‘r’ in the ‘r’ in the
‘r’ at the end.
Answer:
beginning – middle
- Radio – Portion – Popular
- Rainbow – Target – Honour
- Region – Barbarian – Master
- Road – Army – Locker
- Run – Short – Finger
2. Jean Valjean led the life of an honest man. In this sentence ‘h’ is silent when the word ‘honest’ is pronounced.
Question 1.
‘H’ is silent in the following words: Honour, hour, rhyme, vehicle, exhibit Write a few more words in which the letter ‘h’ is silent.
Answer:
Fahrenheit, Philosophy, Pharoah, Phrase, Height, Highway, High.
G1. Modals:
Read the following sentences taken from the lesson. Say what function each modal serves in the sentence. Choose from the options given.
Question 1.
You may be tired, (granting permission, expressing possibility, offering)
Answer:
Expressing a possibility.
Question 2.
We can let him go. (suggesting, granting permission, expressing possibility, offering)
Answer:
Granting permission.
Question 3.
You can take these candlesticks, (granting permission, expressing possibility, offering)
Answer:
Offering,
Question 4.
You may go in peace, (granting permission, expressing possibility, offering)
Answer:
granting permission.
G2. Types of sentences
Task 1: Say whether the following sentences are simple, compound or complex sentences.
Question 1.
The rain stopped, so we decided to continue our journey.
Answer:
Compound Sentence.
Question 2.
When I reached home, I was surprised to see Gopi waiting for me.
Answer:
Complex Sentence.
Question 3.
Ravi raised his voice and shouted at his friend.
Answer:
Compound Sentence.
Question 4.
The teacher advised Uma to study well.
Answer:
Simple Sentence.
Question 5.
As Sumathi is blind, the dog is leading her.
Answer:
Complex Sentence.
Task 2: Combine the following sentences using the conjunctions given in brackets.
Question 1.
He opened his box. He took out his new shirt, (and)
Answer:
He opened his box and took out his new shirt.
Question 2.
Mohan was sick. He stayed at home, (as)
Answer:
As Mohan was sick, he stayed at home.
Question 3.
Leela worked hard. She could not do well in the exam, (but)
Answer:
Leela worked hard, but she could not do well in the exam.
Question 4.
Sachin scored a century. The spectators applauded him. (when)
Answer:
When Sachin scored a century, the spectators applauded him.
Question 5.
Let us have supper. By then, your bed will be made ready.
Answer:
Let us have supper while your bed is being made ready.
The Noble Bishop Additional Questions with Answers
I. Choose the best answer:
Question 1.
Convict entered the bishop’s house
(a) At the time of dinner
(b) At the time of lunch
(c) When the bishop was sleeping
(d) When the bishop was playing.
Answer:
(a) At the time of dinner.
Question 2.
Jean Valjean was a:
(a) Convict
(b) Police
(c) Priest
(d) beggar
Answer:
(a) Convict.
Question 3.
Jean Valjean asked the bishop for:
(a) Gold
(b) Silver
(c) Money
(d) Food
Answer:
(d) Food
Question 4.
Jean Valjean had not eaten anything for:
(a) One day
(b) Two days
(c) Three days
(d) Four days.
Answer:
(c) Three days.
Question 5.
Bishop called Jean Valjean as:
(a) Sir
(b) Mister
(c) friend
(d) dog.
Answer:
(c) friend.
Question 6.
Jean Valjean was imprisoned for:
(a) Nine years
(b) Four years
(c) Nineteen years
(d) Eighteen years.
Answer:
(c) Nineteen years.
Question 7.
Jean Valjean was sentenced to nineteen years in the:
(a) Exile
(b) Jail
(c) galleys
(d) forest.
Answer:
(c) galleys.
Question 8.
Jean Valjean was sentenced for:
(a) Stealing silverware
(b) Stealing bread
(c) Stealing horse
(d) Stealing money.
Answer:
(b) Stealing bread.
Question 9.
The thing that was stolen from the bishop’s house by Jean Valjean was:
(a) Silverware
b) Gold plates
(c) Money
(d) Food.
Answer:
(a) Silverware.
Question 10.
Bishop gave __________ to Jean Valjean.
(a) Gold candlesticks
(b) Silver candlesticks
(c) Food
(d) Silver plates.
Answer:
(b) Silver candlesticks.
Question 11.
Jean Valjean promised that he would become:
(a) An honest man
(b) Best man
(c) Healthy man
(d) Faithful man.
Answer:
(a) An honest man.
Question 12.
Jean Valjean had asked ___________ everyone for food. The correct Proposition to be filled in the blanks:
(a) of
(b) at
(c) to
(d) from.
Answer:
(b) at.
Question 13.
He was fed on filth for nineteen years. The meaning of the underlined word:
(a) Bread
(b) dirty food
(c) fish
(d) cheese.
Answer:
(b) dirty food.
Question 14.
I have walked for miles. The underlined word is:
(a) Noun
(b) Pronoun
(c) Verb
(d) Adjective.
Answer:
(c) Verb.
Question 15.
Jean leaped over the wall like a tiger and fled. The figure of speech used in the sentence is:
(a) Simile
(b) Metaphor
(c) Personification
(d) Alliteration.
Answer:
(a) Simile.
Question 16.
I am a beast now, and they made me what I am. This is:
(a) Simple sentence
(b) Complex sentence
(c) Compound sentence
(d) Imperative sentence
Answer:
(c) Compound sentence
II. Match the following:
| A | B |
| 1. Stifling | a. think deeply |
| 2. Lash | b. shiver with cold, fear |
| 3. Reflect | c. police officer |
| 4. Shudder | d. strike with a whip |
| 5. Sergeant | e. suffocating |
Answer:
1 – (e), 2 – (d), 3 – (a), 4 – (b), 5 – (c).
III. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow :
1. “Friend, sit down and warm yourself. You may be tired”
Question a.
Who said this?
Answer:
Bishop said this.
Question b.
Who is referred to as friend?
Answer:
Jean Valjean, the convict.
Question c.
Why was he tired?
Answer:
Because he had walked for miles and had not eaten anything for three days.
2. “I am a convict”
Question a.
Who said this?
Answer:
Jean Valjean said this.
Question b.
To whom it was said?
Answer:
It was said to the Bishop.
Question c.
Why did he become a convict?
Answer:
He and his sister had no food and he could not get work. So he stole some bread.
Question 3.
“Will you fulfill this promise”
Question a.
Who asked this?
Answer:
Bishop asked this.
Question b.
Who does “you refer”?
Answer:
You refers to Jean Valjean.
Question c.
What was the ‘Promise’?
Answer:
Jean Valjean should promise to become “an honest man”.
IV. Answer the following questions.
Question 1.
Why did Jean ask the Bishop for food?
Answer:
He had walked for miles after he was set free from the galleys. He had not eaten anything for three days. So he asked for . food.
Question 2.
Why did the Bishop ask his sister to put another plate on the table?
Answer:
Bishop asked his sister to put another plate on the table to serve food for Jean Valjean.
Question 3.
What were the food items served to Jean by the Bishop’s sister?
Answer:
She served – soup, cheese, mutton, and a large loaf of bread.
Question 4.
How did the Bishop treat Jean Valjean?
Answer:
Bishop Called him a friend. He provided him with food to eat and arranged for his sleeping.
Question 5.
What made jean to steal bread?
Answer:
He was living with his sister and her seven children. They had no food. He could not get any work. The children were starving. So, he stole some bread.
Question 6.
Why was couri increasing Jean’s sentence?
Answer:
He tried to escape many times. Each time he was caught, the court increased his sentence.
Question 7.
Why was the sergeant puzzled?
Answer:
The Bishop called Jean Valjean as a friend. So the sergeant was puzzled.
Question 8.
Who brought Jean Valjean to the house of Bishop in the morning?
Answer:
Police caught and brought Jean Valjean to the house of the Bishop in the morning. Give one word for the following:
- A person imprisoned for the crime.
- The ship usually rowed by prisoners.
- Punishment is given by a court of law.
- Be ruled or controlled tyrannically.
- A person without money food and shelter.
Answer:
- Convict
- galley
- sentence
- downtrodden
- Destitute.
V. Use the following in your own sentence :
1. Right – Write
Children have a right to get an education. He writes English work very neatly.
2. Night – Knight
We can see the stars at night.
Many robbers were killed by the Knight.
The Noble Bishop Summary in English
It is a small play which narrates the friendliness and kindness of a Bishop that changes a convict into an honest man. The bishop is seated for dinner and his sister, Baptistine is ready to serve. Just then a convict enters the room and introduces himself that he is Jean Valjean. He has been imprisoned for nineteen years. He had walked for miles. He had not eaten anything for three days and requested-them for food. Bishop told his sister to put another plate and arrange for a bed. She carried put the order with fear. Bishop called him a friend.
The convict reminded the Bishop that he was a convict. Everybody had told him to get out calling him a ‘dog.’ He told that the bishop must be a great soul and thanked the bishop. Bishop asked his sister to bring out the silver candlesticks and light them. She serves them to soup, cheese, mutton, and a large loaf of bread. The convict devours. Bishop tells the convict that he must have suffered a lot. Convict agrees that he was once a man, but now he was not a man only a beast. He had lived in hell for nineteen years. Bishop asked the convict what made him to live in the galleys. Convict told his story. He had lived with his sister and her seven children. She was ill and they had no food and he could not get any work. The children were starving. So he stole some bread. He was caught and sentenced to the galleys. They had chained him like a wild animal. He was at last free to starve. Bishop asked him to take rest as he was tired.
Jean Valjean was so exhausted that he feel asleep immediately. He woke up in the middle of the night. He remembered his nineteen years imprisonment for stealing bread. He had tried to escape many times. Each time he was caught, the court had increased his sentence. Once he was free he had asked for work. But no one was willing to take him. Jean Valjean thought about the silverware that was laid on the table for dinner. He saw that bishop was sleeping. Suddenly, Jean Valjean went past to the cupboard, and took the silverware and jumped out of the window and ran away.
In the morning, Baptistine informed the Bishop that the silver was stolen. Bishop was very sad and told that he had withheld the silver wrongfully for a long time. It belonged to the poor. Just then, there, was a knock at the door. A servant and four policemen with the convict bound, entared the room. Police had caught the convict. Bishop told the servant that he had given the silverware to the convict who had spent the night there. So the Police release the convict and let him go.
Bishop gives the convict the silver and Candlesticks and ask him to go in peace. Bishop tells him to come again. He can always come in and go out by the front door. The doors are open day and night. Bishop asks him to promise that he would use the silver to become an honest man. Convict sobs and promises to become a human again and not a wild beast. Later, Jean Valjean led the life of an honest man remembering the words of Bishop. He strove for the cause of the oppressed, downtrodden and destitute.
The Noble Bishop Summary in Kannada
