Macavity The Mystery Cat mcqs & important questions | class 8th honeydew english poem

Macavity The Mystery Cat MCQ Questions Class 8 English with Answers

Question. What was the poet telling again and again?
(a) Macavity surrenders his crime
(b) Macavity was present in the scene
(c) Macavity was not in the scene and disappears
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. Which of his powers would make a fakir stare?
(a) Levitation
(b) leeping
(c) Disappearing
(d) All of the Above

Answer:  A

Question. Scotland yard in the headquarters of the —– police force
(a) German
(b) London
(c) Turkish
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. What happens when you think he is half asleep?
(a) He if half asleep
(b) He is wide awake
(c) He is in deep sleep
(d) He is dreaming about another crime

Answer:  B

Question. Why Macavity was a ginger cat?
(a) Because he is tall and thin
(b) Because he is short
(c) Because he is healthy and wealthy
(d) Because he is huge

Answer:  A

Question. ‘You may seek him in the —–.’
(a) Air
(b) Basement
(c) Middle
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. Which part of him was deeply fined with thought?
(a) Eyes
(b) Hairs
(c) Eye brows
(d) Cheeks

Answer:  C

Question. How does the poet describe him?
(a) Hidden paw
(b) Master criminal
(c) Monster of depravity
(d) All of the Above

Answer:  D

Question. The meaning of ‘Fiend’ –
(a) Devil
(b) Human
(c) Giant
(d) Super humans

Answer:  A

Question. How would you identify Macavity when you see him?
(a) Ginger colour
(b) Tall height
(c) Thin looking
(d) Sunken eyes

Answer:  D

Question. Whom did his power of levitation make a stare?
(a) Fakir
(b) Priest
(c) Brahmin
(d) None of these

Answer:  A

Question. The word depravity means
(a) deep thought
(b) moral corruption
(c) bad actions
(d) mystery

Answer:  B

Question. What happen when the police reach the scene of crime?
(a) Macavity disguises himself
(b) Macavity admits his mistake
(c) Macavity disappears from the scene
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. Who is the poet of the poem “Macavity: The Mystery Cat”?
(a) T.S. Eliot
(b) Macavity
(c) S. D Sawant
(d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer:  A

Question. Name the poem.
(a) Geography Lesson
(b) Macavity: The Mystery Cat
(c) The Last Bargain
(d) The Ant and the Cricket

Answer:  B

Question. ‘He broken every ——,’
(a) Glasses
(b) Heart
(c) Legs
(d) Human law

Answer:  D

Question. Who was the master criminal?
(a) Dominating cat
(b) Mystery cat
(c) Pampering cat
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. Who is being described here?
(a) The flying squad
(b) The poet
(c) Macavity
(d) The flying treasure

Answer:  C

Question. What is the meaning of ‘bafflement’?
(a) feeling easy
(b) feeling uneasy
(c) feeling good
(d) hopeless

Answer:  B

Question. Whose despair is Macavity?
(a) Scotland Yard
(b) Fly Squad
(c) Baker’s Yard
(d) Poet

Answer:  B

Question. Who is the poem of the poem ‘Macavity; The Mystery Cat’
(a) Robert Frost
(b) Shakespeare
(c) T.S Eliot
(d) John Keats

Answer:  C

Question. What was the mystery cat called?
(a) Hidden eyes
(b) Hidden paw
(c) Hidden ears
(d) None of them

Answer:  B

Macavity’s a ginger cat, he’s very tall and thin;
You would know him if saw him, for his eyes are sunken in.
His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head a highly domed;
His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed.
He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake;
And when you think he’s half asleep, he’s always wide awake.

Question. Describe Macavity’s physique.
(a) Macavity is very tall and thin
(b) Has deeply lined eye-brows.
(c) Has sunken eyes
(d) All of the above

Answer:  D

Question. Macavity sways his head like a:
(a) Lizard
(b) Pigeon
(c) Snake
(d) Cat

Answer:  C

Question. What colour is his coat?
(a) Rusty
(b) Pinkish
(c) Wheatish
(d) Dusty

Answer:  D

Question. What is strange about his sleeps?
(a) He sleeps soundly
(b) He is always wide awake.
(c) He does not sleep the whole day
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Important Questions for Class 8 English Honeydew Poem 3

Question 1. How Macavity does outwit the world’s top investigation agencies?

Answer: Whenever investigation agencies reached the spot of crime, Macavity is not present there. He also didn’t leave any clue of him. These agencies were not able to found any sign of Macavity. Therefore, he outwitted the world’s top investigation agencies.

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Question 2. What is the most remarkable thing about Macavity?

Answer: Macavity, known as the Mystery cat has defied all laws. He even defies the law of gravity. He possesses supernatural powers which allow him to levitate up in the air. He is so confident in his manner that whenever the crime is discovered, Macavity disappears without leaving a single trace.

Question 3. Describe Macavity.

Answer: Macavity is a tall and thin ginger cat whose eyebrows are deep with lines. He has sunken eyes which gives him a devil look. His coat is untidy and his whiskers are uncombed. He moves his head from side to side and his body movement is like that of a snake.

Question 4. Read the first stanza and think.
(i) Is Macavity a cat really?
(ii) If not, who can Macavity be?

Answer: (i) No, Macavity is not a cat. The cat is just a representation of the master criminal.

(ii) The poet did not mean Macavity as a cat. He just has given a poetic form using the cat to refer a criminal who is ferocious and very intelligent one. He commits the crime in a conning quiet manner as a cat does.

Question 5. A cat “I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through”. (Jules Verne)
Which law is Macavity breaking in the light of the comment above?

Answer: “A cat. I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through”. In this line, Macavity breaks the law of gravity.

Question 6. Read stanza 3, and then, describe Macavity in two or three sentences of your own.

Answer: Macavity described as a ginger cat. He is tall and thin and you can recognise him by his eyes which are sunken; deeply lined brow and highly doomed head. He never takes care of his dress. His coat is dusty with neglect. He never combs his whiskers. He moves like a snake and is always wide awake.

Question 7. Having read the poem, try to guess whether the poet is fond of cats. If so, why does he call Macavity a fiend and monster?

Answer: Yes, It seems like the poet is fond of cats. He calls Macavity a ‘friend’ and a ‘monster’ because he might have wanted to portray an evil side. He might have used a cat in order to create a negative character who is a criminal and escape easily from police. The quick movements of a cat and its mysterious eyes might have influenced him to create this evil character in the form of a cat.

8. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

Macavity’s a Mystery: he’s called the Hidden Paw
For he’s the master criminal who can defy the Law.
He’s the bafflement of Scotland Yard, The Flying Squad’s despair:
For when they reach the scene of crime —Macavity’s not there!

1. What is the other name given to Macavity cat?
   Ans. The other name given to Macavity is the Hidden Paw.
2. What kind of cat is Macavity?
   Ans. Macavity is a mysterious and criminal cat.
3. Why is Macavity the bafflement of Scotland Yard?
   Ans. Macavity is the bafflement of the Scotland Yard because he can defy the law and is never caught by the Flying Squad.

9. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:

Macavity’s a ginger cat, he’s very tall and thin;
You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in
His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly doomed;
His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed.

1. Why is Macavity called a ginger cat?
   Ans. Macavity is called a ginger cat because he’s very tall and thin.
2. How would you know that it is a Macavity cat?
   Ans. We would know it is a Macavity cat as its eyes were sunken in and his brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly doomed.
3. What kind of coat and whiskers did Macavity have?
   Ans. Macavity had dusty coat and uncombed whiskers.