Important Questions of Mr. Chips

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Q1: Who is the writer of the novel? Or Who is James Hilton?

Ans: James Hilton is the writer of the novel.

Q2: When was Chips born? Or What was the age of Chips when he saw the great exhibition?

Ans: He was born in 1848. He was brought to great exhibtion as a toddling child.

Q3: Why 1870 was easy to remember for Chips? Or When Chips joined Brookfield? Or What was the year of Franco Prussian war? 

Ans: Chips could easily remember 1870 because it was the period of the Franco Prussian war. It was the year when he joined Brookfield and finally it was the year when Wetherby died.

Q4: Who was Wetherby? Or What kind of fellow was Wetherby? Or Who was the head of Brookfield when Chips joined it? Or When was Mr. Wetherby the head of Brookfield? Or When did Wetherby died? Or When Mr. Chips joined Brookfield?

Ans: He was the head of the Brookfield when Chips joined in 1870. He was very fatherly and courteous. He had vivid eyes. He behaved kindly with Chips . He advised Chips to keep discipline. He died in 1870.

Q5: How did Mr. Weherby advise Chips on the day of his Interview at Brookfield?

Ans: He asked Chips to give his zeal of youth to Brookfield and it would give him something in return. He asked him not to allow anyone to play tricks with him. He asked him to take up firm attitude to keep discipline.

Q6: Decribe Chips’ first day experience at Brookfield?

Ans: On the first day at Brookfield, Chips was nervous. Chips assumed a scowl when he entered the class. A boy dropped a desk lid. Chips punished him by giving him a hundered lines.

Q8: Who was Colley? Or How did Chips treat Colley who dropped a desk lid when Chips was taking his first class?

Ans: Colley was a red-haired boy . Mr. Chips punished him by giving him hundered lines to write.

Q9: Who was the doctor of Mr. Chips? Or What was the name of Chips’ doctor and how often did he visit Chips?

Ans: The name of Chips’ doctor was Merivale. He called upon Chips every fortnight.

Q10: What did Chips’ doctor say about Chips?

Ans: The doctor said that Chips was fitter than he. He would not get any horrible disease. He would die a natural death. He called Chips a matchless old boy.

Q11: What did Dr. Merivale tell Mrs. Wickett when Chips had a cold or when east wind roared over the fenlands?

Ans: When Chips had cold or when the cold wind blew, Merivale asked Mrs. Wickett to look after Chips. He said that Chips’ chest put a strain on his heart. His only fatal disease was old age.

Q12: How did Chips measure his time when he lived at Mrs. Wickett’s house?

Ans: Like some old sea captain, Chips measured his time by the signals of the past. He lived his life according to the bells of Brookfield.

Q13: How did the voice of Chips sound after retirement?

Ans: He had a jerky high pitched voice. It still had a tasteof his young lively voice

Q14: When and for how much time did Chips worked at Melbury school and why did he not like it?

Ans: Chips taught at Melbury school for one year, from 1869 to 1870. He did not like the school because he had been ragged there a good deal.

Q15: Who was Mrs. Wickett? Or Where Chips lived after his retirement? Or What was the importance of Mrs. Wickett house?

Ans: Mrs. Wickett was a kind lady. After retirement, Chips took up residence at her house. It was situated just across the road from the school. It was convenient for Chips.

Q16: What did Mrs. Wickett do at Brookfield?

Ans: She was the in charge of the linen room at the school.

Q17: Where was Brookfield situated? Or How did Brookfield look? Or Describe the building of Brookfield?

Ans: Brookfield lay behind a line of ancient elms. It looked reddish brown under its autumn creeper. It consisted of a group of 18^th century buildings. These buildings centered upon a quad.

Q18: When was Brookfield established?

Ans: Brookfield was established in the reign of Elizabeth.

Q19: Did Brookfield enjoy a good reputation? Or What was the status of Brookfield?

Ans: There had been rise and fall in its luck. It fell almost to known existence at one time and enjoyed good repute at another. However , it remained a good school of the 2^nd rank.

Q20: When was the structure of the building of Brookfield rebuilt and extended?

Ans: In the reign of the 1^st George, the main structure of the building was rebuilt and extended.

Q21: What kind of people did Brookfield supply?

Ans: It supplied judges, members of parliament, colonial administrators, peers and bishops. Mostly it produced merchants, squires and parsons.

Q22: Was Chips an ambitious teacher?

Ans: In his early twenties he wanted to get a headship or a senior mastership. It was after many repeated failures that he realized the nfitness of his qualifications.

Q23: With what did Chips serve the boys? Or How did Chips welcome the new students at his residence?

Ans: He served the boys with walnut-cake and tea. He made sure that there plates were never empty.

Q24: What kind of books did Mr. Chips have in his room?

Ans: The books were mostly classical. There were a few books of history and belles letters. There was also a pile of cheap editions of detective novels.

Q25: What kind of books did Chips read?

Ans: Sometimes he read virgil or xenophon for a few moments but mostly he read the detective novels of Dr. Thorndyke or Inspector French.

Q26: Who was Collingwood? Or Who was major Collingwood?

Ans: He was a major . He was uncle of Branksome. When Collingwood was a student at Brookfield, Chips had punished him for climibing on to the roof of gymnasium.

Q27: Where was major Collingwood killed?

Ans: He was killed in egypt.

Q28: Why did Chips hastn to the girl?

Ans: He hastened to the girl because he thought that she was in trouble.

Q29: What happen to Chips when he hastened  to the girl?

Ans: In doing so, he slipped and wrenched his ankle.

Q30: Why did Chips not like Bernard Shaw and Ibsen and bicycling of women?

Ans: Chips was an old person. He did not like Bernard Shaw and Ibsen for thier modern ideas. He did not like women taking up bicycling because he was against the freedom of women.

Q31: Who was Katherine Bridges? Or What were political ideas of Katherine? Or Whom Katherine read and admired?

Ans: Katherine Bridges was Chips’ wife. She had radical socialist ideas. She read and admired George Bernard Shaw and Ibsen.

Q32: Who were George Bernard Shaw and Ibsen?

Ans: They were the radical writers and Katherine liked them.

Q33: What notion did Chips have about women?

Ans: Chips never felt at ease with with women. He considered the new woman of the nineties such creature that filled him with horror. He thought that a nice woman should be weak, shy and delicate.

Q34: What was the name of the girl who helped Chips to reach his place and what was her age?

Ans: Her name was Katherine Bridges and her age was twenty five.

Q35: How did Katherine Bridges look?

Ans: She had blue flashing eyes and freckled cheeks and smooth straw coloured hair.

Q36: What was the profession of Katherine?

Ans: She was a governess out of job but she had already saved a little money.

Q37: Why did Katherine begin to like Chips?

Ans: She began to like Chips because he had gentle and polite manners. She liked his honest views though they were out-dated. She also liked his brown charming eyes.

Q38: Why was spring 1896 important for Mr. Chips?

Ans: The spring of 1896 was very important for Chips. During the summer  vacation, he went to Lake District. There he met Katherine whom he loved and married. She made him a new man.

Q39: When and where did Chips meet Katherine?

Ans: He met Katherine on Great Gable in the Lake District in 1896.

Q40: When did Katherine and her child die? Or How and when did Katherine die? Or Describe Katherine’s tragic death.

Ans: Katherine and her child died on 1^st April 1898 when she was giving birth to her baby. It was a deep shock for chips. He wished to die like her. He was totally preoccupied.

Q41: What was the April Foolery Chips faced? Or What did Chips recieved on the 1^st April 1898?

Ans: On 1^st April 1898, while he was staying at his desk, someone said that there were letters for him. He opened them one by one. All the letters contained a blank sheet of paper. 

Q42: What was the effect of Katherine’s death on Mr. Chips?

Ans: On the death of Katherine, he found himself to be in a horrifying nightmare. He wished to die like her. He was totally preoccupied.

Q43: How did Chips change his house after the death of his wife?

Ans: After the death of his wife, he changed his large apartment in school house for his old original bachelor quarters.

Q44: What happened to Chips when, after Katherine had died, he wanted to punish a boy?

Ans: After the death of Katherine, whenever he had a trouble with a boy, he felt a softening wave of memory. Then his brown eyes would twinkle into a shine that told the boy that all was well.

Q45: Was Katherine pleased with Chips’ being a teacher?

Ans: She was happy that Chips was a teacher and not a lawyer or a broker or a dentist or big business man. She liked teaching profession.

Q46: What did Katherine say to Chips on the night before wedding? Or How did Katherine feel on the night before the wedding?  

Ans: She said that she felt like a new boy beginning his first term with him. She said, “Good bye Mr. Chips” when Chips left her house.

Q47: Who said “Good bye Mr. Chips” first time and last time?

Ans: First time Katherine and last time Linford said “Good bye Mr. Chips”.

Q48: Why did Chips not marry till the age of 48?

Ans: He did not marry till the age of 48 as he considered himself to be ineligible to marry a young and ambitious girl. Then suddenly he met Katherine and married her.

Q49: How was Katherine recieved at Brookfield?

Ans: She was recieved very warmly at Brookfield. The wives of other masters  were attracted by her personality. She beame popular with the boys and masters alike. She conquered Brookfield.

Q50: How did Katherine impressed the Brookfield?

Ans: The wives of the master were jealous of her a the beginning but soon they began to like her. She impressed Brookfield with her wisdom. She won Brookfield as she had won Chips.

Q51: What kind of fellow was Mr. Chips before marriage?

Ans: He had been a dry and neutral sort of person. He was liked in general in Brookfield but he had nothing to be popular and loved.

Q52: Was Chips marriage successful or not? Or How did Katherine influence Chips? Or What changes did Katherine bring in Chips?

Ans: Yes, Chips’ marriage was very successful. Katherine made him a new man. His eyes gained sparkle and his mind began to think positively. His discipline improved a lot and he became popular.

Q53: What sort of humor did Chips make? Or What was Lex Canuleia?

Ans: He made little jokes like mnemonics and puns that raised laugh and at the same time imprinted something in the mind. Lex canuleia was a Roman law that permitted patricians to marry plebs. Chips used jokes and puns to explain this law.

Q54: What were the political ideas of Mr. Chips and how were they different from Katherine?

Ans: Chips was conservative in politics while Katherine had radical ideas. Even then her idealism worked upon his maturity to produce a mixture so gentle and wise.

Q55: How did Katherine persuade Chips for the football match? Or What were the arguments given by Katherine Bridges to convince Chips regarding the match?

Ans: Katherine argued that England was not always going to be divided into classes. She added that Brookfield should give social support also along with financial support to the Poplar boys.

Q56: How did Katherine urged Chips to forgive the students for thier mistakes? Or How did Katherine help Chips in the matters of discipline?

  

Ans: She improved his discipline by some useful suggestions. She advised him to be lenient in ordinary matters but in serious case she urged him to be strict and unforgiving.

Q57: What were the difficulties Chips faced when he tried to write down a book on Brookfield?

Ans: He could not write a book because writing tired him both physically and mentally. Moreover, he felt that some memories lost thier charm on the paper.

Q58: What memories of Katherine haunted Chips?

Ans: The golden memories based on thier life haunted Chips. He remembered her advises.

Q59: Who was Forrestor?

Ans: He was the smallest boy at school about four feet high above boots.

Q60: Who was Old Ogilive?

Ans: Ogilive was an old choirmaster. He taught a choir to sing together. He would take choir practice.

Q61: Who was Old Gribble?

Ans: He was the school butler.

Q62: Who was Rowden and where did he go with Chips? Or What was the age of Chips in the spring of 1896?

Ans: Rowden was the Colleague with whom Chips went to Lake District in 1896 when he was 48 years old.

Q63:What was the name of the old fifth-form room?

Ans: It was called “The Pit”.

Q64: What did Chips think about the Boers?

Ans: He was not against the Boers. Neither did he favour them. But still he believed that they had an odd similarity with certain English history-book herores.

Q65: Who was Ralston? Or How did Ralston look? Or Who was made head of Brookfield after Chips? Or  What sort of person was Ralston? Or What were the qualities of Ralston?

Ans: Ralston was a young man of thirty-seven who succeeded Chips as a head. He was glittering with firsts and blues.He had a personality that could reduce the big hall to silence by the mere lifting of an eyebrow.

Q66: Why did Ralston ask Mr. Chips to retire? Or What was the reason that led to the quarrel between Mr. Chips and Ralston? Or What were the charges that Ralston levied against Chips?

Ans: In 1908, when Chips had just reached sixty, Raslton asked him to retire because he thought that  Chips’ method of teaching is old. Chips refused to do so and a row started between them.

Q67: How did Ralston and Chips live together for three years after the row?

Ans: Chips was favoured by Chairman of the Governors. He told Chips that he could stay there till he was hundred. So he stayed on at Brookfield, having as little to do with Ralston as possible.

Q68: Why did Ralston leave Brookfield? Or When did Ralston leave Brookfield?

Ans: Ralston left Brookfield in 1911 to better himself. He was offered the headship of one of the greater public schools.

Q69: Did Chips like Ralston? Or What did Chips think at the end of his row with Ralson though he said no word? Or Why did Chips not like Ralston? Why could Ralston not become popular at Brookfield?

  

Ans: Chips did not like Ralston. He thought that Ralston was running the school like a factory to turn out a snob-culture based on money and machines. He thought that Ralston was lessening the old good traditions. Therefore, he did not like Ralston.

Q70: How did the people come to know about the quarrel between Ralston and Mr. Chips? Or Who heared the quarrel between Ralston and Mr. Chips?

Ans: A small boy, who was waiting outside to see Ralston, heared the entire row between the two. He told his friends about it and the news spread like a fire.

Q71: What was the reaction of the master’s to the row between Ralston and Chips?

Ans: The masters agreed that Chips was old-fashioned. However, they supported Chips because they hated Ralston’s slave driving and saw in Chips the likely champion.

Q72: Who was Mr. Chatteris? Or Why did Chatteris requested Chips to rejoin the school? Or When did Mr. Chatteris died? Or What was the health problem of Chatteris?

Ans: Chatteris succeeded Ralston. He was a young man of thirty four. He was modern, friendly and kind. He accepted Chips and his status in Brookfield. During war, he was facing problems and so he requested Chips to join the school. He fell ill in 1917 and he died in 1918.

Q73: Who was Sir John Rivers? Or Who was the Chairman of Governors? Or How did John Rivers treat Chips and Ralston? Or Why did John Rivers favoured Chips?

Ans: Sir. John Rivers was the Chairman of the Governors. He visited Brookfield, ignored Ralston and supported Chips. He favoured Chips because he thought that Chips was clear in his row with Ralston.

Q74: What did the Chairman of the Governors tell chips about his retirement?

Ans: He said that Brookfield would not be the same without Chips. He told Chips that he could stay there till he was a hundered. The Chairman expressed his hope that Chips would hang on.

Q75: Who was Meldrum? Or Who succeeded Wetherby as a headmaster? Or When did Meldrum die? Or When did Chips become the acting head of Brookfield? Or From which disease did Meldrum die?

Ans:  Meldrum was the head of Brookfield. He succeeded Wetherby and he held the office for thirty years. In 1900, he died suddenly from pneumonia and Chips became acting head.

  

Q76: Who was Mr. Jones and what was his duty?

Ans: Mr. Jones was a striker. He was a servant in the railway department. He had the charge of the single box.

Q77: How did Chatteris look when he went to see Chips?

Ans: He looked overworked, overworried and ill.

Q78: Who was Mrs. Brool? Or Why Mrs. Brool leave for Australia?

Ans: Mrs. Brool worked in the tuck-shop of Brookfield. She left the tuck-shop when her uncle in Australia left her a lot of money.

Q79: Who was Mr. Cartwright?

Ans: He was the new head of Brookfield. He joined in 1919. It was Cartwright who announced the news of Chips’ death in school.

Q80: Who was Linford? Or Who was the last visitor of Chips? Or Who was the boy who came to see Chips when Mrs. Wickett had gone to see her relatives? 

Ans: Linford was the last visitor of Chips. He lived in Shropshire. He was the first of his family at Brookfield.

Q81: When did Chips retire and what was presented to him on the day of his retirement?

Ans: He got retired in 1913 at the age of sixty five. He was presented with a writing desk, a cheque and a clock.

Q82: What happen to Chips in 1913? Or Why was Chips off duty nearly the whole winter term? Or When did Chips suffered from Bronchitis? or When and why did Chips retire?

Ans: In 1913, Chips had Bronchitis and was off duty for nearly the whole of the winter term. This made him decide to resign. Then he was sixty five.

Q83: When did Chips recieved his farewell party? Or What type of farewell was given to Mr. Chips?

Ans: At the final end of term dinner, in July 1913, he recieved his farewell party. It was a wonderful party. There were roars of laughter and cheers. His speech made the party joyful.

Q84: What did Chips say in the farewell speech?

Ans: In the speech, he made many little jokes. There were several Latin quotations in it. There was also a reference to the Captain of the School who had overstated Chips’ services.

Q85: What event took place in 1926 in Brookfield?

Ans: During 1926, there was a general strike. Brookfield boys loaded motor vans with food stuffs. The strike had cost England much.

Q86: What was Chips’ will? Or When did Chips make his will and what was it? Or Whom did Chips leave his money in his will?

Ans: In 1930, he made his will. He gave some part of his legacies to Poplar Mission and to Mrs. Wickett. He left his remaining money to found an open entrance scholarship to the school.

Q87: When did the school heared the death of Chips? Or When did Chips die?

Ans: It was the morning of november 1933 when the school heared the news of Chips’ death.

Q88: How much time did spend in Brookfield?

Ans: He spent forty two years there. He said that he had been very happy there.

Q89: What was the event of bonfire in Brookfield?

Ans: They burnt a bonfire on mafeking night. It was lit near the pavilion. The fire got wild and they had to send for the fire-brigade to put it out.

Q90: Which newspaper did Chips read? Or Did Chips read any newspaper?

Ans: He read “Times” every morning thoroughly.

Q91: What sort of problems did Chatteris face during war?

Ans: He faced many problems during the war because most of the masters had joined up and the substitutes were not performing thier duties efficiently. 

Q92: What did Chips teach when he joined Brookfield again after his retirement?

Ans: He taught again the same old lessons of Latin and Roman history. He taught these lessons with his old methods and pronunciation.

Q93: How did Chips feel when he rejoined Brookfield?

Ans: He felt very fit. The actual work was not tiring him. He felt very happy for the first time in his life, he felt himself necessary to Brookfield.

Q94: What is rissole? What joke did Chips make about it? Or What was abhorrendum?

Ans: Rissole is a small fried cake of minced meat, often mixed with breadcrumbs. It was serve in Brookfield on Mondays.Chips called it “abhorrendum ” ”meat to be abhorred”. It was called Chips’ latest joke.

Q95: What was meant by Chips’ latest?

Ans: Chips’ latest was his fresh joke.

Q96: Why did Chips’ not want to be the official head of Brookfield?

Ans: Chips was an old man. He did not want to be the official head of Brookfield as he felt himself unequal to it. He said that he was like those army officers of small ranks that suddenly become colonels and majors during the war- time.

Q97: How did Chips take his class during the shelling or air-raid? Or How did Chips keep up the spirits of the boys during the shelling?

Ans: Chips remained calm during the shelling. He even found some phrase to show the way the Germans fought. Chips said if it was thier fate to die, they should die in doing something proper. This is how he took his class and keep up the spirits of the boys during the shelling or air-raid. 

Q98: Which lesson of Latin was Chips teaching in the loud roar of bombing?

Ans: He was teaching the affairs of ceaser in gaul and the irregular conjugation of the verb ‘tollo’.

 Q99: What happened on 11^th November , 1918? Or How did Brookfield celebrate the end of war?

Ans: World war I ended on 11 November, 1918. A whole holiday was declared. The kitchen staff was asked to provide a large meal. There was much cheering and singing and a bread fight.

Q100: When did Chips send his resignation to the Board of Governors for the second time in life?

Ans: He sent his resignation to the Board of Governors on the night of 11 November, 1918.

Q101: Why did Chips resigned again?

Ans: He beame an acting head of Brookfield during the World War I. But the war ended on 11 November, 1918. He thought that Brookfield did not need him after the war. So, he resigned for the second time.

Q102: Why did Chips earn the reputation of being a great Jester?

Ans: Wherever Chips went and whatever he said there was laughter. Whenever he rose to speak, people got ready for a joke. They laughed sometimes before he could come to the point.

Q103: Was Chips income more than his expenses after retirement? Or How did Chips spend his money after retirement? Or Where did Chips invest his money after retirement?

Ans: Yes, his income was more than his expense. His small capital was invested in save stocks. He gave money to the poor. He also gave money to various school funds and also to the Brookfield mission.

Q104: What did Chips’ doctor say to him on the foggy morning in 1933?

Ans: He asked Chips if he was feeling hearty. He advised him to keep indoors as there was a lot of flu about.

Q105: What were the two things Chips had never done in life?

Ans: He had never travelled by air and he had never been to a talky show(cinema).

Q106: Why did Linford come to see Chips?

Ans: Someone told him that Chips wanted to see him. Therefore, he came to see Chips. It was just a trick and a joke.

Q107: What sort of discussion did Chips have with Linford?

Ans: They talked of Shropshire, of schools, of the school life in general and of the news in that days paper. 

Q108: What wre the feelings of Chips when Linford had gone away?

Ans: The words “Good bye Mr. Chips” began to echo in his mind because these were the same words which Katherine said a night before thier wedding. Suddenly, the tears rolled down his cheeks. He felt very tired.

Q109: Draw a character sketch of Mr. Chips?

Ans: Chips was a matchless old boy. He lived a pleasent peaceful life. He was kind and generous. He served his guests with tea and cakes. He loved old traditions. He was very brave also.

 Q110: Write a note on Mr. Chips as a teacher?

Ans: Chips was not a brilliant teacher. His method of teaching was old. In the beginning, he could not keep discipline but then he learnt to enforce it. He was a devoted teacher. He loved his profession. He amused his students with jokes. 

Q111: How did Mr. Chips live his retired life?

Ans: In 1913, Chips retired. After retirement, he lived at Mrs. Wickett’s house. He spent most of his time in reading, talking, remebering, taking tea, watching matches and writing articles.

Q112: How did Chips react to the remark of Mr. Cartwright about his being issueless?

Ans: Cartwright whispered to Merivale that it was a pity that Chips was issueless. At that remark, Mr. Chips opened his eyes and said that he had thousands of children and they were all boys.

 Q113: Where was Mrs. Wickett on the day Chips died?

Ans: Mrs. Wickett had gone out to see her relatives in a neighbouring village.

Q114: Describe the death scene of Mr. Chips? Or Write a note on the death of Mr. Chips?

Ans: Chips’ death scene was very touching and emotional. He heard a sweet chorus of the names of his boys. Then he went to sleep and looked so peaceful that nobody disturbed him. But he died the same night.

Q115: What type of novel “Good bye Mr. Chips” is?

Ans: It is a semi-biographical novel. The main character, Chips, takes the readers down his memory lane and unfolds important events of his life.