Chapter 5 Quality Important Questions Class 7 Honeycomb English
Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1. Where was the shop?
Answer
The shop was in a small by street in a fashionable part of London.
Question 2. 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.
Question 3. What was the cause of Mr. Gessler’s death?
Answer
The cause was due to slow starvation.
Question 4. What happened when the another said his boots were creaked?
Answer
This made Mr. Gessler quite shocking.
Question 5. 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.
Question 6. 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.
Question 7. 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.
Question 8. How were the shoes of distinct?
Answer
Mr. Gessler made boots from the finest quality leather and craftsmanship.
Question 9. Who lived in London in his show shop?
Answer
Mr. Gessler lived in London in his shoe shop.
Question 10. How was Mr. Gessler’s language?
Answer
Mr. Greesler spoke English with an influence of his mother tongue which proved that his wasn’t an Englishman.
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 teacher thus, this caused him to death.
Question 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.
Question 13. Who was Mr. Gessler?
Answer
Mr. Gessler was a German shoemaker. He lived with his elder brother in their shop in London.
Question 14. 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.
Question 15. 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.
Question 16. 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.
Question 17. 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.
Question 18. 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.
Question 19. 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.
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.
Question 8. 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.
Long Answer Type Questions
Question 1. Narrate the incident where the author visited the shop of Mr.Gessler with the boots bought from the big firm.
Answer
One day the author went absent-minded into his shop in a pair of boots bought in an emergency at some large firm. He took the order without showing the author any leather and had a penetrating look at the inferior covering of the foot. At last, he said, “Dose is nod my boots.”
The tone was not one of anger, nor of sorrow, not even of contempt, but there was in it something quiet that froze the blood. He put his hand down and pressed a finger on the place where the left boot was not quite comfortable and then he said, “Id ’urds’ you dere,” he said, “Dose big firms ’ave no self-respect.”
Question 2. What did Mr. Gessler share about the troubles of his trade?
Answer
While talking with the author about the boots made by the big firms, he shared the pain of his trade. He said, “They get it all. They get it by advertisement, not by work. They take it away from us, who love our boots. It comes to this — presently I have no work. Every year it gets less.”
Question 3. What negative aspects of Mr. Gessler’s way of business are reflected by the Englishman?
Answer
The English young man reflected how Mr. Gessler was a perfect bootmaker but a bad businessman. He said that he wouldn’t have anybody to touch his boots except himself. When he got an order, it took him such a time. People won’t wait. He lost everybody. And there he’d sit, going on and on. According to the author, there is not a man in London who made a better boot than Mr. Gessler. In this age of competition, he never advertised. These all led to his downfall despite his ability as a good boot maker.
Question 4. When the author went after two years to the shop of Mr. Gessler what surprised him?
Answer
As the boots made by Mr. Gessler lasted terribly, the author was unable to go to Mr. Gessler’s shop before two years. When the author went it appeared to be his elder brother, handling a piece of leather. The author greeted and asked his whereabouts. Then he came close, and peered at the author and said, “I am breddy well”, but my elder brudder is dead.” And suddenly the author discovered him to be aged and wan.
Question 5. 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.
Question 6. 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.
Question 7. 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.
Question 8. ‘The states of the shoemakers did not change’. Yet they moved the writer? Do you agree or not?
Answer
The shoemakers were German, they did not change their accent. They died in rags, but never failed to deliver what they were good at. Their craftsmanship, dedication was evident from their work. They could not beat the rising consumerism yet succeeded in winning hearts. They could have changed according to the time, yet they relentlessly worked. Their perfection, dedication was unmatched. A craftsman never compromise with quality. So did they.
Question 9. 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.
Question 10. 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.
Question 11. The passion of Mr. Gessler wasn’t fruitful. How?
Answer
Author had mistaken Mr. Gessler for his elder brother because he looked too old. There was thin lining of hair left on the top portion of his head. During the last meeting with the author within a period of one year. Mr. Gessler had grown older by around 10 years. He looked tired and exhausted. The hardships of the trade have taken a toll on his health. He even failed to recognize the author at first.
Question 12. Why was it not possible to go to Mr.Gessler very often?
Answer
One could not go to Mr. Gessler’s shop very often and the reason was his excellent ability to make excellent and everlasting boots. His boots lasted terribly, having something beyond the temporary as if some essence of boot stitched into them.
Extract Based Questions
Extract 1.
Without a word he would leave me retiring whence he came, or into the other portion of the shop, and I would continue to rest in the wooden chair inhaling the incense of his trade. Soon he would come back, holding in his hand a piece of gold-brown leather. With eyes fixed on it he would remark, “What a beautiful biece!” When I too hard admired it, he would speak again. “When do you wand dem?” And I would answer, “Oh! As soon as you conveniently can.” And he would say, “Tomorrow fordnight?” Or if he were his elder brother: “I will ask my brudder.”
(i) Why was the narrator inhaling ‘the incense’?
(ii) What ‘was a beautiful piece’ for the German shoemaker?
(iii) What would have been reply of his brother?
(iv) What was the accent of shoemaker and his brother?
(v) Give the meaning of ‘whence’.
Answer
(i) When the narrator has to wait for him, he was inhaling the foul smell in the shop.
(ii) The beautiful piece was a piece of gold- brown leather.
(iii) He would have replied ‘I will ask my brudder’.
(iv) The shoemaker and his brother were having German accent.
(v) ‘From what or which place’.
Extract 2.
Once (once only) I went absent-minded into his shop in a pair of boost bought in an emergency at some large firm. He took my order without showing me any leather and I could feel his eyes penetrating the inferior covering of my foot. At last he said, “Dose are nod my hoods.” The tone was not one of anger, nor of sorrow, not even of contempt, but there was in it something quiet that froze the blood. He put his hand down and pressed finger on the place where the left boot was not quite comfortable.
(i) Why was the author conscious about?
(ii) Where was the shoe making looking at?
(iii) Why did he comment oh the shoes?
(iv) How can it be said that he was an expert?
(v) Give antonym of‘inferior’.
Answer
(i) The author was conscious about wearing a pair of books bought from large firm.
(ii) The shoemaker was looking at the author’s shoes.
(iii) He commented on the shoes as they were of inferior quality.
(iv) He touched exactly at uncomfortable place on shoes.
(v) Superior.
Extract 3.
“Dey get id all, “ He said, “dey get id by advertisement, nod by work. Dey take id away from us, who lofe our boods. Id gomes to dis – bresently I haf no work. Every year id gets less. You will see.” And looking at his lined face I saw things I had never noticed before, bitter things and bitter struggle and what a lot of grey hairs there seemed suddenly in his red bread!
(i) What does the expression ‘Dey get id all’ mean?
(ii) Why did not he have any work?
(iii) What were the sign’s of his struggle?
(iv) Explain ‘Every year id gets less’.
(v) Change ‘advertisement into verb.
Answer
(i) It means that the big firms sell their product by advertising.
(ii) He did not have any work because most of their customers have turned away.
(iii) The sign of his struggle were the advent of grey hairs in his red beard.
(iv) It means that every year their business was going down.
(v) Advertise.
Extract 4.
Low starvation, the doctor called it! You see he went to work in such a way! Would keep the shop on; Wouldn’t have a soul touch his boots except himself. When he got an order, it took him such a time. People won’t wait. He lost everybody. And there he’d sit, going on and on. I will say that for him-not a man in London made a better boot. But look at the competition! He never advertised! Would have the best leather too, and do it all himself. Well, there it is. What would you expect with his ideas?”
(i) Who died to starvation?
(ii) Why ‘would not have a soul touch his boots’?
(iii) What was his best quality?
(iv) What has failed him?
(v) What is the meaning of the expression ‘bitter struggle’?
Answer
(i) The German shoemaker died of starvation.
(ii) He wanted to do his job with perfection so he would not have a soul touch his boots except himself.
(iii) His boots were of best leather and were stitched with perfection.
(iv) The competition and consumerism has failed him.
(v) ‘Bitter struggle’ means a struggle where lots of opposition and criticism is face