The Cop and the Anthem 3

Prose section

The Cop and the Anthem

Extract No. 03

Activities with expected answers

Page No. 29/30 

[Lines, “Soapy was seized……blocks away”]

Read  the extract and do all the activities that follow.

A1. Flow chart :                     (02)

Complete the flow chart by writing down the actions made by soapy to show that he was in Intoxication.

(This is a Practice Activity)

Soapy was seized with a sudden fear that some dreadful enchanted had rendered him immune to arrest. He was in a state of panic, and, when he came upon another policeman lounging grandly in front of a  glittering theatre, he caught at the immediate straw of ‘disorderly conduct’.

On the sidewalk Soapy began  to yell drunken gibberish at the top of his harsh voice.  He danced, howled, raved and otherwise disturbed the skies.

The policeman merely twirled his club, turned his back to Soapy and Hartford and remarked to a citizen.

“Tis one of them Yale lads celebrating the goose egg they give to the Hartford College. Noisy; but no harm. We’ve instructions to let them be.

Disconsolate, Soapy stopped his unavailing racket. Would never policemen lay hands on him? In his fancy, the island seemed an unattainable Arcadia. He buttoned his thin coat against the chilling wind.

In the cigar store he saw a well-dressed man lighting a cigar at the swinging light. He had set his silk umbrella by the door entering. Soapy stepped inside, grabbed the umbrella and sauntered off with it slowly. The man at the cigar light followed hastily.

“My umbrella,” he said sternly.

“OH, is it?” sneered Soapy, adding insult to petty larceny. “Well, why don’t you call a policeman? I took it Your umbrella! Why don’t you call a cop? There stands one on the corner.

The Umbrella owner slowed his steps. Soapy did likewise, with a premonition that lucky would again run against him the policeman eyed at the two curiously.

“Of course,” said the umbrella man “ Well, you know how these mistakes occur  if it’s your umbrella. I hope you ‘ll excuse me - I picked it up this morning in a restaurant if you recognise it as yours, why I hope you’ll”.

“Of course it’s mine, “said Soapy savagely.

The ex-umbrella man retreated. The policeman hurried to assist a tall blonde in an  opera across the street in front of a street car that was approaching two blocks away.

A2. Give reasons :                   (02)

The policeman did not arrest soapy even though he had troubled the public because ……………………

According to the police, it was instructed to them that the youngsters  are celebrating as (the Yales) have defeated  Hartford College. Let them celebrate. Although they are noisy but not harmful. There was clear instructions from the authorities not to take action against them. The police thought soapy was one of them.

A3. Conclusion :                     (02)

Find out the conclusion from the statement,” I picked it up this morning in a Restaurant if you recognise it as yours, why I hope you’’ll in context with the above text.

When soapy saw a well-dressed man lighting a cigar at the swinging light, he saw the man with a silk Umbrella. Soapy grabbed the umbrella. When soapy asked him to call a policeman the man was scared because he might have stolen it from a shop in the morning in a Restaurant. The man thought it might belonged to soapy as soapy was very confident.

A3. Infer and Interpret:.            (02)

Interpret the following statement

 "Soapy was seized with a sudden fear that some dreadful enchanted had rendered him immune to arrest."

Practice Activity

A4. Personal Response :           (02)

  Write down your reaction, if you pick somebody else's belongings or possession by mistake. Narrate it in about fifty words.

A5. Language study                     (02)

i) He was in a state of panic.  (Frame a Rhetorical Question)

  Wasn’t he in a state of panic?

ii)Soapy was seized with a sudden fear that some dreadful enchanted had rendered him.

 Identify the tenses used in the above sentence.

(This is a Practice Activity)

iii) Soapy stepped inside, grabbed the umbrella.

(Make a simple sentence / compound  Sentence)

Stepping/by/After Stepping inside, soapy grabbed the umbrella.( Simple)

Soapy stepped inside and grabbed the umbrella.( Compound)

Iv) He saw a well dressed man.

(Frame a "Wh-Question" to get the underlined part as an answer)

Select your answer from the given options.

a) When did he saw a well dressed man?

b) Wasn't he well dressed?

c) What did he see?

d) How was the man?

Practice Activity for students

A6. Vocabulary :                  ( 02)

Find out words from the extract which mean the following.

e) Grabbed = seized

f) Standing comfortably= lounging

g) Senseless talk = gibberish

h) Loud wild sound = howled and raved

Activities prepared by

TUSHAR J BAGWE

K J SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND COMMERCE VIDYAVIHAR EAST MUMBAI 77

E Mail.        tushar@somaiya.edu