The Odour of Chrysanthemums : Short Questions

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Only for UG students

1.  What was the number of the locomotive unit?
2. From where did it come and how many wagons did it have?
3. Who was the waiting woman? For whom was she waiting?
4. “Like pink clothes hung on bushes” What is being referred to here?
5. Describe the waiting woman.
6. What was the name of the two children?
7. Describe the lad?
8. “Don’t do that – it looks nasty” Who says this? What looks nasty?
9. Why did the man not come to meet his daughter on Sunday?
10. What did Elizabeth bring for her father?
11. “…but make a beast of himself” Explain the context.
12. “They had but to wait for the father’s coming to begin tea” Who were they? Did the father come? What was the time by the clock?
13. “Why, mother, its hardly a bit dark yet” Why does the girl say so?
14. Examine the symbol of chrysanthemums.
15.” They’ll bring him when he does come – like a log”. How does the statement become ironical?
16. How can we subtitle the three sections of the story?
17. Who was Mrs. Rigley?
18. Why does the narrator caressingly say that “the kitchen needed apology”?
19. What is the Yew tree?
20. Describe Walter’s mother.
21. ‘…may the Lord spare us that’ Who is the speaker? What is the ‘that’?
22. What were Elizabeth’s thoughts as Walter’s return delayed?
23. What had happened to Walter?
24. How does the smell of the chrysanthemums blend with the surrounding atmosphere?
25. “…the touch of the dead man’s body gave them strange emotions, different in each of the woman”. What emotions are being referred to here?
26. “…the wife felt the utter isolation of the human soul” Explain.
27. “The child was like ice in her womb” Explain.
28. “HE existed all the time.” What does the speaker mean here? What is revealed about him?
29.”It seemed awful to her” what seemed awful?
30.  ” For she had been wrong” Why was she wrong?
31.  “ – she saw it now” What truth is revealed through death?
32. How does death reunite the two characters in the story?
33. Examine the major themes in the story.
34. Analyse the character of Elizabeth Bates and her final realization.
35. “Walter being dead still occupies a central position in the story” How far is this statement true?
36. Examine the use of symbols and images in the construction of the lot.
37. Comment on the title of the story. How does this olfactory perception become significant in the story?
38. Critically analyse Lawrence’s dramatic craftsmanship in the story.
39. “At last it was finished.” Narrate the circumstances under which it was finished? What changes did it bring?
40. Comment on the nature of love and its different aspects as presented through the different characters.




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