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Semester – II (Prose)
The Garden Party
Katherine Mansfield
The Garden Party Question Answer
Mark 2
1. Who are the members of the Sheridan family?
Ans: The members of the Sheridan family include Mr. Sheridan, Mrs. Sheridan, Laura, Laurie, Meg and Jose.
2. How was the weather in the morning on the day of the garden-party?
Ans: It was a perfect day in early summer. It was windless, warm and the sky was cloudless.
3. Who hosted the garden-party? Where was it hosted?
Ans: The Sheridan family hosted the garden party.
> They hosted it in their luxurious garden.
4. How many siblings were there in the Sheridan family ? Who, according to Mrs. Sheridan, was the most artistic one?
Ans: In the Sheridan family, there were four siblings, namely Laura, Laurie, Jose and Meg.
> Laura, according to Mrs. Sheridan, is the most artistic one.
5. Why did the workers come in the morning? Who supervised them?
Ans: The workers came to put up the marquee.
> Laura supervised the workers.
6. When and in which collection was ‘The Garden Party’ first published?
Ans: ‘The Garden Party’ was published in 1922 in the collection ‘The Garden Party and Other Stories’.
7. Who came to put up the marquee ? When did they come?
Ans: A group of four workers came to put up the marquee.
> They came in the morning even before breakfast was over at the Sheridan household.
8. What did the gardener do in the morning?
Ans: The gardener had been up since dawn, mowing the lawns and sweeping them. He mowed and swept until the grass and the dark flat rosettes where the daisy plants had been seemed to shine.
9. Who was asked to supervise the workmen? Why?
Ans: Laura was asked to supervise the workmen.
> Mrs. Sheridan sent Laura to supervise the workmen as she thought she was an artistic child. Moreover, Laura enjoyed arranging things.
10. How was the place for the marquee finalised?
Ans: Laura suggested the lily-lawn for the marquee. However, the workers told her that it was not a conspicuous place. Laura then pointed to the corner of the tennis court. The workmen ultimately decided to place it against the karaka- trees.
11. Which flowers impress people at garden-parties? How many of those flowers bloomed on that day?
Ans: According to the narrator, roses are the only flowers that impress people at garden parties.
> Hundreds of roses bloomed on that day.
12. What did Laura feel about the workers?
Ans: Laura liked the jolly workmen. They seemed extraordinarily nice to her. She wished to have the workmen for her friends rather than the silly boys she danced with.
13. Who is called ‘the butterfly’ in ‘The Garden Party’? Why?
Ans: Jose, Laura’s sister, is called ‘the butterfly’ in ‘The Garden Party’ by Katherine Mansfield.
> She is called so because she always comes down in a silk petticoat and kimono jacket. She is colourful and a carefree like a butterfly.
14. How did Laura supervise the workmen?
Ans: Initially, Laura imitated her mother’s way of speaking to show her greatness. But the the friendliness of the workers impressed her and she started to speak naturally. She tried to direct the workmen but the workmen ultimately decided everything.
15. After meeting the workmen, what did Laura feel about class distinction?
Ans: After meeting the workers, Laura felt that class distinction was absurd. She did not feel an atom about class distinction. She felt just like a work girl.
16. What did the florist bring?
Ans: The florist brought a wide, shallow tray full of pots of big, radiant pink canna lilies.
17. Who placed the piano in a convenient position ? Who sang with the piano?
Ans : The two sisters Meg and Jose, along with a servant called Hans, placed the piano in a convenient position.
> Jose sang a song with the piano.
18. Who had ordered the florist to bring the lilies? When?
Ans: Mrs. Sheridan had ordered the florist to bring the lilies.
> While passing the shop the previous day, she saw the flowers in the window and ordered them for the party.
19. Who telephoned Laura? What conversation did they have?
Ans: Laura’s friend Kitty Maitland telephoned her.
> Laura invited Kitty to have lunch with her. She also conveyed her mother’s words to wear the hat she had worn the previous Sunday.
20. Who interrupted the song? Why?
Ans: Sadie, a maidservant, interrupted the song.
> The cook had sent Sadie to bring the flags for the sandwiches.
21. “Only Godber’s man seemed to be enjoying himself; it was his story.” – Who were listening to his story? What was the story about ?
Ans: Sadie, Hans and the cook were listening to his story.
> The story was about the accidental death of a carter, Mr. Scott.
22. What do the flowers symbolise in ‘The Garden Party’?
Ans: In ‘The Garden Party’, Katherine Mansfield has mentioned flowers like roses, lilies and lavenders. The flowers represent social status, class distinction, beauty, life’s delicacy and aesthetic joy. They are the symbols of joy and celebration of the garden-party. They also stand for the transience of life and the inevitability of death.
23. What song did Jose sing? What was the song about?
Ans: Jose sang ” This Life is Weary”.
> It was a melancholic song about the changing nature of love and life and its consequent hopelessness.
24. Where did Mr. Scott live? What was his profession ?
Ans: Mr. Scott lived in one of the ‘little cottages’ located down the hill from the Sheridan family’s luxurious house.
> By profession, Mr. Scott was a cart driver.
25. Whom did Laura tell first about stopping the party? How did the person react?
Ans: Laura told Jose, her sister, first about stopping the party.
> Jose told Laura that it was an extravagant and absurd proposal. She was against taking Mr. Scott’s death seriously and sympathetically.
26. How many kinds of sandwiches were prepared by the cook? Who congratulated the cook?
Ans: The cook prepared fifteen kinds of sandwiches.
> Jose congratulated the cook for such exquisite sandwiches.
27. Who announced the arrival of Godber’s man? What was Godber’s famous for?
Ans: Sadie, a maidservant, announced the arrival of Godber’s man.
> Godber’s was famous for their cream puffs
28. How did Mr. Scott die ?
Ans: Mr. Scott died in an accident. His horse shied at a traction – engine and threw him out on the back of his head. As a result, Mr. Scott was killed.
30. Why did Laura think of stopping the party?
Ans: Mr. Scott, a neighbour of the Sheridan family, died in an accident that morning. Laura thought they could not possibly have a garden-party with ‘a man dead just outside the front gate.
32. How did the servants and Godber’s man react to Mr. Scott’s death?
Ans: The characters who listened to the story of Mr. Scott’s death reacted in a variety of ways. Godber’s man was Neamused, Hans was confused, Sadie seemed to be in pain and Cook clicked her tongue.
29. Whom did Mr. Scott leave behind?
Ans: Mr. Scott left behind his wife and five little children.
36. Who were forbidden to set foot in the Scotts’ neighbourhood? Why?
Ans: The children of the Sheridan family mily were forbidden to set foot in the Scotts’ neighbourhood.
> They were not allowed to to go there in fear that they might catch the revolting language of the locality.
28. When and where did the accident take place ?
Ans: The accident took place that morning at the corner of Hawke Street.
39. To what extent was Laura convinced by her mother’s argument?
Ans: Laura was not at all convinced by her mother’s argument. She felt it was all wrong. She told her mother that it would be heartless of them to continue the party when a man had died in the neighbourhood.
35. Who lived in Scotts’ locality?
Ans: Poor people lived in the Scotts’ locality. The members of this locality included washerwomen, sweeps, a cobbler, and a man whose housefront was studded with minute birdcages.
38. How did Laura’s mother react to Laura’s proposal to stop the party?
Ans: Laura’s mother refused to take Laura seriously. She said they could not stop it for an accident of an unimportant man from a poor family.
41. “People like them don’t expect sacrifices from us.”-Who are the people referred to here? Why wouldn’t they expect sacrifices from them?
Ans: People of poor families like the Scotts are referred to here.
> The Sheridans were rich and thus considered Ne themselves superior to their poor neighbours. They weren’t ready to spoil their enjoyment for their mourning neighbours.
40. How did Laura’s mother try to divert her consciousness ?
Ans: Laura’s mother brought a hat and popped it on her head. She held up her hand-mirror to show Laura her own beautiful reflection.
37. Why did Laura want to stop the band? How did Jose refute her proposal?
Ans: Laura told Jose that the band should be stopped because it would be unpleasant to Mrs. Scott.
> Jose refuted Laura by saying that if she stopped the band from playing each time an accident occurred, she would lead a very strenuous life.
42. How was Laura’s consciousness diverted?
Ans: Laura’s mother put a hat on Laura’s head. Later, Laura observed her charming image in the mirror in her black hat trimmed with gold daisies and a long black velvet ribbon by chance. The discovery of her beautiful image diverted her consciousness.
43. “I’ll remember it again after the party’s over.” – Who will remember it? What will the speaker remember?
Ans. Laura would remember it.
She would remember the accidental death of Mr. Scott and the miseries of his family.
44. “But it all seemed blurred, unreal, like a picture in the newspaper.” – What is compared to a picture in the newspaper? How did it affect Laura?
Ans. The news of Mr. Scott’s death is compared to a picture in the newspaper.
The impact of Mr. Scott’s death fades away from Laura’s mind as she discovers her beautiful reflection in the mirror. This switch from subjective attachment to objective detachment relieved her from the prick of conscience for that moment.
45. When was the lunch over? When were the Sheridans ready for the party?
Ans. Lunch was over by half past one.
By half-past two, the Sheridans were ready for the party.
46. Why did Laura want to tell Laurie about the accident?
Ans. Laura valued Laurie’s opinions and deemed them to be the decisive factor. So she wanted to tell Laurie about the accident and seek his opinion on the justification of the garden-party. If he agreed, she believed that it was bound to be alright.
47. Why could Laura not tell Laurie about the accident?
Ans. Laura followed Laurie into the hall to tell him about the accident. However, distracted by Laurie’s appreciation of her stunning look, Laura could not tell him about the accident.
48. When did Mr. Sheridan share the news of the accident? What did he say?
Ans. Mr. Sheridan shared the news of the accident after the party was successfully over.
He said that it was a horrible affair. Mr. Scott was married and he left ‘half a dozen’ children and his wife. Moreover, he also informed that the latter lived just below the lane.
49. Who planned to send a basket of food to the Scott family? When?
Ans. Mrs. Sheridan planned to send a basket full of food to the Scott family.
She planned to send it when she saw the table full of uneaten sandwiches, cakes and puffs.
50. Why was Laura hesitant about sending the basket of leftover food to Mr. Scott’s family?
Ans. Laura thought it would be a bad idea to send the scraps from their party. She thought Mr. Scott’s wife would not like it.
51. Why could Laura not realise that she was going somewhere where a man lay dead?
Ans. Laura’s mind was hung up on the successful party. She was still absorbed in the kisses, voices, tinkling spoons, laughter and smell of crushed grass. So she was unable to realise anything about her surroundings or the deceased person.
52. How was the atmosphere during Laura’s journey to the Scott’s house?
Ans. It was growing dusky when Laura started for the Scott’s cottage. The road gleamed white. The sky was pale and the evening was quiet. As she crossed the broad road, she entered a dark and smoky lane.
53. How did Mr. Scott’s dead body look like?
Ans. It seemed to Laura that Mr. Scott was in a deep slumber.
She felt that he was dreaming peacefully. The young man’s eyes were closed and his head was sunk in the pillow. He looked ‘wonderful, beautiful’.
54. What was Laura thinking while she was standing in front of Mr. Scott’s dead body?
Ans. She thought garden-parties, baskets and lace frocks did not have anything to do with Mr. Scott anymore. While the party was going on and the band was playing, he was sleeping happily; he was beyond any mortal obligation by that time.
55. What did Laura see as she entered the Scott’s locality?
Ans. As Laura entered the dark and smoky lane of the Scott’s locality, she saw women in shawls and men’s tweed caps hurry by. She also saw some men hung over the palings and the children played in the doorways.
56. Why did Laura feel awkward as she was entering the Scotts’ house?
Ans. On her way to enter the Scotts’ house, Laura felt awkward because of her lace frock and decorated hat. She felt that she should have put on a coat in place of her fashionable dress.
57. How did Laura reach the grieving widow?
Ans. Originally, Laura did not want to enter the Scotts’ cottage. She wanted only to drop the basket of leftover food and leave. But being confused by the situation and urged to come in, she followed Mrs. Scott’s sister and faced the grieving widow.
58. How did Mrs. Scott look?
Ans. Laura found Mrs. Scott sitting before the fire. Her face was puffed up and red. Her eyes and lips were swollen too. She looked terrible.
59. How was Laura brought before the corpse ?
Ans. Laura only wanted to get away after meeting Mrs. Scott. As she was back in the passage, she opened a door and entered straight into the bedroom where the corpse was lying. Em’s sister urged her to look at the dead body. Laura could not ignore her call.
60. “Was it awful?”-What is referred to here? What was the answer to the question?
Ans. The dead body of Mr. Scott is referred to here.
Laura answered that it was not awful, rather it was ‘marvellous’.
61. Does Laura say anything about life at the end of the story?
Ans. Laura wanted to say something about life to Laurie. But she could not convey her idea on what life is like. She fails to explain it.
62. Describe the role of Laura’s mother in shaping Laura’s perception in ‘The Garden Party.
Ans. In Katherine Mansfield’s short story ‘The Garden Party, Mrs. Sheridan, Laura’s mother, shapes her perception in multiple ways. First, she sends Laura to supervise the workmen. It gives Laura autonomy over her own life. Secondly, she tries to distract Laura from her concern for Mr. Scott’s death and teaches Laura to be conscious of her own class. Mrs. Sheridan tries to teach Laura their values and not be sensitive to the affairs of the lower class. But Laura’s perception develops in the other direction. She feels empathy for the grieving family.
63. How does the garden reflect the contemporary society ?
Ans. In ‘The Garden Party’ by Katherine Mansfield, the garden becomes the symbol of social status. The garden of the Sheridan family is for aesthetic enjoyment. But the garden of the poor neighbours is a source of kitchen items. Thus, the garden reveals social inequality in the contemporary society.
64. Who is the protagonist of the story ‘The Garden Party’? What changes the protagonist’s perception about life and death?
Ans. Laura Sheridan is the protagonist of the story ‘The Garden Party’.
Her encounter with death in the form of Mr. Scott’s dead body changes her perception of life and death.
65. What is the main conflict in ‘The Garden Party’?
Ans. In ‘The Garden Party’, the main conflict is between Laura’s upbringing and the reality, between the Sheridan family’s luxurious garden-party and the tragedy in the impoverished neighbourhood.
66. When did Laura stammer in ‘The Garden Party’?
Ans. In ‘The Garden Party’, Laura stammered twice. The first time was when she started a conversation with the workmen. She stammered because of her unnatural voice. At the end of the story, Laura stammered once more when she could not explain her experience regarding life and death to Laurie.
67. How does Katherine Mansfield show the conflict between old and new technology in the story?
Ans. The Industrial Revolution brought about a change in transportation. The cause of Mr. Scott’s death is the meeting of old technology (a cart) with new technology (a traction-engine). This death shows the march of the Industrial Revolution over the traditional mode of transportation.
68. What does Laura realise at the end of the story ‘The Garden Party’?
Ans. At the end of the story, Laura realises the reality of class differences, the superficiality of her own class and the fleeting nature of life. She feels that death makes no distinction between the rich and the poor.
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