Macavity : The Mystery Cat // T S Eliot // Rainbow Part-2 Poetry Chapter-7

 

Macavity: The Mystery Cat

-T.S. Eliot

T.S. Eliot’s Biography

1.       Thomas Stearns Eliot was in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A in 1888 but eventually settled in England.

2.       He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 198.

3.       His major works include The Waste Land, Ash Wednesday and Four Quartets.

4.       Macavity: The Mystery Cat is taken from Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.

MACAVITY: THE MYSTERY CAT EXPLANATION

Macavity’s a Mystery Cat: he’s called the Hidden Paw-

For he’s the master criminal who can defy the Law.

He’s the bafflement of Scotland yard, the Flying Squad’s despair:

For when they reach the scene of crime_ Macavity’s not there!

Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity.

He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity.

His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare,

And when you reach the scene of crime - Macavity's not there!

You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air __

But I tell you once and once again, Macavity's not there!

Macavity's a ginger cat; he's very tall and thin;

You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in.

His brow is deeply lined with thoughts, his head is highly domed;

His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed.

He sways his head from side to side, with movement like a snake;

And when you think he's half asleep, he's always wide awake.

Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,

For he's fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity.

You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square -

But when a crime's discovered, then Macavity's not there!

He's outwardly respectable. (They say he cheats at cards.)

And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard's.

And when the larder's looted, or the jewel-case is rifled,

Or when the milk is missing, or another Peke's been stifled,

Or the greenhouse glass is broken, and the trellis past repair

Ay, there's the wonder of the thing! Macavity's not there!

And when the foreign Office find a Treaty's gone astray,

Or the Admiraltry lose some plans and drawings by the way,

There may be a scrap of paper in the hall or on the stair -

But it's useless to investigate - Macavity's not there!

And when the loss has been di closed, the Secret Service say:

'It must have been Macavity!' but he's a mile away.

You'll be sure to find him resting, or a-licking of his thumbs,

Or engaged in doing complicated long division sums.

Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,

There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity.

He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare:

At whatever time the deed took place- MACAVITY WASN'T THERE!

And they say that all the Cats whose

wicked deeds are widely known

(I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone)

Are nothing more than agents for the Cat who all the time

Just controls their operation: the Nepoleon of Crime!

MACAVITY: THE MYSTERY CAT SUMMARY

This poem is written by T.S. Eliot. In this poem the poet tells about a cat his name is Macavity but poet says he is mysterious cat because of his activeness. Poet says this cat has power to rise and float in the air. Always after the crime he reaches at the safe place. When people go to catch Macavity, the Macavity would not be present there. Poet tells that she is very tall and thin. Macavity always does crime such as drinking milk, breaking class she goes everywhere within our approach. The poet says that when she does crime it never remains there. Macavity cheats everyone but never leaves anything back. She is not a simple cat she is very smart cat. Macavity is so smart that even the police of Scotland failed to catch her.

MACAVITY: THE MYSTERY CAT OBJECTIVE QUESTION

         1.       Macavity is __________ by figure.
 a)tall and thin     
b)fat      
c)thick
d) only thin

        2.       Who finds Macavity half asleep?
a) John Donne
b) T.S. Eliot
c)cat
d)snake

        3.       Macavity eyes are ­__________ in.
a)sunken
b)spread               
c)both
d)none

         4.       Macavity breaks __________ glass.
a)yellowhouse
b)redhouse
c)greenhouse
d)blackhouse

        5.       Macavity: The Mystery Cat is a __________ poem in the mock heroic vein.
a)light
b)large                  
c)heavy
d)small

        6.        ‘Macavity : The Mystery Cat’ is written by __________.
a)John Keats
b)Walt Whitman
c)T.S Eliot
d)William Shakespeare

        7.       Macavity’s powers of levitation would make a __________ stare
a)saint
b)fakir
c)devil
d)teacher

        8.       Macavity is outwardly __________.
a)healthy
b)respectable
c)miserable
d)ugly

        9.       Macavity’s foot print-prints are not found in any __________ of Scotland yard.
a)file
b)copy
c)book
d)notebook

         10.    Eliot was a __________.
a)poet
b)verse dramatist
c)critic
d)all

        11.    Macavity : The Mystery Cat’ is a __________ poem.
a)humorous
b)didactic
c)symbolic
d)love

        12.    Macavity is the __________ of Scatland Yard.
a)Bafflement
b)despair
c)frustration
d)none of these

        13.    Macavity is called __________.
a)the hidden paw
b)the Myterious paw
c)the exposed paw
d) the heaviest paw

         14.    Macavity is the settlement of __________.
a)Bcotyard
b)Scotyard
c)Mcotyard
d)backyard

        15.    Mungojerrie and Griddlebone are also __________.
a)dogs
b)birds
c)cats
d)cows

         16.    Macavity is an __________.
a)outlaw
b)criminals
c)looter
d)none

        17.    Macavity is full of __________
a)happiness
b)sadness
c)deceitfulness
d)ugliness

        18.    T.S Eliot was born in __________.
a)1888, U.S.A
b)1887, England
c)1856, India
d)1555, America

         19.    T.S Eliot was poet of __________.
a)19^th century
b)20^th Century
c)18^th Century
d)21th century

        20.    Eliot got Nobel Prize in __________.
a)1945
b)1948  
c)1850
d)1875

        21.    Four Quartets is wriiten by __________.
a)T.S Eliot
b)Keki N Daruwala
c)Keats
d)Kamala Das

        22.    Macavity: The Mystery Cat has been take from __________.
a)The Waste Land
b)Ash Wednesday
c)Old possum’s book of practical cats
d)Murder in the Cathedral

        23.    Eliot died in __________.
a)1965, England 
b)1666, England
c)1966, America
d)1996, America

        24.    __________ is a master of criminal.
a)Kim
b)Sim
c)Macavity
d)Mungojerrie

         25.    Macavity is a __________.
a)donkey
b)horse 
c)cat
d)cow

        26.    Macavity is the settlement of __________.
a)Scotyard
b)sixty Yard
c)Forty Yard
d)backyard

        27.    The poet compares Macavity to __________.
a)Babar 
b)Hitler
c)Napoleon
d)Akbar

        28.    Macavity moves like a __________.
a)snake
b)lizard
c)rat
d)cow

        29.    __________ is tall and thin.
a)Cavity
b)Naughty
c)Macavity
d)Gridlebone

        30.    Macavity is called __________.
a)the hidden paw
b)dirty paw
c)dull paw
d)big paw

        31.    Macavity disappears from the place of theft before the __________ reach there.
a)police
b)general
c)commandoes
d)CID

MACAVITY: THE MYSTERY CAT LINE EXPLANATION

1.       “Macavity’s a Mystery Cat : he’s called Hidden Paw. For he’s the master criminal who can defy the law.”
Ans. The poet describes Macavity a mysterious cat. It is so cunning that it can not be caught by anyone. It commits crimes like breaking glass, drinking, destroying office files. Even Scotland Yard is fired Macavity because it Vanishes in no time.