The Artist
-Shiga Naoya
Shiga Naoya’s Biography
1. Shiga Naoya was
born in 1883 and died in 1971.
2. He was a Japanese
short story writer of 20th century.
THE ARTIST SUMMARY
“The Artist” is written by Shiga Naoya he was
a Japanese writer. In this story he tried to unfurl before us how the people of
today damage the talent of their son or daughter. In this story there is a boy
whose name is Seibei and he was of 12 years old even he was reading in primary
school only. Actually this boy was interested in gourds. After his school,
instead of playing with other children he used to go to the market in search of
gourds. In the evening he used to sit cross legged in the corner to living room
and work with the new gourds. He used to bore first a neat hole in the top of
the gourd and extracted the seeds after that he filled up with the liquid of
tea leaves to rid of the bad smell. In the next morning he wound the skin of
the gourds thoroughly damp because of the night treatment. He used to polish
the gourds carefully and hang in the sun light to dry. This was his daily work.
One day he saw a 5 inch gourd which an old lady was selling. He went to the
lady and bought that 5 inch gourd in ten yen. He did same thing with gourd also
because of this gourd he was very happy. One day he took that 5 inch gourd
along to the school and started polishing it under his desk in class time, one
of the teacher saw him polishing in class time. The teacher became very angry
and told him, you are an idiot and told there is no future for a boy like you.
The teacher not only seized his gourd but also he went to Seibei home to
complain when father knew about this he became very angry and scolded Seibei
very badly and told not do this again in the future. Next morning the teacher
handed over that gourd to the porter as to clean the room. Porter took it to
the home. One day porter was in need of money so he took that gourd to the
Curio dealer and sold him for 50 yen. Later curio dealer sold to wealthy man
for 600 yen.
THE ARTIST OBJECTIVE QUESTION
1.
“The Artist” is written by
___________.
a)Dr. Zakir Hussain
b)Mahatma Gandhi
c)Shiga Naoya
d)H.E. Bates
2.
Shiga Naoya was born in ___________.
a)1883
b)1892
c)1572
d)1990
3.
Shiga Naoya died in ___________.
a)1971
b)1920
c)1970
d)2000
4.
Shiga Naoya is famous for ___________.
a)Novel
b)essay
c)short story
d)drama
5.
Shiga Naoya is writer of ___________ century.
a)21th
b)20th
c)19th
d)17th
6.
Shiga Naoya is a ___________ writer.
a)Japanese
b)Korean
c)Nepali
d)Indian
7.
“The Artist” is ___________.
a)a play
b)an essay
c) a drama
d) a short story
8.
___________ is a short story.
a)India Through a Traveller’s
Eyes
b) The Artist
c)A marriage Proposal
d)Indian Civilization and Culture
9.
Seibei’s hobby of collecting ___________.
a)seeds
b)gourds
c)toys
d)mangoes
10.
Seibei’s hobby of collecting gourds made his teacher ___________.
a)proud
b)laughed
c)surprised
d)angry
11.
Seibei’s parents knew that he often went out to buy ___________.
a)potatoes
b)marbles
c)gourds
d)toys
12.
To my mind, injustice was done to ___________.
a)Kalki
b)Rezei
c)Seibei
d)Gosai
13.
One must admire the inherent qualities present in the ___________.
a)children
b)adult
c)old
d)young
14.
Seibei lived in a ___________ Town.
a)central
b)posh
c)remote
d)harbor
15.
Seibei reads at ___________ school.
a)Primary
b)Convent School
c)Private
d)Government
16.
___________ bawled at Seibei.
a)His uncle
b)His mother
c)His aunt
d)His father
17.
Seibei’s father worked at ___________ Shop.
a) grocery
b)carpenter’s
c)plumbers
d)goldsmith’s
18.
“You are an idiot!” ___________ Shouted.
a)the teacher
b)his father
c)the officer
d)his mother
19.
The price of the five inches gourd is ___________.
a)ten yen
b)five yen
c)nine yen
d)eleven yen
20.
___________ Was selling five inches gourd.
a)an old man
b)an old lady
c)a boy
d)a girl
21.
The teacher became very ___________ with Seibei for neglecting his studies.
a)angry
b)friendly
c)sad
d)happy
22.
One day he was caught red handed by his ___________ teacher.
a)Ethics
b)Chemistry
c)Hindi
d)English
23.
Seibei bought a ___________ inch gourd from an old woman.
a)2
b)3
c)4
d)5
24.
Seibei was interested in ___________.
a)gourds
b)tomatoes
c)potatoes
d)brinjal
25.
The curio dealer paid ___________.
a)5
b)20
c)30
d)50
26.
Seibei was a ___________ Japanese boy.
a)10 years
b)12 years
c) 15 years
d) 5 years
27.
The teacher gave Seibei’s confiscated gourd to an old ___________.
a)porter
b)professor
c)shopkeeper
d)teacher
28.
Seibei was fond of ___________.
a)toy
b)gourd
c)art
d)none
29.
Seibei is the character of ___________.
a)a pinch of snuff
b)the earth
c)the artist
d)none
30.
Seibei father wanted his son to be a ___________.
a)learned person
b)politician
c)farmer
d)none
31. THE
ARTIST QUESTION ANSWER
1.
Where did Seibi live?
Ans. Seibi lived in a Harbour town.
2.
Which type of gourd did Seibi like?
Ans. Seibei liked those gourds
which where symmetrical in shape.
3.
Why did Seibei’s father shout at him?
Ans. Seibei’s father shouted
at him when he spoke critically of the gourd
that was displayed at the agricultural show last spring. His father
thought that his view did not reflect sense or discrimination.
4.
Did Seibei’ s father like his hobby?
Ans. No’ Seibei’s father did
not like his hobby of collecting gourds at all.
5.
How much did the curio-dealer pay for the confiscated gourd?
Ans. The dealer paid Fifty Yen
for the gourd.
6.
What did Seibei do after he was forced to give up collecting
gourds?
Ans. Seibei started painting
after he gave up collecting gourds.
7.
THE ARTIST LINE EXPLANATION
1.
“The porter took the gourd home. With him and hung it on the
wall of his small sooty room.”
Ans. The given stanza has been taken from the chapter “The Artist” which is
written by Shiga Naoya. An old porter who worked in the school was given
Seibeis confiscated gourd by the teacher. The porter took the gourd home and
hung it on the wall of his room. He later sold off the gourd to the curio
dealers.
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