Taleem City MR. Chips Notes
Chapter 1
Q.1. How did Chips measure time?
Ans: Chips measured time like some old sea-captain by the signals of the past. The Brookfield
school bell was the signal of his past.
Q.2. What would Chips do after the last bell?
Ans: He always wound up the clock, put the wire guard in front of the fire, turned out the gas and
carried a detective novel to bed.
Q.3. What was the opinion of Dr. Merivale about the health of Chips?
Ans: Dr. Merivale used to encourage Chips by saying that he would die a natural death. And he
was past the age when people get those horrible diseases.
Q.4. How often did Dr. Merivale visit Chips?
Ans: Dr. Merivale visited Mr. Chips every fortnight for his medical examination.
Q.5. From what disease did Mr. Chips suffer?
Ans: Mr. Chips did not suffer from any particular disease. It was only old age. If he suffered
from bronchitis during winter Merivale would advise Mrs. Wickett to look after him as his chest
put a strain on his heart.
Q.6. When was Chips born?
Ans: Chips was born in 1848.
Q.7. What Chips could still boast of?
Ans: Chips would boast that he was taken to the Great Exhibition as a toddler.
Q.8. Why Chips left Melbury?
Ans: Chips did not like Melbury because he had been ragged there a great deal. And his
discipline was also not very strong.
Q.9. How long did he serve there?
Ans: He served there for a year
Q.10. Who was Wetherby?
Ans: Mr. Wetherby was the headmaster of the Brookfield and interviewed Mr. Chips in 1870. He
was fatherly and courteous.
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Q.11. What was Wetherby’s advice?
Ans: Wetherby advised Chips to give his enthusiasm to Brookfield and he would get something
in return. He also told Chips to take up a firm attitude from the beginning.
Q.10. Who was Colley? Why was he punished?
Ans: Colley was the first boy Chips punished in Brookfield on his first day. Colley dropped the
desk so Chips punished him by giving him hundred lines.
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Chapter 2
Q.1. Where was Brookfield situated?
Ans: It was situated across the road behind the ancient elms. A group of eighteenth century
building centered upon a quadrangle
Q.2. When was Brookfield established?
Ans: It was established in the reign of Elizabeth as a grammar school.
Q.3. What do you know about the changing history of Brookfield school?
Ans: The reputation of Brookfield school kept fluctuating. Sometimes it would become
renowned institution and on other occasions it would dwindle almost to non-existent. The reign
of first George proved to be beneficial but after Napoleonic war and until mid-Victorian days,
the school declined again. Wetherby tried to restore its fortunes somewhat; but it could not make
much difference.
Q.4. What happened in the reign of first George?
Ans: The main structure had been rebuilt and large additions made.
Q.5. How long Wetherby stayed in Brookfield?
Ans Wetherby served Brookfield from 1840 to 1870. He restored its fortunes to a great extent.
Q.6. What kind of men did Brookfield produce?
Ans: Mostly, it produced judges, Members of Parliament, colonial administrators, a few peers
and bishops, merchants, manufacturers, professional men and a good sprinkling of country
squires and parsons.
Q.7. How ambitious was Chips in his early twenties?
Ans: His dream was to get headship eventually or at any rate a senior mastership in a really first
class school.
Q.8. What were the inadequacies of his qualification?
Ans: His degree was not particularly good; his discipline was not absolutely reliable under all
conditions. He had no private means and no family connections of any importance.
Q.9. When did Chips become the Doyen of the staff?
Ans: At fifty, he was the Doyen of the staff.
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Chapter 1
Q.1. How did Chips measure time?
Ans: Chips measured time like some old sea-captain by the signals of the past. The Brookfield
school bell was the signal of his past.
Q.2. What would Chips do after the last bell?
Ans: He always wound up the clock, put the wire guard in front of the fire, turned out the gas and
carried a detective novel to bed.
Q.3. What was the opinion of Dr. Merivale about the health of Chips?
Ans: Dr. Merivale used to encourage Chips by saying that he would die a natural death. And he
was past the age when people get those horrible diseases.
Q.4. How often did Dr. Merivale visit Chips?
Ans: Dr. Merivale visited Mr. Chips every fortnight for his medical examination.
Q.5. From what disease did Mr. Chips suffer?
Ans: Mr. Chips did not suffer from any particular disease. It was only old age. If he suffered
from bronchitis during winter Merivale would advise Mrs. Wickett to look after him as his chest
put a strain on his heart.
Q.6. When was Chips born?
Ans: Chips was born in 1848.
Q.7. What Chips could still boast of?
Ans: Chips would boast that he was taken to the Great Exhibition as a toddler.
Q.8. Why Chips left Melbury?
Ans: Chips did not like Melbury because he had been ragged there a great deal. And his
discipline was also not very strong.
Q.9. How long did he serve there?
Ans: He served there for a year
Q.10. Who was Wetherby?
Ans: Mr. Wetherby was the headmaster of the Brookfield and interviewed Mr. Chips in 1870. He
was fatherly and courteous.
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Q.11. What was Wetherby’s advice?
Ans: Wetherby advised Chips to give his enthusiasm to Brookfield and he would get something
in return. He also told Chips to take up a firm attitude from the beginning.
Q.10. Who was Colley? Why was he punished?
Ans: Colley was the first boy Chips punished in Brookfield on his first day. Colley dropped the
desk so Chips punished him by giving him hundred lines.
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Chapter 2
Q.1. Where was Brookfield situated?
Ans: It was situated across the road behind the ancient elms. A group of eighteenth century
building centered upon a quadrangle
Q.2. When was Brookfield established?
Ans: It was established in the reign of Elizabeth as a grammar school.
Q.3. What do you know about the changing history of Brookfield school?
Ans: The reputation of Brookfield school kept fluctuating. Sometimes it would become
renowned institution and on other occasions it would dwindle almost to non-existent. The reign
of first George proved to be beneficial but after Napoleonic war and until mid-Victorian days,
the school declined again. Wetherby tried to restore its fortunes somewhat; but it could not make
much difference.
Q.4. What happened in the reign of first George?
Ans: The main structure had been rebuilt and large additions made.
Q.5. How long Wetherby stayed in Brookfield?
Ans Wetherby served Brookfield from 1840 to 1870. He restored its fortunes to a great extent.
Q.6. What kind of men did Brookfield produce?
Ans: Mostly, it produced judges, Members of Parliament, colonial administrators, a few peers
and bishops, merchants, manufacturers, professional men and a good sprinkling of country
squires and parsons.
Q.7. How ambitious was Chips in his early twenties?
Ans: His dream was to get headship eventually or at any rate a senior mastership in a really first
class school.
Q.8. What were the inadequacies of his qualification?
Ans: His degree was not particularly good; his discipline was not absolutely reliable under all
conditions. He had no private means and no family connections of any importance.
Q.9. When did Chips become the Doyen of the staff?
Ans: At fifty, he was the Doyen of the staff.
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