STD XII 1.3 The Cop And The Anthem

Extract No. 03

Activities with expected answers

Page No. 29/30 

[Lines, “Soapy was seized……blocks away”]

Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow.

A1. Flow chart :                     (02)

Complete the flow chart by writing down the actions made by soapy to show that he was in Intoxication.

Soapy was seized with a sudden fear that some dreadful enchanted had rendered him immune to arrest. He was in a state of panic, and, when he came upon another policeman lounging grandly in front of a  glittering theatre, he caught at the immediate straw of ‘disorderly conduct’.

On the sidewalk Soapy began  to yell drunken gibberish at the top of his harsh voice.  He danced, howled, raved and otherwise disturbed the skies.

The policeman merely twirled his club, turned his back to Soapy and Hartford and remarked to a citizen.

 “Tis one of them Yale lads celebrating the goose egg they give to the Hartford College. Noisy; but no harm. We’ve instructions to let them be.

Disconsolate, Soapy stopped his unavailing racket. Would never policemen lay hands on him? In his fancy, the island seemed an unattainable Arcadia. He buttoned his thin coat against the chilling wind.

In the cigar store he saw a well-dressed man lighting a cigar at the swinging light. He had set his silk umbrella by the door entering. Soapy stepped inside, grabbed the umbrella and sauntered off with it slowly. The man at the cigar light followed hastily.

“My umbrella,” he said sternly.

“OH, is it?” sneered Soapy, adding insult to petty larceny. “Well, why don’t you call a policeman? I took itYour umbrella! Why don’t you call a cop? There stands one on the corner.

The Umbrella owner slowed his steps. Soapy did likewise, with a premonition that lucky would again run against him the policeman eyed at the two curiously.

“Of course,” said the umbrella man “ Well, you know how these mistakes occur  if it’s your umbrella. I hope you ‘ll excuse me - I picked it up this morning in a restaurant if you recognize it as yours, why I hope you’ll”.

“Of course it’s mine, “said Soapy savagely.

The ex-umbrella man retreated. The policeman hurried to assist a tall blonde in an  opera across the street in front of a street car that was approaching two blocks away.

A2. Give reasons :                    (02)

The policeman did not arrest soapy even though he had troubled the public because ……………………

According to the police it was instructed to them that the young people are celebrating as they are organising an event (send off) for Hartford College. There was clear instructions from the authorities not to take action against them. The police thought soapy was one of them.

A3. Conclusion :                     (02)

Find out the conclusion from the statement,” I picked it up this morning in a Restaurant if you recognise it as yours, why I hope you’’ll in context with the above text.

When soapy saw a well-dressed man lighting a cigar at the swinging light, he saw the man with a silk Umbrella. Soapy grabbed the umbrella. When soapy asked him to call a policeman the man was scared because he actually had stolen it from a shop in the morning in a Restaurant. The man thought it might belonged to soapy as soapy was very confident.

A4. Personal Response :           (02)

Do you have similar kind of experience of taking somebody else’s belongings by mistake. What were your reactions Narrate it in about fifty words.

A5. Language study                     (02)

i) He was in a state of panic.  (Frame a Rhetorical Question)

Wasn’t he in a state of panic?

ii) He saw a well-dressed man.  

(Frame a “ wh-question” to get the underlined part as an answer.)

What did he see?

iii) Soapy steeped inside, grabbed the umbrella.

(Make a simple sentence / compound  Sentence)

Stepping inside soapy grabbed the umbrella soapy stepped inside and grabbed the umbrella.

A6. Vocabulary :                           (02)

Find out words from the extract which mean the following.

e) Grabbed = seized

f) Standing comfortably= lounging

g) Senseless talk = gibberish

h) Loud wild sound = howled and raved

Extract No 02

Activities with Expected answers

Page No.  29/30

  [Lines, “where’s the man……down the streets”]

Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow:

A1. Who said to whom.             (02)

Write down who said to whom and rewrite the sentences.

a) “Where’s the man that done that?” ………The police officer said to the nearby people.

b) “Don’t you think that I might have had something to do with it?” Soapy said to the police officer.

c) “And don’t keep a gentleman waiting,” ……soapy said to the waiters

d) “No cop for you,”………………The waiters said to soapy.

“Where’s the man that done that?” inquired the officer agitatedly.

“Don’t you think that I might have had something to do it?” said Soapy, with a friendly tone, as one greets good fortune. 

The policeman refused to accept Soapy even as a clue. Men who smash windows do not remain to chat with police. They take to their heels. The policeman saw a man half-way down the block running to catch a car. With drawn Club he joined in the pursuit. Soapy, with disgust in his heart, drifted along, twice unsuccessful.

On the  opposite side of the street was a restaurant of no great pretensions. It catered to large appetites and modest purses. Its crockery and atmosphere were thick; its soup and napery thin. Into this place Soapy betook himself without challenge. At a table he sat and consumed beefsteak, flack jacks, doughnuts and pie. And then he told the waiter the fact that the minutes coin and himself were total stranger.

“Now, get busy and call a cop”, said Soapy. “And don’t keep a gentleman waiting.

“No cop for you,” said the waiter, with a voice like butter cakes and an eye like in the Manhattan cocktail. “Hey, Con!”

Neatly upon his left ear on the callous pavement two waiter pitched Soapy. He arose, joint by joint, as Carpenter’s rule opens, and dusted his clothes. Arrest seemed now but an elusive dream. The Island seemed very far away. A policeman who stood before a drugstore two doors away laughed and walked down the street.

A2. Describe :                     (02)

Describe the features of the Restaurant as mentioned in the extract in the light of the statement, “It Catered to large appetites and modest purses.”

The Restaurant was a restaurant of no great pretension. The crockery and the table clothes and Napkins seem to be ordinary. It serves in quantity and not in quality still it is affordable to common And poor people because they can get unlimited food in limited/reasonable amount or money.

A2. Give reasons :                     (02)

The policeman did not arrest soapy because ……… the police 

Man thought that Men who smash windows do not remain to chat with police. They take to their Heels. The policeman saw a man half-way down the block running to catch a car. With drawn Club he joined in the pursuit. 

A3. Concusion :                    (02)

Find out the conclusion from the statement,” I picked it up this morning in a Restaurant if you recognise yours, why I hope you will,” in context with the above extract.

A4. Personal Response :             (02)

Do you have similar kind of experience of taking somebody else’s belongings by mistake. What would be your and the owner’s reaction at that time.

A5. Language study :           (02)

i) ‘where’s the man that done that?’ inquired the officer

(Rewrite in Reported speech)

The officer asked/inquired where the man was that done that.

ii) The police man saw a man half way down.

( Frame a wh question)

What did the police man see?

A6. Vocabulary :                    (02)

Find out words from the extract which mean the following.

a) Table clothes/Napkins = Napery

b) To cause to go = Betook

c) Ate = consumed

d) policeman = cop

The cop and the Anthem

Prose Section

Lesson No 3.

The cop and the Anthem

 Extract No . 01 

Activities with expected answers

Page No. 28/29  [Lines, “ Soapy left……brass buttons”]

Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow:

A1. Web                     (02)

Complete the web by writing down what soapy had planned to order in Cafe. 

1	2	3
4	5	6

Soapy left his bench and strolled out of the square and across the level sea of asphalt, where Broadway and Fifth Avenue flow together. Up Broadway he turned, and stopped at a luxurious cafe.

Soapy had confidence in himself From the lowest button of his vest upward. He was shaven, and his coat was trim and his neat, black bow had been presented to him by a lady missionary on Thanksgiving Day. If only he could reach a table restaurant unsuspected, Success would be this. The portion of him that would raise no doubts in the waiter’s mind. A roasted mallard duck, thought, Soapy, would be about the thing with a bottle of wine and then some cheese, a cup of coffee and a cigar. One dollar for the cigar would be enough. The total would not be so high as to call forth ant extreme of revenge from the café management; and yet the meat would leave him filled and happy for the journey to his winter Island.

But as Soapy set foot inside the restaurant door, the head-waiter’s eye fell upon his tattered trousers and Decadent shoes. Strong and ready hands turned him about and conveyed him in silence and haste of the menaced Mallard.

Soapy turned off Broadway. It seemed that his route to the covered island was not to be an easy one. Some other way of entering the limbo must be devised.

At a corner of Sixth Avenue electric lights and cunningly displayed wares behind plate-glass made a shop window attractive. Soapy took a stone and dashed it through the glass. People came running round the corner, a policeman in the lead. Soapy stood still with his hands in his Pockets, and smiled at the sight of brass buttons.

 A2. Give reasons :                     (02)

Soapy failed in his first attempt in the cafe because ……………………

But as Soapy set foot inside the restaurant door, the head-waiter’s eye fell upon his tattered trousers

and Decadent shoes. The waiters conveyed him that he won’t be allowed to enter into the café due to his financial condition as well as his appearance.

A3. Find out :                     (02)

Find out the attempts made by soapy with a desire that he would be caught by police and sent to his island.

Firstly soapy tried to enter into a café even if he had no money. Secondly, when he came at the corner of the sixth avenue electric lights and beautifully decorated shop, he took a stone and smashed and Dashed  it through the glass so that the nearby police would catch him.

A4. Personal Response :             (02)

What would be your reaction when you order in a Restaurant, consumed the food and then realise that you have no money to pay the Bill.

A5. Language study :.                 (02)

i) He stopped at a luxurious café.

(Frame a “wh question” to get the underlined part as an Answer)

Where did he stop?

ii) As soapy set foot inside the restaurant door, the head-waiter’s eye fell upon his tattered Trousers and decadent shoes.

( Rewrite using ,’ As soon as”/No sooner. Than”)

As soon as soapy set foot inside the Restaurant door, the head-waiter’s eye fell upon his Tattered  trousers and decadent shoes.

No sooner did soapy set foot inside the Restaurant door than the head-waiter’s eye fell upon his  tattered trousers and decadent shoes.

A6. Vocabulary :.                       ( 02)

Find out words from the extract which mean the following :

a) Notice = eyes fell upon

b) Hurriedly = haste to

c) Menaced = troubled

d) Cunningly = very wisely.

1.3 The Cop and the Anthem

The title of the text:

The title does not give any clear idea of the content. Cop and Anthem are just nouns. The word ‘Cop’ stands for a policeman and ‘Anthem’ for a religious song or a prayer mostly sung in a church. We can just imagine that the text is related to the police and the religious song. If we go through the text, we will get the clear idea about the text.

ICE BREAKERS

1) Suppose you have gone to a place where the winter season is very severe, suggest the ways in which you would protect yourself in the cold climate.

Answer:

Ways to protect from cold climate:

a) To wear woolen clothes. 

b) To do exercise and keep body warm     

                         

c) To sit near bonfire.           

d) To drink hot drinks and soups.

e) To use room heaters

f) To take steam bath

g) To stay inside the closed room

2) When you see a cop approaching, you feel either ‘relieved’ or ‘scared’. Give the situations when you felt ‘relieved’ or ‘scared’.

Answer:

a) I felt relieved seeing the cop approaching:

i) When I was walking alone in a dark street.

ii) When I saw a thief stealing my friends bag.

iii) When I was attacked by anti – social elements.

iv) When I missed the correct road.

b) I felt scared seeing the cop approaching:

i) When I was riding a bike without a valid driving license.

ii) When I was driving a car on the wrong side.

iii) When I broke the red signal at the crossing.

iv) When I was carrying two friends on a motorcycle.

3) Write some of the motivating things that can change a person's life.

Answer:

The motivating things that can change a person's life:

a) Listening to an inspiring speech

b) Attending career development and inspirational seminars.

c) Reading success stories of eminent persons

d) Participating extra-curricular activities in the college

e) Seeing the films having inspirational themes.

f) Participating in social work

g) Helping the weaker sections of the society.

h) Becoming a creative participant of the organizations working for the well-being of others.

i) Watching inspirational videos on social media.

Synopsis of the text:

Soapy wanted to go in jail to live idle life. He tried to break law but his attempts were failed. He was not caught by the Cop. He came near the church yard. He heard a musical note of an anthem. Hearing it he remembered his past wonderful days. It brought a sudden and worth change in his soul. He decided to fight and change his life. He also decided to find work. While Soapy was daydreaming, a policeman taped him on the shoulder and asked what he was doing. He was arrested for loitering and the following day sentenced to three months in Blackwell's Island (jail).

New words and meanings:

Asphalt – gravel, grit, small granules of stone used in road development.

Vest – sleeveless shirt, coat, jacket, banyan

Shaven – trimmed the beard, done shaving

Trim – neat, tidy, orderly

Bow – a knot used for to a tie (tie-knot)

Thanksgiving Day – the fourth Thursday of November which is marked by religious observance and dinner.

Roasted – baked, cooked, heated

Mallard duck – a duck mostly used as food in western part of the world

Revenge – avenge, retaliation

Filled – satisfied, fulfilled, content

Winter Island – Here it means jail

Tattered – torn, rags, rugged, worn-out

Decadent – degraded, gone bad

Avert – stop, turn away, ward-off

Ignoble – dishonorable, shameful, disgraceful, insulting

Menaced – forbidden, threatened

Coveted – highly desirable

Coveted island – here, the jail

Limbo – dividing line, midpoint here, boarder between heaven and hell

Devise – set up, plan, formulate

Cunningly – artfully, craftily

Brass buttons – a policeman, a cop

Brainstorming Activities

(A1)

(i) Find out the different ways in which Soapy tried to get arrested.

(a) Soapy tried to enter a luxurious cafe.

(b) Soapy took a stone and dashed it through the glass of shop window.                    

(c) Soapy ate meal in a common restaurant and declared that he had no money to pay the bill.               

(d) Soapy yelled like a drunken person and made noise on public place.

(e) Soapy grabbed the umbrella of one person and asked him to call the police.                 

(ii) Describe the atmosphere when Soapy reached near the Church.

(a) A soft light glowed through the violet-stained window.

(b) It was a quiet corner with an old church, quaint, rambling and gabled.                

(c) The moon was above, full and radiant creating brightness.                  

(d) Sparrows twittered sleepily in the eaves in the country churchyard            

(A2)

(i) Read the story and match the incidents given in Column A with the consequences given in Column B.

Column A	Column B
(1) Soapy tried to enter a cafe.	Strong and ready hands of the head waiter turned him around.
(2) Soapy broke a glass window.	The cop ran after another man.
(3) Two waiters pitched Soapy on the callous pavement.	He stood up slowly beating the dust from his clothes.
(4) Soapy heard the anthem being played in the Church.	Suddenly a wonderful change came in his heart.
(5) Cop arrests Soapy for hanging around.	Dream of turning around in life was shattered.

(ii) Give reasons and complete the following:

(a) Soapy had confidence in himself because - The portion of him that would show above the table was neat. He was shaven. His appearance would raise no doubt in the waiter’s mind.  

          

(b) The head waiter of the luxurious cafe did not allow Soapy to enter because – when Soapy set foot inside the restaurant door, the head-waiter’s eye fell upon his tattered trousers and decadent shoes.

(c)The cop did not arrest Soapy for breaking the glass window because – according the cop men who smash windows do not remain to chat with the police. They run away from the place.

(d) The cop did not arrest Soapy for shouting and dancing because – he considered Soapy as the young person coming from a party at the Hartford College. The police had the instructions to neglect these young persons.

(iii) Pick out the lines from the text which show that:

(a) Soapy wants to enter the cafe for two reasons.

Answer: 

i) The cafe catered to large appetites and modest purses.

ii) Now, get busy and call a cop”, said Soapy. “And don’t keep a gentleman waiting.” Soapy wanted to enter the jail.

(b) Soapy was afraid that he won't be able to enter the prison.

Answer: Soapy was seized with a sudden fear that some dreadful enchantment had rendered him immune to arrest.

(c) Soapy was not caught by the cop for throwing stones at the glass.

Answer: The policeman refused to accept Soapy even as a clue.

(d) Soapy actually did not want the umbrella.

Answer: He hurled the umbrella angrily into an excavation.

(e) Listening to the anthem, Soapy remembered his good old days.

Answer: And the anthem that the organist played cemented Soapy to the iron fence, for he had known it well in the days when his life contained such things as mothers and roses and ambitions and friends and immaculate thoughts and collars.

(iv) ‘He would make a man of himself again’ – The word ‘man’ in the sentence means 

Answer: A working person living worthy and respectable life.

(v)Soapy’s earlier life was much different from his present life. Complete the table to show this contrast.

Answer:

Earlier life	Present life
(a) Contained friends and roses	(a) Unworthy desires
(b) Love of family	(b) Dead hopes
(c) Ambitions and good clothes	(c) Wrecked faculties
(d) Pure and flawless thoughts	(d) Valueless motives

(vi) After listening to the sweet and solemn organ notes, Soapy decides to:

(a) bring back his old eager ambitions and pursue them without losing confidence and determination.

(b) go into the noisy downtown district and find work.

 (A3) Vocabulary

(i) O’Henry has used different words to indicate prison where Soapy wants to reach. Make a list of those words.

Answer:

1) Winter island

2) Coveted island

3) Limbo

4) Unattainable Arcadia

5) Island

(ii) Find out the words used for the 'degraded state of Soapy'.

Answer:

1)The pit into which he had tumble

2)Unworthy desires

3)Dead hopes

4)Wrecked faculties

5)Base motives that made up his existence

(iii) The specific meaning of word 'anthem' in the content of the story is.......

Answer:

1) A religious instrumental song or a prayer played by the organist in a church for the celebration of coming Sabbath.

2) An influential musical note played by the organist to inspire an idle person to become a worthy person.

(A4) Language Study

(i) Convert the following sentences into negative without changing their meanings.

(a) The policeman refused to accept Soapy even as a clue.

Ans. The policeman didn't accept Soapy even as a clue.

(b) Soapy drifted along twice unsuccessful.

Ans. Soapy drifted along twice with no success.

Ans. Soapy drifted along twice but wasn't successful.

Ans. Soapy drifted along twice but he didn’t succeed.

(c) Soapy stopped his unavailing racket.

Ans. Soapy didn't continue his unavailing racket.

(d) The island seemed very far away.

Ans. The island did not seem close by.

Ans. The island didn't seem very close.

(e) The island seemed an unattainable Arcadia.

Ans. The island seemed an Arcadia which could not be attained.

Ans. The island did not seem attainable Arcadia.

(ii) Convert the following sentences into affirmative without changing their meanings.

(a) Men who smash windows do not remain to chat with the police.

Ans. Men who smash windows hardly remain to chat with the police.

Ans. Men who smash windows avoid to chat with the police.

Ans. Men who smash windows fail to remain to chat with the police.

Ans. Men who smash windows run away instead of chatting with the police.

(b) Why don’t you call a cop?

Ans. Why do you hesitate to call a cop?

Ans. You should call a cop.

(c) On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant of no great pretensions.

Ans. On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant without any great pretensions.

Ans. On the opposite side of the street was restaurant with a very low pretentions.

(d) Noisy; but no harm.

Ans. Noisy; but harmless.

(e) They seemed to regard him as a King who could do no wrong.

Ans. They seemed to regard him as a king who could hardly do any wrong.

Ans. They seemed to regard him as a King who could do only right.

Ans. They seemed to regard him as a king who was unable to do any wrong.