Chapter
- 6
Trouble In Bohemia
A. C. Doyle
Short Question Answers
Q. 1. Why did the king want his letters and photograph
back?
Ans. The king was about to marry the princess of a nearby
country. Irene Adler had threatened the king of disclosing his love affair to her. She could use the letters and photos. So, the king wanted to get them back.
Q. 2. What were Sherlock Holmes disguises to solve the
case?
Ans. Firstly, Sherlock Holmes becomes a cab driver and
spends the whole day around the house of Irene Adler. Later he becomes a priest
and pretends to faint.
Q. 3. Where did Miss Irene Adler hide the letters and the
photograph?
Ans. Miss Irene Adler hid the letters written by King and
his photo at a secret place of one of the walls of her house.
Q. 4. Why did the king write letters to Irene Adler?
Ans. When the King was on a visit to Warsaw, he fell in love with Irene Adler and the letters were an expression of love to her.
Q. 5. Why could the letters not be proved false?
Ans. The letters could not be proved false because they were in the King's own hand-writing and on his private paper.
Q. 6. Why was Sherlock Holmes interested in getting the
letters and photographs at the earliest?
Ans. Sherlock Holmes wanted to get letters and photos at the earliest as he feared that the lawyer husband of Irene Adler could take
advantage of it.
Q. 7. Why did the king come to Holmes for help?
Ans. The king came to Holmes for help to get back
his love letters and photos from Irene Adler, an American actress with whom he
was in love earlier. He was going to marry a neighbouring princess but
Miss Adler was against it.
Q. 8. Why did Miss Irene Adler hide the letters and the photograph? (Board Model paper, 2017-18)
Ans. Miss Irene Adler hid the letters and the
photograph because her lover king was going to marry a princess. She had decided to
show them to the princess.
Ans. The man wore a mask and pretended to represent
some other person. He was tall and handsome man who was dressed in the uniform of
a foreign country. But Holmes was quick to recognized the man.
Ans. Holmes addressed him as 'Your Majesty" because
he was really the king of Bohemia. Holmes recognized him at once and the king also admitted
later on that he was the king of Bohemia.
Ans. The king wanted Sherlock Holmes' help in a
matter of great importance. He wanted to get back all his letters and the
photograph which Miss Irene Adler had in her possession.
Ans. The king suspected that Irene Adler might write
to the princess, whom he was going to marry and tell her everything about their
affair. If she would did that, their marriage would not take place or if it did, it would be a havoc.
Q. 13. Why did the king agree with his family and the
members of his government to give Irene up?
Ans. The king agreed with them because he thought,
his first responsibility was to his country. Irene Adler was not of royal
blood. So, as a custom, he could not marry her.
Ans. He had her apartment searched by the police.
She was stopped on the street and was searched while she was travelling. but
nothing was found. She was cleverer than the officials.
Ans. Holmes thought so because he suspected that Adler's
husband, a lawyer might take an undue advantage of the photo. He suspected that
she would write to the princess about it and tell her all.
Q. 15. What could Holmes not find about Adler's attitude towards the photograph?
Ans. Holmes could not find till the very end that
she did not need it either to force the king to marry her or to harm his
reputation. He misunderstood her.
Q. 16. At last, how can you say that Miss Adler did not want to create any trouble for the king?
Ans. Holmes discovered that Miss Adler and all her
servants had left that home for good. She had also left a letter along with the photograph and the letter that the King wanted. She really loved the king and did not
want to create any trouble for him
Ans. According to Watson, Holmes might have spent
all day talking with other cab drivers and with anyone who seemed to know
anything about Miss Adler. He was collecting informations about her.
Ans. The surprising fact that Holmes discovered was
Adler's marriage at five o'clock that day with a Mr. Godfrey Norton, her former
lawyer. He never expected that she would leave the King so soon.
Ans. Holmes thinks that Adler's husband, Mr. Norton,
a lawyer, may see an advantage in the photograph of Adler and the king
together. He thinks that he may convey it to the princess or misuse it some other way.
Ans. The letter can be proved false by proving that
the paper on which it is written is stolen and the handwriting of the writer is
copied. It can be said that it is not written by the king.
Ans. Holmes disguised himself to hide his identity
and to get the letters and the photograph of the king back from Irene Adler. He
did not want to disturb the king's married life later on.
Ans. Watson threw some burning pieces of paper into
the living room through the window, at a signal from Holmes. At that moment one
of the servants cried that there was fire.
Ans. Miss Adler expected Holmes any day because she
was so intelligent that she knew that the king wanted to get the photograph and
he might go to him for help.
Ans. The photograph was not important for Miss Adler
later on because by that time she was married to a man who was better than the king. They loved each-other very much and she
wanted to forget all about her love affair with the King.
Ans. She herself wrote in the message left for the
king that she had married man much better than the king. She also wrote that
her husband loved her deeply and she was in love with him.
Long Question Answers
Q. 26. What trick did Sherlock Holmes use to find the
place where letters and photographs were hidden?
Ans. Sherlock Holmes disguised himself as a priest. When Sherlock
Holmes was walking in front of Adler’s house, Irene Adler returned after a daily
ride. When she got out of her taxi, Holmes pretended to be unconscious. Many
people gathered near Holmes. Adler asked people to bring Holmes into the home. After Holmes was taken inside Adler's house, he signalled his friend, Mr. Watson who then threw the burning pieces of paper
in the house. Noticing it a servant cried “fire”! Adler ran towards the secret wall to
save the photos. Everything happened according to Holmes’ plans. Thus Holmes knew
the secret place and planned to come next day.
Q. 27. Discuss the character of Miss Irene Adler.
Ans. Irene Adler was a beautiful actress and an intelligent person at that. She was in love with the king of Bohemia. He too loved her but under the pressure of the family and the members of the government, he had to leave her and was to marry a princess from a neighbouring kingdom. Irene could not tolerate this cheating and threatened the King that she would disclose everything to the princess. The King was frightened as his prestige was at stake. He wanted his letters and photograph back from Irene so he took Sherlock Holmes' help. But she was so intelligent that she recognized Holmes even in disguise and understood all his tricks to gain entry into her house. She outsmarted Holmes' at every point. She was a wise and respectable woman as well. She didn't misuse the photograph and letters of the king and even returned them to the King at the end.
Q. 28. The story proves Sherlock Holmes to be less
intelligent then Miss Irene Adler. Do you agree?
Ans. Yes, I accept that Irene Adler was more intelligent
than Sherlock Holmes. Adler knew Holmes' every move well. She also knew that the
King would definitely take the help of Sherlock Holmes that’s why she was expecting Sherlock Holmes any day. She recognized Sherlock Holmes as a cab driver and followed him to his apartment to be sure. She also understood Holmes' trick of gaining entrance into her house and forcing her to show the place where the photograph was hidden. She was always one step ahead of Holmes. She also once disguised herself as a young man but Holmes could not recognize her. Finally, she completely outwitted him by leaving her house and everything they wanted.
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