THE SHOEMAKER CHARLES DICKENS‘The Shoemaker’ Charles Dickens Questions and answers— 1.To whom had Monsieur Defarge come to meet and where? ‘Ans.Monsieur Defarge had come to meet the shoemaker who was actually DrManatte and had forgotten his own identity at the garret. 2.How had the shoemaker responded to Monsieur Defarge's salutation? Ans.The shoemaker was bent down upon his shoemaking when Monsieur Defarge bid him good day, the shoemaker raised his head and in a very feeble voice responded to his salutation 3.Why was the shoemaker's voice so faint and feeble? Ans. The shoemaker's voice was faint and feeble as he was weak and exhausted both mentally and physically after spending eighteen long years in the prison.4, Describe the shoemaker’s appearance. ‘Ans. The shoemaker had a white beard, raggedly cut, but not very long, a hollow face and very big eyes.His yellow rags of shirt lay ‘open at the throat and showed his withered and worned out body.He himself along with his old canvas frock, loose stockings and tattered clothes had faded and turned yellow being away from sunlight and air for a long time. 5. How has the writer described the place where the shoemaker had been settled down?What does it tell us about his present state? ‘Ans. The place where the shoemaker had been settled down is the garret whichnis dark and gloomy being closed and not allowing the sunlight to let in. On a bench was the shoemaker sitting with an ‘unfurnished shoe upon his lap and his tools and scraps of leather at his feet. This shows that though the shoemaker had been set free from the prison yet he couldn't break the chains that had tied up his mind. He stil believed that he was in the prison and had been continuing his job of shoemaking,6. How did the shoemaker react to more light in the room? Ans. When more light entered the room, the shoemaker put his hand between his eyes and the light so that his eyes did not get suddenly exposed to light which he had not seen for many days 7.Why do you think he reacted the way he did? Ans. He reacted in that way as he had been confined in the dark prison for many years and had lost his association with light. Even in the garret he stayed in darkness continuing his work. 8.Who was the visitor? Who else had come along with him? ‘Ans. Mr. Lorry, an old friend of the shoemaker and the shoemaker's daughter had come to meet him.9. What did Defarge ask the shoemaker to tell Mr. Lorry? Ans. Defarge asked the shoemaker to tell Mr. Lorry about the shoe that he was working upon and give it to him as he was an expert and knew everything about a well made shoe when he would see one. 10. What was Mr Lorry's question to the shoemaker? Ans.Upon taking the shoe from the shoemaker, Mr.Lorry asked him about the shoe and the name of the shoemaker.