The Bishop’s

14 Candlesticks
I. Question Zone
B. Write short answers
1. Persome started crying because she was sad and angry
that her brother had sold off her silver salt cellars.
2. Two instances from the play that tell us that the Bishop
was a kind man are: he gave his comforter to Marie, the
maid, because it was cold, and he told his sister to give
the convict some food as he was hungry. (The students
may mention any two instances.)
3. The candlesticks were made of silver. His mother had
asked him to keep them as her remembrance.
4. Before he went to prison the convict had lived with his
wife in a little cottage. He was caught stealing to buy
food for his wife when she was ill and he had no money.
5. When he sees the candlesticks, the convict weighs them
in his hands and waits till the Bishop has left the room.
He then picks them up, tucks them in his coat and leaves.
6. When Persome told him that the candlesticks were
missing, the Bishop was sad at first and then felt that
he deserved it as it was punishment for him for valuing
them too much.

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