Multiple Choice Questions: Stephen Leacock

Prof. R.
Kumaresan , Head ,Department of English , EASC, Erode-9
1.1 With the Photographer

Stephen Leacock
Multiple Choice Questions
1.With the Photographer is written by _________________

a) Robert Lynd b) Jim Corbet c) Stephen Leacock d) J.C.Hill
2.The Photographer was a thin man in a _____________ suit.

a) Pink b) Blue c) Red d) Grey
3. The author wanted a

______________ copy of his
Face. a) true b) simple c) faithful
d) special
4. The author was called to let see a proof of his photograph on

____________
a) Saturday b) Sunday c) Monday d) Thursday
5. The purpose of the photograph was _______________

a) fulfilled b) complete c) wasted d) not done
6. The Photographer by retouching, made the

author’s mouth ______________ quarters full. a)
one b) two c) three d) four
7.The Photographer wanted to remove the author’s

_______________
a) nose b) ears c) eyes d) lips
8. The Photographer’s studio was ______________

a) very Good b) very Bad c) not properly arranged d) properly
arranged
9. The Photograph’s looks were _____________

a) hot b) unseen c) frantic d) cold
10. The Photographer found the author’s mouth

________________
a) big b) too big c) low d) too low
11. The Photographer made many ___________________

remarks regarding the face and features of the author. a)
pleasant b) crude c) unpleasant d) coldly
12. The Photographer had the author with his

_______________ remarks about the face of the author.
a) disgusting b) cold c) better d) good
13. The photographer made Stephen Leacock to wait for

______________
a) one-hour b) two-hour c) three-hour d) four-hour
14. In which part of the room was there a big camera?

a) corner b) middle c) left side d) right corner
15. “With the Photographer” has been adopted from

______________________
a) Echo b) Forgetting c) Behind the Beyond d) Good Manners
16. “I want my photograph taken”, I said. “I” refers to

____________
a) the photographer b) the narrator c) the narrator’s friend d) a
girl
17. “I don’t like the

_________”, he said .
a) face b) head c) eyes
d) nose
18. “I ‘ve lived with this

face for ______________”
a) twenty b) thirty c) forty d)
fifty
19. I went back on _______________ .

a) Monday b) Tuesday c) Friday d) Saturday
20. The process for putting in new

eyebrows is called the _____________ .
a) delphide b) sulphide c) bromide d)
copper
21. “Is it me ?” ‘It’refers to the _______________

a) the Photograph b) the photographer c) the camera d) the
studio
22. The sulphide is a process for

removing the _________________ .
a) ears b) eyes c) face d) nose
23. The author considered the photograph as ______________ .

a) worthless b) noteworthy c) masterpiece d) awesome
24. Stephen Leacock was an ________________________

humorist .
a) English-born Canadian b) Australian-born English c) American-
born Canadian d) Canadian-born American
25. Leacock’s ‘With the Photographer’

_________________ the society’s obsession with looking
perfect. a) satirizes b) dramatizes c) praises d) demoralizes
Short Questions & Answers
1.How had the photographer arranged his studio?

The photographer’s studio was made up of two rooms. One
room was used as a waiting room and other room was used for
taking photographs. The photographers had kept various ladies
and children magazines of old times like “Ladies Companion for
1912, the girls’ Magazine for 1902 and the Infants’ Journal for
1888 in a waiting room. In the inner room there was a frosted
window. A sheet of factory cotton hung against it and a beam of
sunlight filtered through it. In this room there was a machine that
could be rolled. In this way, the photographer had arranged his
studio.
2. What did the author think about his own face?

Once the author went to a photographer. He wanted to his
photograph taken. The author had to wait an hour. When the
author was looked down by the photographer, the photographer
said that his face is quite wrong. At that time, the author
accepted that he knew that his face was wrong. He added that it
would look better if it was three quarters full. He also discussed
about various types of faces found in the world.
3. Why did the photographer take so much time?

The photographer wanted to take the best photograph and
wanted to prove his skill. He took the author’s head in his hands
and twisted it sideways and looked at it. He didn’t like the
author’s head. He asked to open the mouth and then to close it.
He felt that the author’s ears were bad so he asked him to drop
them a little more. He asked the author to roll his eyes under the
eyelids, to put the hands on knees, to turn the face little upward,
to expand the lungs, to bend the neck, to contract the face. By all
the means he wanted the best feature and expression of the
author so he took much time in all type of arranging suggestions
and criticism.
4. Why was the author angry with the photographer?
The photographer was continuously criticizing the author’s
face as he felt that the face was not appropriate for a
photograph. The author felt humiliated at this. He couldn’t bear
he insult anymore, as his face was his own only. He had lived
with it for forty years and he knew its faults. Though it was not
beautiful and wasn’t made for him, it was his face- the only one
that the author had. Thus because of humiliation and insult of his
face, the author was angry with the photographer.
5. Why did the photographer look pleased after taking

the picture?
Because of humiliation and insult of his face, the author was
angry with the photographer. As the author started to rise from
the seat, the photographer took his photograph. At that time the
photographer looked pleased as he had caught the features just
in a moment of animation. He was also happy because he could
take the photograph of the ugly face of the author.
6. Why did the author ask “Is it me”? When he saw the
photograph?
On Saturday, the author went back to the photographer for
his photograph. The photographer showed his photo.
Looking at it the author was surprised as the photographer made
so many changes in his eyes, eyebrow, mouth etc.
He removed the eyebrows and he had retouched the eyes. The
photograph didn’t look like the auther’s photo at all.
So the author asked “is it me? When he saw the photograph.
7. What had the photographer done with the author’s

eyes?
The photographer was a strange kind of person. He made so
many changes in the photograph of the author’s face that it did
not look like his own. He removed the eyebrows and he had
retouched the eyes.

mouth?
not look like his own. He removed the eyebrows and had
retouched the eyes. He adjusted a little the author’s mouth as it
was too law according to him.

ears?
not look like his own. He wanted to fix ears all right in the print.
There was a process then for removing the ears entirely.
10. Why was the purpose of the photograph waste?

The author wanted a photograph that would have looked like
himself. He wanted something that would depict the face as God
gave it to him. He wanted something that his friends might have
kept after his death to reconcile them to his loss. But what the
author wanted was no done at all. The photographer had almost
changed author’s eyes, eyebrow, mouth etc. The photograph
never looked like the author’s face. The purpose of the
photograph was wasted the man in the photograph was quite
different than himself.
Describe Stephen Leacock’s experiences with the
photographer.
Stephen Leacock is a modern English prose writer. He has

written many prose pieces. All his prose pieces are known for
their subtle humour. They talk about real life situation. With the
Photographer is a short prose that describes the Leacock’s
experience with a photographer. Leacock, as is the regular case,
gets a bitter experience.
Leacock goes to a photographer to get himself photographed. He

waits for an hour and he is called into the inner room. The
photographer is a grave man. The photographer is not satisfied
with the Leacock’s face. He says that Leacock looks ugly. He then
concludes that he would shoot three quarter view of Leacock.
Leacock acknowledges this and starts reasoning about the
decision but the photographer do not respond or care for what
Leacock is talking.
The photographer hides himself behind the camera and comes

out of it. He comes close to Leacock. Leacock thinks that the
photographer is going to kiss him but he turns Leacock’s face that
would be good for a pose. The photographer gives a series of
instructions like close mouth, droop ears, roll eyes, turn face,
expand lungs, etc., to Leacock. Leacock is confused and he is
frightened. Leacock becomes impatient, he scolds the
photographer, and the photographer clicks a shot. Leacock is
shocked.
The photographer asks Leacock to check the proof on Saturday

and the photograph would be delivered by Sunday. On Saturday
Leacock is further shocked on seeing the proof. The photographer
says that he has edited the eyebrows and the mouth. He also
plans to edit his ears. Leacock shouts at the photographer asking
for a photograph that would resemble him. He says that he loves
his original face than the altered one. He leaves the photo studio
with tears.

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Prof. R.

Kumaresan , Head ,Department of English , EASC, Erode-9

1.1 With the Photographer

Multiple Choice Questions

1.With the Photographer is written by _________________

2.The Photographer was a thin man in a _____________ suit.

3. The author wanted a

4. The author was called to let see a proof of his photograph on

5. The purpose of the photograph was _______________

6. The Photographer by retouching, made the

7.The Photographer wanted to remove the author’s

8. The Photographer’s studio was ______________

9. The Photograph’s looks were _____________

10. The Photographer found the author’s mouth

11. The Photographer made many ___________________

12. The Photographer had the author with his

13. The photographer made Stephen Leacock to wait for

14. In which part of the room was there a big camera?

15. “With the Photographer” has been adopted from

16. “I want my photograph taken”, I said. “I” refers to

17. “I don’t like the

18. “I ‘ve lived with this

19. I went back on _______________ .

20. The process for putting in new

21. “Is it me ?” ‘It’refers to the _______________

22. The sulphide is a process for

23. The author considered the photograph as ______________ .

24. Stephen Leacock was an ________________________

25. Leacock’s ‘With the Photographer’

Short Questions & Answers

1.How had the photographer arranged his studio?

2. What did the author think about his own face?

3. Why did the photographer take so much time?

5. Why did the photographer look pleased after taking

7. What had the photographer done with the author’s

8. What had the photographer done with the author’s

9. What had the photographer done with the author’s

10. Why was the purpose of the photograph waste?

Stephen Leacock is a modern English prose writer. He has

Leacock goes to a photographer to get himself photographed. He

The photographer hides himself behind the camera and comes

The photographer asks Leacock to check the proof on Saturday

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