ARMS AND THE MAN

George Bernard Shaw

ACT – I
IMPOTANT NOTES:
❖ The play ‘Arms and the Man’ was written in 1894 and published in 1898.
❖ The play was first performed at the Avenue Theatre, London, on 21st April, 1894.
❖ The title of the play “Arms and the Man” is taken from the first line of Virgil’s epic
poem ‘The Aeneid’. The Aeneid, the famous epic of Virgil, begins with the Latin phrase
‘Arma Virumque Cano’ which means ‘Arms and the man I sing’.
❖ In ‘Arms and the Man’ Shaw presents the conflict of ideas.
❖ “Arms and the Man” is an anti-romantic comedy.
❖ War and love/marriage are the theme of the play.
❖ What is the aim of Shaw in writing this play ?
= To expose the romantic false ideas of war and love
❖ Act I opens in a lady’s bed chamber at night. (This lady refers to Raina.)
❖ Act I take place in Bulgaria, a small town near Dragoman Pass.
❖ Act I starts late in November, in the year 1885.
❖ A peak of Balkans is visible through the open window of Raina’s bedchamber that
wonderfully white and beautiful in the starlit-snow.
❖ The interior(the furniture) of Raina’s house, as described in the opening scene, is half
rich Bulgarian and half cheap Viennese (Vienna, capital of Austria)
❖ The ivory image of Christ in Raina’s chamber is to be seen above the head of the bed.
❖ “.... and a light hanging before it in a pierced metal ball suspended by three chains. “
– here ‘it’ refers to a painted wooden shrine with an ivory image of Christ.
❖ In Raina’s bed chamber, the principal seat, placed towards the other side of the room
and opposite to the window is a Turkish ottoman.
❖ The counterpane and hangings of the bed, the window curtains, the little carpet,
ornamental textile fabrics in the room are oriental and gorgeous. Oriental means
Eastern. Here oriental refers to Turkish style.
❖ The paper on the wall is accidental and paltry. Accidental means Western. (Bulgaria
was coming in touch with the culture of the Western countries of Europe.)
❖ The washstand (basin), against the wall on the side nearest the ottoman and window.
❖ The dressing table of Raina was made of pine wood.
❖ On the chest of drawers there are a pile of paper backed novels, a box of Chocolate
creams, and a photograph.
❖ “......a large photograph of an extremely hand-some officer, whose lofty bearing and
magnetic glance can be felt from the portrait”-here the portrait of Sergius.
❖ The room is lighted by a candle.
❖ Raina’s reverie is interrupted by her mother.
❖ The name of Raina’s mother is Catherine Petkoff.
❖ Catherine Petkoff was over 40 years old.
❖ Louka is the maid servant of the Petkoff family.
❖ “Such news! There has been a battle.’ – Catherine said.
= The news is the great victory won by Sergius over the Serbs.
= The battle referred to here is the battle of Slivnitza fought between the Serbians and
the Bulgarians in 1885.
❖ “A great battle at Slivnitza! A victory! And it was won by Sergius.” - said by Catherine,
Raina’s mother.

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❖ Slivnitza is about twenty mile north-west of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. A battle
was fought in 1885, between the Serbians and the Bulgarians. The Bulgarians defeated
the Serbians. The battle was won by the heroism of Sergius.
❖ “Sergius is the hero of the hour, the idol of the regiment.”-Catherine said.
❖ Bulgaria was supported by Russia. (Bulgaria + Russia )
❖ Serbia was supported by Austria. (Serbia + Austria)
❖ Major Paul Petkoff (Raina’s father) has sent the news of victory to Catherine (Raina’s
mother).
❖ Catherine compares the gallant Bulgarian army with a mass of snow, avalanche
(হিমবাি)
❖ “It proves that all our ideas were real after all.”-Raina said to her mother.
= ‘It’ means the victory of Sergius. = ‘ideas’ refers to the dreams about Sergius.
❖ According to Raina she had heroic ideas because she was fond of reading Byron and
Pushkin.
❖ Byron: Lord Byron was a romantic poet of the nineteenth century England.
❖ Pushkin: Alexander Sergivich Pushkin was a famous Russian poet.
❖ Bucharest: Bucharest was the capital of Runania, the centre of fashion and culture.
❖ “Real life is so seldom like that. “- Raina said.
❖ “.......he might cut a poor figure there beside all those clever officers from the Tsar’s
court”-here the ‘Tsar’s court’ refers to Russian officers.
❖ “I was only a prosaic little coward “- This is said by Raina.
❖ “That the world is really a glorious world for women who can see its glory and men who
can act its romance”-This is said by Raina.
❖ “Some soldiers, I know, are afraid to die. “ – said by Raina.
❖ “It is our duty to live as long as we can. “- said by Bluntschli.
❖ “This is a better weapon than the revolver. “-here ‘this’ refers to Raina’s fur cloak.
❖ “Nine soldiers out of ten are born fools” – said by Bluntschli.
❖ The nationality of Bluntschli is Swiss. (Switzerland)
❖ The young ones carry pistols and cartridges
❖ The old one carry grub in their holsters and cartridges boxes.
❖ Young ones refers to inexperienced soldiers.
❖ Old ones refers to veteran and experienced soldiers.
❖ Bluntschli served in the Serbian army as an artillery officer. On the other hand
Bulgarians were cavalry soldiers.
❖ Bluntschli had served as a professional soldier for 14 years.
❖ To save the fugitive’s (Bluntschli) life Raina hides him behind the curtain. “It’s good
enough for a man with only you to stand between him and death.’ Said by the Man
(Bluntschli)
❖ “A narrow shave; but a miss is as good as a mile. “ – said by the fugitive (Bluntschli)
❖ Bluntschli had joined the Serbs because they came on the road first from Switzerland.
❖ “It was staring that officer in the face all the time. What an escape “ – ‘ it ‘refers to ‘the
revolver’.
❖ “He did it like an operatic tenor “ ‘it’ refers to the cavalry charge led by Sergius.
❖ The nickname of chocolate cream soldier has been given to Bluntschli by Raina.
❖ Opera of Ernani: a musical drama by the great Italian composer Gisusepi Verdi. The
story of the drama is taken from Victor Hugo’s French drama Ernani.
❖ Old Castilian noble refers to Gomez de Silva, the old Spanish Lord.
❖ Bluntschli’s father had 6 hotels
❖ “The poor darling is worn out “- ‘the poor darling’ refers to Bluntschli.

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MCQ QUESTIONS:

1. The play "Arms and the Man" was written in

 1894
2. The play “Arms and the Man” was published in
 1898
3. What type of a comedy is Shaw’s Arms and the Man ?
 Anti-romantic comedy
4. What is the source of the title of the play ?
 The opening line of Dryden’s translation of Virgil’s Aeneid: “Arma virumque cano.”
5. Which war is the setting of the play ?
 The Serbo-Bulgarian war 1885
6. What is/are the theme/themes of the play ?
 War and love/marriage
7. What is the aim of Shaw in writing this play ?
 To expose the romantic false ideas of war and love
8. The setting of the play in the opening act is
 A lady’s bedchamber, in Bulgaria
9. "A lady's bed chamber in Bulgaria." Whose bed chamber referred to here ?
 Raina
10. The action of the opening act takes place in
 Bulgaria
11. The action of Act-I, in the play take place in
 Late in November, 1885
12. Where is the Petkoff house situated ?
 In a small town of Bulgaria near the Dragoman Pass
13. What is the name of the peak that is visible through the open window of Raina’s
bed chamber?
 The peak of Balkans
14. “......... wonderfully white and beautiful in the starlit snow, seems quite close at
hand”.
 The peak of Balkans
15. How is Raina’s bedroom decorated ?
 Half rich Bulgarian and half cheap Viennese
16. Which of following is kept on the top of Raina's chest of drawers ?
 Paperback novels
17. The ivory image of Christ is to be seen
 Above the head of the bed
18. “And a light hanging before it in a pierced metal ball suspended by three chains
“ here it refers to
 A painted wooden shrine with an ivory image of Christ
19. In Raina’s bed chamber, the principal seat, placed towards the other side of the
room and opposite to the window is a
 Turkish ottoman
20. The dressing table of Raina was made of
 Pine
21. "......a large photograph of an extremely handsome officer, whose lofty bearing
and magnetic glance can be felt from the portrait" - Here is the photograph of
 Sergius
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22. Who is Sergius?
Raina’s fiance
23. The Serbo-Bulgarian War was fought in
 1885
24. The battle between Bulgaria and Serbia took place at
 Slivnitza
25. In Act I, who enters Raina’s bedroom to sent news of Bulgarian victory in the
battle?
 Catherine
26. Catherine, Raina’s mother was
 Over 40
27. What does Catherine Petkoff wear on all occasions ?
 A tea gown
28. Who is Louka ?
 Maid servant of the Petkoffs
29. “Sergius is the hero of the hour, the idol of the regiment. “ – is said by
 Catherine
30. Bulgaria was supported by
 Russia
Bulgaria + Russia = Bulgaria Won
Serbia + Austria = Serbia Lost
31. Serbia was supported by
 Austria
32. Catherine compares the Bulgarian army with
 Mass of snow, avalanche
33. A great battle at Slivnitza! A victory! And it was won by Sergius!’- is said by
 Catherine, Raina’s mother
34. What supposedly heroic thing has Sergius done ?
 Led a cavalry charge
35. “It proves that all our ideas were real after all”- is said by ***
 Sergius
*** ‘It’ means the victory of Sergius.
‘Ideas’ refers to the dreams about Sergius.
36. How would you characterise Raina based on her behaviour and dialogue in Act
I?
 She finds glory in the idealism of war
37. Raina was fond of reading
 Byron and Pushkin
38. Byron was a
 Romantic poet of the nineteenth century England
39. Pushkin was a
 Russian poet influenced by Byron and Shakespeare
40. The Petkoffs were delighted at the opera that seasoned at
 Bucharest
41. Bucharest was
 The capital of Rumania, the centre of fashion and culture
42. Why does Bluntschli enter into Raina’s bedroom ?
 To take shelter and save his life from Bulgarian army
43. “Real life is so seldom like that “-This line is said by ***

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 Raina
44. “......he might cut a poor figure there beside all those clever officers from the
Tsar’s court”- here ‘The officers from the Tsar’s court’ refers to
 The Russian officers
45. “I was only a prosaic little coward “-This is said by ***
 Raina
46. “........the world is really a glorious world for women who can see its glory and
men who can act its romance”-This is said by ***
 Raina
47. In Act I, soon after entering Raina’s bedroom, what does Louka propose ?
 All the windows are to be closed and the shutters made fast
48. “She does not kiss it or press it to her breast, or shew any mark of bodily
affection....”- This act of Raina suggests her
 Higher love/Platonic love
**** ‘It’ refers to the portrait of Sergius
49. What is the reason behind the shutters not closing properly?
 The bolt is gone (the latch is broken)
50. Bluntschli served in the Serbian army as an officer of
 Artillery
51. ‘Some soldiers, I know, are afraid to die.’ This is said by
 Raina
52. ‘It is our duty to live as long as we can’ – this is said by
 The man, Bluntschli
53. “This is better weapon than a revolver”-The weapon referred to here is ***
 Raina’s fur cloak
54. “Some soldiers, I know, are afraid to die”- What does the fugitive respond to this
comment of Raina ?
 All of them, dear lady, all of them, believe me
55. To save the fugitive’s life Raina hides him
 Behind the curtain
56. Nine soldiers out of ten are born fools’ – this line is said by ***
 Bluntschli, the fugitive
57. ‘It’s good enough for a man with only you to stand between him and death’-who
said
 The Man (Bluntschli)
58. Who, after Raina, first detects a fugitive’s presence in the house ?
 Louka
59. What does Bluntschli accidentally leave on the ottoman of Raina’s bedroom
while hiding himself ?
 His pistol
60. What trace of a fugitive’s presence does Louka detect in the house ?
 The revolver
61. Louka detects the revolver lying on
 The Turkish ottoman
62. A narrow shave; but a miss is as good as a mile’ – This is said by
 Bluntschli
63. What is the nationality of Bluntschli ?
 Swiss
64. Bluntschli had joined with the Serbians because
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 They came on the road first from Switzerland
65. “Don’t frighten me like that”-What frightens the fugitive ?
 Raina’s shriek after sitting on the revolver
66. “It was staring that officer in the face all the time.”-“It’ refers to
 Bluntschli’s revolver
67. “Pray take it to protect yourself against me”- ‘It’ refers to
 The revolver
68. “You are an angel”- Bluntschli says this to Raina
 Because she gives him chocolate creams
69. What does Bluntschli carry in the battlefield in place of cartridges ?
 Chocolates
70. According to the fugitive, how can one identify an old and a young soldier ?
 By his holsters and the cartridge boxes
71. What do the old soldiers carry in their holsters and cartridge boxes ?
 Grub
72. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones grub,” -here ‘young
ones’ refers to
 Young inexperienced soldiers
73. Here ‘old ones’ refer to
 Veteran and experienced soldiers
74. How long had Bluntschli been under fire for ?
 3 days
75. Bluntschli had served as a professional soldier for
 14 years
76. “It’s like throwing a handful of peas against a window pane”-It refers to ****
 The cavalry charge of Sergius at Slivnitza
77.‘Well, it’s a funny sight’ – here the ‘funny sight’ refers to
 Sergius’s cavalry charge at Slivnitza
78. According to Raina, ‘the bravest of the brave’ refers to
 Sergius Saranoff
79. ‘I don’t believe the first man is a coward.’- here the first man refer to
 Sergius
80. “He did it like an operatic tenor”- It refers to
 The cavalry charge led by Sergius
81. An operatic tenor is
 The hero of an opera singing with the highest ordinary adult male voice.
82. “He did it like an operatic tenor” who is referred to here as “an operatic tenor”.
 Sergius
83. A regular handsome fellow, with flashing eyes and lovely moustache, shouting
his war-cry and charging like Don Quixote at the windmills.’ – Here’ a regular
handsome fellow’ refers to
 Sergius
84. Don Quixote was a creation of
 Cervantes
85. Don Quixote was a
 Spanish romance
86. Here ‘Don Quixote’ refers to
 Sergius
87. “...we laughed at the other side of the mouth” They laughed because
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 A sergeant reported that they had been sent wrong ammunition
88. And there was Don Quixote flourishing like a drum major, thinking he’d done
the cleverest thing ever known whereas he to be court-martialled for it. -here’ drum
major’ refers to
 Sergius
89. “Of all the fools ever let loose on a field of battle, that man must be the very
maddest”- Here ‘that man’ refers to
 Sergius
90. Most likely he had got wind of the cartridge business somehow, and knew it was
a safe job’-here the ‘it’ refers to
 The cavalry charge
91. Why was Sergius’ charge against the enemies successful ?
 The Serbians had the wrong cartridges
92. Sergius leads a cavalry charge against whom?
 Artillery
93. “It was unsoldierly but it was angelic”- “It’ refers to
 The three chocolate creams
94. “I will do a soldierly thing “- Here ‘a soldierly thing’ refers to
 Asking Bluntschli to leave her bedchamber and face the enemy
[Raina said this line.
A soldierly thing -a thing that a professional soldier should do.]
95. “The very thought of it makes me giddy. Came up it fast enough with death
behind it’-here ‘it’ refers to
 The idea of climbing down the water pipe
96. What nickname does Raina give to Bluntschli ?
 The chocolate cream soldier
97. “It takes less courage to climb down than to face capture; remember that.” -here
‘capture’ means
 Death
98. Bluntschli told Raina that he had not slept (closed his eyes) for
 48 hours
99. “You see, sleep or no sleep, hunger no hunger, tired or not tired, you can always
do a thing when you know it must be done.”- who said this? ***
 Bluntschli
100. How does Bluntschli climb up to Raina’s window ?
 Through a water-pipe
101. ‘Never mind, this sort of thing is all in my day’s work.’ Thing’ refers to
 Standing face to face with death and taking great risks.
102. Raina said: ‘I am a Petkoff.’- This expression expresses
 Feeling of pride
103. “How can you stoop to pretend? “What does the person spoken stoop to pretend
?
 Bluntschli pretends to know the Petkoff family
104. What does Raina boast her house has besides having an inside staircase ?
 A library
105. What description is not given by Raina to prove their aristocracy?
 Telephone
106. Raina and her parents for the opera season go to the place every year. The place
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 Bucharest
107. The opera ‘Ernani’ was composed by
 Giuseppi Verdi
108. Bluntschli’s father had
 6 hotels
109. The Man: “Thanks, gracious young lady: I feel safe at last. And now would you
mind breaking the news to your mother.?’- Here the news refers to
 The new of his presence in Raina’s chamber
110. What happens while Raina leaves to find her mother in Act I?
 Bluntschli falls asleep
111. Raina “the poor darling is worn out “- Here the poor darling refers to
 Bluntschli

ACT – II
IMPOTANT NOTES:

➢ Act II of ‘Arms and the Man’ starts 3 months later on a fine spring morning on 6
March, 1886.
➢ Act II of ‘Arms and the Man’ starts in Major Petkoff’s garden.
➢ Nicola is the man-servant of the Petkoff family.
➢ Louka is the maid-servant of the Petkoff family.
➢ Nicola wants to open a shop in Sofia. (capital of Bulgaria).
➢ Nicola: “When I leave their service and start a shop in Sofia, their custom will be half
my capital: their bad word would ruin me.”
= custom means business, patronage or support
= capital means wealth, money
➢ Louka: “But I know some family secrets they wouldn’t care to have told, young as I
am.”
= Secret – Louka is referring to the secret visit of the Serbian officer in Raina’s bedroom.
➢ According to Nicola, Louka Will be dismissed from her service for her defiant attitude
➢ Nicola served the Petkoff family for 10 years.
➢ Levas: Bulgarian silver coin. Singular lev, plural leva. Hence levas is an instance of a
double plural.
➢ “You don’t know the power such high people have over the like of you and me when we
try to rise out of our poverty against them.” – Nicola said this.
➢ Nicola: “So that’s your little secret, is it?”
= Raina’s affair with the Swiss fugitive is the secret of Louka.
➢ “You have the soul of a servant” – Louka said.
➢ “Thats the secret of success in service.” - Nicola said. ***
= that’s refers to slavish mentality / servile attitude
➢ Major Petkoff is a cheerful, excitable, insignificant, unpolished man about 50.
➢ Cognac a French word refers to a brandy obtained from wine made at Cognac, a place
in France.
➢ The treaty was signed three days ago at Bucharest.
➢ The treaty was signed on 3rd March, 1986.
➢ The treaty was signed between Bulgaria and Serbia.
➢ Prince Alexander was the ruler of Bulgaria during the Serbo-Bulgarian war.
➢ According to Petkoff, Catherine’s usual sore throats comes from her washing her neck
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➢ “All this washing can’t be good for health.”. this washing refers to the habit of
Catherine’s washing of her neck.
➢ “It all comes from the English “- ‘it’ refers to the habit of washing neck everyday.
➢ Petkoff’s father lived up to the age of 98 years.
➢ According to Petkoff, his father was the healthiest man in Bulgaria because his father
never had a bath in his life.
➢ Petkoff washed his body once a week.
➢ “Civilised people never shout for their servants. I’ve learnt that while you were away.”
Catherine said.
= that refers to the use of electric bell for calling servants.
➢ Oh, thats absurd, Paul: I don’t believe really refined people notice such things.
= such things refer to the washed clothes hung on the brushes to dry in an open place
where visitors could see them.
➢ Childe Harold: the hero of Byron’s famous poem ‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage’.
➢ “It was the cradle and the grave of my military reputation. “ – Sergius said this = here’s
‘it’ refers to the magnificent cavalry charge led by Sergius at Slivnitza. ***
➢ Sergius led a cavalry charge against the machine-guns and won a victory at the battle
of Slivnitza. But his heroism has not been appreciated by the higher military
authorities and he has not been promoted. So Sergius wanted to resign from the army
➢ Cossack: a Turkish tribe under the Russians. They were good cavalry soldiers.
➢ Catherine: “It is an abominable habit.” – here ‘it’ refers to Raina’s habit of
eavesdropping.
➢ Soldering, my dear madam, is the coward’s art of attacking mercilessly when you are
strong, and keeping out of harm’s way when you are weak. That is the whole secret of
successful fighting.” – Sergius said.****
➢ “That is the whole secret of successful fighting. ‘That’ refers to attacking one’s “ enemy
mercilessly when one is strong and keeping out of danger when one is weak. ****
➢ “However I suppose soldering has to be a trade like any other trade.” – Petkoff Said. ***
= Soldering has to be taken as a kind of business like any other business.
➢ Sergius: “But I have no ambition to shine as a tradesman; so I have taken the advice
of that bagman of a captain that settled the exchange of prisoners with us at Pirot, and
given it up.”- here ‘that bagman’ refers to Bluntschli. (Bagman means commercial
traveller).
➢ “Ah, he was a soldier: every inch a soldier! “-Sergius said. ‘he’ refers to Bluntschli.*
➢ Sergius: “We are two children in the hands of that consummate soldier, Major simply
two innocent little children. “ = We, two children refers to Sergius and Petkoff
➢ = Consummate soldier (means perfect) refers to Bluntschli
➢ The term ‘bourgeois’ means the middle class citizens belonging to the rich business
community.
➢ “Very fatiguing thing to keep up for any length of time”- here ‘very fatiguing thing’ refers
to higher love.
➢ “You are a provoking little witch.” – Here ‘little witch’ is Louka.
➢ The six personalities of Sergius are hero, buffoon, humbug, blackguard, jealous,
coward
➢ According to Raina, the little beast is Bluntchli.

MCQ QUESTIONS:

1. Act II of 'Arms and the Man' takes place in

 March 1886

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2. The time when Act II of the play opens is
 6th March, 1886
3. Where does the second act of the play start ?
 In the garden of Major Petkoff
4. “He wears a white Bulgarian costume; jacket with embroidered border, sash, wide
knickerbockers, and decorated gaiters. His head is shaved up to the crown, giving
him a high Japanese forehead” – The description refers to
 Nicola
5. Act II begins with a conversation between
 Louka and Nicola
6. To whom is Louka engaged
 Nicola
7. “I shall always be dependent on the good will of the family.”- Who is the speaker
?
 Nicola
8. Why does Nicola depend on the good will of the Petkoff family ?
 To start his business in Sofia
9. Where will Nicola start a shop after leaving the Petkoff’s service ?
 In Sofia
10. When I leave their service and start a shop in Sofia, their custom will be my
capital: their bad word would ruin me’- Here the term custom means
 Business, patronage or support
[Nicola said to Louka]
11. Here the term ‘capital’ means
 Wealth, money
12. Nicola served the Petkoff family for ***
 10 years
13. Levas is
 Bulgarian silver coin
14. “You have the soul of a servant.” – Who is the speaker ? ****
 Louka
15. “That’s the secret of success in service?” – who said this ?
 Nicola. Nicola said this to Louka
16. “That’s the secret of success in service?” – What is the secret ? ***
 Keeping servile attitude towards life
17. ‘You will never put the soul of a servant into me’-who said and to whom?
 Louka and Nicola
18. How old is Major Petkeff ?
 About 50 years
19. The word ‘cognac’ is
 A French word for brandy obtained from wine made at Cognac, a place in France
20. How many days before Petkoff’s arrival was the treaty signed ?
 3 days
21. The treaty was signed at
 Bucharest
22. The treaty was signed between
 Bulgaria and Serbia
23. The treaty was signed between Bulgaria and Serbia on
 3rd of March, 1886
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24. The degree for the army to demobilize was issued on
 5th March 1986
Act II starts on 6th March, 1886
The war’s over. The treaty was signed three days ago at Bucharest; and the degree for our
army to demobilize was issued yesterday
25. The ruler of Bulgaria during the Serbo-Bulgarian war was
 Prince Alexander
26. Which of the disease Catherine suffered from
 Sore throat
27. According to Major Petkoff, the cause of his wife’s sore throat is her
 Daily washing
28. The bad habit of the English pointed out by Major Petkoff in Arms and the Man
is
 Daily washing
29. Back home from war, when Major Petkoff inquires about his wife’s health, she
tells him that she has a
 Sore throat
30. “That comes from washing your necks everyday”-who said this and to whom?
 Petkoff to Catherine
31. “Disgusting! It all comes from the English”- Here ‘it’ refers to
 The habit of washing everyday
32. Without ever having a bath, Major Petkoff’s father lived
 To be 98 years old
33. How old was Petkoff’s father at the time of his death ?
 98
34. According to Petkoff who is the healthiest man in Bulgaria ?
 The father of Major Petkoff
35. The domestic things of which the Petkoffs so proud are
 The library their house and the electric bell
36. “Civilized people never shout for their servant.” The alternative for shouting for
the servants is
 The use of the electric bell in the house
37. ‘I have learnt that while you were away’-Here Catherine Petkoff has learnt the
use of
 The electric bell for calling the servants
38. By which name does Catherine Petkoff call her husband lovingly ?
 Paul
39. “......he has acquired the half tragic, half ironic air, the mysterious moodiness,
the suggestion of a strange and terrible history that has left nothing but undying
remorse by which Child Harold fascinated the grandmothers of his English
contemporaries”. - The description refers to
 Sergius
40. Child Harold is
 The hero of Byron’s ‘Child Harold’s Pilgrimage’
41. Cossacks were
 A Turkish tribe who came under Russian rule and were famous as fast-riding cavalry
42. “It was the cradle and grave of my military reputation”- who is the speaker ? ***
 Sergius
43. “It was the cradle and grave of my military reputation”- ‘ It’ refers to ***

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 The magnificent cavalry charge at Slivnitza
44. “I won the battle the wrong way when our worthy Russian generals were losing
it the right way.”- Here ‘the wrong way’ refers to
 A wrong procedure- a strategy not approved of by their Russian generals
[Wrong way: in an unprofessional manner. Sergius did not follow the strict military rules
and regulations. Sergius lead a cavalry charge against the machine-guns]
45. Catherine: “It is An abominable habit.”—Here ‘it’ refers to
 Eavesdropping
Catherine condemns Raina for her habit of eavesdropping.
46. The mental anxiety with which does Sergius come back from the battlefield at
Slivnitza is
 Though the Bulgarians have won the battle under leadership of Sergius, he is not
promoted.
47. “That is the whole secret of successful fighting” – who is the speaker ?
 Sergius Saranoff
48.” That is the whole secret of successful fighting” – what is the whole secret of
successful fighting ? ****
 Attacking mercilessly when you are strong and keeping out of the harm’s way when you
are weak
49. According to Major Petkoff, soldiering is to be
 A trade
50. “However, I suppose soldiering is to be a trade like any other trade”-It is said by
 Petkoff
51. Sergius: “But I have no ambition to shine as a tradesman; so I have taken the
advice of that bagman of a captain that settled the exchange of prisoners with us at
Pirot, and given it up.” – Here ‘bagman’ refers to
 Bluntschli
52. “Ah, he was a soldier: every inch a soldier – who is referred to here ? ***
 Bluntschli
53. How did Bluntschli humbug the Bulgarian officers ?
 Giving two hundred worn-out horses exchange for fifty able bodied men
54. “He was like a commercial traveller in uniform. Bourgeois to his boots!” Here
the term ‘bourgeois’ means
 The middle class citizens belonging to the rich business community
*** [From head to foot Sergius is in spirit a number belonging to middle class community]
55. “We were two children in the hands of that consummate soldier, Major; simply
two innocent little children” Here that consummate soldier refers to
 Bluntschli
56. “We were two children in the hands of that consummate soldier, Major; simply
two innocent little children” – The ‘two children’ refer to
 Major Petkoff and Sergius
57. “My hero! My king!” Raina said to
 Sergius
58. “All my deeds were yours. You inspired me.”- Here Sergius compares himself
with
 A knight in a tournament
59. “When I think of you, I feel that I could never do the base deed, or think of an
ignoble thought”-Here Raina speaks of
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60. Sergius flirts with Louka when Raina went inside to get her
 Hat
61. “Very fatiguing thing to keep up for any length of time”- here ‘very fatiguing
thing’ refers to
 Higher love
62. What would “Sergius, the apostle of higher love, say if he saw me now?”- Sergius
said this when he is
 Pulling Louka’s hand
63. “You are a provoking little witch.” – Here ‘little witch’ is
 Louka
64. Witty as well as pretty”-This is said about
 Louka
65. “Which of six is the real man? That’s the question that torments me” Who said
?
 Sergius
66. “That’s the question that torments me. “The question referred to here is
 Which of the six is the real man ?
67. “Which of six is the real man? -The six personalities are
 Hero, buffoon, humbug, blackguard, jealous, coward
68. “You shall never get that out of me, for love or money.”- That refers to
 The rival of Sergius
69. In Arms and the Man “higher love” takes place in between
 Raina and Sergius
70. “I know the difference the sort of manner you and she put on before one another
and the real manner”- here ‘You and she’ refers to
 Sergius and Raina
71. Who was called ‘a little clod of common clay’ by Sergius ?
 Louka
72. “But I don’t care, now I’ve found out that whatever clay I’m made of, you’re
made of the same. As for her, she’s a liar; and her fine airs are a cheat; and I’m worth
six of her”- Here ‘her’ refers to
 Raina
73. The expression “I’m worth six of her.” Means
 Louka was six times superior to Raina
74. "She begins to pace up and down the garden in a brown study." -Here the term
Brown study' means
 Day-dream/reverie
75. According to Raina, the little beast is
 Bluntschli
76. The very first thing Raina’s father asked for
 His old coat
77. “I know Sergius is your pet. I sometimes wish you could marry him in stead of
me”-This is said by
 Raina to Catherine
78. “Captain Bluntschli ? That’s a German name”- This wrong assumption of
Catherine was corrected by
 Louka
79. When Bluntschli paid a second visit at Petkoff’s house, Sergius and Petkoff were
 In the library busy at planning how to demobilise the regiment
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80. The news of Bluntschli’s arrival was given by
 Louka
81. ‘Welcome, our friend the enemy’- Here who welcomes and to whom?
 Sergius welcomes Bluntschli
82. Raina: 'Oh; The chocolate cream soldier'- The 'chocolate cream soldier' refers to
 Captain Bluntschli
83. How did Raina save the situation after calling Bluntschli ‘the chocolate cream
soldier’?
 By fabricating the story of ice-pudding being spoiled by Nicola
84. Why does Bluntschli return to Petkoff house ?
 To return the coat within which he hid himself while leaving Raina’s bed chamber
85. Sergius: “That settles it!’ – Here that refers
 Bluntschli’s willingness to stay
[Sergius is glad to know that Bluntschli is willing to stay at the house of the Petkoffs. So
he says that the matter is finally settled.]

ACT – III
IMPORTANT ONLINE LINER
➢ Act III of ‘Arms and the Man’ takes place in Petkoff’s library.
➢ Act III of ‘Arms and the Man’ starts after lunch. (afternoon)
➢ “This hand is more accustomed to sword than to pen” – Sergius said ***
➢ Division of labour: Bluntschli was drawing orders to demobilise the regiment and
Sergius was signing them.
➢ “There’s only one thing I want to make me thoroughly comfortable”- Here The only.
➢ One thing is Petkoff’s old coat.
➢ ‘My dear: If you think the obstinacy of your sex can make a coat out of two old dressing
gowns of Raina’s, your waterproof, and my mackintosh, your, mistaken’.-
➢ Here ‘the obstinacy of your sex’ means that the Stubbornness and pig-headedness of
woman
➢ According to Petkoff in the blue closet contains two old dressing gowns of Raina,
Catherine’s waterproof and his mackintosh (raincoat).
➢ According to Catherine, an Arabian mare will cost 50,000 levas.
➢ Age is beginning to tell on me. I’m getting hallucinations. – said by Petkoff.
➢ “What an army! They make cannons out of cherry and officers send their wives to keep
discipline”- Bluntschli said. ***
= Cherry trees are very soft and cannons cannot be made out of them. Bulgarian
Soldiers think that it enough to make their cannons out of soft cherry trees. Bluntschli
says that Bulgarian soldiers are foolish, weak and timid. Like Major Petkoff, they take
the help of their wives to maintain discipline among the soldiers.
➢ That was the second time I ever uttered a falsehood. -Raina said.
= Raina told her first lie when she hid Bluntschli behind the screen of her bedroom
and told the Russian officer that he was not there.
= Raina said that the story of the ice pudding was her second lie.
➢ “If pity is akin to love, gratitude is akin to the other thing” is said by Bluntschli.
➢ ‘It cost me a lie! A lie!’-Raina. – means She became a liar to save his life.
➢ Sergius: “I’m a soldier. Now what are the two things that happen to a soldier so often
that he comes to think nothing of them?” – here one thing is hearing people tell lies
and the other is getting his life saved in all sorts of ways by all sorts of people.

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 Bluntschli states that his experiences in war taught him that people are habitual liars
and are ungrateful.
➢ Raina tells Bluntschli that she told only two lies in her whole life.
➢ “Dear young lady: isn’t that rather a short allowance? I’m quite a straightforward man
myself. But it wouldn’t last me a whole morning.” – Bluntschli is the speaker
➢ “When you strike that noble attitude and speak in that thrilling voice, I admire you;
but I find it impossible to believe a single word you say.” – Bluntschli said to Raina.
➢ Raina: ‘I’ve always gone on like that.’- Here ‘that’ refer to striking noble or romantic
attitude and speaking in the thrilling voice.
➢ ‘I did it when I was a tiny child to my nurse. She believed in it. I do it before my parents.
They believe in it .I do it before Sergius. He believes in it’. – Here ‘it’ refers to Raina’s
high and romantic pose with thrilling voice
➢ “It’s part of your youth: the nurse, your charm. – the romantic pose is the characteristic
of all young persons.
➢ The photo of Raina was in the pocket of Petkoff’s coat which Bluntschli was sent away.
➢ Hand aufs Herz means hand on heart. It is a German colloquial expression to
emphasise that what the speaker has said is ‘strictly true’.
➢ “That was rash. “ – ‘that’ refers to Raina wrote something on her photo that was in the
pocket of the coat.
➢ “You have a low shopkeeping mind” – Here Raina said to Bluntschli.
➢ Bluntschli: “That’s the Swiss national character, dear lady’- Here that refers to the
consideration of profit and loss in viewing everything in life
➢ The last postal delivery that reached Bluntschli was three weeks ago
➢ Four telegrams Bluntschli received from the messenger bearing the news of his father’s
death.
➢ “Seventy!, Two hundred!, Four hundred!, Four thousand!!! Nine thousand six
hundred!!! “ – these are the numbers of various articles.
➢ Raina: “Grief! A man who has been doing nothing but killing people for years! What
does he care? What does any soldier care?” – this is said about Bluntschli.
➢ A fool and his money are soon parted – this is said about Sergius.
➢ I’ve often thought that if Raina were out of the way, and you just a little less of a fool
and Sergius just a little more of one, you might come to be one of my grandest
customers, instead of only being my wife and costing me money. – Nicola said.
➢ “The way to get on a lady is the same as the way to get on as a servant: you’ve got to
know your place; that’s the secret of it.” – Nicola said this.
➢ Your poor men can cut throats; but they are afraid of their officers; they put up with
insults and blows: they stand by and see one another punished like children: aye, and
help to do it when they are ordered. – Sergius said to Louka.
➢ “A man worth ten of you.” – Louka said to Sergius to make him angry. Here a man
refers to Bluntschli.
➢ Do you think I believe that she-she! Whose worse thoughts are higher than your best
ones’ is capable of trifling with another man behind my back? – This is said about
Raina. Sergius said to Louka.
➢ The term Damnation’ means curse (অহিশাপ), hellish torture (নারকীয় যন্ত্রণা)
➢ Sergius challenged to face Bluntschli in a duel on Klissoura road at six o’clock.
➢ Besides being a professional soldier Bluntschli was a Sword instructor.
➢ “A hollow sham, like love” Here’hollow’ refers to war.
➢ Bluntschli: ‘Come, Saranoff. That matter is explained. “ – Here ‘that matter’ refers to
there was no love-affair between Raina and Bluntschli
➢ “A shocking sacrifice, isn’t it? Such beauty! Such intellect! Such modesty! Wasted on
a middle-aged servant man. Really, Sergius, you cannot stand by and allow such a
thing. It would be unworthy of vour chivalry.”
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 = Here ‘a shocking sacrifice’ refers to The sacrifice of Louka to Nicola = such a thing
refers to Louka’s intellect, modesty and beauty wasted on Nicola. = ‘It’ refers to
remaining inactive when Louka is going to be sacrificed to a mere Servant.
➢ Sergius calls Raina ‘viper’, a poisonous snake because she is very sharp tongued. She
has wounded the feelings of Sergius.
➢ Sergius: “False ! Monstrous ! “ what is false and monstrous ? = Raina accused Sergius
that he has employed Louka as a spy to watch Bluntschli and her and Louka’s reward
for her service is that Sergius is making love to Louka.
➢ Sergius calls Raina ‘tiger cat’. He means to say that she is mean (নীচ)
➢ Sergius calls Bluntschli, the cool impartial man.
➢ On the photograph of Raina the inscription is Raina, to chocolate Cream Soldier: a
Souvenir
➢ The name of Bluntschli’s friend is Stolz.
➢ According to Nicola, he had announced that he has been betrothed to Louka to provide
protection to Louka.
➢ According to Bluntschli Nicola is the ablest man in Bulgaria.
➢ Bluntschli is 34 years old.
➢ Bluntschli assumes Raina is 17 years old.
➢ Raina is 23 years old.
➢ Sergius had 20 horses and 3 carriages
➢ Bluntschli had 200 horses, 70 carriages, 4000 tablecloths, 9600 pairs (19200) of
sheets and blankets, 2400 eiderdown quilts, 10 thousand knives aril forks, 10
thousand desert spoons, 300 servants, 6 palatial establishment, 2 livery stables, a tea
garden, a private house, 4 medals for distinguished service.
➢ Bluntschli knew 3 native languages are French, German and Italian
➢ Bluntschli will be back at five in the evening on Tuesday fortnight.
➢ “What a man! Is he man!” – Sergius said this about Bluntschli.” What a man! Is he
man!” – Sergius said this about Bluntschli.
➢ ‘Arms and the Man’ is a drama of ideas.
➢ Bluntschli the protagonist, serves as the spokesman of Shaw, the iconoclast.
➢ ‘Arms and the Man’ is an anti-heroic and anti-romantic play.
➢ The title of the play. “Arms and the Man’ is taken from the first line of Dryden’s
Translation of Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’.
➢ ‘Arms and the Man’ is a Problem play or Propaganda play or Thesis play.
➢ The theme of Shaw’s Arms and the Man is the disillusionment as to the romantic of
view of war and the romance of love.
➢ The sub-title of Shaw’s play ‘Arms and the Man’ is ‘An Anti – Romantic Comedy in
Three Acts’
➢ The play ‘Arms and the Man’ was written in 1894 and published in 1898.
➢ The play was first performed at the Avenue Theatre, London, on 21st April, 1894.

MCQ QUESTIONS:

1. The Act-III of 'Arms and the Man' takes place in

 Petkoff’s library
2. The Act-III of ‘Arms and the Man’ takes place in
 Bulgaria
3. “This hand is more accustomed to sword than to pen who is the speaker ? **
 Sergius

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4. “Division of labour”- How was the labour divided ?
 Bluntschli was drawing orders to demobilise the regiment and Sergius was signing
them.
5. Raina and her mother had sent off Bluntschli in an old coat of Petkoff. In the
pocket of the coat Raina had put something for Bluntschli. What was it?
 A signed portrait of Raina
6. “There’s only one thing I want to make me thoroughly comfortable”-The only one
thing is
 Old coat
7. What were the things that the blue closet contains except Mr. Petkeff’s old coat
?
 Raina’s dressing gowns, Catherine’s waterproof and Mr. Petkeff’s rain coat
[Mackintosh means raincoat]
8. Where does Nicola find Petkoff’s coat ?
 In the closet
9. According to Catherine, an Arabian mare will cost
 50 Thousand Levas
10. Age is beginning to tell on me. I’m getting hallucinations. – who is the speaker
?
 Petkoff
11. “Age is beginning to tell on me. I’m getting hallucination”-This statement is said
 After Nicola brings his coat from the closet
12. “What an army! make cannons out of cherry and officers send their wives to
keep discipline”-This is said by
 Bluntschli. The Bulgarian military authorities.
14. When did Raina tell a lie for the first time ?
 When she hid Bluntschli behind the screen of her bedroom and told the Russian officer
that he was not there.
15. When does Raina tell a lie for the second time ?
 Raina said that the story of the ice pudding was her second lie.
16. Raina: ‘It cost me a lie! A lie!’ – This expression means
 Raina became a liar to save Bluntschli’s life
17. “Now what are the two things that happen to a soldier so often that he comes to
think nothing of them?”-What are the things ?
 Hearing people tell lies and getting his life saved in all sorts of ways by all sorts of people
18. “If pity is akin to love, gratitude is akin to the other thing” is said by
 Bluntschli
19. Here ‘the other thing’ refers to
 Hatred
20. Dear young lady: isn’t that rather a short allowance? I’m quite a straightforward
man myself. But it wouldn’t last me a whole morning. – who is the speaker ?
 Bluntschli
21. “When you strike that noble attitude and speak in that thrilling voice, I admire
you; but I find it impossible to believe a single word you say”-The speaker and the
spoken to are
 Bluntschli and Raina
22. ‘I’ve always gone on like that.’- Here ‘that’ refer to
 Striking noble or romantic attitude and speaking in the thrilling voice
• Raina said this to Bluntschli

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23. ‘I did it when I was a tiny child to my nurse. She believed in it. I do it before my
parents. They believe in it I do it before Sergius. He believe in it ‘-Here ‘it’ refers to
 Raina’s high and romantic pose with thrilling voice
24. “It’s part of your youth: part of your charm. I’m like all the rest of them: the
nurse, your parents, Sergius: I’m your infatuated admires”. – Here it refers to
 Raina’s romantic pose
25. “I am your infatuated admirer.” Here the speaker and the person spoken about
are
 Bluntschli and Raina
26. “Hand aufs Herz”-It is a
 German colloquial expression
27. “Hand aufs Herz”- The expression means
 ‘Hand on heart’ suggesting what the speaker said is true
28. “I had to put it in safe keeping somehow” – What did Bluntschli do in order to
keep the coat in safe custody ?
 He pawned it
29. Bluntschli: ‘...but that’s the surest place to get looted in modern warfare. So I
pawned it’.- Here ‘the surest place’ refers to
 The railway cloak room
30. Bluntschli: ‘I know it doesn’t sound nice; but it was much the safest plan: I
redeemed it the day before yesterday’- Here ‘the safest plan’ refers to
 The act of pawning the coat
31. “You have a low shop keeping mind”- The speaker and the person spoken to are
 Raina and Bluntschli
32. “That’s the Swiss national character, dear lady’,-Bluntschli. – Here that refers to
 The consideration of profit and loss in viewing everything in life
33.Bluntschli: “That’s the Swiss national character, dear lady’-Here ‘the lady’ refers
to
 Raina
34. “Oh, I wish I had never met you.” – Who wishes so never to have met whom?
 Raina with Bluntschli
35. The last postal delivery that reached Bluntschli was
 Three weeks ago
36. How many telegrams did Bluntschli receive from the messenger bearing the news
of his father’s death ?
 Four
37. ‘Oho! Bad news’ – What is the bad news for Bluntschli in the telegrams ?
 Bluntschli’s father death
38. “Grief! A man who has been doing nothing but killing people for years”-This is
said about
 Bluntschli
39. Sergius gave Nicola
 20 levas
40. Bluntschli gave Nicola
 10 levas
41. A fool and his money are soon parted – this is said about
 Sergius. Nicola said this to Louka. It is a proverb. It means a foolish person spends
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42. “Men never seem to me to grow up, they all have schoolboy’s ideas”-This is said
by
 Louka
43. Louka: ‘How could that degrade me if it did not degrade you to have it done for
you?”- Here it refers to
 Carrying out an orders
44. If Louka were Empress of Russia
 She would marry the man she would love
45. What does Sergius do despite being engaged to Raina ?
 He flirts with Louka
46. “A man worth ten of you.” – Here a man refers to
 Bluntschli. Louka said to Sergius to make him angry.
47. ‘The Swiss will kill you, perhaps. He has beaten you in love. He may beat you in
war....’ – Here this is said about
 Bluntschli
48. The term ‘Damnation’ means
 Hellish torture, curse
49. Sergius: ‘Mockery! Mockery everywhere! Everything I think is mocked by
everything I do’. Here the expression means
 Sergius has been befooled and made a laughing stock every where
50. “If these hands ever touch you again, they shall touch my affianced bride” – who
spoke and to whom?
 Sergius and Louka
51. Where does Sergius challenge to face Bluntschli in a duel ?
 Klissoura road
52. Where and when does Sergius call Bluntschli for fighting ?
 At the drilling- ground on the Klissoura Road at 6 O’clock
53. Why and how does Sergius challenge Bluntschli to a duel ?
 On knowing that Bluntschli is his rival in love, Sergius challenged him to a duel on
horseback. Bluntschli accept the challenge but suggested that he being in the artillery
would bring his machine gun with him.
54. The drilling-ground, according to Sergius, is situated on the
 Klissoura road
55. Bluntschli: 'Oh, thank you: that's a cavalry man's proposal.'- Here 'proposal'
refers to
 Sergius's proposal to Bluntschli to meet the former in a duel on horse back
56. Sergius: ‘It is not our custom in Bulgaria to allow invitations of that kind to be
trifled with’.- Here ‘invitations of that kind’ means
 It is not the usual practice in Bulgaria to challenge any one to a duel in a light- hearted
manner
57. Besides being a professional soldier Bluntschli was a
 Sword instructor
58. Sergius: ‘Ha! That is a confession.’- Here ‘confession’ refers to
 Rina’ interest and concerned in Bluntschli.
59. ‘You see the young lady’s concern, Captain Bluntschli.’ The lady’s (Raina’s)
concern is
 Whether Bluntschl is married or not
60. ‘This is the doing of that friend of yours, Captain Bluntschli. It is he who is
spreading this horrible story about me’.- Here ‘the horrible story’ refers to

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 The scandalous story about Raina’s having got mixed with Bluntschli
61. The term ‘predicament ‘means
 Dangerous situation
62. How was the friend of Blunlschli killed finally ?
 He was burnt alive
63. ‘.... He’s dead. Burnt alive.’- The ‘dead’ referred to here is
 Stolz (a friend of Bluntschli)
64. “A hollow sham, like love” – who said this line ?
 Sergius
65. “A hollow sham, like love”-What is considered as hollow sham ?
 War
• Sergius thinks that both war and love are meaningless and false
66. Our romance is shattered. Life’s a farce’- who said this
 Sergius
* Sergius thinks that both war and love are meaningless and false
67. ‘Our romance is shattered. Life’s a farce’- Here ‘farce’ means
 Laughter, A mockery!, An absurdity
68. “You have no magnetism: you are not a man: you are a machine”- who said this
and to whom?
 Sergius to Bluntschli
69. The term ‘magnetism’ means
 Force of personality
70. But now that you’ve found that life isn’t a farce, but something quite sensible
and serious, what further obstacle is there to your happiness? – who said this and
to whom?
 Bluntschli to Sergius
71. “Such beauty! Such intellect! Such modesty! Wasted on a middle-aged servant
man”- whose beauty said about
 Louka.
72. Raina: “A shocking sacrifice, isn’t it? Such beauty! Such intellect! Such
modesty! Wasted on a middle-aged servant man.” Here ‘a shocking sacrifice’ refers
to
 The sacrifice of Louka to Nicola.
73. Sergius: ‘Viper! Viper!’. – who is called viper ?
 Raina
74. ‘The cool impartial man’ refers to
 Bluntschli
75. Sergius: ‘Judge her, Bluntschli, You, the cool impartial man: judge the
eavesdropper’- Here ‘the eavesdropper’ is
 Louka
76. “My love was at a stake. I am not ashamed.” Here the speaker is
 Louka. Louka says that she was justified in eavesdropping because her love was in
danger. She was listening from behind the door because she was anxious about her
beloved, Sergius.
77. Whose coat pocket contained the inscribed photograph ?
 Petkoff’s
78. On the photograph of Raina the inscription is
 Raina, to chocolate Cream Soldier: a Souvenir
79. What was the name of Bluntschli’s friend ?

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 Stolz
80. The name of Bluntschli’s friend whom he (Bluntschli) told the story of his
midnight adventure in Raina’s bed-room was
 Stolz
81. Nicola: I beg your pardon, sir. There is a mistake. – Here ‘the mistake’ refers to
 The wrong idea about Nicola’s engagement to Louka
82. On the day of their bethothal Nicola and Louka, Nicola got from Major Petkoff
 25 Levas
83. Louka got from Miss Raina
 A gilt bracelet
84. Why, according to Nicola, had he announced to have been betrothed to Louka ?
 To provide protection to Louka
85. "This is either the finest heroism or the most crawling baseness." Who is the
speaker ?
 Sergius. Nicola made a sacrifice in the interest of Louka.
86. According to Bluntschli, who is the ablest man in Bulgaria ?
 Nicola
87.On what condition does Bluntschli decide to make Nicola the manager of his
hotel ?
 If he can speak French and German
88. “I’ll make him manager of a hotel if he can speak French or German”.- Here ‘he’
refers to
 Nicola
89. “That touch makes me your affianced wife”- This is said by
 Louka when Sergius kisses her hand seeking her pardon
90. “These heroics of yours have their practical side after all”-‘ These heroics’ refers
to
 Sergius’ decision to marry Louka
91. ‘... a vagabond who has spoiled all his chances in life through an incurably
romantic disposition’ -The ‘vagabond’ is
 The Swiss professional soldier, Bluntschli
92. When Bluntschli was a boy, how many times had he run away from home?
 Twice
93. What age does Bluntschli assume for Raina ?
 17
94. “You are a romantic idiot”- Here ‘a romantic idiot’ is
 Bluntschli
95. How old is Bluntschli?
 34 years old
96. How old is Raina ?
 23 years old
97. “Your sagacity is a fraud”-Sergius says this to Bluntschli because200
 He mistook Raina for a girl of 17.
98. How many horses does Bluntschli possess ?
 200.
99. Sergius has _______ Horses
 20
100. Bluntschli has ______ carriages.
 70
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101. How many palatial establishments does Bluntschli possess ?
6
102. Bluntschli has ______ for distinguished services.
 4 medals
103. Bluntschli knows
 Three languages
104. “Are you Emperor of Switzerland ?” – This is said about
 Bluntschli
105. Petkoff: “Are you Emperor of Switzerland?” What was reply of Bluntschli ?
 My rank is highest known in Switzerland: I am a free citizen
106. The lady says that he can keep his tablecloths and his omnibuses. I am not
here to be sold to the highest bidder. – Here ‘the lady’ refers to
 Raina
107. Here ‘the highest bidder ‘refers to
 Bluntschli
108. Raina gave to her “chocolate cream soldier”
a) Her hand to kiss
b) Her bed to sleep in
c) Her roof to shelter
109. Bluntschli will be back at
 At five in the evening on Tuesday fortnight
110. “What a man! Is he a man !”-Who said this and about whom?
 Sergius to Bluntschli

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