One Act Play 3 Question Answers of The Oyster And The Pearl, 11 English by AG Ahmad

 

One Act Play, Questions of 1^st Year English

You have to attempt any five questions out of twelve questions. (10 Marks)

One Act Play No. 3

The Oyster And The Pearl

Q. 1. Where does the play take place? (LB. 2011, GWB. 2011, RWB. 2009)

Ans. The play takes place at Harry Van Dusen’s barber shop in O.K.-By-the-Sea, California, Population 909.

Q. 2. Why is Harry sitting in the barber’s chair? (LB. 2008, 11, GWB. 2011)

Ans. Harry is sitting in the barber’s chair to have a haircut by a boy of nine or ten named Clay Larrabee.

Q. 3. According to Harry, how does one bring merriment to the tired old human heart?

Ans. Harry says that one can compose a symphony, paint a picture, write a book or invent a philosophy to bring merriment to the tired old human heart.

Q. 4. What is Harry's Philosophy? Can it be applied in this age? (2006, 09, 11, 15)

Ans. Harry's philosophy is to take it easy way, means enjoy life and do not bother at any matter. It can be applied even in this age of hustle and bustle. We are very busy in our daily activities.

If we have spare time in life, we can apply Harry's Philosophy.

Q. 4. How much did Harry pay for his barber shop? How long has he been In

O.K.-by-the-sea? (GW. 2009)

Ans. Harry paid seventy-five dollars for his barber shop, including the haircut free. He has been in O. K -By-the-Sea for twenty four years.

Q. 5. How many barbers are there in O.K.-by-the-Sea?

Ans. Harry Van Dusen is the only barber in O.K-by-the-Sea.

Q. 6. How much does Harry charge for haircut? (RWB. 2009, FSB. 2009)

Ans. The regular price is one dollar for haircut. Now and then, he takes and sometimes, he does not take. He generally takes a half or a quarter.

Q. 7. Where is Clay going? (GWB. 2011)

Ans. He is going down to the beach.

Q. 8. Why does Clay need money? (L.B, 2011)

Ans. Clay needs money because he wants to get his father to come home. He also wants to buy a present for his mother.

Q. 9. What has happened to Clay's father? (L.B. 2007, 08, 10) (RWB. 2009) (FSB. 2009)

Ans. Clay's father has left home without any information because he does not enjoy a good married life.

Q. 10. What does Clay want to put in the local newspaper? (L.B. 2008)

Ans. Clay wants to put an ad in the local newspaper for the attention of his angry father. This question does not correspond to the text because Clay has already given the ad in the local newspaper which his father sees and comes back.

Q. 11. Who is Miss McCutcheon? How does she feel about her job? (L.B. 201l, FSB. 2009)

Ans. Miss McCutcheon is the new school teacher. She sometimes feels her job tiresome

and wants to quit. At the same time she wants to teach the children.

Q. 12. What is Miss McCutcheon looking for? How does she feel about the children of the town? (LB. 2015)

Ans. Miss McCutcheon is looking for a chance to teach. She feels that the children do not care about their education. She fails to control them.

Q. 13. What does Harry advise her to do?

Ans. Harry advises her to go back while the going back is good.

Q. 14. Can Harry give a poodle haircut?

Ans. Harry cannot give a poodle haircut.

Q. 15. What kind of haircut does Miss McCutcheon want? (LB. 2019, GWB. 2009)

Ans. Miss McCutcheon wants a poodle haircut.

Q. 16. What does Miss McCutcheon think that a poodle haircut will do for her appearance?

Ans. Miss McCutcheon thinks that a poodle haircut will make her plain and simple. After changing her appearance, she will become suitable for the environment.

Q. 17. Where has Clark Larrabee been? How did he get to O.K-by-the-Sea? (GWB. 2011, FSB. 2011)

Ans. Clark is a writer. He has been working in Salinas. He got a ride down in a truck and reached O.K.-by-the-Sea.

Q. 18. What does Clark give Harry and for what purpose? (FSB. 2009)

Ans. Clark gives Harry thirty dollars for Clay to take home to his mother.

Q. 19. How far is it to Hollywood from O.K.-by-the-Sea?

Ans. Hollywood is about two hundred miles from O.K-by-the-Sea.

Q. 20. What work does the Man do?

Ans. He is a writer.

Q. 21. What did Clay find near Black Rock? (L.B. 2009)

Ans. Clay found an Oyster near Black Rock.

Q. 22. What does Clay believe is in the oyster? How much is it worth?

Ans. Clay believes that there is a big pearl in the oyster that is worth around three hundred dollars.

Q. 23. Does Miss McCutcheon believe that there is a pearl in the oyster?

Ans. Miss McCutcheon does not believe at all that there is a pearl in the oyster.

Q. 24. Why does Miss McCutcheon have a chair with three legs?

Ans. Miss McCutcheon has brought the chair with three legs from the sea. She has started bringing things from the sea.

Q. 25. What year is it?

Ans. It is 1953.

 Q. 26. What kind of judge is Judge Applegarth? (LB. 2009, RWB. 2011, GWB. 2011)

Ans. He judged animals at a county fair once so he is called Judge.

Q. 27. What does Greeley have in a bottle?

Ans. Greeley has sea water in the bottle.

Q. 28. Who suggests that they should open the oyster?

Ans. Miss McCutcheon suggests that they should open the oyster.

Q. 29. Why do they want Wozzeck to come? (GWB. 2009, FSB. 2011)

Ans. They want Wozzeck to come and open the oyster because Harry is afraid that he might damage the pearl.

Q. 30. How does Harry describe the inhabitants of O.K.-by-the-Sea? (LB. 2007)

Ans. Harry depicts their poverty. They cannot afford to pay for their haircuts. A few people find jobs in North or South for some time for little money. A few get pensions. Otherwise, they are most beautiful people.

Q. 31. How does Miss McCutcheon view Harry's thinking about the pearl in the oyster?

Ans. Miss McCutcheon views that Harry is going to play a trick on Clay. She criticizes him for his mumbo-jumbo ideas.

Q. 32. Why does the Judge think that Miss McCutcheon will not last as a teacher? Or What kind of teacher does he think is needed?

Ans. The judge thinks that Miss McCutcheon is too pretty to settle as a teacher. He thinks that their school needs an experienced teacher.

Q. 33. What kind of gadget does the writer describe? (GWB. 2009)

Ans. The writer describes the gadget that is like a safety razor with which anybody can give anybody else a haircut.

Q. 34. What is Applegarth's complaint about the sea? (LB. 2008)

Ans. Judge Applegarth complains about the quality of stuff the sea is presenting.

Q. 35. Who buys the oyster? How much does he pay? (LB. 2007)

Ans. The writer buys the oyster for three hundred dollars.

Q. 36. Does the writer open the oyster? Why not? (LB. 2007, GWB. 2011)

Ans. The writer does not open the oyster. He buys it just to help the poor family. He does not want to get the pearl. The whole thing is a pearl for him.

Q. 37. Why does Clark Larrabee return? (LB. 2010) (GRW.B. 2011)

Ans. Clark Larrbee is ten miles up the highway when he reads the classified ad in the paper.

He decides to go back to his family.

Q. 38. What does the writer do with the oyster?

Ans. The writer holds the oyster in front of him as if it were an egg. He looks at it carefully, turning it in his fingers. He puts the oyster in his pocket and says good-bye to everybody.

Q. 39. Do you think that it is right to allow Clay to believe that there is a pearl in the

oyster? Explain your answer.

Ans. Harry wants to reunite the poor family. He makes the writer help the poor boy. He knows that the truth will shatter the hopes of the poor boy. He decides to save the boy from facing the bitter reality. This is also the message of the play. At least, we should serve the surroundings.

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