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Elective English—IV

Notes Featured: When something is featured, it is given a place of prominence.
Humour: It is the ability to appreciate or express that which is humorous
Satire: It is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices,
follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming
individuals, corporations, and society itself, into improvement. Even though satire is normally
supposed to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a
weapon and as a tool to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society.
Stamp: It is an instrument for stamping a pattern or mark, in particular an engraved or inked
block or die.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. (a) 2. (c)
3. (a) 4. (b)
5. (a)

11.5 Review Questions

1. Who is Stephen Leacock?
2. Throw light on Stephen Leacock life.
3. Talk about Stephen Leacock’s later years and death.

4. Throw light on Stephen Leacock major works.
5. Talk about the academic and political life of Stephen Leacock.
6. What is the Stephen Leacock Associates?
7. Was the Quick Man justified in his remark?

8. Why does the author use the name Quick Man in the story The Conjurer’s Revenge?
9. Where does The Conjurer’s Revenge take place?
10. By referring to the story, narrate how the Conjurer carries on his performance despite the
Quick Man’s objections.
11. Give the character sketch of the Conjurer. What do you find humorous in this character?
12. How does the Conjurer keep up the suspense till the end of the show?
13. What role does Quick Man play in the story? If the Quick Man were not there, how would
the story end?

11.6 Further Readings

Books Clute C.E. (1977) Sleight of crime: fifteen classic tales of murder, mayhem, and magic, H.
Regnery Co.

Leacock S. (2006) Literary Lapses, Echo Library.
Lynch G. (1988) Stephen Leacock: Humour and Humanity, McGill-Queen’s Press.

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