Chapter 4: Good-Bye, Mr. Chips

 

Chapter 4: Good-Bye, Mr. Chips

Q1. When was Mr. Chips appointed housemaster?

Mr. Chips was appointed housemaster in the spring of 1896. He was much busied with student’s activities. He became a well-versed teacher at that time.

Q2. Who was Rowden? Why did he leave Chips alone at the Lake District?

Rowden was a colleague of Chips at Brookfield. He went with Mr. Chips to the Lake District during the summer vacation of 1896. Rowden spent a week in walking and climbing with Mr. Chips.

Q3. How did Chips come across Katherine Bridges?

In the spring of 1896, Chips while climbing on the Great Gable, noticed a girl at a dangerous-looking ledge. He hastened to help her but wrenched his ankle in doing so. That girl was Katherine Bridges.

Q4. What were Chips' ideas about modern women?

Mr. Chips did not like or care for women. He never felt at ease with them. Modern women filled him with horror. He thought of modern women as a monstrous creature.

Q5. What kind of person was Mr. Chips, and what were his views about the modern world?

Mr. Chips was a quiet, conventional person. He did not like modernization and freedom. He disliked the opinions of Bernard Shaw, plays of Ibsen, and the concept of women bicycling.

Q6. What did Mr. Chips think of Bernard Shaw and Ibsen?

Mr. Chips disliked Shaw and Ibsen because they were radical writers. They talked about the freedom of women.  Chips thought of Ibsen's plays as disturbing.

Q7. How did Katherine Bridges look? What was her profession?

Katherine Bridges was twenty-five years old. She had a sweet and attractive personality. She had smooth straw-colored hair, blue flashing eyes, and freckled cheeks. She was a governess out of job.

Q8. What were the political views of Katherine Bridges?

Katherine Bridges read and admired modern writers. She believed that women ought to be admitted to universities. She even thought that they had a right to vote.

Q9. What was it that Katherine liked about Mr. Chips?

Katherine liked Mr. Chips because he had gentle and quiet manners, he was so hard to get to know, his opinion, although outdated, was very honest. And he looked charming when he smiled.