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Question.1. What does Chaplin speak about his father ?

Answer. Chaplin had not seen his father in his consciousness because his father and mother had divorced when he was only one year old. However he had heard from mother that he was a vaudevillian, looked like Napoleon. He was quiet, brooding and had dark eyes. He had a baritone voice and got forty pounds a week for his stage show.

Question.2. What account of Vaudevillian do you get from the text ?

Answer. A Vaudevillian is an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience. He gave a beautiful stage performance. He had a good figure and a male voice. He earned forty pounds for a week. He spent all the money on wine as most of the Vaudevillians were doing at that time. They earned much and drank wine with it.

Question.3. What is the mother’s attitude towards Charlie’s father ?

Answer. Charlie’s mother and father had got separated. Yet mother showed no bitterness towards him. She would tell stories about him with humour and sadness. She was too objective to have been deeply in love. Sometimes she would give a sympathetic account of him and at other times talk of his drunkenness and violence.

Questiob.4. Why did his mother’s theatrical engagements fall off ?

Answer. The writer’s mother was a star.She was singing on the stage to amuse the audience, She was getting 25 pounds per week and was living happily. Once she had a terrible cold. Still she was obliged to keep working. So her voice grew worse. Once while giving a performance her voice cracked and disappeared into a whisper. The audience laughed. The manager of the show denied her the stage. So her theatrical performance fell off.

Question.5. How and why did Charlie first go to the theatre ?

Answer. When Charlie was five years old, mother took him to Aldershot theatre where she was performing. While she was giving a stage performance, Charlie was waiting in the wings. She took him with her because she didn’t want to leave him alone in the rented house. She did it for his safety.

Question.6. Why did his mother walk off the stage ?

Answer. Once Charlie’s mother was giving a stage performance. Her voice cracked and went into a whisper. The audience began to laugh and sing falsetto and made catcalls. The shouting increased and her voice did not come to normal position. So she was obliged to return to the wings.

Question.7. How did Charlie make his debut on the stage ?

Answer. Charlie’s mother was giving a stage performance. Her voice choked. The audience criticised. So she returned to the wings and proposed to the stage manager that her son Charlie would perform for her. Then Charlie came to the stage. He began singing accompanied by the orchestra. Half way through, a shower of money poured on him. His way through, a shower of money poured on him. His debut performance was a great success.

Question.8. How did the audience respond to his first performance on the stage ?

Answer. Charlie came to the stage to replace his mother. He sang accompanied by the orchestra. He talked to the audience, danced and did several limitations including one mother singing her Irish march. He even imitated mother’s voice cracking. The audience appealed, showering money on him. His first performance was a great success.

Question.9. How did his mother make her living when her career on the stage ended?

Answer. Charlie’s mother’s career on the stage ended due to the cracking of her voice. Then a hard time was waiting for him. Her earning source stopped. She spent her savings. Then she sold her jewellery and other possessions. She hoped that oneday her voice would return.

Question.10. Why did Charlie’s mother turn to religion ?

Answer. Charlie’s mother’s voice went bad. She was denied stage performance. She earnestly wished to restore her voice. In spite of her attempts she was unable to do so. Then she went to the church in Westminster Bridge Road to restore her voice.

Question.11. How does Charlie remember the Holy communion on one hot summer’s day ?

Answer. Charlie remembers Holy Communion on one hot summer day and the cool silver cup containing delicious grape juice that passed along the congregation, and mother’s gentle restraining hand when he drank too much of it. He felt relieved when the reverend closed the Bible which meant that the sermon would soon end and they would start prayers and the final hymn.

Question.12. Give an account of his mother’s suffering.

Answer. Charlie’s mother lost her job due to her cracking voice. Then life became miserable for her. She struggled hard to earn bread. She sold all her belongings. She shifted from a big house to a small one. She accepted menial work. Occasionally she got work in nursing, but such employment was rare. She made dresses for the members of the church.