The Midnight Visitor

THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR

SUMMARY The Midnight Visitor is a detective story by Robert Arthur. It's about a clever secret agent named Ausable. One...

LONG ANSWER TYPES QUESTION (SAQ)

Short Answer Types Question (SAQ) 1. What made the story of the balcony so convincing? Answer : Ausable was angry...

2. How did Max go out of Ausable’s room to save himself from the police? Answer : Max felt anxious when he thought...

3. How did Ausable kill Max without using a weapon? Answer : Ausable, who was smart, made up a story about a balcony...

4. How and why did Max come inside Ausable’s room? Answer : Max had come into the room using a passkey. He had come...

5. How was Ausable different from the other secret agents? Answer : Ausable was different from most secret agents. H...

6. Why was Ausable confident that Max would never return? Answer : Max believed Ausable's story about the balcony, s...

7. Did Max really deserve to get a chance to accomplish a risky task? Answer : I do not believe that Max deserved a...

8. How did Ausable befool Max about the balcony? Answer : Ausable, a clever spy, saw Max in his room and quickly ca...

9. Why did Fowler come to meet Ausable? Was he able to achieve his target? Answer : Fowler was a young and romantic...

10. Why did so many people risk their lives? Answer : Ausable got a paper with important information about new missi...

11. Why did Fowler feel let down when he met Ausable? Answer : Fowler felt let down and disappointed to meet Ausable...

12. What was someone expected to bring to Ausable’s room? Answer : Someone was expected to bring a paper containing i...

13. Who was in Ausable’s room? What was in his hand? Answer : In Ausable's room, there was another secret agent name...

14. What did the secret agent tell Max when he heard the knock? Answer : He told Max that it would be the police. He...

15. Did Ausable know that it was the waiter who had knocked at the door? Answer : Yes, Ausable knew that the man kno...

16. Was there a balcony outside the window? Give instances from the text in support of your answer. Answer : No, act...

17. Did Fowler find this episode, thrilling or disappointing? Give reasons for your answer. Answer : Fowler was exci...

18. How did Ausable get rid of Max? Answer : Ausable made up a story and told Max about a balcony below his window....

19. How did Ausable behave to see Max in his room? Answer : Ausable stayed calm and quiet when he saw Max in his ro...

20. Describe Ausable. Answer : Ausable was a secret agent. He was a chubby man and didn't fit the typical spy imag...

21. Fowler said that Max would soon come back from the balcony. What did Ausable tell him? Answer : Ausable told F...

22. Why did Fowler want to meet Ausable? Why was he disappointed? Answer : Fowler was a young and romantic writer w...

23. Who was Ausable? Answer : Ausable was a secret agent responsible for safeguarding a crucial document about new...

24. Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent. Comment. Answer : Ausable didn't match the typical image...

25. Why did Fowler feel let down after meeting Ausable? Answer : Fowler, the young writer, had a romantic idea of a...

26. What is the important paper that Ausable talks of? Answer : Ausable is a secret agent with a crucial task. He ha...

27. How did Fowler have his first authentic thrill of the day? Answer : Fowler felt bored and disappointed after mee...

28. Why and how did Max enter Ausable’s room? Answer : Max didn't accidentally enter Ausable's room; he used a pass...

29. Describe Max as a secret agent. Answer : Max was a secret agent and a rival and enemy of Ausable. He was slende...

30. What was the real story of the balcony below the window of Ausable’s room? Answer : Ausable was quick-witted a...

31. What position did Max take before he jumped out of the window? Answer : Max kept his body twisted. In this way...

32. What story did Ausable cook up regarding the arrival of the police? How did it affect Max? Answer : Ausable was...

33. How did Max react when Ausable told him that the loud knockings at the door of the police? Answer : Ausable coo...

34. How did clever Ausable outwit and get rid of his rival or enemy secret agent Max? Answer : Ausable tricked Max...

35. Who was actually knocking at the door? Was it pre-planned? Answer : Ausable was skilled at making up false sto...

36. What happened to Max after he jumped out of the window? Answer : Finally, Ausable cleverly trapped Max. He conv...

37. How do you judge Ausable as a secret agent? Answer : Ausable may have looked overweight and untidy, but he was...

LONG ANSWER TYPES QUESTION (SAQ)

1. At the beginning of the story, Fowler feels disappointed with Ausable. Do you think Fowler had the same feeling towar...

2. With reference to `The Midnight Visitor’, do you think the presence of mind should be developed and to what advantage...

3. Describe the incident leading to the death of Max. Answer : Ausable was a spy staying in a hotel in France. His...

4. Sometimes appearance can be deceptive. How is this statement proved in the story The Midnight Visitor? Answer :...

5. How did Ausable use ‘the knock at the door in his favor? What light does it throw on his character? Answer : A...

6. What makes you think Max was a careless and foolish fellow? Or Though Max was very cunning, he was still but a little...

7. How did crafty and foxy Max fail to take away the all-important report concerning some new missiles from Ausable? Or...

8. Write a character sketch of the secret Agent Ausable. Answer : Ausable was a secret agent who looked fat and me...

9. Give a character sketch of Ausable highlighting his presence of mind and intelligence. Answer : Ausable is not...

10. Pride before a fall befits Max, who said: “I will get it back tonight.” Was he successful? What lessons can be learn...

11. Ausable was a successful secret agent. What qualities can be attributed to him? Give some examples. Answer : A...

12. Presence of mind and intelligence are more powerful than a gun. How far is it true in case of Ausable, the secret ag...

13. In the beginning of the story, Fowler was disappointed with Ausable. Do you think he thought the same by the end of...

14. Sometimes, appearances can be very deceptive. How does this statement prove with this story? Answer : Yes, so...

15. Describe in detail the two false stories planted by Ausable to get rid of Max, the secret agent of the rival organiz...

Read and Find Out 1. How is Ausable different from other secret agents?...

Read and Find Out 1. How has Max got in? Answer : M...

Think About it 1. “Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler...

Talk About it 1. In this story, Ausable shows great ‘presence of mind’ or the ability to think quickly and act calmly a...