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I did not like Mr. Kelada. I not only shared a cabin with him and ate three meals a day at the same table, but I could not walk round the deck without his joining me. It was impossible to snub him. It never occurred to him that he was not wanted. He was certain that you were as glad to see him as he was to see you. In your own house you might have kicked him downstairs and slammed the door in his face without the suspicion dawning on him that he was not a welcome visitor. He was a good mixer, and in three days knew everyone on board. He ran everything. He managed the sweeps, conducted the auctions, collected money for prizes at the sports, got up quoit and golf matches. organized the concert and arranged the fancy-dress ball. He was everywhere and always. He was certainly the best-hated man in the ship. We called him Mr. Know All, even to his face. He took it as a compliment. But it was at meal times that he was most intolerable. For the better part of an hour then he had us at his mercy. He was hearty, jovial, loquacious and argumentative. He knew everything better than anybody else, and it was an affront to his overweening vanity that you should disagree with him. He would not drop a subject, however unimportant, till he had brought you round to his way of thinking. The possibility that he could be mistaken never occurred to him. He was the chap who knew. We sat at the doctor's table. Mr. Kelada would certainly have had it all his own way, for the doctor was lazy and I was frigidly indifferent, except for a man called Ramsay who sat there also. He was as dogmatic as Mr. Kelada and resented bitterly the Levantine's cocksureness. The discussions they had were acrimonious and interminable.
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Mr. Know All
Bagrut Questions and Answers
Winter 2016 F exam
BRIDGING
"Our job on earth isn't to criticize, reject or judge. Our purpose is to offer a helping hand
and mercy." – Dana Acruri, Harvest of Hope
Make a connection between the above quote and the story. Give information from the
story to support your answer.
Answer: The story seems to have the same message as the quote does. The narrator
criticizes, rejects and judges Mr. Kelada even before he meets him. He doesn't like his name,
possessions (luggage, brush…), character traits and behavior. On the other hand, he regards
Mrs. Ramsay as the symbol of modesty. He is wrong in both cases. Mr. Kelada, on the other
hand, offers a helping hand and mercy. He loses his bet with Mr. Ramsay and becomes the
laughing stock of the whole ship because he doesn't want to ruin Mrs. Ramsay's marriage.
Even the narrator changes his mind about Mr. Kelada who is revealed as a true gentleman.
Mr. Kelada seems to carry out the idea expressed in this quote.
Moed Bet 2015 F Exam
LOTS
1. Mr. Kelada tries to make friends with the narrator by (–).
(i) telling the narrator about his family
(ii) unpacking the narrator's luggage
(iii) telling the narrator he is British
(iv) agreeing with everything the narrator says
Answer: (i) telling the narrator he is British
2. The narrator thought Mr. Kelada was (–).
(i) talkative
(ii) unfriendly
(iii) prejudiced
(iv) unpatriotic
Answer:(i) talkative
HOTS
After seeing Mrs. Ramsay's reaction to the discussion about the pearls, Mr. Kelada "stopped
with his mouth open. He flushed deeply. You could almost see the effort he was making
over himself." Why does Mr. Kelada react this way? Explain
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Answer: Mr. Kelada understands that Mrs. Ramsay has a secret, which will be revealed if he
says the pearls are real. He realizes she probably had a lover who bought her real pearls.
Once he understands it, he is embarrassed and flushes deeply. His conflict is whether to
reveal the truth and justify his reputation as a "Mr. Know All" or to protect Mrs. Ramsay's
marriage and say that the pearls are fake. This is a difficult decision for him and that is why
the narrator sees the effort Mr. Kelada is making over himself
Explain why the narrator judges Mr. Kelada in one way at the beginning of the story and why
he judges him differently at the end. Give information from the story to support your
answer.
Answer: Explaining cause and effect. The narrator changes his judgement of Mr. Kelada
because of what Mr. Kelada does for Mrs. Ramsay. The narrator sees how hard it is for Mr.
Kelada to say that he has been mistaken, and realizes that Mr. Kelada is, after all, a true
English gentleman who wants to protect a lady's honor. As a result, the narrator does not
entirely dislike Mr. Kelada anymore and judges him differently.
Winter 2015 F Exam
LOTS
1) Why is the narrator not happy about sharing a cabin with Mr. Kelada?
a) He doesn’t like his accent
b) He doesn’t like his name
c) He doesn’t like Americans
d) He doesn’t like diplomats.
Answer: b) He doesn't like his name.
2) What annoys the narrator about Mr. Kelada? (5 points)
a) Mr. Kelada doesn’t talk to him at dinner
b) Mr. Kelada doesn’t know how to play cards.
c) Mr. Kelada spends a lot of time with him.
d) Mr. Kelada likes to talk to Ms. Ramsay.
Answer: C) Mr. Kelada spends a lot of time with him.
3) Why does Mr. Ramsay challenge Mr. Kelada’s knowledge of pearls? Give information from the
story to support you answer. (10 points)
Answer:Answer: Mr. Ramsay is an opinionated man who has to show that he is always
right. In addition he doesn't like Mr. Kelada and thinks like many people on the ship
that he is Mr. Know All. Therefore he challenges Mr. Kelada in order to fail him and
show than he doesn't really know everything. He wants to humiliate him.
(Uncovering motives, Explaining Cause and effect)