1. What was the speciality of Sir
Roger's hospitality at home?
Unlike the new landowners, Sir
Roger continued to observe the traditional forms of country hospitality. After
receiving an invitation from Sir Roger, the author went to his country house.
Sir Roger was very hospitable and did everything possible to make his friend
happy, comfortable, free, and undisturbed.
2. Write about the manner in which
Addison spent his days at the country seat of Sir Roger.
Addison was allowed to rise and go
to bed at his own pleasure. It was up to him whether he dined at Sir Roger's
table or in his own chamber.
3. What was the quality of Sir
Roger's character like?
His character is a mixture of
hospitality, humanity, love, helpfulness, disappointment, superstition,
eccentricity, kindness, honesty, and goodness.
4. What do you know about Sir
Roger's life?
Sir Roger de Coverley is a
56-year-old gentleman of Worcestershire and the first member of the Spectator
Club. Though he is an aged man, he is very cheerful, gay, and hearty, and he
has a good house both in town and in the country. He is a baronet.
5. How does Sir Roger treat his
servants?
He loves each of them and maintains
a friendly relationship with them. He inquires about their health and families.
His cordial and warm behaviour towards them is reciprocated by them.
6. What is the role of Sir Roger at
the theatre?
“Sir Roger at the Theatre” is an
essay by Joseph Addison. Sir Roger expresses his desire to watch a good tragedy
to Addison. They meet at the Spectator Club. Sir Roger says that he has not
watched any good play in the last twenty years and that the last play he
watched was a Church of England comedy called The Committee.
7. What is the main theme of “Sir
Roger at Home”?
“Sir Roger at Home” focuses on
country life. In this essay, Addison talks about the open fields, the manners
followed in the countryside, and the domestic life of country people.
8. How does Addison present the
character of Sir Roger in “Sir Roger at Home”?
Addison presents Sir Roger as a
hospitable character who has a humanistic attitude.
9. What is the relationship between
Sir Roger and Joseph Addison?
Sir Roger de Coverley is a
fictional character devised by Joseph Addison. He is the central character in a
series of papers published in Addison and Richard Steele's influential
periodical, The Spectator.
10. How does Addison want to reform
society?
The main aim is to reform society,
and it was Addison's task “to enliven morality with wit; and to temper wit with
morality.” He satirises the vanity of society, but he is very careful and mild
in his satire. Unlike Pope or Dryden, he is never personal in his attacks. His
mission is to correct the prevailing manners and follies of society.
11. When was the essay “Sir Roger
at Home” written?
The essay was written on Monday,
July 2, 1711.
12. What was the serial number of
the essay “Sir Roger at Home”?
The serial number of the essay “Sir
Roger at Home” is 106.
13. Name the famous magazine in
which the essay “Sir Roger at Home” was published.
The essay was published in The
Spectator.
14. What is the source of the
epigraph of the essay “Sir Roger at Home”?
The epigraph is taken from Horace (Odes,
I. xvii. 14).
15. What was Sir Roger's proposal
when he invited Addison to his home?
Sir Roger invited Addison to spend
a month with him in the country.
16. What is Addison's intention
while staying with Sir Roger at his country house?
Addison intends to write several of
his ensuing Spectator essays while staying with Sir Roger at his country
house.
17. “Sir Roger, who is very well
acquainted with my humour.” How does Sir Roger act as a host to the author in
this context?
Addison says that Sir Roger,
keeping his humour in mind, allowed the author to eat, sleep, and talk
according to his own wishes. He even forbade anyone to gaze at him or disturb
him.
18. “I am the more at ease in Sir
Roger's family, because it consists of sober and staid persons.” Who are the
“sober and staid persons”?
The servants working in Sir Roger's
country house are referred to as “sober and staid persons.”
19. What is the meaning of “valet
de chambre”? How does Addison describe Sir Roger's valet de chambre?
The term “valet de chambre” means a
personal servant or personal attendant. Sir Roger treated his servants as
members of his family, so much so that one might mistake his valet de chambre
for his brother.
20. What is meant by the term
“groom” in the essay “Sir Roger at Home”? How does Addison describe Sir Roger's
groom?
Here, “groom” refers to a person employed to take care of horses. Addison says that Sir Roger's groom is one of the gravest persons he has ever seen.
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