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1. CHAPTER# 1 BUTTON BUTTON BY Richard Matheson
Q1.Why did Norma consider the tone and attitude of Mr. Steward offensive?
Ans. Nor a o sidered Mr. “te ard’s tone and attitude offensive because he had not paid any attention
to her i differe t attitude espe iall he he said, It ould pro e er alua le, Mo etaril .
Q2. Why did Arthur disagrees with his wife?
Ans. Arthur opposed his ife’s idea/ s he e and he considered it assassination to get someone killed,
which would be a crime against humanity.
Q3. Why did Norma persuade her husband to agree with her?
Ans. Norma persuaded her husband to accept the offer of fifty thousand dollars solely because she saw
the possibility of taking trip to Europe, a chance to buy a cottage on the Island and an opportunity to
have a nicer apartment, nicer furniture, nicer clothes, a car etc.
Q4. What were the reasons Norma gave to her husband to accept the offer?
Ans. She gave the following reasons for accepting the offer:- a. Some eccentric millionaire might be
playing the games with people. a. An international organization probably doing it for a research project
and they wanted to know what average people would do under such a circumstance. a. That the
concerned group was just saying someone would die so that its member would study reactions i.e. if
there would be guilt or anxiety.
Q5. Why did Mr. Steward continue persuading Norma?
Ans. When Mr. Steward observed that Arthur was not yielding to his offer, he began persuading Norma
because she had a weak character and had shown keen interest in the offer.
Q6. What was the message Norma received on pushing the button?
Ans. After she pushed the button, she received the tragi e s of her hus a d’s death i a su a
accident as he was pushed by the shoving crowed from the platform in front of the train.
Q7. What is the sig ifi a e of Arthur’s life i sura e poli ?
Ans. Iro i all , Arthur’s life i sura e poli for $25,000 dollar, with double indemnity (compensation)
in case of sudden/ accidental death was equal to the money ($50,000) that she desired to get from the
offer given by Mr. Steward. In other words, she had to pay a very high cost for the execution of her
desire.
Q8. Did Norma remain normal on hearing the news of the accident of her husband?
Ans. O heari g the e s of her hus a d’s a ide t/death, her hole e iste e shook ith this
unbearable loss and she started reacting hysterically, she was extremely distressed and her life lost its
significance.

2. Q-09.What as the ature of the o a ’s jo ?
Ans. Mrs. Jones worked in a hotel beauty shop, which stayed open late and was often visited by blondes,
red-heads, and Spanish women. THE PIECE OF STRING by Guy De Maupassant
Q1. Draw character sketch of Arthur?
Ans.. In this poem, Arthur has been portrayed as a simple, humane and celebrated citizen. He is
strong- i ded perso , ho as greatl sho ked his ife’s istful ish for radi al prosperit at the
cost of humanity. Arthur insists strongly that he hates the idea of having someone killed for money. He
considers the idea of killing a great waste and heinous crime against humanity. Norma, despite,
hus a d’s o je tio a d reje tio of the idea, she as a itious to execute it and was not ready to give
up at any cost. It appears that Arthur got himself killed to Give Norma an opportunity to fulfill her
alluring prospect. i.e. an amount of ($50,000) in the form of insurance money.
Q2. Wh did ’t Nor a re ai true to her husband?
Ans. Norma has been presented as a woman of frail soul and character. She belongs to a working class
with a passionate desire to uplift the standard of living, in no time. She desires to visit the fascinating
sites /places all over Europe and to have a cottage on an island. The button device acts as a possible
scheme of getting rich, which results in an unbearable loss and everlasting misery i.e. i.e. the death of
her husband. Mr. Steward rightly says that she did not know her own husband and failed to understand
him. She conflicted herself between materialism and morality i.e. money and her husband. Though she
got her desire fulfilled, but she had to wear a golden sorrow
Q3. Do ou agree ith Nor a’s assertio that the death of so eo e you have never seen is not
important?
Ans. Murder or killing anyone, belonging to any land or religion, is a great crime against humanity.
Murder of a single person is the murder of whole humanity. It is a cruel concept that the death of an
unknown person is not important to us. Norma advocates the idea of radical prosperity. She has blinded
herself in the greed of $ 50,000. Mr. Steward incites her to use the button device as a short cut to wealth
and prosperity. Ironically, she gets the insurance money as reward but at the cost of unbearable loss.
Q4. What is the oral /the e of the stor Butto Butto ?
Ans. This tragic story highlights the theme of weakness of human character in the face of worldly desires
a d te ptatio Nor a’s fla is that she o siders the button device as a source of taking trip to Europe,
a chance to buy a cottage on the Island and an opportunity to have a nicer apartment, nicer furniture,
nicer clothes, a car etc. The moral behind this story is also that man must be grateful to God for what
ever He has bestowed him in both prosperity and adversity. It is matter of fact that when man is satisfied
he becomes unbeliever and prays to God only when he is in trouble. Moreover man must not run after
the temporary worldly desires and ambitions which are nothing as compared to the blessing of the world
hereafter. In this story, Norma does not mind causing death of unknown person, in order to become
prosper. Though she gets her desire fulfilled, but she had to wear a golden sorrow. Before this tragic
event and the offer made by Steward she has known no modesty. It is better to be lowly born and be

3. humble rather than perked by a glistening grief as it is remarked by Shakespeare:It is better to be lowly
born, And range with humble livers content, Than to be perked up in a glistening grief, And wear a
golden sorrow
Prepared And Edited By: Muhammad Usama Habib Shah