ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS

1. Enumerate the various duties that Night Mail performs.(MN-08, 15) what functions
does Night Mail perform? (MN-15) What are the main characteristics of Night Mail?
Ans. Night Mail brings cheques and postal orders. It brings letters for the rich and the poor. It
brings business and love letters. It is always on time. It is harmless and no one is frightened of it.

2. How is the train useful to us?

Ans. The train brings cheques, postal orders, business letters and love letters. It brings the people
closer to one another. It takes us away within hours. It carries us to our homes.

3. What does the Night Mail bring?(MN-11,LR-11,SG,DG-12,RP-13,14,FB,SI-14, BPFB

BP,MN,RP-16,$G-17)
Ans. The Night Mail brings cheques, postal orders and letters for all sorts of people.
4. What sort of letters does the Night Mail bring?
For whom does "Night Mail" bring mail? (BP-08)
Ans. The Night Mail brings all sorts of letters. These include letters for the rich, letters for the
poor, business letters for businessman and the love letters for the lover and beloved.

5. What is Beattock?
Ans. Beattock is a steady climb.

6. Does the gradient affect the journey of Night Mail?

Ans. Night Mail is so steadfast that the gradient does not affect its journey. That is why it is
always on time

7. Describe the scene of the running of Night Mail?

While running, Night mail produces a snorting noise and throws off steam over its coaches.

8. What is personification?
Ans. A non-diving thing regarded as a living thing is said to be personified.

9. What is meant by bent grasses?

Ans. Bent grasses means meadows or heaths or pastures or open fields. In this poem, Night mail
is personified. The poet talks of it as if it were doing different duties like man.

10. How do the birds react as the Night Mail approaches them?(LR-09,BP-08 BP
SG-12, MN,RP-14) OR What is the affect of Night Mail on birds? (BP,FB-12)
Ans. When Night Mail approaches, the brids turn their heads and stare at it from bushes.

11. How do the sheep-dogs react at the approaching Night Mail? (LR-06,LR, MNSG-03,
FB-09,BP-10,LR-11, FB,GW-12,LR-13,RP-16)
Ans. When the Night Mail approaches, the sheep-dogs remain unmindful of the noise of the
mail. They continue to slumber on with paws across because they cannot change its course.
12. Which thing gently shakes in the bedroom when the Night Mail passes by the farm? (GW-
10,BP-11,RP,SG-13,BP-14,FB-16)
Ans.A jug in the bedroom gently shakes when the Night Mail passes by the farm.

13.The poet calls the coaches of the mail 'blank-faced'. What does it mean? (SG-08,AK-08,
BP-13,LR-14)
Ans. It means that the coaches of the mail are passionless. They do not express any sort of
feeling. We never see the feelings of joy, or grief on their faces.

14.What qualities of Night Mail have been described in the poem? (FB-09,GW-11,MN-12,SG-16)
Ans. The poet has personified the Nght Mail in poem. He says that Night Mail is very dutiful
and puncutal. It serves humanity. It does not care for wind or weather. It is steadfast and
courageous.