A40
How old is Captain Bluntschli?
NU. 2015
Captain Bluntschli is thirty-four years old, but Raina at first thinks he is only seventeen.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-81
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Part A · Brief Questions — Arms and the Man
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Part A · Brief Questions19 questions
A41
What is a cavalry charge? / What is the cavalry?
🔥 Asked 2 timesNU. 2015NU. 2022
The cavalry means soldiers who fight on horseback. A cavalry charge is a fast attack by these horse-soldiers with swords and spears.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-82
A42
"What an army!" — Who says this?
NU. 2015
Captain Bluntschli says this. He is laughing at the foolish way the Bulgarian army fights.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-83
A43
Who is Raina's mother?
NU. 2016
Raina's mother is Catherine Petkoff, a proud and active Bulgarian lady.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-84
A44
What is 'Professional' to Bluntschli?
NU. 2016
To Bluntschli, 'Professional' means soldiering as a job for money, not as heroism. He cares more about being safe and smart than being a hero.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-85
A45
Who is Louka?
NU. 2016
Louka is the Petkoffs' proud servant girl. She dreams of a higher life and finally marries Sergius.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-86
A46
What is the background of 'Arms and the Man'?
NU. 2017
The play is set against the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885, a short war between Serbia and Bulgaria, near the battlefield of Slivnitza.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-87
A47
What does 'arms' in 'Arms and the Man' suggest?
NU. 2018
'Arms' means weapons and war, and also noble family rank. The title promises a war story, but the play makes fun of that idea.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-88
A48
Why does Raina not want to let Bluntschli stay in her room?
NU. 2018
Raina fears shame: if people find a strange soldier hiding in her room, her name will be ruined.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-89
A49
What is Slivnitza?
NU. 2019
Slivnitza is a town in Bulgaria. A great battle was fought there in 1885, and the Serbians (Bluntschli's side) lost badly.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-90
A50
Who is the Chocolate Cream Soldier?
NU. 2019
The Chocolate Cream Soldier is Captain Bluntschli. Raina calls him this because he carries chocolates instead of bullets.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-91
A51
What is an anti-romantic comedy?
NU. 2020
An anti-romantic comedy is a play that makes fun of romantic ideas and shows life as it really is. In it, the glory of war and the sweetness of love are shown as foolish dreams.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-92
A52
Where has the title of the play 'Arms and the Man' been taken from? / From where is the title of the play 'Arms and the Man' taken?
🔥 Asked 2 timesNU. 2020NU. 2022
The title comes from the first line of Virgil's epic 'Aeneid' — 'Arma virumque cano' ('Of arms and the man I sing'). Shaw uses it as a joke, because his 'man' is a chocolate-cream soldier, not a hero.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-93
A53
What was written at the back of the photograph of Raina?
NU. 2020
'To my Chocolate Cream Soldier' was written at the back of Raina's photograph.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-94
A54
Whom does Captain Bluntschli call Don Quixote?
NU. 2020
Bluntschli calls Major Sergius 'Don Quixote' — a man full of big, foolish dreams who is far from real life.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-95
A55
How does Raina take pride in the Petkoff family?
NU. 2021
Raina is proud of her family's old name, high position and fine manners. She boasts that they have the best house and the 'higher love' in Bulgaria.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-96
A56
What is 'higher love'?
NU. 2021
'Higher love' means the refined, ideal love that Raina and Sergius claim — love of poetry and noble ideas, not common passion. Shaw makes fun of it, because it breaks when real life comes.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-97
A57
What is the setting of place and time of the drama 'Arms and the Man'?
NU. 2023
The play is set in Bulgaria, at the Petkoffs' house near Slivnitza, in November 1885, just after the war.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-98
A58
Define anti-hero.
NU. 2023
An anti-hero is a main character who has no heroic qualities like courage and nobility. He is ordinary and practical, even cowardly — like Bluntschli, the chocolate-cream soldier.
Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-99