Class 9 English: The Snake and the Mirror Worksheet (with Answers)
A free, print-ready worksheet on The Snake and the Mirror for CBSE Class 9 English, with a matching answer key. Use the sample below, or build your own with the exact mix of questions you need — no login, no ads.
Sample worksheet
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- 1. The Snake and the Mirror was written by:
- (a) Kate Chopin
- (b) Vikram Seth
- (c) Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
- (d) Isaac Asimov
- 2. The narrator of the story is a:
- (a) teacher
- (b) lawyer
- (c) soldier
- (d) homeopathic doctor
- 3. When the snake appeared, the doctor was admiring himself in a:
- (a) mirror
- (b) photo
- (c) window
- (d) pond
- 4. The doctor's main trait at the start is:
- (a) humility
- (b) vanity
- (c) fearlessness
- (d) laziness
- 5. What was the doctor proud of?
- 6. How did the doctor behave when the snake came near?
- 7. How is the doctor's vanity humbled in 'The Snake and the Mirror'?
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- 1. (c) Vaikom Muhammad Basheer — It is by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.
- 2. (d) homeopathic doctor — He is a homeopathic doctor.
- 3. (a) mirror — He was looking in a mirror.
- 4. (b) vanity — He is vain and self-admiring.
- 5. His looks; he was vain and making grand plans.
- 6. He sat completely still, frozen with fear, and made humble vows.
- 7. At the beginning of the story, the young homeopathic doctor is full of vanity. Sitting in his small room on a hot night, he gazes at himself in a mirror, admiring his appearance and dreaming proud, ambitious dreams — he plans to grow a handsome moustache and to marry a wealthy lady doctor. His pride in himself is at its height. At that very moment, a snake drops down and coils itself near his head, and the doctor is instantly paralysed with fear. Unable to move a muscle, he sits frozen, and in his terror all his vanity vanishes; he silently makes humble resolutions, realising how foolish his self-admiration was. Thus, in a single dramatic moment, the man who had been so proud of himself is reduced to a helpless, frightened creature. The episode humbles his vanity completely, showing how worthless pride is in the face of real danger.
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- Does the The Snake and the Mirror worksheet come with answers?
- Yes. Every worksheet has a separate answer key with the correct answers, short explanations and marks, so it is ready for marking.
- Can I choose how many questions and which types?
- Yes. Open the generator for this chapter and set how many MCQs, short, long and HOTS questions you want; totals and marks update live, and you can swap any single question.
- Which board and class is this for?
- This worksheet is aligned to CBSE Class 9 English, chapter “The Snake and the Mirror”.