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Why did the Invisible Man find it difficult to go downstairs?
The Invisible Man could not see his feet and therefore found it difficult to go downstairs.
What problem did the Invisible Man face after the dog started chasing him?
The speaker ran into a procession of the Salvation Army, blaring out loud music.
Who is described as 'brute' in the passage?
The dog is described as 'brute' in the passage.
Who's the author of this passage?
H.G.Wells
Explain the phrase 'The thick of a crowd'.
It means a lot of people gathered at one place.
Explain the line, 'I felt as a seeing man might do, with padded feet and noiseless clothes, in a city of the blind' in your own words.
The speaker felt a sense of power and advantage, like a man with eyesight wearing noiseless shoes and clothes in a city of blind men, which would make him undetectable.
Where was the Invisible Man when he saw the dog?
The speaker was at the northward corner of the Bloomsbury Square when he saw the dog.
Who is Kemp?
Kemp is the Invisible Man's assistant or collegue.
“I had burnt my boats—if ever a man did!”
Explain these lines.
The Invisible Man was at a dead end in his life because his lodgings with all his scientific findings had been burnt down. He seemed doomed to live in that state of invisibility forever.
Which one of the urchins was Ted?
The elder one of the two urchins was Ted.
What bright idea came into his head as a way of escaping his situation?
The Invisible Man got into the cab and escaped the commotion outside.
What did he want to do at that moment?
The speaker wished to play practical jokes on people, to shock them, to slap them on their backs, throw their hats aside and enjoy the freedom his invisibility brought him.
How was the speaker's mood different from the way it was at the beginning?
The speaker was in an exultant mood initially but soon it turned into one of fear, anxiety and stress.
What did the urchin draw his friend's attention to next?
The speaker drew his friend's attention to the outline of the Invisible Man's foot splashed with mud.
“I had burnt my boats—if ever a man did!”
What did the speaker see that made him say these words?
The Invisible Man, on reaching where his home was, saw that everything had been burnt down. His lodging, his clothes, apparatus and all his resources were up in flames.
The people and creatures the Invisible Man runs away from in the course of the story.
The Invisible Man ran away from a butcher boy, a tall woman, a little white dog, people in the Salvation Army procession, two urchins, a blind man, and six or seven people giving his footprints the chase.
Why was the Invisible Man in a mood of exaltation?
The Invisible Man was a scientist, who was successful in his experiment of making himself invisible. Therefore, on realization of his success, he was excited and happy.
How did the dog behave? Why was it an issue for the Invisible Man?
The dog made a beeline for him and started barking and jumping. This was a problem for the Invisible Man as the dog would have given away his location to people.
How was the Invisible Man close to being found out by the two urchins? What did "he' do to escape them?
The boy actually reached out and tried to touch the Man. He almost touched him before the he was startled by the Invisible Man. The Invisible Man swung himself over into the porch of the next house to escape them.
Describe the physical and mental condition of the speaker at the end of the story.
The speaker was injured and in a state of absolute distraught. His back had become very stiff and sore, his tonsils were painful from the cabman's fingers and the skin of his neck had been scratched by his nails, and he was lame from a little cut on one foot
What was the first mishap that he had to deal with?
The Invisible Man was hit on the back of neck by a basket of soda water siphons because the person carrying it could not see him. In retaliation, he swung the basket of soda water siphons in the air, only to be hit painfully on his ear by a cabman who had come rushing to save what he thought was a basket of siphons up in the air. The Invisible Man dropped the basket on the poor cabman leading to commotion.
Name the various London streets and buildings mentioned in the story.
Great Portland Street, Oxford Street, Tottenham Court Road, Mudie's, Bloomsbury Square, the Museum, the Pharmaceutical Society's offices, Great Russell Street, and Russell Square are the London streets and buildings mentioned in the story.
“There's a barefoot man gone up them steps,' said one. 'And he ain't never come down again. And his foot was bleeding!”
What did the speaker see, to make him say these lines? What made him conclude that 'he' had not come down the stairs?
The urchin had spotted muddy footprints on the newly whitened steps. He made that observation studying the direction of the footprints. The footprints were only going up, not coming down.
The Invisible Man loses everything by the end of the passage, including his scientific equipment. Do you feel sympathy for his fate? Why/Why not?
Yes, I do feel sorry for him because he was trapped in that condition of invisibility and no help was in sight.
The Invisible Man thinks that invisibility would free him from rules. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.
Yes, I agree that the Invisible Man did think initially that his new found power would free him from the rules because he had the sudden desire to play practical jokes on people, to shock them, to slap them on their backs, throw their hats aside and enjoy his invisibility.