The Microscope | A poem by Maxine Kumin | Question Answers | Chapter 5 | The English Coach | Class 7

 The Microscope | A poem by Maxine Kumin | Question Answers | Chapter 5 | The English Coach | Class 7

Q. 1 According to the poem 'The Microscope’ was Anton's business doing well? 

Ans. No, Anton's business was not doing well as he devoted his time completely to the improvement of lenses and observation of microbes. He was not attending to the townsfolk. 

Q. 2 Make a list of all that Anton van Leeuwenhoek liked to see under the microscope. What do you think was his greatest discovery under the microscope? 

Ans. Anton van Leeuwenhoek liked to see mosquitoes' wings, hairs of sheep, legs of lice, skin of people, dogs and mice, ox eyes, spider’s spinning gear, fishes' scales, a little smear of his own blood and small bugs in the water under the microscope. His greatest discovery was to find micro-organisms. 

Q. 3 Why were the people first angry at him and then throat him to be a lunatic? 

Ans. The people were angry with him at first because he remained busy in grinding special lenses for a microscope instead of attending them at his store. They thought him lunatic because he told them he could see the brain of housefly and a lot of bugs in drinking water. 

Q. 4 what does the poem tell you about Anton van Leeuwenhoek? Write a detailed note? 

Ans. Anton van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch businessman who Sold items such as pincushions and cloth. Towns people criticized him for his scientific work. He was not interested in his business. The goods he sold gathered dust as he engaged in grinding lenses for microscope. He discovered many amazing things under his microscope but  his greatest discovery was to find micro-organisms. Most men called him crazy as he told them that he had seen housefly's brain and bugs in the drinking water. They decided to ship Anton to Spain. They called him stupid person. 

Q. 5 Why was it difficult for the people to believe in Anton's discoveries?

Ans. It was difficult for the people to believe in Anton's discoveries because they thought that he was crazy, mad and a stupid person. 

Q. 6 Where did the people decide to send him when they thought of him as dope? 

Ans. When the people thought of him as dope, they decided to send him to Spain. 

Q. 7 Did Anton ever stop with his discoveries despite people mocking him what do you think is the reason behind it? 

Ans. No, Anton never stopped with his discoveries despite people mocking. The reason behind it was to find great joy in God’s smallest creatures. he retained a child-like joy to see tiny microbes through his homemade microscopes.