Nobel Lecture Question Answer (Marks 2) | XI WBCHSE 2nd Semester
1. Which prayer did Mother Teresa wish to offer at the beginning of her Nobel Lecture? Why does the prayer always surprise Mother Teresa?
Ans. Mother Teresa wished to offer the prayer composed by St. Francis of Assisi at the beginning of her Nobel Lecture.
> The prayer of St. Francis of Assisi always surprises Mother Teresa because even 400-500 years ago people had the same difficulties that we have today.
2. Who was St. Francis?
Ans. St. Francis was a 13th century Italian Catholic friar (ফ্রাইয়ার) and preacher (প্রিচার) who was born at Assisi and dedicated himself to the service of humanity and nature.
3. What is Holy Communion?
Ans. Holy Communion is the religious rite observed by the Christians commemorating (কমেমোরেটিং) the Last Supper of Jesus Christ where he gave his disciples (ডিসাইপল্স) bread and wine.
4. Who is referred to as the son of God in ‘Nobel Lecture’? Why did God give His son to the world?
Ans. Jesus Christ is referred to as the son of God.
> God gave His son because He loved the world very much.
5. “As we have gathered here”-Who had gathered there and why?
Ans. On December 11, 1979, Norwegian people gathered at the Oslo City Hall to listen to Mother Teresa’s acceptance speech as she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize that year.
6. “Jesus became man”. But he was different from us in one respect. In which respect was Jesus different from us? What good news did Jesus bring to Earth?
Ans. Jesus became man in all things like us except sin. [জিশু পাপ ছাড়া আর সবদিক দিয়ে আমাদের মতোই মানুষ হয়েছিলেন।] > Jesus brought the good news of universal (ইউনিভার্সাল) love and peace to earth.
7. “As soon as he came in her life”-Who came in whose life?
Ans. Jesus Christ came in the life of Virgin Mary.
8. Who was the first messenger of peace? Who was the Prince of Peace?
Ans. The unborn child who leapt (লিপ্ট) with joy in the womb (উম্ব) of Elizabeth to learn the good news of Jesus coming to Earth was the first messenger (মেসেঞ্জার) of peace.
> Jesus Christ was the Prince of Peace.
9. What does St. John say? Whom should we love to love God as advised by St. John?
Ans. St. John says you are a liar if you say you love God but you don’t love your neighbour.
> As advised by St. John, we should love our neighbours to love God.
10. “…this is the hunger of our poor people.”-Which hunger felt by whom is referred to here?
Ans. The hunger for love felt by poor people is referred to here.
11. How did Jesus show his greater love to man?
Ans. Jesus showed his greater love to man by the supreme sacrifice of his own life on the cross.
12. Why was everybody in the old age home looking towards the door?
Or, Why do people eagerly look towards the door in ‘Nobel Lecture’?
Ans. Everybody in the old age home was looking towards the door with the expectation that a son or daughter would come to visit him or her.
13. Among whom can we find Jesus?
Ans. We can find Jesus among the hungry and the naked, the homeless and the sick, the lonely and the unwanted.
14. “I never forget an opportunity”-Which opportunity does Mother Teresa speak of?
Ans. Mother Teresa speaks of the opportunity she had of visiting an old age home.
15. What struck Mother Teresa most in the old age home? Why are the old parents at the old age home hurt?
Ans. The thing that struck Mother Teresa most in the old age home was that the boarders did not have any smile on their faces.
The old parents at the old age home feel hurt because they have been forgotten by their children.
16. “…are we there to receive them…?”-In what context does Mother Teresa put this question before us?
Ans. Mother Teresa puts question before us in the context of whether we are ready to receive with love someone in our families who is lonely, sick or worried.
17. Why was Mother Teresa surprised in the West?
Ans. Mother Teresa was surprised to see many young boys and girls given to drugs in the West.
18. What, according to Mother Teresa, is the greatest destroyer of peace? How do Mother Teresa and her associates fight against it?
Ans. The greatest destroyer of peace, according to Mother Teresa, is abortion.
Mother Teresa and her associates (অ্যাসোসিয়ে) fight against abortion by adoption.
19. How did Mother Teresa want to fight abortion?
Ans. Mother Teresa considered abortion to be the greatest destroyer of peace. She wanted to fight against abortion by adoption. She requested people to give the unwanted babies to her because childless couples were willing to adopt them. She also put emphasis on natural family planning as a measure against abortion.
20. “…that is the biessing of God for us.”-What is the blessing?
Ans. The blessing is that the demand for adoption of children by childless couples (কাস্) is increasing.
21. What is Mother Teresa’s point of view about drug addiction among young people?
Or, Why, according to Mother Teresa, are the young boys and girls in the West giving into drugs?
Ans. According to Mother Teresa, many young boys and girls in the West are giving into drugs because there is no one in the family, not even their parents, to receive them and they are lonely.
22. What does God say very clearly in the Scripture?
Or, What is the opinion of the Scripture?
Ans. In the Scripture, God says clearly that even if a mother could forget her child, He would not forget us because He had carved us in the palm of His hand.
23. Why does Mother Teresa consider abortion as the greatest destroyer of peace?
Ans. Mother Teresa considers abortion as the greatest destroyer of peace because it is a direct killing of an unborn child by the mother herself.
24. What words did Mother Teresa send to the clinics, hospitals and police stations?
Ans. Mother Teresa sent word to all the clinics, hospitals and police stations not to destroy the child and she and her organisation (অর্গানাইজেশন) would take the child.
25. “…we are doing another thing which is very beautiful…” -What beautiful thing was being done by Mother Teresa and her sisters?
Ans. Another beautiful thing that was being done by Mother Teresa and her sisters was teaching the beggars, the leprosy patients, the slum dwellers and the people of the street the natural ways of family planning.
26. Who are the persons receiving lessons in family planning from Mother Teresa and her Sisters?
Ans. Beggars, leprosy patients, slum dwellers and people living on the streets are receiving lessons in family planning from Mother Teresa and her Sisters.
27. According to Mother Teresa, who are very great people? Why are they great?
Ans. The poor people are very great people according to Mother Teresa.
They are great because they teach us many beautiful things.
28. How do the poor people follow family planning measures? What is the result of family planning in Calcutta in six years?
Ans. The poor people follow family planning measures by practising natural way of abstaining (অ্যাবস্টেইনিং) and of self-control, out of love for each other.
In Calcutta, in six years, the families adopting family planning measures had 61,273 less babies.
29. What did the people following family planning measures tell Mother Teresa? Why did the poor people consider Mother Teresa and her sisters as the best people to teach them family planning?
Ans. They told Mother Teresa that their families were healthy and united and they could have a baby whenever they wanted.
> The poor regarded Mother Teresa and her sisters the best people to teach them the way of natural family planning because they had vowed chastity and kept it.
30. “…she gave me her grateful love. And she died with a smile on her face.”-Who is referred to here as ‘she’?
Ans. Here, Mother Teresa refers to a dying woman who was picked up from the street in a terrible condition by Mother Teresa and her Sisters.
31. What did the man who was picked up from the drain in a wretched condition say at the time of his death? What was the greatness of the man?
Ans. The wretched (রেচেড্) man said he had lived like an animal in the street but he was going to die like an angel, loved and cared for.
> The greatness of the man was that at the time of his death he did not blame anybody, did not curse (কার্স) anybody and did not compare his fate with anything.
32. What was Mother Teresa’s observation about poor people?
Ans. According to Mother Teresa, poor people, who are beautiful, great and wonderful, are able to teach us many beautiful things.
33. How did Mother examine her conscience in the context of the dying woman accepting death with a smiling face?
Ans. Mother Teresa made a frank (ফ্র্যাংক) confession (কনফেশন) that had she been in the place of that dying woman she would have tried to draw a little attention to herself by complaining about her physical discomforts.
34. According to Mother Teresa who can ‘teach us so many beautiful things’?
Or, Who can teach us so many beautiful things?
Ans. According to Mother Teresa, the poor people can teach us so many beautiful things.
35. What did Mother Teresa want to suggest when she comments that poor people are very great people?
Ans. Mother Teresa believed that to be poor is to be blessed. Poor people can teach us a lot. They love each other and share what they have. They suffer but do not complain. She appreciates the sense of love, affection and gratitude among the poor.
36. How can we, as suggested by Mother Teresa, overcome all the evil that is in the world?
Ans. As suggested by Mother Teresa, we can overcome all the evil that is in the world by just coming together, loving each other and bringing peace, joy and the strength of our mutual (মিউচুয়াল) presence in our homes.
37. What was the age of the boy who wanted to give his sugar to Mother Teresa? Why did he want to do so?
Ans. The boy who wanted to give his sugar to Mother Teresa was only four years old.
> He wanted to do so because he intended to give it to the children in Mother Teresa’s home.
38. “I will not eat sugar for three days”-Who said this and to whom?
Ans. A Hindu boy of four years said this to his parents.
39. What did the Hindu boy want to do?
Ans. The Hindu boy of four years wanted to share his love with the children at Mother’s home by giving them his share of sugar.
40. What does Mother Teresa request her audience to do in their home country?
Ans. Mother Teresa requests her audience to find the poor right in their home first and to begin by loving them there.
41. What did the mother in the Hindu family do with the rice?
Ans. The mother in the Hindu family divided the rice and took a portion of it for the starving children of a Muslim family who were her neighbours.
42. Who informed Mother Teresa of a hungry family of eight children? Why did Mother Teresa meet the family?
Ans. A gentleman informed Mother Teresa of a hungry family of eight children.
> Mother Teresa went to meet the Hindu family of eight children to give some rice to the children who had been starving (স্টার্ভিং) for a long time.
43. “And she gave me a very simple answer”-Who gave Mother Teresa the simple answer? What was the simple answer?
Ans. The mother of the eight starving children of a Hindu family gave Mother Teresa the very simple answer.
> The simple answer of the mother of the Hindu family was that she took the portion of the rice for the children of her Muslim neighbour because they were hungry too.
44. Why didn’t Mother Teresa take more rice that evening?
Ans. Mother Teresa did not take more rice that evening because she wanted the children to enjoy the joy of sharing.
45. What was Mother’s plans for prize money?
Or, What did Mother Teresa intend to do with the Nobel Peace Prize?
Ans. Mother Teresa planned to make a home for many homeless people with the prize money.
46. Why does Mother Teresa want to thank God after her arrival in Norway?
Ans. Mother Teresa proposes to thank God for the Nobel Peace Prize and the opportunity she has received to meet her audience in Norway which has helped them to know and come close to each other.
47. “To be able to do this…”-What does ‘this’ refer to?
Ans. Here, ‘this’ refers to making a home for the homeless and to bring peace by spreading love throughout the world.
48. Why was the poverty of the West more difficult to remove?
Ans. The poverty of the West was more difficult to remove because people there remained unloved, unwanted, terrified and thrown out of the society and this was worse than lack of food or clothes.
49. What according to Mother Teresa, is the beginning of love?
Ans. According to Mother Teresa, smile is the beginning of love.
50. What, according to Mother Teresa, is the importance of a smile?
Ans. According to Mother Teresa, smile is important because it indicates the beginning of love that forms the basis of philanthropy (ফিলানথ্রপি) and mutual cooperation.
51. How much money did Mother Teresa receive from the man who was lying on his back for the last twenty years?
Or, How much did Mother Teresa receive from the man with a paralysed body?
Ans. Mother Teresa received 15 dollars from the disabled man who was lying on his back for the last twenty years.
52. “… let us give now-that Christmas is coming so close.”-What does Mother Teresa want us to give during the festival of Christmas?
Ans. Mother Teresa wants that during Christmas we should love God and share God’s love with each other.
53. Who came to visit Mother Teresa and from where?
Ans. Fourteen professors from different universities of the United States came to visit Mother Teresa.
54. Why did Mother Teresa establish a home?
Ans. Mother Teresa established a home to provide shelter to the poor, unfed, uncared and dying people.
55. How many dying persons were picked up by Mother Teresa and her associates from the streets of Calcutta?
Ans. More than 36,000 dying persons were picked up by Mother Teresa and her associates (অ্যাসোসিয়েস্) from the streets of Calcutta. ]
56. Why did Mother Teresa sometimes find it very difficult to smile at Jesus?
Or, Why is it difficult for Mother Teresa to smile at Jesus?
Ans. Mother Teresa found it difficult to smile at Jesus because sometimes Jesus became very demanding.
57. How does Mother Teresa feel about all the publicity she has received?
Ans. Mother Teresa feels that the publicity she has received has purified and sacrificed her and thus has made her ready to go to Heaven.
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