Why does the peddler think that the world was a rattrap?

Why does the peddler think that the world was a rattrap?

One day the peddler was moving round selling his rattraps. All of a sudden, he believed that everything around him was a trap. Its land, towns, and villages were only there to trick people. It gave them wealth, happiness, a place to live, food, warmth, clothes, and other things, just like the rattrap gave the rats cheese and pork.

What sudden realization did the peddler come to while selling his wares?

(a) He realized he was lost.

(b) He realized he was hungry.

(c) He believed everything around him was a trap.

(d) He discovered a hidden treasure.

Solution

(c) He believed everything around him was a trap.

What did the peddler believe the land, towns, and villages gave people?

(a) Wealth, happiness and security

(b) Freedom, adventure and excitement

(c) Loneliness, despair and poverty

(d) Confusion, chaos and danger

Solution

(a) Wealth, happiness, and security

Suggested Reading: What made the peddler finally change his ways?

What did the peddler compare the things provided by the land, towns, and villages to?

(a) Cheese and pork

(b) Gold and jewels

(c) Bread and water

(d) Clothes and shelter

Solution

(a) Cheese and pork

How did the rattrap man view of the world and its people?

The rattrap man thought that the whole world was a big trap for people. It showed wealth, happiness, safety, food, warmth, and clothes, just like the rattrap did by putting cheese and pork inside to attract rats. The world had been very unkind to him. So he got good please in thinking ill about them. Some had let themselves caught in the big rattrap and the others were circling around the bait.