Question

Money is external.

He is still learning, well behind his desperate eyes,

The epistemology of loss, how to stand up

Knowing what every man must one day know

And most know many days, how to stand up.

1. ‘The Ball Poem’ is written by……………………

a) John Berryman

b) Robert Frost

c) Robin Klein

d) Walt Whitman

2. ‘He’ here stands for…………………………

a) The poet

b) The boy

c) Boy’s friend

d) Boy’s father

3.What is the boy learning?

a) About life

b) About worldly things

c) About loss

d) All of these

4.The word ‘desperate’ here means………………..

a) Hopeful

b) Hopeless

c) Happy (d) Joyful

5.Which part of speech the word ‘desperate’ is?

a) Adverb

b) Adjective

c) Verb

d) Conjunction​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. John Berryman

2. The boy

3 . All of these

4.Hopeless