Question

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

And of course, if the multitude is mad

The individual carries his own grain of insanity around with him.

I doubt if any man living hands out a pound note without a pang;

And a real tremor, if he hands out a ten-pound note.

We quail, money makes us quail.

It has got us down, we grovel before it in strange terror.

And no wonder, for money has a fearful cruel power among men.

But it is not money we are terrified of,

it is the collective money-madness of mankind.

For mankind says with one voice : How much is he worth?

Has he no money? Then let him eat dirt, and go cold And if I have no money, they will given

me a little bread,

So I do not die,

but they will make me eat dirt for it.

I shall have to eat dirt, I shall have to eat dirt,

If I have no money It is that I am afraid of.

And that fear can become a delirium.

It is fear of my money-mad fellow-man.

We must have some money To save us from eating dirt.

And this is wrong.

Bread should be free,

fire should be free

to all and anybody, all and anybody, all over the world.

We must regain our sanity about money before we start killing one another about it.

It’s one thing or the other. —DHLawrence


(a). On the basis of your reading of the poem, answer the following questions by

choosing the correct option.

(1×6=6)


(i) When does a person feel a pang?

(a) Because of madness of money

(b) When he parts with a pound of money

(c) When he hands out a ten-pound note

(d) Cannot be inferred


(ii) What kind of feeling does money create in us?

(a) Feeling of fear

(b) Feeling of tremor

(c) Feeling of happiness

(d) Feeling of satisfaction


(iii) Why does the poet say “we must have some money”?

(a) To be worthy

(b) To be happy

(c) To have basic amenities

(d) To fulfil our madness


(iv) According to the poem, what does ‘eat dirt’ refer to?

(a) Eat garbage (b) Eat spoiled food

(c) Hearing criticism (d) Cannot be inferred​

Answer 1

A) option is c
B)feeling of tremor
C)option is c - to have basic amenities
D)sorry not clarified