Question

poem :An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum


a)Through the description of the slum children, the poet wants to express the

prevailing__________ in society.

(a)social injustice and class inequalities

(b) poverty

(c) disease

(d) slums


b) Identify the literary device in ‘like catacombs’.

(a) simile

(b) metaphor

(c) alliteration

(d) personification


c) Identify the literary device in ‘lead sky’.

(a) simile

(b) metaphor

(c) alliteration

(d) personification


d) ‘The stunted unlucky heir of twisted bones’ means the boy

(a) is short and bony

(b) is poor and unlucky

(c) is sad and unwell

(d) has an inherited disability


e) Why are children compared to rootless weeds?

(a) they have no home

(b) they are unwanted like weeds

(c) they are thrown into schools

(d) they are sturdy like weeds


f) Give the central theme of the poem in 40-50 words.


Poem- Keeping Quiet(2)


a) The poet evokes a symbol in order to invoke that there can be life even with stillness. The

symbol is

(a) earth

(b) rain

(c) storm

(d) cloud


b)What will counting up to twelve help us with?

(a) achieving harmony, brotherhood

(b) achieving goals and ambitions

(c) fulfilling wishes

(d) winning a race


c) A man should be _______ with nature

(a) totally compatible

(b) at war

(c) confused

(d) irresponsible


d) The poet of ‘Keeping Quiet’ is

(a) P.B Shelley

(b) Vikram Seth

(c) Pablo Neruda

(d) Kamala, Das


e) Sudden strangeness is which of the following poetic devices:

(a) simile

(b) personification

(c) alliteration

(d) repetition


f) Give the central theme of the poem in 40-50 words.



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Answer 1

Answer:

1 ) poverty

2 ) simile

3 ) I don't know

4 ) they are unwanted like weeds

5 ) I can't think of any

6 ) storm

7 ) achieving harmony, brotherhood

8 ) totally compatible

9 ) I don't know

10 ) I can't think of any