Question

Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.

More about People

When people aren't asking questions
They're making suggestions
And when they're not doing one of those
They're either looking over your shoulder or stepping on your toes
And then as if that weren't enough to annoy you
They employ you.
Anybody at leisure
Incurs everybody's displeasure.
It seems to be very irking
To people at work to see other people not working,
So they tell you that work is wonderful medicine,
Just look at Firestone and Ford and Edison,
And they lecture you till they're out of breath or something
And then if you don't succumb they starve you to death or something.
All of which results in a nasty quirk:
That if you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.

- Ogden Nash

Q1. What do people do when they aren't asking questions and when they see somebody at leisure?
Q2. Why do people say that work is wonderful medicine?
Q3. What is the nasty quirk that poet is talking about?
Q4. a) Which word in the poem means the same as: give in/surrender?
b) Which word in the poem means the same as: irritating
Q5. a) Find the word in the poem which is the antonym of: delightful/pleasant.
b) Write the rhyme scheme of the first 4 lines of the poem.​

Answer 1

Answer:

When people aren't asking questions

They're making suggestions

And when they're not doing one of those

They're either looking over your shoulder or stepping on your toes

And then as if that weren't enough to annoy you

They employ you.

Answer 2

When people are not asking questions what do they like to do?