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Section ‘C’ Literature Textbooks
One Poetry extract out of two from the book Flamingo
For QUESTION NO. 7

1. Read the extract given and answer the questions that follow:
“Driving from my parent’s

home to Cochin last Friday

morning, I saw my mother

beside me, doze, open mouthed, her face

ashen like that of a corpse and realized with

pain that she was as old as she looked, but soon put that thought away...”
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iii. The theme of the poem as represented by the given extract is _____.

iv. What is the painful thought that comes to the poet’s mind?

v. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements
given below.

1. The thought of loss or separation is painful.

2. The poet is afraid that she might lose her mother.

(a) 1 can be inferred from the extract but 2 cannot.

(b) 2 can be inferred from the extract but 1 cannot.
(c) Neither 1 nor 2 can be inferred from the extract.
(d) 2 is the reason for 1 and can be inferred from the extract.
vi. What message can the readers assimilate from the extract about filial duties?

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2. Read the extract given and answer the questions that follow:

“And looked out at Young

Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling

out of their homes, but after the airport’s

security check, standing a few yards

away, I looked again at her, wan, pale

as a late winter’s moon and felt that old

familiar ache, ... ... ...”

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v. What is the effect achieved by the imagery of “the merry children spilling”?

vi. What does the poet want to suggest through the imagery of “Young Trees sprinting”?

3. Read the given extract and answer questions that follow:

……and realized with pain

that she was as old as she looked but soon
put that thought away, and
looked out at young trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes.

(a) Kamala Das turned her attention from her mother, because
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i) She was feeling guilty.
ii) She was shirking her responsibility
iii) She was trying to escape from pain filled emotions.
iv) She didn’t like the idea of her mother growing old.

(b) Why did the poet put ‘that thought’ away?

(c) Complete the following analogy correctly. Do not repeat from the example used.
Trees sprinting:………..: : pale as a late winter's moon: simile

(d) The phrase 'she realized with pain' indicates the poet's................

(i) anxiety of missing the flight. (ii) fear of losing her mother
(iii) fear of illness. (iv) anxiety of talking her mother on the flight.

(e) Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below:
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(c) Personification
(d) (ii) Fear of losing her mother
(e) i) Both A & R are correct. R is the correct explanation of A
(f) i) Diverted

4. Read the given extract and answer questions that follow:

I looked again at her,

wan, pale as a late winter‘s moon
and felt that old familiar ache, my childhood‘s fear,
but all I said was, see you soon, Amma,
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All I did was smile and smile and smile …

(a) Kamala Das comparing her mother to winter moon signifies________________

i) Human life is as short as that of the moon.
ii) Her mother is old and looks pale
iii) Winter is the last season of the year
iv) Her mother is about to die

(b) Given below are some of the books and their authors. Which title perfectly describes the
condition of the poet’s mother?
i) Somewhere Towards the End – by Diana Athill
ii) Nothing to be Frightened of –Julian Barnes
iii) If Cats disappeared from the World – Genki Kawamura
iv) The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde.

(c) The poet’s childhood fear was_________________________

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(f) Elucidate the following statement with reference to the above extract:
All I did was smile and smile and smile……

Answers:
a) ii. Her mother is old and looks pale
b) i) Somewhere Towards the End – by Diana Athill.
c) fear of separation from her mother
d) i. Pensive and sorrowful
e) ii) Personification: Young trees sprinting – Metaphor: Merry children spilling
f) Does not want to show her agony and fear to her mother/wants to part from her mother on a
pleasant note/ her outer smile hides her inner pain of separation/ comforts her mother

5. Read the given extract and answer questions that follow:

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I saw my mother beside me
Doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that
Of a corpse and realized with pain
That she was as old as he looked but soon
Put that thought away, and looked out at Young
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes

i. Which amongst the following options has used the same poetic device in its underlined
phrase as used in the expression ‘ashen like that of a corpse’?
A. He was a lion in the battle.
B. The flood swallowed more than a dozen villages.
C. He walked as slow as a snail.
D. The tree blocks the free flow of water.
ii. Choose the correct option that best explains the reason for the poet ‘to put that thought
away’.
A. The mother’s face was pale and ugly.
B. It was unbearable for her to see her mother sleeping.
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i. (C) He walked as slow as a snail.
ii. (D) She was deeply pained by the thought of the mother’s imminent death.
iii. (B) She is aged and exhausted.
iv. False
v. The expression ‘Merry children spilling’ brings in mood of happiness and enthusiasm.
vi. The poet is feeling sad and sorrowful due to her mother’s old age in the given extract. She
does not want to accept the fact that her mother is nearing death.

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6. Read the given extract and answer questions that follow:

“But after the airport’s

Security check, standing a few yards
Away, I looked again at her, wan, pale as a late winter’s moon.”

i. Why did the poet look at her mother again?

A. To see if she was sleeping
B. To check if she was well
C. To bid her good bye
D. To say something to her
ii. Mother’s face has been compared to _____________
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B. Late winter’s moon and its paleness
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v. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two
statements given below.
1 The poet is in a dilemma.
2 The poet does not want to look at her mother.
A. (1) Can be inferred from the extract but (2) cannot.
B. (2) Can be inferred from the extract but (1) cannot.
C. Both (1) and (2) can be inferred from the extract.
D. (2) Is the reason for (1) and can be inferred from the extract.
vi. What do you think the poet is feeling in the extract?
A. Regretful
B. Nostalgic
C. Doubtful
D. Torn

Answers:
i. (C ) To bid her good bye
ii. (B) late winter’s moon and its paleness
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iii. (A) 1, 2 and 3
iv. Simile
v. (B) (2) can be inferred from the extract but (1) cannot.
vi. (D) torn

Keeping Quiet
1. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:

It would be an exotic moment

Without rush, without engines,
We would all be together
In a sudden strangeness.

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D. All of the above.

iv. Which figure of speech is used in the last line of the stanza?
E. Metaphor
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G. Alliteration
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v. Does the poet propagate total inactivity when he says ‘without rush, without engines’?
vi. Why will the moment be strange?

Answers:
i. (A) When everyone is still and quiet.
ii. (B) It will foster peace and brotherhood.
iii. (D) All of the above
iv. (C ) Alliteration

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v. No, the poet does not propagate total inactivity as he himself later states in the poem that
he wants people to be silent and introspect.
vi. The absence of hustle and bustle of life would create feeling of peace and quietness,
which would make us united in our natural commitment. It will create a strange feeling of
universal brotherhood.

2. Read the given extract and answer questions that follow:

Fishermen in the cold sea

Would not harm whales
And the man gathering salt
Would look at his hurt hands.

i. What does the poet expect of the fisherman?

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A. Destruction that humans have caused to themselves.
B. Destruction caused to environment in pursuit of man’s selfish needs.
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of the above.
vi. Fill in the blank appropriately
The tone of the poet in the given extract is____________________

Answers:
i. (B) due to introspection he abandons killing whales
ii. Transferred Epithet
iii. (A) He will get time to take care of his wounded hands.
iv. Salt
v. (C) Both (A) and (B)
vi. Hopeful and optimistic

3. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
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“Now we will count to twelve
And we will all keep still.
For once on the face of the Earth
Let’s not speak in any language
Let’s stop for one second
And not move our arms so much.”

i) The poet uses the word, ‘we’ in the first and second lines. With which statement would you
disagree about the purpose of this use?
1. The poet is taking the readers into confidence.
2. The poets wants the readers to stand in solidarity with him.
3. The poet considers all readers as very talkative people
4. The poet is trying to create sense of affinity

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“Perhaps the Earth can teach us
As when everything seems dead
And later proves to be alive
Now I will count up to twelve
And you keep quiet and I will go.”

i. With which statement would the readers disagree?

(a) Silent introspection is very essential.

(b) Silent introspection may bring about a change in our character and attitude.

(c) The Earth has the potential to be a wonderful teacher for mankind.

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(d) What we require is total inactivity like the earth.

ii. Which poetic device used by in the line -

“Perhaps the Earth can teach us”, is ------------------------------

iii. The word “perhaps” in the first line of the extract suggests

(a) That the poet is not sure of what he says.

(b) That the poet has doubts about the capability of mankind for imbibing the lesson taught
by the Earth.

(c) That the Earth may not be willing to teach mankind.

(d) That everything seems dead on the earth.

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i) initiate a conversation between the poet and the readers.
ii) invite readers as part of the poem’s larger call to humanity.
iii) welcome readers into the world of the poem and its subject.
iv) address readers as fellow members of the human race.

(b) Margaret Atwood said, “Language divides us into fragments, I wanted to be whole.”
Choose the option that correctly comments on the relationship between Margaret Atwood’s words
and the line from the above extract – “let’s not speak in any language”
i) Atwood endorses Neruda’s call to not speak in any language.
ii) Atwood justifies Neruda’s request to not engage in any speaking.
iii) Atwood undermines Neruda’s intent to stop and not speak in any language.
iv) Atwood surrenders to Neruda’s desire for silence and not speak in any language.
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(c) Why do you think the poet employs words like “exotic” and “strangeness”?
i) To highlight the importance of everyone being together suddenly for once.
ii) To emphasize the frenetic activity and chaos that usually envelops human life.
iii) To indicate the unfamiliarity of a sudden moment without rush or without engine.
iv) To direct us towards keeping quiet and how we would all be together in that silence.

(d) Choose the option that correctly matches the idioms given in Column A with their
meanings in Column B
Column A Column B Column A Column B
1. On the face of the earth (i) In existence
2. What on earth (ii) To do all possible to accomplish something
3. Move heaven and earth (iii) To express surprise or shock
4. The salt of the earth (iv) To be good and worthy

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6. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

What I want should not be

Confused with total inactivity.
Life is what it is about;
I want no truck with death.
If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with death.

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(a) Identify the incorrect statement from the following.
i) The poet’s attitude is positive
ii) Speaking different languages will cause misunderstanding
iii) The poet advocates total inactivity
iv) The poet wants us to keep still instead of doing one thing or the other

(b) What is the sadness that the poet refers to in the poem, ‘Keeping Quiet’?
(c) How can we rectify the social problems, as in the poem ‘Keeping Quiet’?
i) When we introspect and develop a feeling of understanding with each other
ii) When we behave selfishly
iii) When we think about ourselves only
iv) None of the above
(d) Complete the following analogy correctly.
A Thing of Beauty: John Keats : : Keeping Quiet: …………………….
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A Thing of Beauty
1. Read the given extract and answer questions that follow:
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o’er-darkened ways
Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits.

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i. Pick the option that is NOT an example of ‘unhealthy and o’er darkened ways.’
A. A person who is egoistic and looks down upon others.
B. A person who seeks God’s help for all his problems.
C. A person who uses evil ways to deceive others.
D. A person who is corrupt and manipulative.
ii. Which word from the given options doesn’t mean despondence?
A. Glumness
B. Dolefulness
C. Happiness
D. Downheartedness
iii. Pick the option that enumerates what ‘noble natures’ would include.
1 Selfishness
2 sensitivity
3 Enthusiasm
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and self-centered nature.

2. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow: 1x6=6

“Such the Sun, the moon,

Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon
For simple sheep; and such are daffodils
With the green world they live in; and clear rills
That for themselves a cooling covert make
‘Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake
Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-roses
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i. Which of these provide joy and respite in the hot season?

A. Shades of trees in forests
B. Daffodils
C. Clear water streams
D. Both (A) and (C)
ii. The figure of speech used in ‘cooling covert’ is ____________
A. Imagery
B. Metaphor
C. Pun
D. Simile
iii. Describe the role of clear rills.
A. Cool and clear streams
B. Cooling shelter
C. Flowing in green surroundings
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i. (D) Both (A) and (C)
ii. (A) Imagery
iii. (B) Cooling Shelter
iv. Both (1)and (2) are true
v. (C) because of sprinkling of fair coloured musk-rose blooms
vi. To beautify the Earth and make it lively.

3. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow
A thing of beauty is a joy forever
Its loveliness increases,
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it will never pass into nothingness;
but will keep a bower quiet for us.”

i. Pick out the option that best matches with the expression - “A thing of beauty is a joy
forever”.

1. Its loveliness withers away.

2. Its beauty is everlasting.
3. It makes us quiet.
4. It never passes into nothingness.
(a) Only 4
(b) Both 2 and 4
(c) Only 2
(d) Both 2 and 3
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“Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
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Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o’er darkened ways
Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits.”

i. Choose the option which does not match with ‘unhealthy and o’er darkened ways.

(a) Egoistic and selfish ways of life.

(b) Offensive and arrogant ways of life.
(c) Evil ways and deceitful ways of life.
(d) Simple and honest ways of life
ii. What does the poet mean by inhuman dearth of noble natures’?
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iii. Based on the poem, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given
below.

Statement 1: Without beautiful things the earth would be a sad and unpleasant place to live.

Statement 2: The beautiful band created by human beings ushers hope in their lives.

(a) Statement 2 is true but Statement 1is false.

(b) Statement 2 is false but Statement 1 is true.
(c) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 can be inferred.
(d) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 cannot be inferred
iv. State whether the statement given below is TRUE or FALSE.

The explanation of “the flowery bands that bind us to the earth.” Would be ‘Beautiful things,
experiences and impressions which give us hope about life’.

v. The appropriate meaning of ‘despondence’ as used in the stanza by the poet would be
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i) Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.
ii) Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true.
iii) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 can be inferred.
iv) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 cannot be inferred.

(b) In which of the following options can the underlined words be replaced ‘with
despondence’?
i) The man paced about the room showing restlessness.
ii) A chat with a close friend can take away our blues.
iii) I was in jitters, seeing the boy trapped in the trench.
iv) Being dogged is what led him to negotiate the challenges.

(c) Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing a flowery band to bind us to the earth –We
tie ourselves to the Earth with _____.
i) life ii) band of flowers
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iii) gloom iv) beautiful things

(d) Which of the following causes suffering and pain to human beings on earth?
i) Unhealthy and miserable ways ii) Lack of humane qualities
iii) Days that are sad and depressing iv) All of these

(e) Explain-‘in spite of all’.

(f) Which of the following phrases have the poetic device expressed in ‘leaping lizard’?
i) inhuman dearth
ii) gloomy days
iii) over darkened ways
iv) noble natures

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(a) Pick the option that matches the words / phrases with the literary device.

Word/ phrase Literary device Word/ phrase Literary device

1. simple sheep A. imagery
2. gloomy days B. metaphor
3. bower quiet C. symbolism
D. transferred epithet

i) 1-C, 2-D, 3-B

ii) 1-B, 2-A, 3-D
iii) 1-D, 2-B, 3-C
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iv) 1-C, 2-A, 3-B

(b) “In all things of nature there is something marvellous.” According to the poet, what are the
things that have a sublimating effect on the minds of human beings?

(c) ‘From our dark spirits’ in the poem ‘A Thing of Beauty’ implies to___________________

(d) What message does the poem ‘A Thing of Beauty’ convey?

i) Beauty never fades away.
ii) A beautiful thing is a joy forever.
iii) Beauty raises the spirit higher.
iv) All the above

(e) Choose the option that displays the same poetic device as used in the sixth line of the
extract.
(i) I'm as happy as I can be.
(ii) Life is a roller coaster ride.
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A ROADSIDE STAND
1. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow
The little old house was out with a little new shed
In front at the edge of the road where the traffic sped,
A roadside stand that too pathetically pled,
It would not be fair to say for a dole of bread,
But for some of the money, the cash, whose flow supports,
The flower of cities from sinking and withering faint.

i. Choose the option that best describes the purpose of making a roadside stand?

1. To extend the existing house.

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2. To get some money freely.

3. To earn some money.

4. To attract people passing thereby.

ii. The word in the quoted lines that suggests the indifference of the rich city-bound people
towards the poor village folk -----------------

iii. Who are the people referred to in these lines?

iv. “A roadside stand that too pathetically pled”, is an example of the figure of speech ------------
----------

v. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to 1 and 2 given below.

1. Poor villagers wished for some money in their hands.

2. Poor villagers did not want mercy or charity from others.

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The polished traffic passed with a mind ahead,
Or if ever aside a moment, then out of sorts
At having the landscape marred with the artless paint
Of signs that with N turned wrong and S turned wrong
Offered for sale wild berries in wooden quarts,
Or crook-necked golden squash with silver warts,
Or beauty rest in a beautiful mountain scene,
You have the money, but if you want to be mean,
Why keep your money (this crossly) and go along?’

i. Choose the option that displays the same figure of speech as used in the first line of the
extract.

(a) She seems to have an unhappy marriage.

(b) I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse.
(c) I am dying of shame.
(d) They fought like cats and dogs.
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ii. “Out of sorts” in this context means ----------------------

iii. Find out an example for transferred epithet from the extract.

iv. Answer in ONE phrase.

A Roadside stand in the poem is a/an _____.

v. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements
given below.

1. Hardly anyone stops at the roadside stand.

2. Owners of these sheds are money-minded people.

(a) 1 can be inferred from the extract but 2 cannot.

(b) 2 can be inferred from the extract but 1 cannot.
(c) Both 1 and 2 can be inferred from the extract.
(d) 2 is the reason for 1 and can be inferred from the extract.
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ii) They are going to be relocated
iii) They wouldn‘t have to fend for themselves
iv) All the above

(b) What is the tone of the poet in the above lines?

A. Aggressive B. Tolerant C. Sarcastic D. Resigned. E. Sentimental
Choose the most appropriate option:
(i) Only (A) (ii) (B) and (C) (iii) (A), (D) and (E) (iv) Only (C)

(c) Point out the irony in ‘mercifully gathered in’.

(d) Complete the following analogy correctly.

Furrow followed free : alliteration: :............: oxymoron.

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(e) On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to (1) and (2) given
below:
(1) The politicians are referred as ‘greedy good-doers’.
(2) The politicians have ulterior motives.
(i) (1) is true but (2) is false.
(ii) (2) is true but (1) is false.
(iii) (2) is the reason for (1).
(iv) Both (1) and (2) cannot be inferred from the extract.
(f) Explain why merciful have been called ‘greedy good-doers’ and ‘beneficent beasts of Prey’?

Answers
(a) iv) All the above
(b) (iv) Only (C)
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reality, it is a very cunning, self-serving and money-making act of the government and the
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Why keep your money (this crossly) and go along

(a) Polished traffic is an example of………………….

(i) transferred epithet (ii) metaphor (iii) personification (iv) simile

(b) The urban rich feel ___________about the S and N signs that have been painted wrong
i) amused
ii) tolerant
iii) compassionate
iv) annoyed

(c) Name two things that were sold at the roadside stand.

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(d) ‘Marred with the artless paint’ does not include

i)The rural landscape
ii) The disorganized design of dwellings
iii)The lack of artistic finesse among the rural folk
iv) The dirt that splashes on to the polished and beautiful cars

(e) ‘The urban and educated people have their minds ahead.’
Choose the option suggesting the correct meaning behind this line.
i) The people are well-educated and knowledgeable about the condition of the poor.
ii) The people are concentrating on the road that is ahead in order to drive safely.
iii) The people are preoccupied only by the thoughts of their lives and nothing else.
iv) The people are focused on their goal of bettering the country.

(f) Find word from the stanza which means ’refined’.

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A. As they are unreasonably begging for money
B. Because they have something to sell
C. They are beggars
D. As they shamelessly beg for bread.
ii. Identify the phrase from the extract that suggests the following.
The roadside stand owner did not want food.
iii. The poor people look at the city money for their_______________
A. Survival and betterment
B. Sorrow and misery
C. Growth and opportunity
D. Well being

iv. Complete the following analogy correctly.

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Rhyme scheme: aabc: : Alliteration:______________

v. What is the tone of the poet in the given lines?

A. Sad
B. Nostalgic
C. Despairing
D. Angry
vi. The figure of speech used in last line ‘’the flower of cities from sinking and withering
faint’’ is___________________________

Answers:

i. (B) because they have something to sell

ii. It would not be fair to say for a dole of bread
iii. (A) survival and betterment
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C. Paintings of mountain scenery
D. Both (A) and (B)

ii. What does ‘but if you want to be mean, why keep your money and go along’ mean?

A. The city dwellers were mean and insensitive

B. They could not keep their money with them and went along
C. They were so mean that they did not part with them
D. They were mean and insensitive

iii. What do the poor people of the roadside stand feel when city people decline to buy
anything?

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A. They feel happy and cheerful
B. They feel dejected and angry
C. They feel cheated
D. They feel to have a scuffle with city dwellers

iv. What qualities of the offered articles make them unfit for sale?

A. The articles were wild

B. They lacked polished look
C. They were cheap
D. Both (A) and (B)

v. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two
statements given below:
1. The rural people hoped to earn some money from the roadside stand.
2. For the rural people, the people belonging to the city are mean and miserly.
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AUNT JENNIFER’S TIGERS

1. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow
“Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.”

i. The tigers are called ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers because--------------------

ii. “tigers prance across a screen”. Here ‘prance’ means,

(a) to walk up and down in a small area many times

(b) to move quickly with exaggerated steps.
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(c) move about in a predatory manner.
(d) to walk with long steps in a direction.
iii. State whether the statement given is TRUE or FALSE

“They do not fear the men beneath the tree” implies the contrast that perhaps Aunt Jennifer is afraid
of men.

iv. With which of the options will you match, “chivalric”.

a. patriotic
b. sympathetic towards women
c. honest, brave and fair towards women
d. Rough and tough
v. Do you think that the poet has deliberately chosen the word “denizens”? Why?

vi. The quality of the tiger highlighted by the word, ’sleek’ is ------------------

2. Read the extract given and answer the questions that follow:
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a) Fine –dine; give-ride

b) Sea-see; page-sage
c) Case-chase; bear-clear
d) Bell-fell; might-meat
iii. The theme of ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ is _____.

iv. State whether the statement given is TRUE or FALSE

The significance of ‘art’ as shown in the poem is that it is a medium for Aunt Jennifer to escape from
the reality

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v. What expression from the extract tells us that even in death, Aunt Jennifer cannot escape
patriarchal subjugation?

vi. The tigers are pictured as “proud and unafraid” by Aunt Jennifer and this reflects her

3. Read the extract given and answer the questions that follow:
Aunt Jennifer's fingers fluttering through her wool
Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer's hand.

(a) Identify the phrase from the extract, that suggests the following:
“Aunt Jennifer had no liberty or will of her own.”

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(f) Complete the following analogy correctly.

Fingers fluttering: ………… : : terrified hands: transferred epithet.

Answers
(a) Massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band
(b) She is weak, afraid and has lost confidence in herself
(c) The wedding band is a symbol of conjugal happiness but for Aunt Jennifer, it has become a burden.
(d) i. Aunt Jennifer is in a state of anxiety and nervousness.
(e) iv) Authority and autonomy.
(f) Alliteration
4. Read the extract given and answer the questions that follow:
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When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.
The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.
(a) Which of the following CANNOT be inferred from the given extract?
i) Aunt Jennifer’s tigers will keep her alive in everyone’s memory.
ii) Aunt Jennifer feels oppressed and constricted in her marriage.
iii) Even in death, Aunt Jennifer cannot escape patriarchal subjugation.
iv) Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance as a lasting symbol of her desires.

(b) Read the statements given below. Choose the option that accurately describes the given
statements.
Statement (1): The poem is a manifesto against the institution of marriage.
Statement (2): Aunt Jennifer represents all women artists.
Statement (3): The poem embodies an alternative for women to express their repressed
desires through art.
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Prancing proud: alliteration: : ……………: pun.

(f) “Turn your pain into art”. It’s a phrase most of us have heard before…
Which of the following represents the meaning associated with the phrase?
i) The oppressive nature of her husband compels her to take up designing on the tapestry.
ii) Her choice of design is reflective of her repressed desires.
iii) She revolts silently in her own way by creating tigers, i. e. through her artistic expression.
iv) All the above.

Answers:
(a) i. Aunt Jennifer’s tigers will keep her alive in everyone’s memory.
(b) ii) Statement (1) and Statement (3) are false, Statement (2) cannot be inferred
(c) iv) Shuffling
(d) The ordeals refer to the responsibilities and duties that Aunt Jennifer has been doing in a patriarchal
society

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(e) ringed
(f) (iv) All the above.

5. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:

Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen

Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.

i. How are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers described?

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2. Fearless
3. Cruel
4. Menacing
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iv. Complete the following analogy correctly.
Assonance: men beneath the tree:: rhyme scheme:_______________
v. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to (1) and (2) given
below.
1. Aunt Jennifer is painting her tigers.
2. Aunt Jennifer’s creations reflect her deepest desires.
A. (1) is true but (2) is false
B. (2) is true but (1) is false
C. (2) is the reason for (1)
D. Both (1) and (2) cannot be inferred from the extract.
vi. Complete the sentence appropriately.
The tigers are not afraid of men because_______________________

Answers:
i. (A) 1 and 2
ii. Bright topaz denizens of a world of green

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vi. They are bold, fearless and symbol of strength

6. Read the given extract and answer questions that follow: 1x6=6

When aunt is dead,

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The tigers in the panel that she made
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I. Read the statement given below.

Aunt Jennifer’s plight is best explained by her hands, they hold both her freedom and the
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A. They embody the grandeur and supremacy of animals in the wild.

B. They symbolize authority and are ‘topaz denizens of green’.
C. They represent Aunt’s repressed desires for freedom and power.
D. They are a product of Aunt’s imagination and colonial experience.

IV. Identify the figure of speech in ‘terrified hands’.

A. Hyperbole
B. Imagery
C. Transferred epithet
D. Synecdoche

V. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements
given below.

1. Aunt Jennifer would not be free even after her death.

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2. Aunt Jennifer’s desire of freedom would live through her art.

A. (1) can be inferred from the extract but (2) cannot

B. (2) can be inferred from the extract but (1) cannot
C. Both (1) and (2) can be inferred from the extract
D. (2) Is the reason for (1) and can be inferred from the extract.
VI. Aunt Jennifer faced ordeals from the oppressive __________society.

Answers:
i. (B) Aunt Jennifer knits her desires but is overpowered by the wedding ring she wears.
ii. (A) Aunt Jennifer’s tigers will keep her alive in everyone’s memory.
iii. (C) They represent Aunt’s repressed desires for freedom and power.
iv. (C) Transferred epithet
v. (C) Both (1) and (2) can be inferred from the extract
vi. Chauvinistic

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