Q. “I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions”. Whose words are these?
a. Sylvia Plath
b. The mother
c. The young woman
d. The mirror
Q. “In me she has drowned a young girl and in me an old woman rises towards her”. What does this suggest?
a. Youth
b. Coming of old age
c. Death
d. Birth
Q. The poet calls the moon and the candles ------------
a. Good angle
b. Illuminators
c. Liars
d. None of these
Q. Who is like a word dropped from a long sentence?
a. Dilip Chitre
b. The father
c. Tukaram
d. Grandchildren
Q. Weak tea, stale chappathi etc. represent -------------
a. Youthfulnes
b. Selfishness
c. Plight of old age
d. None of these
Q. What does the father contemplate?
a. About the train
b. About his children
c. About music
d. About man’s estrangement
Q. What does the father’s dream suggest?
a. Happy day
b. Ancient grandeur
c. Rootlessness of modern man
d. None of these
Q. Dilip Chitre portrays Father in a -------------- way
a. Seriou
b. Comic
c. Tragic
d. All of the above
Q. Who is the speaker in the poem Poor Girl?
a. An old woman
b. A poor woman
c. A young girl
d. None of these
Q. Which line is the refrain in Maya Angelou’s poem?
a. Poor Girl/ Just like me
b. Then she’ll begin/ to sing this song
c. You’ve got another love/ and I know it
d. None of these
Q. What is the significance of the word ‘poor’ in Angelou’s poem?
a. It means the girl has no money
b. It tells us about her background
c. She is going to be cheated and she does not know that
d. She does not know her future
Q. The theme of the poem ‘Poor Girl’ is -----------
a. Being deceived in love
b. Disillusionment
c. Repeated experience of girls
d. All of the above
Q. “--------------- is what I call happiness”.
a. Affection
b. Prayer mats
c. Aloneness
d. Music of sparrows
Q. What is freedom according to Assadi?
a. Being in a cage
b. Picking flowers
c. Short walk in the garden of memories
d. Roads
Q. How does Mina Assadi realize her smallness?
a. Comparing herself to the sea
b. Thinking of being in a cage
c. Wearing a ring
d. None of these