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    Bcom English 1st Year MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

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    MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

    1. The poem ‘ Punishment in Kindergarten’ is a recollection of _____________


    a. Adulthood
    b. School days
    c. Childhood days
    d. Adolescent time period.
    2. Name the rhyme scheme in the poem ‘ Punishment in Kindergarten’:
    a. ABAB
    b. ABCABC
    c. No rhyme scheme
    d. ABBA
    3. The poem is divided into ________ parts.
    a. 3
    b. 5
    c. 4
    d. 2
    4. What is the prime theme of Kamala Das’ Poetry?
    a. Environment
    b. Confession
    c. Self-Identity
    d. Spirituality
    5. Why does the teacher scold the child in ‘ Punishment in Kindergarten’?
    a. For crying
    b. For disobedience
    c. For standing alone
    d. For her impolite behaviour.
    6. What is written by one’s own self on his/her life account?
    a. Biography
    b. Autobiography
    c. History
    d. Diary
    7. What does this phrase ‘throwing words at me like pots and pans’ symbolize?
    a. Scolded harshly
    b. Threw words at others
    c. In a perplexed state
    d. Threw pots and pans.
    8. The speaker is _________ at the beginning of the poem ‘ Punishment in
    Kindergarten’.
    a. Muffled
    b. Lonely
    c. Happy
    d. Baffled
    9. The term ‘cluster’ in the poem ‘ Punishment in Kindergarten’ signifies:
    a. Clashes
    b. Circle
    c. Group
    d. Division
    10. According to the poem, ‘Punishment in Kindergarten’, what is the punishment given
    to the child?
    a. The child is physically beaten.
    b. The child is made to cry.
    c. The child is verbally hurt.
    d. The child is not taken to the picnic.
    11. How do the friends of the speaker react, when she cries?
    a. They are very happy and laughing.
    b. They make comments at her.
    c. They bully her.
    d. They feel sad for her.
    12. What does the poet realize at her adulthood?
    a. The blue-frocked woman must not have scolded her.
    b. Her friends should have consoled her, when she cried.
    c. She has to take revenge over the blue-frocked woman.
    d. Life is a combination of joys and sorrows.
    13. Why does the poet see the sun in the sky, when she cried?
    a. The sun is as lonely as the poet.
    b. The sun is shining brightly in the sky.
    c. The sun is ‘steel-white’.
    d. The poet is quite bored to watch any other object / person.
    14. During which time-period does the poet feel herself cheerful and contented?
    a. Childhood days
    b. Adolescent time
    c. Adulthood
    d. Old age
    15. Identify the imagery used in the poem ‘ Punishment in Kindergarten’.
    a. Blue-frocked woman
    b. Honey-coloured day
    c. Peculiar child
    d. Both 1 & 2

    OBITUARY

    16. The poem Obituary has ______ stanzas and ______ lines in every stanza.
    a. 8,7
    b. 7,8
    c. 6,7
    d. 7,6
    17. Identify the rhyme used in the poem ‘Obituary’.
    a. Slant / Half rhyme
    b. No rhyme
    c. Free rhyme
    d. End rhyme
    18. In ‘Obituary’, the poet speaks about the death of his _______
    a. Grand-father
    b. Daughter
    c. Father
    d. Grand-Son
    19. What does the following statement imply:
    “... grandson
    Named by the toss
    Of a coin after him, ...”
    a. The grand-father gave his coin to the grand-son
    b. The grand-father tossed his coin.
    c. The grand-son was named after his grand-father.
    d. The grand-son was named after his father.
    20.

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