MCQ Class 12 Poem 1 My Mother at Sixty-six English Flamingo Advertisement MCQ’s For All Poems – Flamingo Class 12th 1. The mother’s old age and lack of energy is a depiction of(a) the poet’s helplessness in old age (b) joy and fun of old age (c) bonding of mother with family members (d) sickness and ill-healthYour comments:Question 1 of 302. The poem is made up of(a) twenty lines (b) a single sentence (c) ten stanzas (d) five stanzasYour comments:Question 2 of 303. The image of merry children has been brought out by the narrator in order to(a) show energy and exuberance of young children (b) to show the children playing (c) to show the children playing pranks (d) to compare with herselfYour comments:Question 3 of 304. The narrator is only using her smile to(a) cover up her pain (b) make herself happy (c) to make her mother happy (d) to make her father happyYour comments:Question 4 of 305. Smile and smile and smile is(a) alliteration (b) repetition (c) simile (d) metaphorYour comments:Question 5 of 306. She said to her mother(a) goodbye (b) au revoir (c) good morning go. (d) see you soon, AmmaYour comments:Question 6 of 307. When the narrator looked at her mother again she felt a pang of(a) her familiar ache (b) guilt (c) heartache (d) a headacheYour comments:Question 7 of 308. The narrator again compared her mother too(a) summer’s sun (b) rain clouds (c) late winter’s moon (d) trees and plantsYour comments:Question 8 of 309. ‘Children spilling out’ is an(a) simile (b) metaphor (c) personification (d) transferred epithetYour comments:Question 9 of 3010. ‘Trees sprinting’ is a poetic device. It is(a) personification (b) alliteration (c) repetition (d) simileYour comments:Question 10 of 3011. She soon put that thought out of her mind and(a) smiled (b) laughed heartily (c) cried bitterly (d) looked out of the windowYour comments:Question 11 of 3012. The poetess says her mother looked pale like a(a) corpse (b) ghost (c) malnourished child (d) anaemic personYour comments:Question 12 of 3013. The person in the car, beside the poetess, was,(a) her aunt (b) her niece (c) her uncle (d) her motherYour comments:Question 13 of 3014. She was going to(a) Goa (b) Mumbai (c) Cochin (d) KolkataYour comments:Question 14 of 3015. Kamala Das was an(a) Bengali (b) Punjabi (c) Keralite (d) GujaratiYour comments:Question 15 of 3016. What were the words she used while parting from her mother?(a) See you soon Ba (b) See you soon beeji (c) See you soon mata ji (d) See you soon, ammaYour comments:Question 16 of 3017. Whose house the poet was leaving?(a) her friend’s house (b) in-law’s house (c) her husband’s house (d) her parents’ houseYour comments:Question 17 of 3018. What does the expression smile, smile and smile signify?(a) poet was going home and was elated (b) poet was happy (c) poet was hopeless (d) poet’s desperate efforts to hide her fearsYour comments:Question 18 of 3019. What question arises from the complexity of the situation in the poem?(a) what to do in old age (b) how to take care of one’s skin (c) how to drive (d) How to strike a balance between duties and responsibilitiesYour comments:Question 19 of 3020. What does the narrative single sentence style of the poem highlight?(a) Poet’s feelings (b) Poet’s insecurities (c) poet’s thoughts (d) poet’s intertwining thoughtsYour comments:Question 20 of 3021. Why does the poet feel parted, upset and sad?(a) because of her fears (b) because she was getting late (c) fear of missing her flight (d) because of her duty towards mother and her own needsYour comments:Question 21 of 3022. Quote an example of personification used in the poem.(a) sprinting trees (b) home to cochin (c) airport’s security check (d) All of theseYour comments:Question 22 of 3023. Quote an example of a metaphor used in the poem.(a) as a late winter’s moon (b) ‘Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes’ (c) Driving from my parent’s home (d) NoneYour comments:Question 23 of 3024. Which Rhyming scheme is used in the poem?(a) coupled rhyme (b) monorhyme (c) Alternate rhyme (d) free verseYour comments:Question 24 of 3025. Why did the poet look at her mother again?(a) because she was busy (b) because she was going away (c) because she wanted to stay back (d) because of fear and insecurityYour comments:Question 25 of 3026. What is the universality of the theme of the poem?(a) death is a truth (b) Life is a reality (c) everyone is happy (d) to show old ageYour comments:Question 26 of 3027. What do the parting words “See you soon Amma” signify?(a) her carelessness (b) Her optimistic farewell full of cheerfulness (c) she bids goodbye like this (d) she is in a hurryYour comments:Question 27 of 3028. What does ‘ashen face ‘ signify?(a) colour of face (b) face is covered with ash (c) Pale and lifeless face of poet’s mother (d) to show ugly faceYour comments:Question 28 of 3029. What do the running trees signify?(a) fast moving appearance (b) speed of the moving car (c) fast moving change in human life from childhood to old age (d) noneYour comments:Question 29 of 3030. What did the poet realize with pain?(a) her mother’s appearance like a corpse (b) she is inconsiderate (c) old age is pleasant (d) she has dutiesYour comments:Question 30 of 30 Loading...
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