FLAMINGO - POETRY adit MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX 1. Questions based on extracts/ texts to assess comprehension and appreciation, analysis, Inference, ‘extrapolation. (ax1=4) STAND ALONE MCQs [1 Mark each) Q.1. Whats the theme ofthe poem, ‘My Mother at Sixty Six” (A) Poet's fears (B) Poet's ove forher mother (© Theme of ole age {D) Allo these ‘Ans, Option (D) is correct. | Explanation: The poem revolves around the central idea depicting poets fears of losing her mother to death, She loves her mother bu feels helpless to control the advancing age of her mother and the problems associated with Q.2. The image of merry children in the poem is created to: (A) show energy and exuberance of young children (B) to show the children playing, (©) to show the children playing pranks, (D) tocompare with herselt ‘Ans. Option (A) is correct. | Breit sat oy api hyn | thet Q.3. The narrator displays fake smile to: gay cooernp rn omy tecltappy {Fl Mee nora nagyy i ke har aah Ans Option (A) iscoret | penton: Searing to hide her pain ore ent ear with. ke smile I (see shoe whe ning ors aor nto amis sth ape os (a) eult (B) her amir ache (C) heartache (D) a headache ‘Ans, Option (8) s correct. | Felnatin She remember her hichood ears oflesing het mother fshe woul port fomher |Qs. is the poetic device used in, “Trees sprinting’ (A) Simile (8) Alteration (©) Repetition (D) Personification ‘Ans. Option (D) is correct, : Here, the trees are given the human quality of running: Due fo the fast paced car, trees appear | Q.6 What do the poet’ parting words, “See you soon Arama” imply? (A) Poet's carelessness. (B) Poet's optimistic farewell ful of cheerfulness. (©) Poot's way of bidding goodbye, (©) Poetisin a hurry ‘Ans. Option (B) is correct | Explanation: she wishes to see her mother in future and doesn’t want to Jose her 0 soon. I Q7. Whats the demand put forward by the complexity ofthe situation in the poem? (A) What to doin old age? (B) How to take care of one's problems? (©) How to drive fast? (D) How to strike a balance between duties and responsibilities? ‘Ans. Option (D) is correct. Explanation: To fulfil the demands of one’s career, one has to part away from the old parents and thus feel | helpless not being able to perform one's responsibilities at the home-front 8 What docs the narrative singe sentence syeof he poem highlight? (A) Poets feeings (B) Poets insccurites (©) Poets thoughts (D) Poets intertwining thoughts Ans, Option () is conrect | espienation: It shows single theead of thought mixed with harsh els I Q.9. The phrase ‘old familiar ache’ has been used to refer to a fear, in this extract. This phrase can also be used to: (CBSE QB, 2021) (A) compare physical pein with mental agony, () clit someone's unanswered queries. (©) substantiate reasons for aches and pains. (D) describe a longing ome has been aware of ‘Ans. Option (D) is correct. Q. 10. The tone of the poet in the poem is primarily combination of| and 1. dauntlessness 2 apprehension 3 dejection. 4. disappointment @) 12 @) 23 © 34 O14 Ans. Option (B) Is correct. EXTRACT BASED MCQs Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow: (1 4= 4 marks) [Driving from my parent's hhome to Cochin last Friday moming, [saw my mother, beside me, doze, open mouthed, her face ‘ashen like that‘ofa compse and realized with pain that she was as old as she looked but soon, put that thought away. Q4.Choose the option that best applies fo the given extract, (1) Aconversation, @)_ Anargument () Apiece of advice (@ Astzategy () Arecollection (6) Asuggestion (a) 3&6 (B) 2,465 (©) Onlys (D) Only ‘Ans. Option (C) is correct. 2. Choose the book ttle that pericetly describes the condition of the poet's mother. Titlet Title2 Titles Tides You're Only Old Once! [The Giftof Years | Somewhere Towards | The Book You Wish Your by Dr Seuss by/Joan Chittster | the End Parents Had Read by Diana Adhill by Philippa Perry @ Tier (8) Tile? (©) Tides (©) Titles ‘Ans. Option (C) is correct 'Q3.Choose the option that applies correctly to the two statements given below: Assertion: The poot wards off the thought of her mother getting old quickly. Reason: The poot didn't want to confront the inevitability of fate that was to dawn upon her mother (A) Assertion ean be inferred but the Reason eannol be inferred (B) Assertion cannot be inferred but the Reason can be inferred. (C) Both Assertion and Reason can be inforred. (D) Both Assertion and Reason cannot be inferred ‘Ans. Option (C) is correct ‘GA. Choose the option that displays the same literary device as in the given lines of the extract her face ashen like that of a corpse. (A) Justas Thad this thought, she appeared and (B) My thoughts were as heavy as lead tha: evening when (©) [think ike everyone else who. (D) 1 ike to think aloud when Ans. Option (B) is correct. 7 Trees sprinting, the merry childeen spilling ut of their homes, but after the airport's security check, standing a few yards away, [looked again at her, wan, pale ‘aya late winter's moon and felt that old familiar ache. ‘QU. What is the most likely reason the poet capicalised “Young Troes'? This was to: (A) convey a clearer meaning. (B) highlight theadj-noun combination. (C) enhance the contrast (D) draw a connection with the ttle, “Ans. Option (C) is correct Q2.Choose the option that appropriately describes the relationship between the two statements given below. Statement 1: The poet knows her mother hes aged. Statement 2: The poet feels the pain of soparation, (A) Beginning ~ Ending (B) Cause ~ Effect (C) Question — Answer (D) Introduction = Conclusion ‘Ans. Option (B) is correct'@5.Choose the option that completes the sentence given below. Justas the brightness ofthe winter’: moon is veiled beh the haze and mist, sinlaly. {A) the pain of separation has shaded mother’s expression, (8), age has fogged! mother's youthfel appearance: (© growing up has developed a seasoned maturity in the poe. {D) memories warm the heart ike the pale moon in vnter ‘Ans. Option (B)is correct. 4. Choose the correct option oat ofthe ones given below. Simile | Metaphor Metaphor | Imagery themerry | old familiar pale asa ng, children ache latewinter’s | Trees spilling ‘moon | sprinting wo @ Tmagery | Fersonification | [Personification] — Simile alltdid | themerry Young | paleasa wassmile | children ‘Tee | late winter's spilling sprinting _| moon @ @ (A) Option 1 () Option 2 (©) Option 3 ©) Option 4 Ans. Option (D) is correct. ML. Tlooked again at hes, wan, pale ‘as alte winter’s moon and felt that old fanilior ache, my childhood’ fear, ‘but all T said was, see you soon, ‘Amma, all did was smile and smile and simile ‘QA. Name the poet (A) Stephen Spender (8) Komala Des (C) John Keats (D) Pablo Neruda ‘Ans. Option (B) is correct. (2. What was the poet's childhood fear? (A) Losing mother (B) Shifting house from parental (C) Shifting to a new city (©) Darkness Ans. Option (A) Is correct, (Q53. What has been compared to late winter's moon’? (A) Best Friend (8) Mother (©) Daughter ©) Sister ‘Ans. Option (B) is correct. ‘G4. What were the parting, words ofthe poet? (A) Asalate winter’s moon (8) Old familiar ache (C) See you soon (©) Smile and smile and smile Ans. Option (C) is correct. wv Tsaw my mother, beside me, doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that ofa corpse and realised with painQu. Whois 1? (A) Doctor (©) Pootess Ans. Option (C) is correct. (Q2. What did realise with pain? (A) Fear of losing mother (C) Fear of getting injured. Ans. Option (A) is correct. 33. Why was the realisation painful? (A) Not happy with her job. (©) Dreams not yet fulfilled. ‘Ans. Option (B) is correct. (Qui, Which line incorporates a simile? (4) Tsaw my mother (©) open mouthed ‘Ans. Option (D)is correct. vo But 8000, put that thought away and Inoked ont at young, Trees sprinting, the merry chil cout oftheir homes, ‘QL. What thought did the poet put away? (A) The impending death of mother. (©) The gun wound injury, ‘Ans. Option (A) is correct. (2. What did poet see when she looked out of the ear? (A) Flouses (C) Children ‘Ans. Option (D) is correct. (3. What doos the phrase ‘trees sprinting’ signify? (A) Troos have started running, (©) Fleving ime ‘Ans. Option (C) is correct. (4. Which word in the passage is an antonym of ‘miserable’? (A) Thought (©) Merry ‘Ans. Option (C) is correct. spilling (B) Army officer (D) Interior designer (B) Fear of shifting to other city. (D) Fear of plane crash, (B) Hard fact to accept. (D) Will cause loss of blood. (8) beside me (D) ashen like that of a corpse (B) The ominous plane crash, (D) None of these (@) Trees (©) Both B) &() (B) Trees are similar to children (D) Homeless children (B) Sprinting (©) spilling