BAI VIRBAIJI SOPARIVALA PARSI HIGH SCHOOL
English Literature Quiz (April 2021)
Class VI (A B C) AKU-EB
Time allowed: 15 minutes
Name: _______________________________Date: ____________ _____
Q. Recall the poem ‘The Duck and the Kangaroo’ by Edward Lear and choose the right options.
(10)
1. In the poem ‘The Duck and the Kangaroo’, the
Duck desires to;
a. Take a ride on Kangaroo’s back.
b. Hop like a turtle as she thinks her life is a bore
in her pond.
c. Buy a pair of clothing but she is taken captive in
a pond and she needs help.
d. Visit those two lands which are very far from
her pond and someone has to accompany her.
3. Kangaroo agrees to fulfil which of the dreams
of the Duck?
a. To be with Duck in the pond.
b. To travel all around the world.
c. To give a ride to the Duck of the place near the
pond.
d. To buy her a pair of clothing and to take her
around the world.
5. The word ‘reflection’ which is used in the
poem ‘The Duck and the Kangaroo’ means;
a. Thought, pondering
b. A serious discussion
c. The image which is in the mirror
d. The light seen on the surface of any object.
7. Read the given lines from the poem and fill in
the blank with the correct word.
‘And we’d go to the Dee, and the Jelly Bo Lee,
Over the _____________, and the ___________’
a. Land, mountain
b. Land, lake
c. Land, ocean
Total Marks: 10
Roll #___________
2. The Duck sits on the rock and thinks;
a. About the ride that if she faces dangers and is
caught by any of the animals on her way.
b. Of the objection the Kangaroo has.
c. Of her life in the pond. She is confused if she
could go on a ride or not.
d. If the Kangaroo takes her somewhere she is
unaware of or if she falls prey in Kangaroo’s
hand.
4. What requires some reflection in the poem
‘The Duck and the Kangaroo’?
a. The habit of the Duck staying at the nasty
pond.
b. The request of the ride by the Duck to the
Kangaroo.
c. The act of hoping across continents.
d. The attempt to visit the places which has never
been seen.
6. Read the given lines from the poem and pick
up the example of Alliteration.
‘Perhaps on the whole it might bring me luck,
and there seems but one objection.’
a. Perhaps, whole
b. One, objection
c. Luck, seems
Might, me
8. Read the given lines from the poem and fill in
the blank with the correct word.
‘I would sit quite still, and say nothing but
____________ .’
a. Hop
b. Cry
c. Quack
d. Land, sea
9. What does the Duck like about the Kangaroo?
a. That he takes a good care of himself and is
never found in living in a muddy pool like many
other animals.
b. That he can daily go around the world and
meet everyone he wishes.
c. That he can hop and go around the world.
d. That he has a long tail and warm body which
never lets him face any trouble no matter how
the weather is.
GOOD LUCK
d. Smoke
10. Read the given stanza from the poem and
choose the rhyming pattern.
Said the Duck, ‘As I sat on the rocks,
I have thought over that completely,
And I bought four pairs of worsted socks
Which fit my web-feet neatly.
And to keep out the cold I’ve bought a cloak,
And every day a cigar I’ll smoke.
a. bbabcc
b. aabbcc
c. abbaab
d. ababcc