PAVING WAY TO DESTINY.....

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Extra Questions
AMANDA
Short Answer Type Questions:

1. How does the speaker in the poem nag the little girl Amanda?
2. How do we know that Amanda wants to escape from her real world?
3. Why is every alternate stanza given in brackets? What does it convey to you?
4. Give the sum and substance of the poem Amanda in your own words.
5. Why is Amanda lost in her thoughts?
6. I'll certainly never let down my bright hair. Explain in the context.
7. Bring out the them of the poem Amanda.
8. Do you think that Amanda is a disobedient girl? Why/why not?
9. Why does Amanda imagine herself to be an orphan?
10. Why does Amanda think silence is golden?

Long Answer Type Questions:

11. What do you think of nagging? Discuss it with reference to the poem Amanda.
12. Is Amanda’s attitude a typical teenage behaviour? What is the lesson for parents from this
poem.
13. It is not always good to find faults. Discuss with reference to the poem Amanda.
14. What does Amanda yearn for? What do you think of her?

Extract Based:

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!

Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!

Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda!

15. The poem is written by:

A. Leslie Norris B. Robert Frost C. Adrienne Rich D. Robin Klein
16. The speaker here is:
A. A well-wisher B. An old man C. A nagging old lady D. An adolescent girl
17. The speaker wants Amanda _____.
18. Amanda is _______.

There is a languid, emerald sea,

Where the sole inhabitant is me—

a mermaid, drifting blissfully.

19. The speaker here is ______.

 20. The speaker wants to lead _____.
21. The speaker here compares herself _______.
22. The term mermaid refers to _____.

Did you finish your homework, Amanda?

Did you tidy your room, Amanda?

I thought I told you to clean your shoes, Amanda!

23. The speaker seems to be quite ______

24. Amanda was asked to ____.
25. To the speaker, Amanda is ____.
26. The term tidy refers to _____.

( I am Rapunzel, I have not a care;

life in a tower is tranquil and rare;

I'll certainly never let down my bright hair!)

27. Rapunzel is a _____

28. The speaker is unlike Rapunzel as she doesn’t want to ____
29. The ‘I’ herd stands for ____.
30. The speaker wants to lead _____.

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NB: - Complete it by today.