1. Who is the poet of the poem 'Father to Son'?

a) Elizabeth Jennings b) ShirleyToulson

c) Kushwant Singh d) Walt Whitman

2. What is the poem 'Father to Son' about?

a) son comparing him to his father b) father talking to son about his childhood

c) father's old age d) Unsettling relationship between father and son

3. How old is the son when his father rants about his agony to his son?

a) child b) teenager

c) grown-up d) just became adult

4. Father tells him that although they have lived in the same house for years, he

a) finds him cunning b) envy him

c) doesn’t understand him d) adore him

5. What happened when he tried to build a relationship with him in his childhood?

a) he was successful b) he was half-way successful

c) None of the above d) his efforts were in vain

6. Does father know about his son's likes and dislikes?

a) No b) Yes

c) Can't say d) Maybe

7. "Why does the father use 'I' in a line 'The seed I spent or sown it where ' where he was talking about communication gap?"

a) to let his son know his importance b) to acknowledge himself

c) to acknowledge his role in the communication gap d) to make him understand about him

8. Despite all his efforts to fix the communication gap, was the son able to understand him?

a) Maybe b) No

c) Can't say d) Yes

9. "What is the meaning of 'This child is built to my design Yet what he loves I cannot share'?"

a) neither does his son looks like him nor he understand him b) His son looks like him yet they don't have anything to share

c) his son doesn't look like him d) his son looks like him and they share everything with each other

10. What is the meaning of word 'Prodigal' used in the third stanza?

a) spending money freely b) someone who doesn't spend money freely

c) someone who is smart d) understanding son

11. Is there a silence between the father and the son?

a) No b) Can't say

c) Maybe d) Yes

12. Since his son was prodigal, why does he want him to come back home?

a) None of the above b) to give him money

c) to teach him a lesson d) to make amends with him

13. Does the father want his son to move around in his own world?

a) Not at all b) Yes, absolutely

c) None of the above d) Maybe

14. Why was the father ready to forgive him?

a) to help his son b) to teach his son a lesson

c) to become a better person d) to let go of all the sorrows he had inside

15. When the son spoke for the first time, does he also feel sad about the distance between them?

a) Yes, he did b) Maybe in his heart

c) He never thought about it d) No, he did not felt anything

16. What does the son share about him understanding himself?

a) he don't want to think about it b) he is very busy to think about understanding himself

c) he is at a point where he doesn't understand himself d) he understands him so well

17. From where does the son's anger arise ?

a) out of his nature b) out of his father's attitude

c) out of his childhood memories d) out of his sadness

18. What happens when they both put out an empty hand for the others to seek?

a) father wasn't interested b) efforts are always in vain

c) they never had a chance to talk d) they got successful in the end

19. Find out the simile used in the poem 'Father to Son'?

a) Silence surrounds us b) We speak like strangers

c) Yet what he loves I cannot share d) The seed I spent or sown it where

20. Which of the following is an Alliteration?

a) I would have b) Silence surrounds us

c) We speak like strangers d) I do not understand this child