Review Session

in Literature 1
Secondary 1- Newton
● November 30, 2020
 A. On
Muliebrity
By: Sujata Bhatt
Question:1
'I have thought so much' is used three
times. This is an example of
A. anaphora
B. juxtaposition
C. assonance
Question:2
A large section of the poem is enjamed,
what does this reflect?
A. She didn't like to use punctuation at
  the end of sentences
B. The authors thoughts tumbling over
each other
C. To give the reader time to think
Question:3. This poem is about
(CHOOSE THREE ANSWERS)
A. The sacrifice a woman in rural India makes in order
to provide for her family and the misconceptions of
tourists who see her
B. A woman in rural India collecting cow dung to use as
a fuel source
C. A poet struggling to decide how she should construct
an image of a rural woman in India

D. The though processes leading up to death

Question: 4. The author uses the words,
'greatness, power and glistening
cheekbones' to describe the woman
collecting cow dung because (CHOOSE
THREE ANSWERS)
A. She wants us to view the woman as miserable.
B. She wants to challenge our preconceptions of
people living in, what we would refer to as, poverty.
C. She was in awe of the woman.
D. She wants us to view the woman with dignity
and respect.
Question: 5. The poet refuses to describe the
woman in detail because
A. She isn't a very good poet.
B. She can't think of the words to use.
C. She doesn't want the woman to be
reduced to a tourist snapshot.
Question:6.
Muliebrity has a clear rhyme scheme and
structure

A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. MAYBE
Question:7.
The simple vocabulary of the poem
reflects
A. The simple rural life and the routine
of the woman's occupation
B. How the poet viewed the woman and
her surroundings
C. That the poet was in a rush
Question:8.
Describe the structure of the poem
A. Muliebrity' by Sujata Bhatt is an eighteen-
line poem which is contained within one long
block
B. of text. by Sujata Bhatt is a nineteen-line
Muliebrity'
poem which is contained within one long block of
text.
C. Muliebrity' by Sujata Bhatt is a seventeen-
line poem which is contained within one long
block of text.
Question:9. What is Muliebrity?
A. "Muliebrity," a word that is used in the title but not
in the text of the poem, can be defined as the qualities of
womanhood.
B. "Muliebrity," a word that is used in the title but not
in the text of the poem, can be defined as the qualities of
being masculine.
C. "Muliebrity," a word that is used in the title but not
in the text of the poem, can be defined as the exploitation
of woman’s weakness.
Question:10.
The speaker begins this piece by describing a
thought which has often passed through her mind. It
is of a girl whom the speaker often sees around the
area in which she lives. → Discuss the contrast
between the smells of "monkey breath" and "freshly
washed clothes."
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. MAYBE
Question:11.
By the end of the piece the speaker has come to
describe the power that she sees in the girl's
presence. She has an inherent "glistening" that
imbues her with abilities and a power that others do
not have → Discuss the girl's powers
A.TRUE
B.FALSE
C. MAYBE
Do you want
more?
 B. On
Farmhand
By: James k Baxter
Question:1. One might come upon the farmhand
in this location, or, the speaker says, one might find
him "telling some new joke / to a friend." This man is
social and confident enough to tell untested jokes to
his friends. He is not alone in his life.
A. Discuss the quote "looking out into the secret night."
B.Discuss the quote "telling some new joke / to a friend."
C. How are the quatrains unique to one another?
D. Discuss the punctuation choice
Question:2. They are unique from one another in
their line lengths, pattern of meter, syllable numbers
and word choice, but the poet has chosen to unify them
through his use of punctuation. Each stanza is made
up of one long phrase that ends with a period in the
fourth line. → How is the dance romanticized?
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. MAYBE
Question: 3. Farmhand' by James K.
Baxter describes the lack of confidence
that a farmhand has regarding his
appearance and relationship prospects. →
What does the poem describe - briefly
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. MAYBE
Question:4. ‘Farmhand’ by James K.
Baxter is a five-stanza poem that is
divided into sets of four lines, also called
quatrains.
A. TRUE
B.FALSE
C. MAYBE
Question: 5. What is the theme?

A. Dreaming
B. Isolation
C. Power
D. Health concern
Question:6. What is Farmhand's internal
struggle?
A.Smoking
B. Bad jokes
C. Dreaming
D. Love
Question:7. Which one of these is a
simile?
A. To the plough, and crops slow-growing as his
mind
B. At the hall door careless, leaning his back
C. To the dance floor and the girls drifting like
flowers
D. His sandy hair, and giggle at his side
Question: 8. Which is not a theme in
Farmhand?
A. Humans in the natural world
B. Masculinity
C. Love and relationships
D. Poverty
Question: 9. A quatrain is a

A. four-line stanza
B. four-word line
C. three-line stanza
D. three-word line
Question: 10. How is the man described
in the village hall?
A. Socially awkward
B. Comical
C. Aloof
D. Sad
Question: 11. The title Farmhand has
connotations of
A.Dancing
B. Machines
C. Manual labour
D. Nature
Question: 12. 'drifting like flowers’ is a

A. metaphor to describe the girls

B. personification to describe the flowers
C. simile to describe the flowers
D. simile to describe to the girls
Question: 13. What is being described
with ‘the earth wave breaking’?
A. the ploughing of the land
B. the farmhand leaving
C. the growth of crops
D. the waves crashing
Question: 14. careless’, ‘red’, ‘sunburnt’,
‘hairy’, ‘awkward’ are ... used to describe
the farmhand in the first four stanzas
A. adverbs
B. adjectives
C. verbs
D. assonance
Question: 15. Why is the tone of the poem
changed when talking about the farm?
A. He likes the fresh air.
B. It’s his favourite place.
C. He's claustrophobic.
D. He feels most comfortable on the farm.