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09. The Farmer’s Wife

-Volga (P Lalita Kumari)

1. The farmer’s wife remains a poor sinner before .

a) her husband b) the landlords
c) her children d) his creditors

2. Unable to bend his head or stretch out his hand, the farmer .
a) left the village b) treated his wife badly
c) committed suicide d) killed the landlord

3. The farmer’s wife is not used to .

a) being stretched b) keeping her head bent
c) being sold d) taking care of her children

4. The farmer found release with .

a) nectar b) his crop
c) the land lord d) poison

5. The crop that had failed and led to the death of the farmer was .
a) jute b) cotton
c) wheat d) jowar

6. The farmer’s wife is confronted after the farmer’s death by .

a) her in-laws b) the creditors
c) her children d) his family

7. The farmer committed suicide .

a) by jumping into a well b) by drinking poison
c) by eating poison d) by hanging

8. The phrase 'the harvest of my womb' refers to .

a) the cotton crop b) her husband
c) the creditors d) her children
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9. The farmer’s wife wants to teach her children .

a) how to commit suicide b) the importance of education
c) agricultural skills d) embracing life not death

10. The farmer left behind children.

a) two b) four
c) three d) six

11. The phrase ‘a bent head’ refers to .

a) her physical deformity
b) submissive nature of women in general
c) aggressive nature of women in general
d) breaking his wife’s head

12. The poem ends with .

a) an assertion
b) a deep sense of failure and despondency
c) a will to survive against all odds
d) the death of her spirit

13. The farmer’s wife in the poem is .

a) worried about her future
b) lamenting the death of her husband
c) angry that her husband has left her
d) all of the above
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10: Frederick Douglass

-Frederick Douglass

1. Frederick Douglass was born in- , near Hillsborough, and about

twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot County, Maryland.
a) New York b) Washington D C
c) Tuckahoe d) Massachusetts

2. The slaves had no accurate knowledge of their .

a) dreams b) rights
c) age d) masters

3. According to Frederick Douglass, sometime during 1835, he was

about old.
a) seventeen years b) sixteen years
c) fourteen years d) eighteen years

4. Frederick Douglass’ mother was named .

a) Auld b) Hester
c) Betsey Bailey d) Harriet Bailey

5. According to Frederick Douglass, children could tell their ages

accurately.
a) black b) white
c) Mulatto d) Plummer’s

6. The overseer of Captain Anthony was .

a) Isaac b) Plummer
c) Anna Murray d) Stewart

7. Frederick Douglass’s mother walked about to meet him.

a) ten kilometres b) twelve miles
c) twelve kilometres d) ten miles
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8. Captain Anthony possessed as many as .

a) twenty slaves b) forty slaves
c) thirty slaves d) fifty slaves

9. Frederick Douglass’ mother died when he was about old.

a) seven years b) eight years
c) six years d) nine years

10. According to Frederick Douglass “It was a most terrible spectacle.”

a) Plummer being chased by slaves
b) Plummer whipping his aunt Hester
c) Plummer sanctioning a day’s off
d) Plummer whipping him
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1. An Old Woman
-Arun Kolatkar

1. In the poem ‘An Old Woman’, ‘You’ refers to .

a) the old woman b) any pilgrim whom the old woman meets
c) Khandoba d) Arun Kolatkar

2. The old woman is .

a) a beggar woman
b) a person with self-respect
c) a guide appointed by the government
d) a pilgrim

3. the old woman demands for her service.

a) five rupees b) fifty paise
c) fifty rupees d) two paise

4. ‘You want to end the farce.’ Here, “farce” stands for .

a) a play that was enacted there b) the speaker
c) the old woman pestering the speaker d) the woman’s knowledge

5. The shrine mentioned in the poem is .

a) Khandoba’s shrine b) the horseshoe shrine
c) Banai’s shrine d) Jejuri’s shrine

6. The old woman’s eyes are compared to .

a) horse’s shoes b) the temple town
c) bullet holes d) tiger’s trail

7. ‘you are reduced

to so much small change
in her hand.’
Here, the speaker is suggesting that .
a) one is reduced to an insignificant position
b) one feels that one is being cheated
c) one feels a change in one’s personality
d) she is famous
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12. Two Gentlemen of Verona

A.J. Cronin

1. The author met the two boys .

a) on the outskirts of Padua b) on the outskirts of Verona.
c) in Padua d) in Verona

2. The author bought from the two boys.

a) wild strawberries b) fresh apples
c) mangoes d) dried grapes

3. is/are reputed to have lived in Verona.

a) Julius Caesar b) Shylock
c) Mara d) Romeo and Juliet

4. The boys were doing business in the public square.

a) of selling cigarettes b) of polishing shoes
c) of selling wild strawberries d) by attracting customers

5. Nicola was old.

a) thirteen years b) twelve years
c) ten years d) fourteen years

6. The boys were waiting for the last bus from Padua to sell .
a) wild strawberries b) their papers
c) cigarettes d) tickets to the Opera

7. The narrator thought that the boys must be saving up to .

a) emigrate to Germany b) emigrate to France
c) emigrate to Italy d) emigrate to America

8. The narrator observed that the two boys spent

a) very little money on their food and clothing
b) more money on their food and clothing
c) little time to earn money
d) their time doing nothing
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9. Every Sunday, the boys made a visit to the country, .

a) to Poleta b) to the Alps
c) to Padua d) to Venice

10. Poleta was from Venice.

a) 35 kilometres b) 30 kilometres
c) 40 kilometres d) 25 kilometres

11. Nicola and Jacopo used to visit Poleta every Sunday to go to .

a) a hospital b) the opera
c) the tomb of Juliet d) a villa

12. Their father, a widower, was a well-known

a) musician in Venice b) dancer at La Scala
c) fruit seller d) singer at La Scala

13. established headquarters in Verona and for three dreadful years

ruled the city with ruthless severity.
a) The French b) The German Elite Guard
c) The Republicans d) The Secret State Police

14. The boys were used to to the forces of liberation and, more
dangerous still, to ferret out information on the movements of the
German troops.
a) carry weapons b) sell fruits
c) polish shoes d) carry messages

15. Their beloved sister was found suffering from , contracted during
the miseries of the war.
a) an ulcer in her stomach b) a liver disease
c) tuberculosis of the spine d) cancer

16. The narrator was very much impressed by the boys’ personalities
because .
a) they were great actors
b) despite their age, they behaved like true gentlemen
c) they were not successful
d) they ferreted messages about German troops
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17. In spite of working hard and earning money, the two boys still looked
poor because .
a) they were saving money to go to America
b) they had other plans
c) wanted to save money for medical expenses
d) they were scared of getting robbed

18. Nicola was not pleased when Jacopo asked the narrator to drive them to
Poleta as he .
a) did not want a stranger to become involved with their plans
b) preferred going to Poleta by train so that he could enjoy the scenery
c) did not want to ask anyone for favours
d) did not want to take help from someone he did not know well

19. The narrator did not follow the boys because .

a) he was not invited to join them
b) he was not interested in knowing what the boys were up to
c) he wanted to respect their privacy
d) he was in a hurry to get back to Venice

20. had made the two boys and their sister homeless.
a) Their poverty b) Their unemployment
c) The war d) Lack of courage

21. The villa at Poleta had been changed into .

a) a parlour b) a hospital
c) a theatre d) a bank

22. The author did not speak to the boys on their return journey because he
thought .
a) the boys would prefer to keep their secret
b) the boys were ashamed of their sister’s condition.
c) they wouldn’t tell him the truth
d) they were worthless
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23. The boys work so hard as .

a) they were greedy for money
b) they wanted to go to America
c) they wanted to save money for sister’s treatment
d) they wanted to take care of their father

24. The boys are evasive in disclosing their plan to the narrator in the story
because .
a) they thought he could never understand their plight
b) they did not want to share their problem with a stranger
c) they did not want to gain anybody’s sympathy
d) they did not trust anybody
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13. Do not Ask of Me, My Love
Faiz Ahmad Faiz

1. The speaker of the poem tells his beloved not to ask .

a) him to become a politician b) for worldly pleasures
c) him to come home d) the love he once had for her

2. The speaker’s life was bright when .

a) he was a bachelor b) was young and blooming
c) he married his beloved d) he became a politician

3. was much more than any other pain.

a) Her miseries b) Her beauty
c) Her sorrows d) Her attitude

4. The poet’s beloved’s beauty gave the everlasting youth.

a) Winter b) Summer
c) Spring d) Autumn

5. While his beloved was with him, he thought, .

a) of his happiness b) he was in misery
c) the world was his d) he remembered his responsibilities

6. The poet realized that there are other sorrows in the world than love,
and other too.
a) miseries b) comforts
c) pains d) pleasures

7. The speaker says “Do not ask of Me, My Love, that love I once had for you”
because
a) his beloved is not as beautiful as she was.
b) there are other sorrows around him demanding his attention.
c) he has found a more beautiful lady love.
d) he thought she was strange
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8. In the poem, when the speaker says “you are beautiful still, my love, but I
am helpless too” suggests that .
a) he has to address the miseries of human beings
b) he is in love with another beautiful lady
c) he is trying to flatter her
d) he has lost interest in her

9. The speaker thought that the world was with him when .
a) she went to her mother’s house b) she was with him
c) she allowed to live in peace d) she became a politician

10. ‘That’s the way I imagined it to be’ suggests:

a) the speaker’s concept of love
b) the speaker’s realization of realities
c) the speaker’s view of love was just a wishful thinking
d) the speaker’s attitude