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151.

_____________ is the author of “Dead Woman Walking”.

A. meena kandaswamy
B. meena alexander
C. gieve patel
D. arundhati subraniam
Answer» B. meena alexander
Discussion
152.

Home can become a ______ for women as they face suppression and subjugation.

A. heaven
B. prison
C. safe place
D. threat
Answer» C. safe place
Discussion
153.

Who is the author of the poem “Home”?

A. meena alexander
B. arundhati roy
C. arundhati subramaniam
D. kamala das
Answer» D. kamala das
Discussion
154.

“Rocks” and “Stones” in the poem “Blue Lotus” is metaphor for __________.

A. dreams
B. memories of abuse
C. identity crisis
D. repressed desire
Answer» C. identity crisis
Discussion
155.

Meena Alexander quotes _________ at the beginning of her poem “Blue Lotus”

A. sarojini naidu
B. john keats
C. wallace stevens
D. harriet monroe
Answer» D. harriet monroe
Discussion
156.

Love-making in “The Old Playhouse” is depicted as a _______ act.

A. fulfilling
B. caring
C. spiritless
D. selfless
Answer» D. selfless
Discussion
157.

Why did the speaker in the poem “The Old Playhouse” get married?

A. self –discovery
B. sexual gratification
C. security
D. money
Answer» B. sexual gratification
Discussion
158.

“The Ambiguous Fate of Gieve Patel, He Being Neither Muslim Nor Hindu in India” by Gieve Patel is a satire on ___________.

A. indian soceity
B. religious hatred
C. poverty
D. desire
Answer» C. poverty
Discussion
159.

Kamala Das is also known as the ________ for being one of the first Indian woman to talk openly about female sexuality.

A. confessional poet
B. poet of the body
C. poet of the soul
D. madhavikutty
Answer» C. poet of the soul
Discussion
160.

Parthasarathy’s “River, Once” was inspired by one of A.K. RAmanjujan’s poem, which poem was it?

A. still life
B. a river
C. chicago zen
D. extended family
Answer» C. chicago zen
Discussion
161.

In the poem “The Old Playhouse”, Kamala Das feels treated as an object for ______. A. Money B. Love C. Cooking D. Sexual Gratification 20. Which of the following does not appear in the poem “The Old Playhouse”?

A. cut flowers
B. carpets
C. air-conditioner
D. artificial lights
Answer» E.
Discussion
162.

Who is found at the water’s edge in “The Old Playhouse”?

A. the husband
B. the speaker
C. narcissus
D. a dwarf
Answer» D. a dwarf
Discussion
163.

In the beginning of the poem “The Old Playhouse”, the poet compares herself to a _____.

A. swan
B. swallow
C. heron
D. squirrel
Answer» C. heron
Discussion
164.

The river in the poem “River, Once” has deteriorated due to _________.

A. ecological imbalance
B. man’s exploitation
C. kings visits
D. fallen flowers
Answer» C. kings visits
Discussion
165.

Which of the following is not mentioned in the poem “River, Once”?

A. egrets
B. paper-boats
C. kingfishers
D. crows
Answer» E.
Discussion
166.

The river in “River, Once” is personified as a _______.

A. daughter
B. woman
C. mother
D. wife
Answer» D. wife
Discussion
167.

In the poem “River,Once”, Parthasarathy refers to __________ river.

A. madurai
B. vaikai
C. eaglewood
D. sewer
Answer» C. eaglewood
Discussion
168.

In the poem “Obituary”, the obituary is printed in __________.

A. the national daily
B. a local newspaper
C. the times of india
D. a madras newspaper
Answer» E.
Discussion
169.

What did the father in Ramanujan’s “Obituary” leave behind?

A. debts
B. money
C. property
D. gold
Answer» B. money
Discussion
170.

Hunger in the poem “Hunger” does not stand for hunger for __________.

A. guilt
B. sexual gratification
C. food
D. money
Answer» B. sexual gratification
Discussion
171.

The poem ” Hunger” depicts the plight of a _____ who attempts to sell his daughter for a living.

A. business man
B. pawn seller
C. fisherman
D. vegetable seller
Answer» D. vegetable seller
Discussion
172.

It is the _________ in “In the Country Cottage” which teaches man lessons of determination and patience.

A. lizard
B. caterpillar
C. cockroach
D. snake
Answer» B. caterpillar
Discussion
173.

The lizard in Ezekiel’s “In the Country Cottage” is described as being _____ in colour.

A. white
B. yellow
C. grey
D. dark
Answer» D. dark
Discussion
174.

Tagore’s “The Child” is divided into ____ parts.

A. 11
B. 5
C. 9
D. 10
Answer» E.
Discussion
175.

The phrase ‘shingle-beach’ in Dutt’s “Our Casuarina Tree” is an imitation of whose poetry?

A. mathew arnold
B. john keats
C. p.b.shelley
D. sarojini naidu
Answer» B. john keats
Discussion
176.

“In the Country Cottage” was written by _________.

A. mahapatra
B. naidu
C. ezekiel
D. karnad
Answer» D. karnad
Discussion
177.

Abju and Aru are Toru Dutt’s _________.

A. siblings
B. cousins
C. playmates
D. childhood friends
Answer» B. cousins
Discussion
178.

The phrase ‘blessed sleep’ in the poem “Our Casuarina Tree” refers to _________.

A. sleep
B. dream
C. death
D. life
Answer» D. life
Discussion
179.

The creeper growing around the tree in “Our Casuarina Tree” has a creeper round it which resembles a __________.

A. trunk
B. branch
C. python
D. lizard
Answer» D. lizard
Discussion
180.

The casement mentioned in “Our Casuarina Tree” reminds us of which of Keats poems.

A. ode on a grecian urn
B. ode to a nightingale
C. la belle dame sans merci
D. to autumn
Answer» C. la belle dame sans merci
Discussion