1. Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions
that follow.
He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage,
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.
(a) Which one of the following is TRUE?
(i) The tiger’s pads are cushioned like cemented bricks. (ii) The
tiger’s pads are cushioned like wool. (iii) The tiger’s pads are cushioned like
stone. (iv) The tiger’s pads are cushioned like velvet.
(b) ‘In his quiet rage’ shows ………………………………………………. .
(i) that the tiger is angry (ii) that the tiger is happy (iii) that
the tiger is contented (iv) none of the above
(c) Which poetic device has been used in the line ‘quiet rage’?
(i) Oxymoron (ii) Metaphor (iii) Simile (iv) Personification
(d) Where is ‘the tiger’?
(i) In the zoo. (ii) In the forest. (iii) In the cave. (iv) In a
park.
(e) Write a pair of words that rhyme in the above lines.
(i) stripes-rage (ii) cage-quiet (iii) cage-rage (iv) quiet-rage
Answer: (a) (iv) The tiger’s pads are cushioned like velvet.
(b) (i) that the tiger is angry
(c) (i) Oxymoron
(d) (i) In the zoo.
2. Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions
that follow.
He should be lurking in shadow,
Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass.
(a) Who is being described here?
(i) The tiger (ii) A deer (iii) Water hole (iv) None of the above
(b) Who is being personified here?
(i) the tiger (ii) the long grass (iii) water hole (iv) deer
(c) Which one of the following statements is true?
(i) The words ‘lurking and sliding’ shows the anger of the tiger’.
(ii) The words ‘lurking and sliding’ shows the movement of the tiger’. (iii)
The words ‘lurking and sliding’ shows the joy of the tiger’. (iv) None of the
above.
(d) Why should he be lurking in shadow?
(i) Because he is in fear. (ii) Because he is angry. (iii) Because
he wants to hunt the deer. (iv) Both (i) and (ii)
(e) The poem draws a contrast between ……………
(i) animals and human beings (ii) tiger in a zoo and tiger in a
forest (iii) tiger in a zoo and humans (iv) humans and tiger in the forest
Answer: (a) (i) The tiger
(b) (i) the tiger
(c) (ii) The words ‘lurking and sliding’ shows the movement of
the tiger’.
(d) (iii) Because he wants to hunt the deer.
3. Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions
that follow.
He should be snarling around houses
At the jungle’s edge,
Baring his white fangs, his claws,
Terrorising the village!
(a) The Tiger should snarl around ……………
(i) the houses in the middle of the city (ii) the houses at the
river bank (iii) the houses at the forest edge (iv) none of the above
(b) The central idea of the poem is ……………
(i) Tigers are very important for maintaining natural balance. (ii)
Freedom is very important for all of us. (iii) Cages should be strong in the
zoo for safety of the visitors. (iv) None of the above.
(c) Which one of the following statements is not true?
(i) A tiger is not happy when he is in the cage. (ii) A tiger is not
happy when he is free in the forest. (iii) A tiger is not happy when he is in
the zoo. (iv) None of the above
(d) Name the poetic device used in the line ‘Baring his white fangs,
his claws’.
(i) Metaphor (ii) Assonance (iii) Oxymoron (iv) Consonance
(e) Who is being personified here? (i) the tiger (ii) the long grass
(iii) water hole (iv) deer
Answer: (a) (iii) the houses at the forest edge
(b) (ii) Freedom is very important for all of us.
(c) (ii) A tiger is not happy when he is free in the forest.
(d) (iv) Consonance
4. Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions
that follow.
But he’s locked in a concrete cell,
His strength behind bars,
Stalking the length of his cage,
Ignoring visitors.
(a) The tiger ignores the visitors. Why?
(i) Because he cannot use his power. (ii) Because he knows that
there is no use of showing anger. (iii) Because he is confined to his cage.
(iv) All of the above.
(b) How does the tiger feel inside the cage?
(i) satisfied (ii) happy (iii) free (iv) annoyed
(c) How does the tiger treat the visitors?
(i) He just ignores them. (ii) He shows his love for them. (iii) He
threatens them. (iv) None of the above.
(d) What is the contradicting idea in the poem?
(i) Life of an animal in the zoo vs. life in the natural habitat.
(ii) Life of an animal in the cage vs. life in the open zoo. (iii) Life of an
animal in the zoo vs. life in the village near the forest. (iv) none of the
above
(e) Which word in the stanza is the antonym of ‘recognising’?
(i) ignoring (ii) stalk (iii) concrete (iv) none of the above
Answer: (a) (iv) All of the above.
(b) (iv) annoyed
(c) (i) He just ignores them.
(d) (i) Life of an animal in the zoo vs. life in the natural
habitat.
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