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- 1. Multiple Choice
Name the poet of the poem 'A Photograph'.
Kamala Das
Shirley Toulson
Walt Whitman
William Wordsworth
- 2. Multiple Choice
How many people are there in the photograph?
two
three
four
one
- 3. Multiple Choice
How old was the poetess when this photograph was taken?
ten years
twelve years
she was not born
twenty years
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the relation of the woman in the photograph to the poetess?
her sister
her mother
her cousin
her daughter
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who snapped the photograph?
mother
sister
uncle
father
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the background in the photograph?
the sea
the forest
a hill
a desert
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the relation of the two girls in the photograph to the poet's mother?
her aunts
her daughters
her sisters
her cousins
- 8. Multiple Choice
What are the names of the girls in the photograph?
Betty and Hana
Dolly and Shirley
Shirley and Betty
Betty and Dolly
- 9. Multiple Choice
Where is the mother of the poetess now?
She has gone to another city.
She has gone abroad.
She is dead.
She is in the hospital.
- 10. Multiple Choice
The sea holiday was the past of her mother. What is the poet's past?
her mother's memory
her mother's laughter
her mother's photograph
her uncle's camera
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why did the girls go to the sea beach?
for swimming
for paddling
for cycling
for surfing
- 12. Multiple Choice
How does the poetess describe her mother's face?
bitter
innocent
sweet
angry
- 13. Multiple Choice
How many years have passed since the photograph was taken?
twenty or thirty years
four years
twelve years
fifty years
- 14. Multiple Choice
How many phases are described in the poem?
two
three
four
two
- 15. Multiple Choice
"And she the big girl." Whom does 'she' refer to?
Betty
Dolly
Mother
Poetess
- 16. Multiple Choice
Paddling means
Walking barefoot
Walking barefoot on sand
Playing in water
walking barefoot in water
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which poetic device is used in "Terribly transient feet"?
simile
Alliteration
Transferred Epithet
both ii and iii
- 18. Multiple Choice
"See Betty and Dolly"she would say. Who is the speaker and whom is she addressing?
Mother to poetess
Poetess to mother
poetess to readers
none of them
- 19. Multiple Choice
The phrase 'Silence Silences' refers to
silence of past good memories caused void
silence caused by mother's death further caused void
both i and ii
none of them
- 20. Multiple Choice
"There is nothing to say at all". Which of the following best explains the meaning of this line?
the poet's sense of loss is too deep to express
their is no one the poet can share her grief with
the poet does not want to talk about her sense of loss
it is futile to discuss one's grief
- 21. Multiple Choice
''And of this circumstances there is nothing to say at all." Which phase of life is depicted in this stanza?
Mother's childhood
Poetess adulthood
Poetess childhood
none of them
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