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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWho is the poet/poetess of the poem 'A Photograph'?Shirley ToulsonRudyard KiplingElizabeth JenningsMarkus Natten
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the poem 'A Photograph' about?About poet's childhood memoriestribute to the poet’s motherPoet's photographPoet's father
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the age of the poet's mother when the photograph was taken?eleven years oldthirteen years oldtwelve years oldfourteen year old
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhen did her mother die ?two years agofive years agothirteen years agotwelve years ago
- 5. Multiple ChoiceHow many people were in the photograph?two girlsthree girlstwo girls and one boyonly her mother
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich material was the frame of the photograph made of?CardboardWoodSteelPlastic
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWho are on both sides of her mother?Cousins, Betty and DollyParentsCousins, Dolly and AdamFriends
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the three of them doing in the photograph?playingstanding beside householding handsholding hands and went for paddling
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWho took the photograph of her mother with her cousin?Her grandfatherHer uncleHer mother's friendHer grandmother
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat does 'Terribly Transient Feet' mean in the poem?her feet represent the mother, who changed with time while the sea remained the sametemporary situationage is temporaryNone of the above
- 11. Multiple ChoiceAfter how many years did her mother laugh on seeing the photograph?twenty-onetwenty-threetwelvetwenty-five
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was the favourite memory of the poet?
her mother’s memories
her mother’s laughter
her own vacation memories
her childhood memories
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the favourite memory of the poet?her mother's memoriesher mother's laughterher own vacation memoriesher childhood memories
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat would the mother show to her daughter while showing her the photograph?how her parents dressed her for the beachher cousinsher own childhood photographthe background
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the meaning of the word 'wry'?
to feel happy and sad at the same time
to feel overwhelmed
to feel nostalgic
to feel disappointed and amused at the same time
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat Oxymoron literary device was used in the poem?Terribly transientThrough theirBoth wryLaboured ease
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat Epithet literary device was used in the poem?Terribly transientThrough theirBoth wryLaboured ease
- 18. Multiple ChoiceHow many phases were depicted in the poem by the poet?onetwothreefour
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the last phase in the poem?after her mother diedafter she grown upafter her mother grown upNone of the above
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which figure of speech is used in the line- "It's silence silences"
Repitition
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Transferred epithet
- 21. Multiple Choice
"She'd laugh at the snapshot"
Who does 'She' refer to here?
The youngest girl in the snapshot
The poet
The poet's mother
None of the above
- 22. Multiple Choice
How did the mother's face look in the photograph?
Chubby
Kind
Innocent
Sweet
- 23. Multiple Choice
What is the antonym of 'transient'?
Momentary
Fleeting
Short-lived
Permanent
- 24. Multiple Choice
What does the word 'paddling' mean in the poem?
A flock of swimming ducks
Walk with bare feet in shallow water
Move through the water in a boat using a paddle or paddles
Dabble the feet or hands in water
- 25. Multiple Choice
Who took the photograph of her mother with her cousin?
Her granduncle
Her uncle
Her mother's friend
Her grandmother
- 26. Multiple Choice
Why do both wry?
The poetess has lost mother's laughter.
Her mother had lost her childhood days.
Both were very sad to lose the childhood
The poetess has lost her childhood days
Her mother had lost her laughter.
Both loved watching the photograph
- 27. Multiple Choice
Theme of the poem
Happiness
Loss of materials
Loss of transience of human life
Beauty of nature
- 28. Multiple Choice
Tone of the poem
Excitement
Jubilation
Perturbation(anxiety)
Nostalgia
- 29. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the word ‘wry’?
Ironic
Cry
Sad
None of the above
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat does she feel in the last phase?pain and griefhappy and nostalgicsad and nostalgicpain and nostalgic
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