Question 1.
Where did the child spend anxious hour ?
(a) in the garden
(b) on the terrace
(c) in the classroom
(d) on the attic
(c) in the classroom
Question 2.
Who sings with the child in summer morning ?
(a) thrust
(b) pigeon
(c) cuckoo
(d) Sky lark
(d) Sky lark
Question 3.
Whom does the child compare to ?
(a) buds
(b) evils
(c) joys
(d) fantasies
(a) buds
Question 4.
Which word in the poem means ‘uninteresting’?
(a) dismay
(b) droop
(c) dreary
(d) down
(c) dreary
Question 5.
At school what is the mood of the child ?
(a) unhappy
(b) drooping
(c) a, & b, both
(d) None of these
(c) a, & b, both
Question 6.
Find three or four words/phrases in stanza 1 that reflect the child’s happiness and joy.
(i) …… I love to rise
(ii) …… the birds sing
(iii) skylark sings with me
(iv) …… sweet company
Question 7.
In stanza 2, the mood changes. Which words/phrases reflect the changed mood?
(i) It drives all joy away
(ii) Under a cruel eye outworn
(iii) In sighing and dismay
Question 8.
‘A cruel eye outworn’ (stanza 2) refers to
(i) the classroom which is shabby/noisy.
(ii) the lessons which are difficult/uninteresting.
(iii) the dull/uninspiring life at school with lots of work and no play. Mark the answer that you
(iii) the dull/uninspiring life at school with lots of work and no play.
Question 9.
‘Nor sit in learning’s bower worn thro’ with the dreary shower Which of the following is a close paraphrase of the lines above?
(i) Nor can I sit in a roofless classroom when it is raining.
(ii) Nor can I learn anything at school though teachers go on lecturing and explaining
(iii) Nor can I sit in the school garden for fear of getting wet in the rain.
(ii) Nor can I learn anything at school though teachers go on lecturing and explaining.