THE POISON TREE

1. What emotion is expressed in Stanza 1 ?

• sadness

• anger

• happiness

2. Which word in stanza 2 that has the same meaning as “dishonest”?

• deceitful

• lie

• frank

3. What happened to the persona’s foe eventually and how did the persona react to this?

• The persona’s friend eventually died. He was glad to see his friend outstretched beneath the tree

• The persona’s foe eventually died. He was glad to see his foe on the tree

• The persona’s foe eventually died. He was glad to see his foe outstretched beneath the tree

In stanza 1, what happened to the persona when he did not express his anger?

• His anger faded

• His anger intensified

• His anger subsided

In stanza 3, what did the apple refer to?

• The apple referred to the persona’s sadness

• The apple referred to the persona’s hatred.

• The apple referred to the persona’s favourite fruit

In stanza 4, why did the persona feel happy?

• He felt happy because his foe fell down from the tree

• He felt happy because his foe died under the tree.

• He felt happy because his foe surrendered.

Which word in stanza 1 shows the persona is similar to an apple tree?

• died

• bright

• grow

In stanza 2, what does the word ‘it’ refer to?

• The wrath

• The apple

• The tree

Which phrase is stanza 1 has the same meaning as ‘kept his anger to himself’

• told

• I told it not

• I told it

What did the persona do to ensure that the tree grew healthily?

• He watered it with tears

• He sunned it with smiles

• He sunned it with soft deceitful wiles

• all of the above