My Mother at Sixty-six (MCQ)

From where were the children spilling out?

• home

• neighbourhood

• school

• car

Where was the mother sitting?

• in front of the poet

• Beside the poet

• behind the poet

• beside the driver

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

Name the poet of the poem” My Mother at Sixty six”.

• Stephen Spender

• Kamla Das

• John Keats

• Pablo Neruda

Name the literary device used in the line ‘ her face ashen like that of a corpse

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What was the poet’s childhood fear?

• flying in a plane

• unable to join merry children

• separation from her mother

• driving in a car

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

What thought did the poet try to put away?

• mother would not live long

• mother would continue sleeping

• mother would wake up

• mother would live long

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

Why does the poet look out of the window?

• to look out at the trees

• to distract herself

• to look at the children

• to cure her boredom

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Why has the mother been compared to a corpse ?

• she is alert

• she is active

• she is merry

• she is passive

What does the old age symbolize?

• Health and happiness

• carefree life

• Approaching death

• Freedom from responsibility

What would happen if the poet did not see her mother again?

• The poet would feel relaxed

• The poet would be heart broken

• The poet would feel confused

• The poet would be smiling