The Schoolboy

Which mood does the summer season reflect?

• restriction

• Joy

• sadness

• gloomy

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Find the word in Stanza 2 which means the same as ‘outworn ‘.

• cruel

• sighing

• dismay

• outdated

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

In stanza 2- ’A cruel eye outworn’ refers to:

• the classroom which is shabby/noisy

• the lessons which are interesting.

• the expression and outdated way of teaching

• the little ones

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

In stanza 2- The use of the word ‘under’ signifies:

• Freedom

• Openness

• imagination

• oppression

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

•In stanza 2 , the school boy spends his day with a feeling of :

• tension

• Joy

• pleasure

• all the above

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

Which of the following is a close paraphrase of

the lines 'Nor sit in learning's bower Worn through with the dreary shower"?

• Nor can I sit in a roofless classroom

  when it is raining

• Nor can I learn anything at school

  though teachers go on lecturing

  and explaining.

• Nor can I sit in the school garden

  for fear of getting wet in the rain

• Nor is the shower working

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which word suggests that children learn from nature?(Stanza 3)________________

• bower

• Shower

• Youthful

• annoy

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

In stanza 4 ,the school boy feels like a :

• bird in the sky

• bird in the cage

• a flower in the garden

• a huntsman in the jungle

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

•Choose the correct alternatives : 1. The poet loved to get up :

• late in summer

• early in summer

• late in winter

• early in winter

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

The school boy enjoys the company of

• skylark

• huntsman

• a class fellow

• a close friend

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9