Friends and Flatterers

What is this poem about?

• About love of money

• About true friendship

• About great leaders

• About foolish persons.

What does the poet say about flatterers?

• He calls them friends.

• He calls them enemies.

• He calls them teachers.

• He calls them poets.

When do people become our friends?

• When we have money to spend.

• When we have time to spare.

• When we have the power to rule.

• When we have the wisdom to judge.

How does a true friend feel when we are in grief?

• He feels a sense of relief.

• He feels bored and disturbed.

• He feels unconcerned.

• He feels unhappy.

What distinction does the poet want us to understand?

• The distinction between poverty and riches.

• The distinction between high and low.

• The distinction between friends and flatterers.

• The distinction between purity and impurity.

'False friends' disappear when you have___________.

• a lot of money

• grief

• no money

• misery

The antonym of 'abundant' in the poem is

• scant

• grief

• supply

• misery

The synonym of 'enemy' in the poem is

• flatterer

• friend

• foe

• king

A ____________ would always attract a crowd of flatterers.

• A poor man.

• A friendly man.

• A rich man.

• A faithful friend.

Unlike enemies, friends would always ____________.

• support you

• turn away from you

• spend your money with you.

• flatter you