The Bangle sellers

1. Where do the bangle sellers carry their bangles to ? Why?

• To the temple fair to donate them.

• To the supermarket to sell them.

• To the temple fair to sell them.

• To the wedding to wear them.

2.Name the figure of speech in the line " Rainbow-tinted circles of light".

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Simile

3. _______ coloured bangles are suitable for maiden's wrist.

• Silver and golden coloured bangles.

• Silver and black coloured bangles.

• Grey and blue coloured bangles.

• Silver and blue coloured bangles.

What is the main theme of the poem" The Bangle Sellers"?

• Importance of Colours in Life

• Celebration of Indian Womanhood

• Life of a Bangle Seller

• Folk Life of India

What kind of a poem is " The Bangle Sellers"?

• Ballad

• Narrative Poem

• Monologue

• Lyric

For whom are the “purple and gold flecked grey” bangles suitable?

• Woman who has jumped through life midway.

• Woman who has journeyed through life midway.

• Woman who has journeyed through Highway.

• Woman who has journeyed through life middle way.

Discuss the use of colour imagery in the poem.

• Colours represent various moods and aspects of life.

• Colours represent various moulds and aspects of life.

• Colours transfer various moods and aspects of life.

• Colours represent happiness of life.

Why do bangle sellers take their "shining loads" to the temple fair?

• It is a crowded place.

• It is the place women of all age groups visit.

• It is a holy place for selling bangles.

• To take part in the festivities of the temple.

Mention the figure of speech in, "Tinkling, luminous, tender and clear."

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

• Alliteration

The poem explores____________.

• The different stages in an Indian woman's life in traditional society.

• The life of bangle sellers.

• Description of the temple fair.

• How bangle sellers carry their shining loads.