The Muddlehead

Who told the muddlehead about his mixed up clothes?

• the people of Petushkee

• conductor

• man collecting the fares

• a voice in the railway station

Which poetic device is used in the line "That man who lived in Petushkee"?

• alliteration

• repetition

• spoonerism

• metaphor

Which place does not serve as a setting of the poem?

• café

• Petushkee

• tramcar

• market place

What does the title of the poem suggest?

• a confused person

• an arrogant person

• a selfish person

• a celebrity

Why does the title of the poem have 'the' and not 'a'?

• because the poet talks about renowned people

• because the poet talks about all the people of that place

• because the poet talks about a particular person

• because the poet talks only about non-specific people

Sequence the events as given in the poem: A. always got mixed up with clothes

B. mixed up the language while speaking

C. scratched a piece of bread at lunch

D. entered a carriage awaiting repairs

• C, B, A, D

• A, C, B, D

• B, D, C, A

• D, C, B, A

What evidence does the poem give about the man from Petushkee mixing up his clothes?

• He put his walking stick on the bed.

• He rushed into a café and asked for a railway ticket.

• He wore his coat inside out.

• He wore a hat on his head.

Which place did the man from Petushkee actually reach while he was in the carriage?

• Baku

• Kharkov

• Nalchik

• Petushkee