The Bangle Sellers

'The Bangle Sellers' is a poem by-

• Maya Angelou

• Sarojini Naidu

• Norah Burke

• R.K. Narayan

Who is the narrator of this poem?

• Women

• Bangles

• Poet

• Bangle Sellers

What is referred to as 'rainbow tinted circles of light?'

• women

• bangle sellers

• bangles

• none of the above

Where do they carry their bangles and why?

• to the temple fair to donate them

• to the market to sell them

• to the wedding to wear them

• to the temple fair to sell them

What do the multicoloured bangles symbolise?

___________ coloured bangles are suitable for the maiden's wrist.

• Silver and purple

• Silver and blue

• Purple and gold

• Red and Yellow

What are 'buds' and 'new born leaves' symbolic of?

• Pure, virtuous, innocent young girls

• Middle-aged women

• Passions and desires of married women

• Pride and maturity

For whom are the 'purple and gold flecked grey' bangles suitable for?

• Young girls

• Married women

• Middle-aged women

• Bangle Sellers

Yellow, fiery red and gold bangles are symbolic of-

• Dreams of young girls

• Pride and maturity of a middle-aged women

• Colourful bangles

• Passions, desires and hopes for a happy married life

This poem celebrates different _____________ in the lives of Indian women.

• moods

• dresses

• stages

• jewellery