Night of the scorpion I

1. Name the poet of the poem "Night of the scorpion".

• William Shakespeare

• William Tell

• Nissim Ezekiel

2. What had stung the poet's mother?

• a spider

• a scorpion

• a snake

3. What caused the scorpion to enter the poet's house?

• long downpour at the place

• many people were around

• a lot of noise around the place

4. Where did the scorpion take shelter?

• under a chair

• under a wheat sack

• under a rice sack

5. "Beneath" means _________

• between

• under

• far

6. What does "diabolic" mean?

• evil

• furious

• jealous

7. What does the poet remember well?

• the day it was raining heavily

• the day his mother was bitten by a dog

• the day his mother was stung by a scorpion

8. How does the poet describe the tail of the scorpion?

• as "dark"

• as "diabolic"

• as "poisonous"

9. The peasants came like a swarms of flies. What is the figure of speech in this line?

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

10. What do you understand by "buzzed"?

• requested

• spoke

• chanted