A ROADSIDE STAND

The polished traffic in particular refers to the ..................................

• a. sophisticated city dwellers in their vehicles.

• b. shiny cars that the poet sees on the road.

• c. extremely affluent people living in the neighborhood.

• d. civilized manner in which traffic is coordinated.

What do the urban rich feel about the S and N signs that have been painted wrong?

• tolerant

• amused

• sympathetic

• annoyed

The ‘country money’ contextually here refers to ................................

• a. money kept aside for rural development.

• b. wealth accumulated by the whole country.

• c. meager income earned by the countryside people.

• d. riches collected by the ancestral farmers over time.

Choose the option that correctly categorizes the given literary devices as per the given analogy.

selfish cars : __________ :: __________ : metaphor

• a. personification; polished traffic

• b. transferred epithet; trusting sorrow

• c. metaphor; pitiful kin

• d. oxymoron; greedy good-doers

The roadside stand owners pray for ______.

• (a) a relief from the heat

• (b) free housing

• (c) cars stopping

• (d) benefits from pollution

The city is compared to ____________ .

• a landscape

• signs of N and S

• A FLOWER

• A DOLE OF BREAD

The roadside stand is .......................

• (a) at the edge of the road.

• (b) marred with artless paint.

• (c) like the flower of cities.

• (d) well maintained.

Where was the new shed put up?

• (a) Behind the house

• (b) In front of the house

• (c) Beside the house

• (d) At the door of the house

Identity thefigure ofspeech used in these

lines, 'polished traffic'.

• metaphor

• simile

• transferred epithet

• alliteration

What do the poor people ofthe roadside

standfeel when city people decline to buy

anything?

• (a) They feel happy and cheerful

• (b) They feel dejected and angry

• (c) They feel cheated

• (d) They feel to have a scufffle with city

  dwellers