WorksheetsThe Childhood (CBSE Grade 11)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What intrigues the poet
Heaven and Hell
The Geography books
the pre-teenage period
the question when one ceases to be a child
Why can't heaven and hell be found in Geography books
because of the enormous distance between them
because of their enormous size
because abstract ideas cannot be discovered by Geography
because they are not located on Earth
What does the mark of exclamation at the end of the stanza indicate in poet's mind?
surprise
anger
confusion
confidence
When the child does not find Heaven and Hell in Geography books, what does he conclude?
that Heaven and Hell does not exist
that Geography books are not authentic
that he is too young to look for them in his books
that some pages are missing from his geography books
"Adults were not all they seemed to be" means
they were as innocent as children are
they were as fun-loving as children are
they were double-faced
they hated Geography as much as children did
The child initially failed to see through the adult's behaviour because of his
preoccupations
gullibility
carelessness
foolishness
Which 'day' is the poet talking about?
the day he lost his childhood
the day he discovered Heaven and Hell
the day he discovered that his mind was really his own
the day he forgot everything
"I found my mind was really mine"
that the child didn't borrow others' ideas
that he was bright and intelligent
that he has his own individuality
that he was not a food
The stanza brings out the child's
high-headedness
self-confidence
inconfidence
frustration
"To use whichever way I choose" shows that the child has now grown more
stubborn
meek
assertive
defiant
The poet has repeated the line 'When did my childhood go' in each stanza to
express the child's sense of dilemma
express the child's sense of loss of innocence
give the poem a structural uniformity
add music to the poem
The speaker's tone in the first line here is one of
conclusion
confusion
indecision
illusion
'It' here refers to
the mind
innocence
childhood
adulthood
'Some forgotten place' here refers to
subconscious memory
an unknown place on the Earth
Conscious memory
past life
"That's all I know" suggests that the speaker
has forgotten most of the things
does not want to know anything more
has limited knowledge
has matured
