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WorksheetsThe Schoolboy
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which mood does the summer season reflect?
restriction
Joy
sadness
gloomy
Find the word in Stanza 2 which means the same as ‘outworn ‘.
cruel
sighing
dismay
outdated
’A cruel eye outworn’ refers to:
the classroom which is shabby/noisy
the lessons which are interesting.
the dull/uninspiring life at school with lots of work and no play
the little ones
The use of the word ‘under’ signifies:
Freedom
Openness
imagination
oppression
•In stanza 2 , the school boy spends his day with a feeling of :
fear
Joy
pleasure
all the above
Which of the following is a close paraphrase of
the lines 'Nor sit in learning's bower Worn through with the dreary shower"?
Nor can I sit in a roofless classroom
when it is raining
Nor can I learn anything at school
though teachers go on lecturing
and explaining.
Nor can I sit in the school garden
for fear of getting wet in the rain
Nor is the shower working
Which word suggests that children learn from nature?(Stanza 3)________________
BOWER
Shower
Youthful
annoy
In stanza 4 ,the school boy feels like a :
bird in the sky
bird in the cage
a flower in the garden
a huntsman in the jungle
•Choose the correct alternatives : 1. The poet loved to get up :
late in summer
early in summer
late in winter
early in winter
The school boy enjoys the company of
skylark
huntsman
a class fellow
a close friend
In the morning the birds sing on
Mango trees
rose flowers
bushes
every tree
‘Under a cruel eye’. In this phrase, the cruel eye means :
Severe headache
boring lessons
strict discipline
none of these
