WorksheetsP2 An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The paper-seeming boy with rat’s eyes means
The boy is
sly and secretive
thin, hungry and weak
unpleasant looking
All of the above
What is the figure of speech used in the line "these children’s faces like rootless weeds"?
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Pun
Why is the boy called "the stunted, unlucky heir"?
He has not inherited the property.
He has not received education.
He has received disability from his father.
None of the above
What does the poet mean by "all their future’s painted with a fog"?
Their future is beautiful like fog.
The children have painted their future with fog.
The fog blocks their future.
Their future is dark and hazy just like fog.
What is the figure of speech used in the phrase "lead sky"?
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Pun
Why Shakespeare is called wicked?
Shakespeare does not teach morals.
His life is not a good example for these children.
He uses wicked words.
He has no relevance for these children and portrays a wrong world.
What is the meaning of 'azure' in the context of the above text?
hazy
ochre
the blue colour of the sky
gray
This poem follows the ideology of__________.
Socialism
Fascism
Feminism
Capitalism
What is the figure of speech used in the line "far far from rivers"?
Assonance
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
Which phrase/sentence best describes that the children are malnourished?
The tall girl with her weighed-down head
The stunted, unlucky heir of twisted bones
These children wear skins peeped through by bones.
These children’s faces like rootless weeds
His eyes live in a dream, A squirrel’s game, in the tree room other than this means the boy is
Full of hope in the future
Mentally ill
Distracted from the lesson
None
The children’s faces are compared to ‘rootless weeds’ this means they
Are insecure
Are ill-fed
Are wasters
None
The paper seeming boy with rat’s eyes means the boy is
Sly and secretive
Thin, hungry and weak
Unpleasant looking
None
Who has written Elementary School Classroom in a Slum?
Kipling
Kamlanath
Wordsworth
Stephen Spender
What do Catacombs signify?
underground cemetry showing irrelevance of the map hanging on the wall of the classroom
irrelevance of the classroom
irrelevance of the school
irrelevance of the children
