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Class XII Literature Quiz part 1

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Who is Mr.Hamel?

a)

Latin teacher

b)

Italian teacher

c)

French Teacher

2.

Sadao's father sent him to America because he wanted Sadao to _______

a)

find a wife

b)

get a good education

c)

earn a lot of money

d)

learn American values

3.

Why did the servants leave Sadao and Hana?

a)

They disliked Dr.Sadao

b)

They were afraid of the General

c)

They respected Hana

d)

They disagreed with Dr.Sadao and Hana's decision.

4.

How did Hana help Dr.Sadao?

a)

By assisting him.

b)

By giving him tools

c)

By working as a nurse

d)

By giving him money

5.

At what age Sadao came back to Japan?

a)

20

b)

30

c)

40

d)

50

6.

Who is the author of the lesson 'The Enemy'?

a)

DICKENSON

b)

PEARL S BUCK

c)

SELMA LAGERLOF

d)

D.H.LAWRENCE

7.

What conflicting ideas disturb Dr.'s mind after he brought American Soldier?

a)

Duty of a doctor and loyalty towards nation.

b)

His wife's health and general's health.

c)

Patient's health and servants

d)

Servant's behaviour

8.

Why was Dr.Sadao not sent to the battlefield?

a)

Because he had no interest

b)

He didn't love his country

c)

He was supposed to offer his services to the general who was in pain

d)

All these

9.

What kind of person The General was?

a)

A kind hearted

b)

A wise man

c)

A selfish man

d)

None

10.

Who has written 'An Elementary school class in a slum'?

a)

A.Kipling

b)

William Wordsworth

c)

Stephen Spender

d)

Selma Lagerlof

11.

What do 'Catacombs' signify?

a)

Underground cemetery showing irrelevance of the map

b)

Irrelevance of the map

c)

Irrelevance of the class room

d)

Irrelevance of the children

12.

What does the poet portray in the poem?

a)

Questions of young mind

b)

The plight of young children in the slum

c)

Young minds

d)

Playfulness of the children

13.

What theme did the poet concentrate on in the poem?

a)

Theme of nature

b)

Theme of children and their happiness

c)

Theme of insecuruties

d)

Theme of social injustice and class inequalities

14.

What have the windows done to the children's lives in the poem?

a)

Shut the doors

b)

Blocked the passage

c)

Have shut the children inside and locked their growth

d)

Blocked the Sunlight

15.

'Awarding the world it's world's what do these words express?

a)

The world belong to rich and poor

b)

The world is yours

c)

The world is ours

d)

The world belong to the poor

16.

Who was sitting at the back of the dim class?

a)

The village people

b)

An old man

c)

An unnoticed boy

d)

A tall girl

17.

What does the expression break o break open' suggest?

a)

Barriers on the road must be broken

b)

Barriers on the garbage heap must be broken

c)

Barriers of the dirty environment must be broken

d)

None of the above

18.

What do the governor, inspector, visitor in the poem depict?

a)

Higher officials

b)

Powerful and influential people

c)

Government officials

d)

Political people

19.

What kind of a future the slum children have?

a)

Very hopeful

b)

Very bright

c)

Clear like water

d)

Hopeless and uncertain

20.

What is the stunted body reciting?

a)

A happy poem

b)

A religious song

c)

A lesson from desk

d)

A hymn

21.

Why are the pictures and maps meaningless?

a)

They show beauty

b)

They show hope

c)

They show vasteness- opposite to the world and needs of the children in the classroom

d)

They show faith

22.

Why is the head of the tall girl weighed down?

a)

Because of burden of work

b)

Because of burden of world

c)

Because of burden of studies

d)

None of these

23.

What kind of look the faces and hair of the children give?

a)

Pale faces and scattered and undone hair

b)

A rich and beautiful

c)

Organized

d)

Healthy

24.

What do the words " Their future is painted with fog" convey?

a)

No love and care

b)

No warmth

c)

No hardwork

d)

No hope of improvement

25.

What does the poet compare the colour of walls with?

a)

Stale chapatis

b)

Fresh cream

c)

Rotten fruits

d)

Sour cream

26.

What does the poet compare in the poem?

a)

Between young and old

b)

Generation gaps

c)

Rich and poor children

d)

Old age and childhood

27.

What is ironical about the wall hangings and donations in the classroom?

a)

Set up in very clean environment

b)

Completely opposite the needs of the children in the classroom

c)

Set up in happy environment

d)

Set up in gloomy set up

28.

What was the boy with rat's eyes trying to escape from?

a)

Bright light of outside

b)

Openness of trees

c)

Dim light of the class

d)

Children in the room

29.

What were the things being taken for granted by the people of Alsace?

a)

Teachers of the school

b)

Time and school

c)

People and money

d)

Money and power

30.

What does the last lesson symbolize?

a)

Loss

b)

Loss of freedom

c)

Loss of language

d)

Loss of language and freedom

31.

What do the marching soldiers under the windows represent?

a)

The dawn of Prussia

b)

The defeat of Prussia

c)

The Victory of French

d)

None of the above

32.

From where did the orders come to teach only German in the district's of Alsace and Lorraine?

a)

France

b)

Lorraine

c)

Berlin

d)

Italy

33.

Why was Franz reluctant to go to school?

a)

Wanted to enjoy warm sunlight

b)

Wanted to enjoy outdoors

c)

Wanted to see soldiers drill

d)

Lesson on participles was not prepared

34.

What did Franz find on reaching the school?

a)

People were happy

b)

Strange people

c)

Police patrolling

d)

Strange quiteness

35.

Who occupied the back benches in the class?

a)

Weak students

b)

Unnoticed boys

c)

Monitors

d)

Village elders

36.

For how many years did M.Hamel serve the school?

a)

50

b)

35

c)

45

d)

40

37.

Where did the parents send their children?

a)

School

b)

Coaching classes

c)

Farms and mills

d)

Movies

38.

Why did the villagers come to meet M.Hamel in the school?

a)

To complain

b)

To say goobye

c)

To gossip

d)

To show gratitude

39.

What attitude of M.Hamel surprised Franz?

a)

Soft and kind

b)

Rude

c)

Firm and strict

d)

All of the above

40.

When the people are enslaved, what key do they have to the prison, according to M.Hamel?

a)

Their behaviour

b)

Power

c)

Aggressiveness

d)

Mother tongue