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Friends and Flatterers

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Praise someone highly but not sincerely means

a)

Flatterers

b)

being honest

c)

encourage

d)

none of these

2.

words are easy like the wind is a

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

none of these

3.

A person who spends a lot of money according to the text means

a)

spendthrift

b)

miser

c)

prodigal

d)

none of these

4.

Who is the poet of poem Friends and Flatterers

a)

Wiliam Shakespeasre

b)

William Shakespare

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

William Shakespere

5.

What is the theme of the poem Friends and Flatterers?

a)

Flatterers are not those who praise us in good times but those who help us in times of need. According to the poet, a person who flatters you is necessarily your friend.

b)

True friend are not those who praise us in good times but those who help us in times of need. According to the poet, a person who flatters you is not necessarily your friend.

c)

True friend are those who praise us in good times and those who don't help us in times of need. According to the poet, a person who flatters you is not necessarily your friend

d)

Peace and Harmony

6.

Meaning of the word "Crowns" in the poem

(a)  

7.

Everyone is your friend when you have (a)   .

8.

‘Faithful friends are hard to find’. The line is an example of alliteration – quick repetition of a particular sound in a line of a poem. Find any one other examples of alliteration in the poem.

(a)  

9.

Meaning of the word "Renown in poem".

(a)  

10.

“Whilst thou hast wherewith to spend” means

a)

when you have money

b)

when you have lost all wealth

c)

when you are trying hard to earn money

11.

Word used in the poem for the word generous

(a)