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WorksheetsPoem: A Poison Tree
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
1. In stanza 1, what did the persona do when he was angry with his friend?
A) He scolded his friend
B) He didn't care about him
C) He told his friend about i
D) He cried alone in the room
2. In stanza 1, what happened when the persona was angry with his foe?
A) He fought with his enemy
B) He just kept quiet
C) He told his mother about it
D) He punched him onto his face
3. In Stanza 1, Which word means 'extreme anger'?
foe
wrath
anger
told
4. In stanza 2, all these things the persona did to make his anger grow EXCEPT :
A) Watered it in fears
B) Sunned it with smile
C) Watered it with tears
D) Sunned it with anger
5. In Stanza 1, What effect had taken place after 'I' kept the anger?
his wrath lessened
his anger dissipated
his wrath did grow
he punch his foe
6. In stanza 2, what did the persona do to pretend that he was not angry?
A) He watered the tree
B)He grew the tree of anger
C) He sunned it with happiness
D) He smiled to his foe
7. What does the word “it” refers to?
A) friend
B) foe
C) wrath
D) tree
8. Which word means “produced”?
A) bore
B) beheld
C) grew
D) shine
9. Which phrase tells you that the persona kept his anger all the time?
A) And it grew both day and night,
B) Till it bore an apple bright;
C) And my foe beheld it shine,
D) And he knew it was mine
10. Which lines show that the persona hid his anger with lies and pretended everything was fine?
I told my wrath; my wrath did end.
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And my foe beheld it shine,
