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Once Upon A Time

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is talking in the poem?
a)
A father
b)
Gabriel Okara
c)
A mother
d)
A child
2.
Who is the person addressing?
a)
The speaker's daughter
b)
A father
c)
The poet
d)
The speaker's son
3.
Where is Gabriel Okara from?
a)
England
b)
Nigeria
c)
Vietnam
d)
Kenya
4.
'Once upon a time' has connotations of what?
a)
Childhood
b)
Fairytales and innocence
c)
Nostalgia
d)
All are correct
5.
What does 'Good riddance' mean?
a)
A feeling of relief when someone leaves
b)
You have enjoyed speaking with someone
c)
A feeling of gratitude
d)
A synonym of 'good-bye'
6.
What is the meaning of 'conforming'?
a)
Doing whatever you like
b)
To act in line with the rules/expectations of society
c)
To act differently to other people
d)
To hide your emotions
7.
"They used to laugh with their heart"  : What technique is being used here?
a)
Personification
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
8.
What does the speaker want to learn from his son?
a)
How to  show his true emotions again
b)
How to hide his emotions
c)
How to avoid trouble
d)
How to time travel
9.
Who are 'they' in the poem?
a)
Children
b)
Other adults
c)
People in England
d)
People in Africa
10.

Who wrote the poem once upon a Time?

a)

Gabriel Okara

b)

Robert Burns

11.

The poet is an ________

a)

American

b)

African

12.

The poet is also __________

a)

a dramatist

b)

a novelist

13.

What was the poem about?

a)

how the people were and how the people are

b)

how the people were how the people will be

14.

Who is the speaker in the poem?

a)

son

b)

father

15.

How did people laugh once upon a time?

a)

without hearts

b)

with hearts

16.

How do people behave in our society now?

a)

wearing different faces like dresses

b)

cordially

17.

How many faces does the poet describe here?

a)

4

b)

5

18.

In which Journal Okara's poems were first published?

a)

The Hindu

b)

Black Orpheus

c)

Black Lives Matter

d)

The Pentagon

19.

What are the themes that are prominent in the poem?

a)

Cultural shift and Western influences

b)

Science and technology

c)

Horror

d)

Comedy

20.

According to the poet, What are people wearing ?

a)

Shoes

b)

Jewels as ornaments

c)

Faces as dresses

d)

Leaves as dresses

21.

What is the structure of the poem?

a)

Iambic Trimeter

b)

Iambic Tetrameter

c)

Blank Verse

d)

Free Verse

22.

In the poem 'Ice- Block cold eyes' is a

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Metaphor

d)

simile

23.

What are the people searching from the narrator?

a)

Search behind his hair

b)

Search behind his Shadows

c)

Searching for his name

d)

Searching behind his smile

24.

I have learned to wear many faces like dresses, is an example of

a)

Assonance

b)

Paradox

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

25.

I have learned to wear many faces like dresses, is an example of

a)

Assonance

b)

Paradox

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

26.

What are the people searching from the narrator?

a)

Search behind his hair

b)

Search behind his Shadows

c)

Searching for his name

d)

Searching behind his smile