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WorksheetsTo Mother
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who is the Author of "To Mother"?
Vaidehi
OV Usha
S Usha
Kamala Das
To Mother was originally written in which language?
Tamil
Kannada
English
Malayalam
Who translated "To Mother"?
AK Ramanujan
Kuvempu
Nissim Ezekiel
S Usha
What does the daughter do in the first stanza of the poem?
She is overwhelmed by the love her mother has for her.
She tells her mother how proud she is herself to be her daughter.
Pleading to leave her be and to let her be independent.
Imploring how much she wants to follow the footsteps of her ancestors.
Who are the characters in the poem?
Mother and Her son
Mother and her husband
Mother and a snake
Mother and her daughter
What are the ideological differences between mother and daughter expressed in the poem?
Tradition v/s Lifestyle
Culture v/s Behavior
womanhood v/s feminism
All of the above
What does the sunlight represent in the poem?
Liberation
Heat
Unattainable future
Power
In the first stanza, what is the analogy used?
(Analogy: a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.)
Sunlight and a plant
Sunlight and a snake
Sunlight and the sky
The sky and a plant
Which among these is NOT the restriction placed on the daughter by the Mother?
to not to show off her clothes in public.
Not to be a tomboy.
Not to make pass eyes at people.
not to learn how to ride a vehicle.
How old is the daughter in the poem?
18
16
17
20
Which animal does the daughter compare herself to?
A phoenix
A tiger
A snake
A bug
What is the tune that her mother and line of ancestry has played?
Tune of empowerment
tune of liberation
tune of subjugation
All of the above
What is the tune does she compare her mothers words to?
a fluteplayer
A Harpist
A trumpeter
A snake charmer
“Circumambulating the holy plant
in the yard, making rangoli designs
to see heaven" What does these lines represent?
Revolt against oppression.
Rebellion against Patriarchy.
The systemic and traditional practices applied only to women.
all of the above.
"turning up dead
without light and air,"
What does these lines signify?
frustration of leading a life of subjugation.
Feeling of being emotionally and mentally drained.
Feeling like not having a life of their own.
All of the above.
What does the raging thunderstorm signify?
Liberation
Destruction
Chaos
Death
What want of daughter is expressed through the poem?
Her need to be liberated from the life her mother wants for her.
For her to enjoy freedom.
To be free from conventional and traditional boundaries that exists to hold her in place.
all of the above.
Do you agree with the idea expressed by the poet in To Mother
YES
No!
What is your idea of being liberated?
Are you clear with the chapter To Mother?
No Doubts!👏
A few questions.🧐
A lot of questions.🤷♀️🤷♂️
No clue...😖
