Worksheets"Garden City" by Gilbert Koh
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
What did the man aim to bring to the city?
Tall buildings made of steel and concrete
Animals like birds and squirrels
Trees and other greenery
A contrast between the urban and the natural
How did the trees in the city grow?
They grew wild and untamed, reflecting the "chaos of jungle"
They followed the plans of the city builder and grew in an orderly manner
They grew higher and higher, reaching for the heavens
They were planted randomly without any plan
What did the presence of the trees do to the landscape of the city?
They made the landscape softer and less harsh
They made the landscape harsher and more concrete-like
They made the landscape taller and more crowded
They made the landscape more wild
Why did the man feel a deep sense of satisfaction when he reached the age of seventy?
He had achieved his ambition of bringing greenery to the city
He had built tall buildings made of steel and concrete
He had achieved complete control over the the nation
He had completed his life's purpose
Which lines from the poem best suggest that the man is ambitious?
Let there be trees, the man said, and lo and behold,/there were trees
Even as the true towers of the city climbed higher/and higher for the heavens,
They appeared overnight, abandoned the/chaos of jungle, bent to the will of man,
and in his seventieth year, the man was pleased,/as he rested, as he viewed his work,
Which lines best suggest that the garden city is arranged in an artificial manner?
rain trees, angsanas, flames of the forest,/causarinas, traveller’s palms and more
The hard lines of architecture were softened,/the rain did fall,
grew in straight lines,/in squares and rectangles, in allocated corners,
springing up against/the steel and concrete of the expanding city
What does "bent to the will of man" suggest about the relationship between man and the trees?
The tree species were carefully chosen by man
The trees willingly obeyed the desires of man
The trees had a symbiotic relationship with man
The trees had no choice but to obey the desires of man
How does the poet create contrast in the poem?
He uses metaphors to represent the garden city
He uses repetition to emphasise trees being replanted
He emphasises the beauty of nature through imagery
He compares urban imagery with natural imagery
Which of the following themes best reflect the poem?
Urbanisation and nature
The price of one's ambition
Nature
The unpredictability of nature
How might the poem be different if it were written from the perspective of one of the trees?
The poem might emphasise how the trees are feeling grateful towards man for not cutting them down
The poem might emphasise the pain that the trees are feeling while being repeatedly replanted
The poem might emphasise how the trees are feeling indifferent towards their treatment
The poem will emphasise a sense of loss as there are no animals to accompany the trees
