7th Class English Comprehension Comprehensions Based on Stanza

 

Comprehensions Based on Stanza

 

·                     Example 1

Once upon a time, son

they used to laugh with their hearts

and laugh with their eyes:

but now they only laugh with their teeth

while their ice-block-cold eyes

search behind my shadow.

 

 

Choose the correct alternative for each question.

 

1.            What is the title of the poem from which these lines have been taken?

            (a) The Noble Nature              

            (b) The Man He killed

            (c) Once Upon A Time             

            (d) Written In Early Spring

            (e) None of these

 

2.            Who does the word 'they' refer to in the second line of the given stanza?

            (a) Modern people           (b) People in the past

            (c) Rich people                (d) All of these

            (e) None of these

 

3.            How did the people laugh once upon a time?

            (a) Heartily and sincerely (b) Artificially

            (c) Mockingly                  (d) All of these

            (e) None of these

 

4.            How do the people laugh now?

            (a) Silently                     (b) Artificially

            (c) Heartily                     (d) All of these

            (e) None of these

 

5.            The phrase "ice-block-cold eyes? means ________

            (a) sincere eyes               (b) eyes full of warmth

            (c) expressionless eyes      (d) bright eyes

            (e) None of these

 

6.            What literary device has been used in the given stanza?

            (a) Simile                       (b) Metaphor

            (c) Contrast                    (d) Personification

            (e) None of these

 

·                     Example 2

?Feel at hornet,? ?Come again,?

they say, and when I come

again and feel

at home once, twice,

there will be no thrice?

for then I find doors shut on me.

 

 

 

Choose the correct alternative for each question.

 

1.            Who does the word 'they' refer to in the given stanza?

            (a) Modern people          

            (b) Ancient people

            (c) The poefs neighbours           

            (d) All of these

            (e) None of these

 

2.            The expression Teel at home' means ______.

            (a) feeling easy               (b) feeling homely

            (c) feeling comfortable     (d) All of these

            (e) None of these

 

3.            What do modern people say when someone is about to part?

            (a) Good bye                  (b) Come again

            (c) Don't come again       (d) All of these

            (e) None of these

 

4.            When the visitors come _______ they are not welcomed always.

            (a) frequently                  (b) once only

            (c) twice only                  (d) Either (a) or (b)

            (e) None of these

 

5.            The modern people express their annoyance at repeated visits of their friends and relatives by ________.

            (a) ignoring them.                  

            (b) talking rudely.

            (c) shutting doors with a sound.      

            (d) Either (b) or (c)

            (e) None of these

 

Answer - Key

 

Ex -1:	1.  (C)	2. (B)	3. (A)	4. (B)	5. (C)
	6.  (C)
Ex -2:	1.  (A)	2. (D)	3. (B)	4. (A)	5. (C)