MCQ Questions for Class 12 English Flamingo Poem 6 Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers with Answers

Question 1.
The attitude of the poet towards Aunt Jennifer is that of
(a) hatred
(b) love
(c) sympathy
(d) casual

Answer

Answer: (c) sympathy


Question 2.
‘Massive’ means
(a) high
(b) huge
(c) minimum
(d) small

Answer

Answer: (b) huge


Question 3.
‘Proud’ and ‘unafraid’. These two adjectives have been used for
(a) the uncle
(b) the males in the society
(c) the tigers on the forest
(d) the tigers on the panel

Answer

Answer: (d) the tigers on the panel


Question 4.
She was mastered by is a reference made to the
(a) hardships and difficulties that Aunt Jennifer faced during her lifetime
(b) she was a slave
(c) he had a rude master
(d) her teacher taught her nothing

Answer

Answer: (a) hardships and difficulties that Aunt Jennifer faced during her lifetime


Question 5.
‘Still ringed’ means
(a) oppression will continue
(b) too many rings on her fingers
(c) ring of the bell
(d) quiet and peaceful

Answer

Answer: (a) oppression will continue


Question 6.
Aunt Jennifer’s family consists of
(a) she and her husband
(b) she and her tigers
(c) she and her kids
(d) she and her servants

Answer

Answer: (a) she and her husband


Question 7.
The word ‘chivalric’ in the context means
(a) timid
(b) arrogant
(c) honourable and brave
(d) malicious

Answer

Answer: (c) honourable and brave


Question 8.
The word ‘prance’ in the poem means
(a) to jump ahead
(b) to dance
(c) to eat
(d) to prowl

Answer

Answer: (a) to jump ahead


Question 9.
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band is a subtle reference to
(a) male oppression
(b) suppression at the hands of her husband
(c) the heavy gold ring
(d) the huge gold wedding band makes her uncomfortable

Answer

Answer: (b) suppression at the hands of her husband


Question 10.
What is Aunt Jennifer doing with wool?
(a) she is embroidering a wall panel
(b) she is knitting a scarf
(c) she is making a ball of wool
(d) she is knitting a cap

Answer

Answer: (a) she is embroidering a wall panel


Question 11.
The rhyme scheme in stanza one is
(a) aabb
(b) abab
(c) ABC
(d) abbe

Answer

Answer: (a) aabb


Question 12.
‘They pace’ is referred to
(a) the human beings
(b) Jennifer’s family members
(c) the tigers
(d) the lions

Answer

Answer: (c) the tigers


Question 13.
‘Denizens’ of a world of green means
(a) residents of forests
(b) residents of green buildings
(c) live in green cages
(d) live in green grasslands

Answer

Answer: (a) residents of forests


Question 14.
What do the Tigers do on the screen? They
(a) sing
(b) jump
(c) catch the prey
(d) prance

Answer

Answer: (d) prance


Question 15.
The poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’ is written by
(a) Elizabeth Arden
(b) Adrienne Rich
(c) Kamla Das
(d) Sarojini Naidu

Answer

Answer: (b) Adrienne Rich


Question 16.
Where are the tigers sleeping?
(a) on the trees
(b) on the mountain top
(c) in the cage
(d) in the caves

Answer

Answer: (d) in the caves


Question 17.
What would Jennifer’s terrified hands tell after her death?
(a) story of her life
(b) her constrained married life
(c) her strength to find her ways and beat the fears
(d) All these

Answer

Answer: (d) All these


Question 18.
How are tigers described in the poem?
(a) as ferocious
(b) fearless
(c) chivalric
(d) All these

Answer

Answer: (d) All these


Question 19.
Why did aunt embroider tigers on the panel?
(a) to express her suppressed feelings
(b) to express her strengths
(c) to express her fighting spirit of a warrior
(d) All these

Answer

Answer: (d) All these


Question 20.
What does wedding ring represent?
(a) beauty
(b) expenses
(c) unnecessary pressures of her dominant husband and responsibilities of married life
(d) none

Answer

Answer: (c) unnecessary pressures of her dominant husband and responsibilities of married life


Question 21.
What is aunt Jennifer loaded with?
(a) weight of rings
(b) weight of tigers
(c) burden of household work
(d) heavy responsibilities of married life

Answer

Answer: (d) heavy responsibilities of married life


Question 22.
What is the tone of the poem towards the end?
(a) happy moments
(b) resolving
(c) hopeful
(d) sad and tensed

Answer

Answer: (d) sad and tensed


Question 23.
What is the poet conveying through aunt Jennifer’s tiger?
(a) wild life
(b) courageous tigers
(c) tigers and their courage
(d) female existence and their fear of men

Answer

Answer: (d) female existence and their fear of men


Question 24.
What did ordeals or tough times do in Jennifer’s life?
(a) they made her a hard hearted person
(b) she developed hatred
(c) she became weak
(d) they crushed her artistic personality

Answer

Answer: (d) they crushed her artistic personality


Question 25.
What did marriage bring for Jennifer?
(a) unhappiness
(b) loss of freedom
(c) loss of freedom and burden as if she has put on a heavy band
(d) a heavy mountain

Answer

Answer: (c) loss of freedom and burden as if she has put on a heavy band


Question 26.
Does Aunt Jennifer need sympathy?
(a) yes
(b) no
(c) no, more than sympathy she deserves praise
(d) none

Answer

Answer: (c) no, more than sympathy she deserves praise


Question 27.
Tell and interpret the meaning of ‘Denizen of a world of green’.
(a) forest haters
(b) forest lovers
(c) forest dwellers
(d) all

Answer

Answer: (c) forest dwellers


Question 28.
What is the purpose of creating animals which are completely a contrast to aunt’s character?
(a) to show her strength and ability of not giving up in the face of difficulties
(b) her courage
(c) her fears and strengths
(d) none

Answer

Answer: (a) to show her strength and ability of not giving up in the face of difficulties


Question 29.
What is the significance of the word ringed?
(a) responsibilities
(b) heavy duties
(c) fatty people
(d) responsibilities that formed circles like a ring surrounding her finger

Answer

Answer: (d) responsibilities that formed circles like a ring surrounding her finger


Question 30.
Of what or of whom is aunt Jennifer terrified of in the 3rd stanza?
(a) of tigers
(b) of her death
(c) of her old age
(d) of her dominant husband

Answer

Answer: (d) of her dominant husband


Question 31.
Why is she finding the needle so hard to pull?
(a) because of fluttering fingers
(b) because of trembling hands
(c) because of her fears
(d) because of the heavy weight of her marriage ring

Answer

Answer: (d) because of the heavy weight of her marriage ring


Question 32.
Which words depict the dominant and arrogant attitude of the wild animal in the poem ?
(a) dominant
(b) arrogant
(c) adorable
(d) denizens and chivalric

Answer

Answer: (d) denizens and chivalric


Question 33.
What issue does the poem Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers address?
(a) constraints of women
(b) constraints of married life a woman experiences
(c) constraints of women as a poet
(d) None

Answer

Answer: (b) constraints of married life a woman experiences


Question 34.
How many volumes of poetry has she published?
(a) 18
(b) 29
(c) 39
(d) 19

Answer

Answer: (d) 19


Question 35.
Who is the poet of the poem Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers?
(a) Adrienne Rich
(b) Jonathan Aaron
(c) J. H. M. Abbott
(d) Mark Abley

Answer

Answer: (a) Adrienne Rich


Question 36.
What is Aunt doing in the poem?
(a) Cooking
(b) Embroidery
(c) Reading
(d) Sleeping

Answer

Answer: (b) Embroidery


Question 37.
What is presented through uncle’s character?
(a) Male strength
(b)Man is powerful
(c) man is like tigers
(d) male chauvinism

Answer

Answer: (d) male chauvinism


Question 38.
What is the meaning of the word ‘Chivalric’?
(a) ferocious
(b) fearless
(c) commanding and demanding high respect
(d) None

Answer

Answer: (c) commanding and demanding high respect


Question 39.
Why are tigers given the name Aunt Jennifer’s tigers?
(a) because she created them as an expression to her inner feelings
(b) because she brought them
(c) because she bought them
(d) because she nurtured them

Answer

Answer: (a) because she created them as an expression to her inner feelings


Question 40.
How do the Prancing tigers look?
(a) just like diamond
(b) just like Topaz
(c) just like coal
(d) just like stone

Answer

Answer: (b) just like Topaz



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