Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
They bring me tokens of myself,
they evince them plainly in their possession
I wonder where they get those tokens,
Did I pass that way huge times ago and
negligently drop them?
Q. Look at the images given below. Choose the option that does not reflect “tokens” referred to, by Whitman?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
They bring me tokens of myself,
they evince them plainly in their possession
I wonder where they get those tokens,
Did I pass that way huge times ago and
negligently drop them?
Q. Imagine you were asked to rename the poem. Column A lists titles of some famous poems.
Column B justifies how each of these titles may be appropriate for the above extract.
Choose the option that correctly lists the matching of Column A to Column B.
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Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
They bring me tokens of myself,
they evince them plainly in their possession
I wonder where they get those tokens,
Did I pass that way huge times ago and
negligently drop them?
Q. How would you describe the tone of the poet?
(i) Melancholic, resigned
(ii) fanciful, noble
(iii) Reflective, idealistic
(iv) fearful, gloomy
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
They bring me tokens of myself,
they evince them plainly in their possession
I wonder where they get those tokens,
Did I pass that way huge times ago and
negligently drop them?
Q. The word ‘evince’ means the same as:
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Not one is dissatisfied,
not one is demented with
the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that
lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
Q. The repetition of “not one” in the given extract signifies the poet’s:
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Not one is dissatisfied,
not one is demented with
the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that
lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
Q. Pick the option that completes the following :
dementia: demented :: mania: _______________
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Not one is dissatisfied,
not one is demented with
the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that
lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
Q. Which of the following set of qualities does the poet attribute to animals in the given extract?
(i) Discontented, furious, respectful
(ii) Fearless, materialistic, reputable
(iii) Contented, equal, non-acquisitive
(iv) Happy, self-serving, intelligent
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Not one is dissatisfied,
not one is demented with
the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that
lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
Q. Which of the following characterizes the poet’s attitude towards animals in the given extract?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Not one is dissatisfied,
not one is demented with
the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that
lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
Q. Choose the option that contains a statement which CANNOT be conclusively inferred from the extract.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God.
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with
the mania of owning things,
Q. Why do humans lie awake in the dark?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God.
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with
the mania of owning things,
Q. Who are ‘they’ referred to here?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God.
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with
the mania of owning things,
Q. What does the word ‘whine’ mean here?