Poem - No Men are Foreign Class 9 Worksheet English Chapter 1

Short Answer Questions 

Q.1. What is the motive of the poet about the poem?

Q.2. Why does the poet say that under the uniform the same body lies?

Q.3. What is the poet trying to convey through this poem?

Q.4. What was the mood of the poet when he wrote this poem?

Q.5. Why does the poet say, ‘it is ourselves that we shall dispossess, betray, condemn’?

Q.6. What is the attitude of the poet towards human race as a whole?

Q.7. The poem is all about ‘Xenophobia’. Does the poet like the idea of the people to create their societies propagating xenophobia or jingoism?

Q.8. What is the central idea of the poem?

Q.9. What is the perception of the poet?

Q.10. What are the similarities between them and us?

Multiple Choice Questions

Q1: What is the main theme of the poem?

1. Love and War
2. Unity and Brotherhood
3. Nature and Humanity
4. Struggle and Victory

Q2: What do the author's words suggest about human life?

1. It is filled with hatred
2. It is a struggle for power
3. It is universal and interconnected
4. It is meant for individual gain

Q3: What do the lines "Our hells of fire and dust outrage the innocence Of air that is everywhere our own" imply?

1. Human actions impact the environment negatively
2. Humanity is inherently destructive
3. Wars create a polluted atmosphere
4. People are indifferent to nature

Q4: What should individuals remember according to the text?

1. To always prioritize their own country
2. That all men are foreign
3. To hate their brothers
4. To recognize common humanity

Q5: What is the consequence of taking arms against each other as per the poem?

1. Victory and glory
2. Unity and peace
3. Ruin and desolation
4. Freedom and prosperity

Fill in the Blanks

Q1: The land our brothers walk upon is earth like this, in which we all shall lie. They, too, aware of sun and air and water, are fed by peaceful harvests, by war's long winter __________.

Q2: Their hands are ours, and in their lines we read a labour not different from our __________.

Q3: Remember they have eyes like ours that wake or __________, and strength that can be won by love.

Q4: In every land is common life that all can __________ and understand.

Q5: Let us remember, whenever we are told to hate our brothers, it is ourselves that we shall __________, betray, condemn. 

True or False

Q1: All countries are strange and all men are foreign.

Q2: Human actions do not impact the environment according to the poem.

Q3: Taking arms against each other defiles the human earth.

Q4: The author suggests that hatred towards our brothers is justified.

Q5: Unity and brotherhood are not important values to uphold.

Match the Following

Reference to Context

Q1: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreign
Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes
Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon
Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie.
(a) Who does the poet address in the poem? Name the poetic device used in line 1.
(b) What does the word “uniform” mean?
(c) What breathes beneath all uniforms?
(d) What is the irony in uniform?

Q2: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreign
Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes
Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon
Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie.
(a) Why does the poet feel ‘no men are foreign’?
(b) Who are referred to as brothers?
(c) What two things are common to all people as referred to in lines three and four of the extract?
(d) ‘In which we shall all lie.’ When will this happen?

Q3: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
They, too, aware of sun and air and water,
Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war’s long winter starv’d.
Their hands are ours, and in their lines we read
A labour not different from our own.
(a) Whom does ‘they’ refer to?
(b) What is the significance of the word “too”?
(c) What does the poet mean by ‘peaceful harvests’?
(d) What is the message of the poem?

Q4: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
They, too, aware of sun and air and water,
Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war’s long winter starv ’d.
Their hands are ours, and in their lines we read
A labour not different from our own.
(a) What are the common elements in the universe that are shared by all?
(b) What happens to people during wartime?
(c) Explain “Their hands are ours.” What can we see in ‘their’ hands?
(d) “In their lines we read.” What do we read in their lines?

Q5: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
Remember they have eyes like ours that wake
Or sleep, and strength that can be won
By love. In every land is common life
That all can recognise and understand.
(a) How does the author show that men from other countries have the same basic requirements as his own countrymen?
(b) In what respect are their eyes compared to ours?
(c) Whose strength is referred to in the extract?
(d) Explain how strength can be won by love?

Q6: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
Remember they have eyes like ours that wake
Or sleep, and strength that can be won
By love. In every land is common life
That all can recognise and understand.
(a) Name three basic requirements the author feels that men from other countries have which are the same as his own countrymen.
(b) What is it that can be recognised and understood?
(c) Explain: In every land is common life That all can recognise and understand.
(d) What is the poet’s message in this stanza?

Q7: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
Let us remember, whenever we are told
To hate our brothers, it is ourselves
That we shall dispossess, betray, condemn.
Remember, we who take arms against each other
(a) Who are our brothers?
(b) Why do we hate our brothers?
(c) The poet implies that one picks up arms for three reasons. What are they?
(d) What happens when we hate our brothers?

Q8: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
Let us remember, whenever we are told
To hate our brothers, it is ourselves
That we shall dispossess, betray, condemn.
Remember, we who take arms against each other
(a) Who is the narrator of the poem? To whom is the poem addressed?
(b) Who tells us to hate our brothers?
(c) Why do they tell us to hate our brothers?
(d) Should we believe those who tell us to hate our brothers? Why/why not?

Q9: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
It is the human earth that we defile.
Our hells of fire and dust outrage the innocence
Of air that is everywhere our own,
Remember, no men are foreign, and no countries strange.
(a) How do we defile earth?
(b) What you mean by the innocence of the air?
(c) How does air become defiled?
(d) State briefly the theme of the poem.

Q10: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
It is the human earth that we defile.
Our hells of fire and dust outrage the innocence
Of air that is everywhere our own,
Remember, no men are foreign, and no countries strange.
(a) What do you understand by ‘human earth?’
(b) Explain: hells of fire and dust?
(c) How is the innocence of air outraged?
(d) How does the poet bring out the idea that men are not strangers to one another?

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