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Test: Aunt Jennifer's Tiger- 1 - Question 1

Who is the poet of the poem Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers?

Detailed Solution: Question 1

The poet describes Aunt Jennifer's tigers as 'bright topaz denizens' of the forest. They are fearless and ferocious in sharp contrast to their creator, Aunt Jennifer's nervousness and timidity.

Test: Aunt Jennifer's Tiger- 1 - Question 2

What does echo through her work?

Detailed Solution: Question 2

A strong resistance to racism and militarism echoes through her work. The poem Aunt Jennifer's Tigers addresses the constraints of married life a woman experiences.

Test: Aunt Jennifer's Tiger- 1 - Question 3

Which words depict the dominant and arrogant attitude of the wild animal in the poem?

Detailed Solution: Question 3

The poet tells us that tigers are denizens of the green. It means they live in the forest, away from human settlements. The poet also mentions that tigers move in an elegant chivalric way. This shows the majestic and honorable position they occupy in the wild among all animals.

Test: Aunt Jennifer's Tiger- 1 - Question 4

What does the image ‘massive weight of the wedding band ‘ mean?

Detailed Solution: Question 4

The poet uses many images and symbols to describe the unpleasant experience of Aunt Jennifer's married life. Massive weight of 'Uncles wedding band' is a symbol of harsh and bitter experiences of married life of Aunt Jennifer.

Test: Aunt Jennifer's Tiger- 1 - Question 5

What is the significance of the word ringed?

Detailed Solution: Question 5

The word ringed signifies that the aunt was still ringed with the ordeals even after her death due to unhappy and bad experience of her married life. The word 'ringed' means 'encircled',here encircled with ordeals of her unhappy and bad experience of her married life.

Test: Aunt Jennifer's Tiger- 1 - Question 6

What is the poet suggesting through the different nature of characters in the poem?

Detailed Solution: Question 6

These Tigers are brave and fearless. They are different from Aunt Jennifer character. The poet wants to suggest that Aunt Jennifer wants to express her desire to be confident and brave through her creation. So the Tigers are different from her own character.

Test: Aunt Jennifer's Tiger- 1 - Question 7

Does Aunt Jennifer need sympathy?

Detailed Solution: Question 7

No, more than sympathy she deserves praise Her ordeals and sufferings move the reader. Even the speaker in the poem shows sympathy and pity towards her. The speaker says that even after Aunt Jennifer's death, she will be terrified of her husband and the ordeals of her marriage.

Test: Aunt Jennifer's Tiger- 1 - Question 8

What is still fresh in Jennifer’s mind?

Detailed Solution: Question 8

In the third stanza, the poet refers to Aunt Jennifer's 'terrified hands'. The old unhappy memories are still fresh in her mind. She had passed through many testing and horrible times during her married life. These ordeals crushed and suppressed her.

Test: Aunt Jennifer's Tiger- 1 - Question 9

What is the poet conveying through aunt Jennifer’s tiger?

Detailed Solution: Question 9

To express her bitterness and anger against male dominance, Aunt Jennifer chooses to embroider tigers on the panel. The nature of tigers symbolizes strength, fearlessness and splendour which is in sharp contrast to her own meek nature because of which she has suffered endlessly.

Test: Aunt Jennifer's Tiger- 1 - Question 10

How are aunt Jennifer’s tigers different from her?

Detailed Solution: Question 10

In the poem 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers', the tigers are portrayed by Aunt Jennifer completely opposite to her own character. The tigers that she had drawn are portrayed as fearless, confident, proud and not bound by anything or anyone. In contrast, Aunt Jennifer has an unfree and oppressed life.

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