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Flamingo Poem Chapter 3 Keeping Quiet ENGLISH CORE - Flamingo Poem Chapter 3 Keeping Quiet

CBSE - STD 12 Science - ENGLISH CORE (CBSE - English Medium). 43 questions in this chapter.

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Q 6Answer The Following Questions. (Flamingo Poem / Prose)(5M)5 Marks
Imagine you are Pablo Neruda, the poet of Keeping Quiet.

What advice might you offer to Robert Frost, the poet of A Roadside Stand, in the context of his conflicted emotions, as displayed in the given lines-

The requisite lift of spirit has never been found,

 Or so the voice of the country seems to complain,

 I can’t help owning the great relief it would be

 To put these people at one stroke out of their pain.

 Pen down your advice, in a letter to Frost.

You may begin this way:

Dear Robert

I recently read your poem, "A Roadside Stand," and...

You may end this way:

I hope this advice is helpful to you. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to support you.

Warmly,

Pablo Neruda
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Q 7Answer The Following Questions. (Flamingo Poem / Prose)(5M)5 Marks
The last two years of school tend to be about planning for life after school. This can be motivating, overwhelming, or encouraging for some, and stressful for others.
Write a diary entry recording your thoughts on the following:
  • Neruda’s ideas in ‘Keeping Quiet’ as a guide in this situation.
  • Thinking differently about your decisions with reference to Neruda’s ‘Keeping Quiet’.
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Q 8Answer The Following Questions. (Flamingo Poem / Prose)(5M)5 Marks
It could be said that the poem ‘Keeping Quiet’ presents the poet’s philosophy for a different kind of world.

If you were asked to highlight elements of Neruda’s vision that resonate in your specific social, political, and cultural context, which three main ideas would you engage with?

Use relevant textual details to support your analysis.
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Q 9Answer The Following Questions. (Flamingo Poem / Prose)(5M)5 Marks

The world has become a global village, and people across boundaries, nationalities, and communities are now connected to one another.

With the advancement of technology, and the advent of social media, do you think that the task of keeping quiet, as envisaged by Neruda, has become easier or more complicated? Justify your stance.

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Q 11Read the given extracts and give answer. (Poem)(6M)6 Marks

In the shade, doing nothing.
What I want should not be
confused
with total inactivity.
Life is what it is about;
I want no truck with death.
If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
Of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with
death.

Answer the following.

(1) What should not be confused with total inactivity? By this, does the poet mean that
(i) one should just be like a statue.
(ii) stillness and silence should be observed once in a while.
(iii) one can be lazy at times.
(iv) people should stop talking to each other.
(2) What are we so single-minded about
(i) making more and more money
(ii) spoiling the environment
(iii) earning our livelihood
(iv) creating wars and losing lives and propert
(3) The expression ‘have no truck with death’ means
(i) truck carrying arms
(ii) trucks can cause accidents and deaths
(iii) everyone has to die one day
(iv) have no association with death
(4) What follows due to not understanding one another?
(5) If we did nothing, a huge silence would ____________ the sadness of our current world.
(6) By our constant activity what destruction are human beings bringing upon themselves?
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Q 12Read the given extracts and give answer. (Poem)(6M)6 Marks

Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victory with no survivors,
would put on clean clothes
and walk about with their
brothers…
Answer the following.

(a) ‘Green wars’ stand for_________.

(b) The poet is deliberating upon which type of wars
(i) nuclear warfare
(ii) surgical strikes
(iii) hand to hand combat
(iv) green wars, wars with gas, wars with fire
(c) Pick the correct rhyme scheme used in the poem.
(i) free verse
(ii) blank verse
(iii) haiku form
(iv) enclosed rhyme
(d) They would be walking around with their brothers. Where would they be walking?
(i) along side a river
(ii) in a park
(iii) in the shade
(iv) in the market area
(e) Who would wear clean clothes in case there was a silence on the war front?
(f) With whom would these ex-warriors walk?
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Q 13Read the given extracts and give answer. (Poem)(6M)6 Marks

Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victory with no survivors,
would put on clean clothes
and walk about with their
brothers…

Answer the following.

(1) Who would wear clean clothes in case there was a silence on the war front?

(2) With whom would these ex-warriors walk?

(3) ‘Green wars’ stand for___________.

(4) The poet is deliberating upon which type of wars?
(i) nuclear warfare
(ii) surgical strikes
(iii) hand to hand combat
(iv) green wars, wars with gas, wars with fire
(5) Pick the correct rhyme scheme used in the poem.
(i) free verse
(ii) blank verse
(iii) haiku form
(iv) enclosed rhyme
(6) They would be walking around with their brothers. Where would they be walking?
(i) along side a river
(ii) in a park
(iii) in the shade
(iv) in the market area
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Q 14Read the given extracts and give answer. (Poem)(6M)6 Marks

Fishermen in the cold sea
would not harm whales
and the man gathering salt
would look at his hurt hands.
Answer the following.

(a) Which activity does the poet not want the fisherman to do?
(i) not go out into the sea
(ii) not harm the whales
(iii) not going sailing during storms
(iv) kill the other sea-creatures
(b) What are some of the other men doing?
(c) Men would look at their hurt hands. What do the ‘hurt hands’ refer to?
(i) the harm that the salt is doing to his hands
(ii) wounded hands
(iii) both (i) and (ii)
(iv) hands that hurt others
(d) The poet advocates the balance of nature
(i) To be maintained
(ii) To get destroyed
(iii) To remain inactive
(iv) all of the above
(e) Fishermen hunt ____________ in cold seas.

(f) ____________ are affected by salt gatherers.

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Q 15Read the given extracts and give answer. (Poem)(6M)6 Marks

It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines,
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.

Answer the following.

(1) What does ‘it’ signify in the first line?
(i) the surroundings
(ii) total stillness
(iii) being in the nature’s lap
(iv) all of the above

(2) The exotic moment according to the poet is
(i) exciting activity
(ii) total inactivity
(iii) beautiful moment of thoughtful silence
(iv) when language barriers are removed
(3) How will everyone feel at the exotic moment?
(4) The poet envisages an exotic moment of stillness which would be without ____________ .
(5) There would descend a sudden ____________ when we all get together.
(6) When there will be no engines or rush, what kind of moment would that make?
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