Case based questions.

Question 14 Marks

My heart is warm with the friends I make,
And better friends I’ll not be knowing;
Yet there isn’t a train I wouldn’t take,
No matter where it’s going.
Q.1. What make the speaker’s heart feel warm?
Q.2. What does the train symbolise in the poem?
$\quad$(a) Fear of the unknown
$\quad$(b) The poet’s love for vehicles
$\quad$(c) A desire for adventure and travel
$\quad$(d) A return to home
Q.3. The poet values both ____________ and the excitement of travel.
Q.4. The poet is ready to take any train, regardless of where it is going.

Answer

1. The friends she makes.
2. (c) A desire for adventure and travel
3. friendship
4. True

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Question 24 Marks

All night there isn’t a train goes by,
Though the night is still for sleep and dreaming,
But I see its cinders red on the sky,
And hear its engine steaming.
Q.1. Who is the poet of this poem?
Q.2. What does the poet see in the sky at night?
$\quad$(a) The moon and stars
$\quad$(b) Birds flying
$\quad$(c) The train’s red cinders
$\quad$(d) A lightning storm
Q.3. The poet hears the train’s engine ____________
Q.4. Train:Journey:: Dream: ____________

Answer

1. Edna St. Vincent Millay.
2. (c) The train’s red cinders
3. steaming
4. Imagination

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Question 34 Marks

The railroad track is miles away,
And the day is loud with voices speaking,
Yet thete isn’t a train goes by all day
But I hear its whistle shrieking.
Q.1. What contrast is shown in the poem about sound?
Q.2. What literary device is used when the poet hears a train that isn’t there?
$\quad$(a) Metaphor
$\quad$(b) Personification
$\quad$(c) Irony
$\quad$(d) Imagery
Q.3. The poet’s imagination makes the train seem present even when it is actually ____________
Q.4. Train’s whistle : Shrieking :: Cinders:

Answer

1. The day is filled with noisy voices, yet the poet distinctly hears the train’s whistle, even though no train passes all day.
2. (c) Irony
3. absent
4. Burning

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