Sample QuestionsP-4. Amanda ! questions
One sample from each question group in this chapter. Select any group above to see the full set with answer keys.
Stop that sulking at once, Amanda !
You’re always so moody, Amanda!
Anyone would think that I nagged at you, Amanda!Questions:
$Q.1$. Is Amanda really sulking ?
$Q.2$. Why does the speaker care for others ?
$Q.3$. What poetic device has been used in the first line of this stanza ?
View full solution →Don’t eat that chocolate, Amanda !
Remember your acne, Amanda!
Will you please look at me
when I’m speaking to you, Amanda!
(I am Rapunzel, I have not a care;
life in a tower is tranquil and rare;
I’ll certainly never let down my bright hair)Questions:
$Q.1$. Why does mother ask Amanda not to eat that chocolate?
$Q.2$. Why will Amanda’ not let down her bright hair?
$Q.3$. What is the underlying poetic device used in this stanza?
View full solution →Did you finish your homework, Amanda ?
Did you tidy your room, Amanda?
I thought I told you to clean your shoes, Amanda!
(I am an orphan, roaming the street,
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.)Questions:
$Q.1$. What, do you think, is irritating for Amanda in the first stanza?
$Q.2$. Here silence is golden. How come ?
$Q.3$. What poetic device is used in this stanza?
View full solution →Don’t bite your nails, Amanda !
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda!
(There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me –
a mermaid, drifting blissfully.)Questions:
$Q.1$. %Vhat does the speaker in the first stanza instruct Amanda ?
$Q.2$. ‘there is a ……. blissfully’ Why are these lines given within brackets ?
$Q.3$. What is the role of mermaid here ?
View full solution →Don't bite your nails, Amanda !
Don't hunch your shoulders, Amanda !
Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda !
(There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me
- a mermaid, drifting blissfully.)
Questions:
$Q.1$. How many voices are there in the lines ?
$Q.2$. Who do you think are the speakers ?
$Q.3$. What emotion is experienced by the mermaid ?
View full solution →Stop that sulking at once, Amanda !
You’re always so moody, Amanda!
Anyone would think that I nagged at you, Amanda!Questions:
$Q.1$. Is Amanda really sulking ?
$Q.2$. Why does the speaker care for others ?
View full solution →Don’t eat that chocolate, Amanda !
Remember your acne, Amanda!
Will you please look at me
when I’m speaking to you, Amanda!
(I am Rapunzel, I have not a care;
life in a tower is tranquil and rare;
I’ll certainly never let down my bright hair)Questions:
$Q.1$. Why does mother ask Amanda not to eat that chocolate?
$Q.2$. Why will Amanda’ not let down her bright hair?
View full solution →Did you finish your homework, Amanda ?
Did you tidy your room, Amanda?
I thought I told you to clean your shoes, Amanda!
(I am an orphan, roaming the street,
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.)Questions:
$Q.1$. What, do you think, is irritating for Amanda in the first stanza?
$Q.2$. Here silence is golden. How come ?
View full solution →Don’t bite your nails, Amanda !
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda!
(There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me –
a mermaid, drifting blissfully.)Questions:
$Q.1$. %Vhat does the speaker in the first stanza instruct Amanda ?
$Q.2$. ‘there is a ……. blissfully’ Why are these lines given within brackets ?
View full solution →Stop that sulking at once, Amanda !
You’re always so moody, Amanda!
Anyone would think that I nagged at you, Amanda!Questions:
$Q.1$. Is Amanda really sulking ?
$Q.2$. Why does the speaker care for others ?
View full solution →‘Stop that sulking at once, Amanda’!
Answer: B.
View full solution →‘I am Rapunzel, I have not a care’.
Answer: C.
View full solution →‘I am an orphan, roaming the street’.
Answer: A.
View full solution →‘Did you tidy your room, Amanda ?’
Answer: B.
View full solution →‘…………… a mermaid, drifting blissfully’.
Answer: B.
View full solution →Read the last stanzDo you think Amanda is sulking and is moody ?
What does the girl yearn for? What does this poem tell you about Amanda ?
Do you know the story of Rapunzel ? Why does she want to be Rapunzel ?
Is Amanda an orphan ? Why does she say so ?
What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid ?