English Core > Literature Class 12 > Flamingo Poetry

Read the following extracts and answer the questions for any one of the given two, (a) or (b): (b) Driving from my parent's home to Cochin last Friday morning, I saw my mother, beside me, doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that of a corpse and realised with pain that she was as old as she looked but soon put that thought away, and looked out at Young Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes, ...... (My Mother at Sixty-six)

(i) Complete the following suitably: The expressions 'doze' and 'open mouthed' are used by the poet to indicate the poet's mother's ________. (1 mark) (ii) Give the phrase that suggests the following: The image of exuberance and youthfulness affects the poet's thoughts. (1 mark) (iii) What does the imagery of 'Trees sprinting' not represent in the given extract? (1 mark) (A) energy (B) liveliness (C) shade (D) vitality (iv) Select the correct option from those given in the brackets, to fill in the blank. The poet's use of the phrase 'ashen like that of a corpse', illustrates the poet's use of ________ (irony/imagery). (1 mark) (v) Choose the correct option: The poet is unable to bear the sight of her ageing mother, because (1 mark) (A) her mother had refused to accompany her (B) she is upset with her mother dozing off (C) it upsets her to see the ageing face of her mother (D) she is in a hurry to reach the airport (vi) Read the assertion and the reason below, with reference to the given extract. Assertion: The mother was accompanying her daughter to the airport. Reason: The daughter was leaving her mother behind and flying off. Choose the correct option regarding their relationship: (1 mark) (A) Both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion. (B) Both the assertion and the reason are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion. (C) The assertion is true, but the reason is false. (D) The assertion is false, but the reason is true.