Poem 9 – On Killing a Tree
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On Killing The Tree Questions
1. The poem On killing a Tree is written by ? .
A. William Blake
B. Gieve Patel
C. Abdul Kalam
D. Kamala Surya
2. Whose famous works include Evening, Forensic Medicine, and From Bombay Central ?
A. William Blake
B. Gieve Patel
C. Abdul Kalam
D. Kamala Surya
3.The poem ” On Killing a Tree ” is taken from a poetry collection named ?
A. My Poem
B. Environment Poem
C. Nature Poem
D. Poems
4. The poem ” On Killing a Tree ” is taken from a poetry collection which was published in the year ?
A. 1966
B. 1968
C. 1969
D. 1970
5.” It takes much time to kill a tree,
Not a simple jab of the knife ”
Here the meaning of Jab is ?
A. Quick blow
B. The point of knife
C. Cutting
D. Uprooting
6.” Will do it. It has grown
Slowly consuming the earth,
Rising out of it, feeding
Upon its crust, absorbing ”
How tree grown according to the poet ?
A. Slowly by taking the minerals of earth
B. Slowly by consuming soils
C. Slowly by taking the ground water
D. None of the above
7. ” Will do it. It has grown
Slowly consuming the earth,
Rising out of it, feeding
Upon its crust, absorbing “
The tree rises above the ?
A. Groundwater table
B. Crust
C. Mantle
D. Core of earth
8. “Years of sunlight, air, water,
And out of its leprous hide
Sprouting leaves. ”
The meaning of Leprous is ?
A. Covered with scales
B. Skin of tree
C. The xylem and pholem of tree
D. The root of tree
9. “Years of sunlight, air, water,
And out of its leprous hide
Sprouting leaves. ”
Here the meaning of Hide is ?
A. Outer Skin
B. Inner skin of tree
C. Cell of tree
D. The nucleus of tree
10. ” So hack and chop
But this alone won’t do it.
Not so much pain will do it. ”
The poet mentions about ?
A. Uprooting the tree
B. Cutting the tree
C. Growing a tree
D. Growing tree by using technology
11. ” The bleeding bark will heal ”
The bleeding bark signifies ?
A. Tree giving a sap from where the tree is cut
B. Cutting of bark from tree
C. Taking the sap from the tree
D. None of the above
12. ” And from close to the ground
Will rise curled green twigs
Miniature boughs ”
Here miniature means ?
A. A potrait
B. Very small
C. Growth
D. Underneath
12. ” And from close to the ground
Will rise curled green twigs,
Miniature boughs ”
How speaker mention about the tree in the above lines ?
A. Tree fall down once the tree is cut
B. Tree will bleed from where the tree is cut
C. New branches start growing again.
D. The root of the tree starts degrading
13. “Miniature boughs
Which if unchecked will expand again
To former size. ”
How the tree grows according to the poet ?
A. New branches will from from different positions of tree
B. Dwarf tree will be produced
C. We will not check the tree once it is cut
D. The tree grows to its older size
14. ” No,
The root is to be pulled out —
Out of the anchoring earth;
It is to be roped, tied,
And pulled out-snapped out ”
In these lines the poet mentions about ?
A. Tieing and roping the tree
B. Uprooting the tree
C. Cutting the tree
D. Taking the sap and root of the tree
15. ” Or pulled out entirely,
Out from the earth-cave,
And the strength of the tree exposed ”
How the strength of the tree is exposed ?
A. By cutting into peaces
B. By uprooting the tree from earth
C. By growing up a tree by nurturing .
D. Poisoning the tree
16. ” The source, white and wet,
The most sensitive, hidden
For years inside the earth. ”
According to the poet, which is the most sensitive part of the tree ?
A. Shoot
B. Leaves
C. Roots
D. Stomata
17.” The source, white and wet,
The most sensitive, hidden
For years inside the earth.”
The poet mentions the source colour is white . Which part of the tree is mentioned as white ?
A. Shoot
B. Leaves
C. Roots
D. Stomata
18. ” Then the matter
Of scorching and choking
In sun and air, ”
The meaning of scorching and choking is ?
A. Moisturing the tree
B . Drying up the tree
C. Using the tree for commercial purposes
D. None of the above
19. ” Browning, hardening,
Twisting, withering,
And then it is done. ”
Finally the tree turns into ?
A. White
B. Blue
C. Brown
D. Reddish
20. “Browning, hardening,
Twisting, withering,
And then it is done.”
Finnally what happened to the tree according to the poet ?
A. Used for firewood
B. The tree dies
C. Used for commercial purposes
D. Used for construction
21.” Not a simple jab of the knife
Will do it. It has grows
Slowly consuming the earth ”
The figure of speech used in this poem
A. Enjambment
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Personification
22. ” The bleeding bark will heal ”
The figure of speech used in this line is ?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Alliteration
D. Both B and C
23. ” And out of its leprous hide ”
The figure of speech mentioned in this line is
A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Anaphora
D. Hyperbole
24. ” And pulled out-snapped out
Or pulled out entirely, ”
The figure of speech used in this line is ?
A. Ellipsis
B. Anaphora
C. Refrain
D. Repitation
25.” The source, white and wet, ” .
The figure of speech used in this line is
A. Personification
B. Alliteration
C. Simile
D. Metaphor
26.The poet equates cutting the tree with ?
A. Killing a Human being
B. Killing an animal
C.Curelty
D. Natural Disaster
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