CBSE Class 10 English Amanda! MCQs Set 02

Question: What is the meaning of “slouching”?
a) Bend
b) Sit in a lazy way
c) Lie down
d) Bend backwards
Answer: b

Question: Who is the poet of the poem “Amanda”?
a) Leslie Norris
b) Robert Frost
c) Carolyn Wells
d) Robin Klein
Answer: d

Question: What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid?
a) Be in the green sea
b) Lead a relaxing life
c) All of the above
d) None of the above
Answer: c

Question: What does she picture herself as in the last stanza?
a) Mermaid
b) Orphan
c) Rapunzel
d) None of the above
Answer: d

Question: Name the literary device used in the line “Don’t bite your nails, Amanda! Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!”
a) Anaphora
b) Enjambment
c) Metaphor
d) Alliteration
Answer: a

Question: What does she imagine being when she pictures herself in a tower?
a) Mermaid
b) Orphan
c) Rapunzel
d) None of the above
Answer: c

Question: What will Amanda’s behaviour make people think?
a) Her mother loves her
b) Her mother harasses her
c) Her mother is understanding
d) Both 1 and 3
Answer: b

Question: What does she want to do as an orphan?
a) Walk freely in the streets
b) Play in dust with bare feet
c) All of the above
d) None of the above
Answer: c

Question: Name the literary device used in the line “freedom is sweet.”
a) Anaphora
b) Enjambment
c) Metaphor
d) Alliteration
Answer: c

Question: Name the literary device used in the line “Stop that slouching and sit up straight.”
a) Anaphora
b) Assonance
c) Metaphor
d) Alliteration
Answer: d

(A) Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!

Question. The purpose of the speaker’s words in the given extract is to
a) show the speaker’s power over the listener.
b) make the listener a better human being.
c) advise the listener as an elder.
d) improve the listener’s posture and habits.

Answer: D

Question. Pick the option that lists the image which correctly corresponds to the speaker’s mood in the extract.
a) Image (i)
b) Image (ii)
c) Image (iii)
d) Image (iv)

Answer: C

Question. Alliteration is a literary device used in the extract.
Which of the following options DOES NOT include examples of this literary device?
a) The moon and the shimmering stars watched over us
b) With that charming chat, Catherine chose comfort
c) Away ran the pathetic pooch pouting like a princess
d) Dee dee was driving down day after day

Answer: A

Question. What does the repetition of “Amanda!” at the end of each line reflect?
a) It describes who the speaker is talking to.
b) It represents the absent-mindedness of the listener.
c) It shows the frustration of the speaker.
d) It helps create a rhyme scheme

Answer: C

Question. select the option that fits with the following:
slouching : straight:: _ : __
a) transparent: translucent
b) lazy: agile
c) forgetful: lively
d) generous: liberal

Answer: B

(B) (I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.)

Question. The tone of the given lines is
a) analytical.
b) despairing.
c) peaceful.
d) nervous.

Answer: C

Question. Read the statements A and B given below, and choose the option that correctly evaluates these statements.
Statement A – The figure ‘I’ imagines a less than realistic view of being an orphan.
Statement B – The figure ‘I’ does not like the speaker.
a) A is true, B is false, according to the extract
b) A is true, B cannot be clearly inferred from the extract.
c) A cannot be clearly inferred from the extract, B is false.
d) A is true and can be inferred from the poem, B is true too.

Answer: B

Question. The golden silence is contrasted with the __.
a) chaos of the street.
b) constant instructions received.
c) sweetness of freedom.
d) hushed, bare feet.

Answer: B

Question. The rhyme scheme ‘aaa’ in the above extract is followed in all other stanzas of the poem that are written in parenthesis, i.e. (). Why?
Read the reasons given below, and choose the option that lists the most accurate reasoning:
(i) It shows the simplicity of the child’s thoughts.
(ii) It reflects the harmony and rhythm of the child’s inner world.
(iii) It mirrors a child’s expression.
(iv) It highlights the poet’s aesthetic sensibility.
a) (i) and (iv)
b) (i) and (ii)
c) (ii) and (iii)
d) (iii) and (iv)

Answer: C

Question. Pick the option that lists the usage of the word ‘pattern’, as in the extract above.
a) That is a lovely pattern for a wallpaper.
b) He decided to wear a patterned shirt to the party.
c) Poetry is a form of pattern making.
d) She patterned her hair after her favourite celebrity.

Answer: D

Question. Extra Q.
Which option completes the popular adage given below?
_______ silence is gold.
a) Precious are words for
b) Speech is silver
c) Silver is the tongue
d) Ideas may be precious but

Answer: B

Question. Extra Q.
A transferred epithet is a literary device where the modifier or epithet is transferred from the noun it is meant to describe to another noun in the sentence.
Based on the given definition of ‘transferred epithet’, choose the option that lists an example of transferred epithet.
a) soft dust
b) hushed (bare) feet
c) freedom (is) sweet
d) silence (is) golden

Answer: B