CBSE Class 12 English Aunt Jennifers Tigers MCQs Set E

Question: How, the desire of freedom and fearlessness shall remain alive after Aunt Jennifer’s death?
a) Through her wedding ring
b) Through her design of tigers
c) Through the poem composed by her
d) None of the above
Answer: b

Question: “Terrified hands” of Aunt Jennifer means
a) un-manicured hands
b) scared hands
c) soft and nice hands
d) bitter experience of married life
Answer: c

Question: Why is she finding the needle so hard to pull?
a) Because of weak fingers
b) Because it is heavy
c) Because of her fears
d) Because it is made of ivory
Answer: c

Question: What do her “fluttering fingers“ find hard?
a) to pull the ivory needle
b) to roll the ball of the wall
c) to thread the needle
d) to draw the sketch of the tigers
Answer: a

Question: What is the theme highlighted in Adrienne Rich’s works?
a) resistance to racism
b) deforestation
c) poaching of animals
d) violence in common
Answer: a

Question: Name the poet of the poem Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers.
a) Adrienne Rich
b) Jonathan Aaron
c) J. H. M. Abbott
d) Kamala Das
Answer: d

True False Question

Question: Aunt Jennifer loves tigers because of their fearless nature.
Answer: True

Question: Aunt’s life is very much like that of the tigers.
Answer: False

Question: The tigers are guarding Aunt Jennifer. (True/False)
Answer: False

Question: The tigers on the panel are afraid of the men beneath the tree.
Answer: False

Question: Aunt Jennifer’s ordeals will follow even her after her death. (True/False)
Answer: True

Question: The tigers are not afraid of the men beneath the tree. (True/False)
Answer: True

Question: The poem Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers is written by Pablo Neruda
Answer: False

Question: In the last line of the poem, the poet has used transferred epithet.
Answer: False

Question: The tigers are sitting on the tree. (True/False)
Answer: False

Question: Aunt Jennifer died as a free soul.
Answer: False

Question: The tigers pace with sleek, chivalric certainty.
Answer: True

Source Based Question

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers prance across the screen, Bright topaz denizens of the world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree: They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.

Question: Why are the tigers called as Aunt Jennifer’s tigers?
a) Aunt Jennifer is embroidering the motif of the tiger on a panel
b) Aunt Jennifer visits them in zoo
c) Aunt Jennifer has pet tigers
d) Aunt Jennifer loves tigers
Answer: a

Question: What are tigers doing?
a) They are moving in the forest
b) They are prancing
c) Tigers are sitting under a tree
d) They are playing with cubs
Answer: b

Question: How are ‘they’ described here?
a) Having topaz colour, bright, sleek and chivalric
b) Afraid of the men beneath the tree
c) They pace in uncertainty
d) They eat green plants
Answer: a

Question: ‘Denizens of the world of green’ means
a) Ruler of the forest
b) Destroyer of the forest
c) Afraid of green woods
d) The inhabitants of forest
Answer: d

“Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool Find even the ivory needle hard to pull
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand”

Question: What does Aunt Jennifer find difficult to do?
a) To pull the needle
b) To oppose her husband
c) To report to the police
d) None of the above
Answer: a

Question: “Uncle’s wedding band” refers to:
a) Group of musicians meant to sing in a wedding
b) Uncle’s extra-marital affairs
c) Aunt Jennifer’s marriage with Uncle
d) All of the above
Answer: c

Question: What has left an adverse effect upon Aunt’s health?
a) Her marital life
b) Her burdensome job
c) Her embroidery of tigers
d) All of the above
Answer: a

Question: What “ordeals” does the poet refer to in the given passage?
a) Aunt Jennifer’s sufferings at her workplace
b) Aunt Jennifer’s sufferings in her marital life
c) Aunt Jennifer’s sufferings at the hands of her in-laws
d) All of the above.
Answer: b

Question: The poet has contrasted Aunt Jennifer’s weakness with:
a) The panels made by her
b) Her death
c) Audacity and boldness of tigers
d) None of these
Answer: c

Question: Here the word “mastered” means:
a) Employed
b) Motivated
c) Affected
d) Sped
Answer: c

Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand

Question: How would you describe Aunt Jennifer based on the above extract?
a) oppressed
b) malnourished
c) aging
d) diseased
Answer: a

Question: Uncle’s wedding band sits heavily on Aunt Jennifer’s hand because
a) it is an expensive and heavy ring
b) she was married against her will
c) she feels burdened in her marriage
d) their relationship is lacking in love
Answer: c

Question: Which of the following is an example of an alliteration?
a) finger fluttering through the wool
b) upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand
c) Ivory needle hard to pull
d) Massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band
Answer: a

Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen Bright topaz denizens of a world of green
They do not fear the men beneath the tree; They pace in sleek chivalric certainty

Question: How are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers described?
a) Bold and fearless
b) Cruel and menacing
c) Sober and serene
d) Sleek and slender
Answer: a

Question: Why are they described as denizens of a world of green?
a) Because they eat the herbivores
b) Because they are green in color
c) Because they live in dense green forests
d) Because they are bright and beautiful
Answer: c

Question: Why are they not afraid of men?
a) Because men are afraid of them
b) Because they are bold, fearless and symbol of strength
c) Because they are carnivorous
d) Because they are knitted on a piece of cloth
Answer: b

Question: The word ‘prance’ in the extract means
a) Destroy
b) Camouflage
c) Shriek
d) Move about or leap
Answer: d

Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen, Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree; They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.

Question: Why the tigers are called Aunt Jennifer’s tigers?
a) They are made by Aunt Jennifer herself.
b) They belong to Aunt Jennifer’s Forest.
c) Aunt Jennifer liked them.
d) Aunt’s husband liked them.
Answer: a

Question: How are the tigers described here?
a) They are bright yellow in colour
b) Proud and courageous inhabitant of the forest.
c) Bold and fearless
d) All of the above
Answer: d

Question: What does the word, ‘chivalric’ mean?
a) coward
b) gallant
c) submissive
d) fearful
Answer: b

Question: Who are ‘They’?
a) The tigers of the forest.
b) The tigers embroidered by Aunt Jennifer.
c) The wooden tigers
d) The Royal Bengal Tigers
Answer: b