CBSE Class 12 English Aunt Jennifers Tigers MCQs Set F

Question. 1. The poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’ is written by
(a) Elizabeth Arden
(b) Adrienne Rich
(c) Kamla Das
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Answer.  (b) Adrienne Rich

Question. 2. Aunt Jennifer’s tigers are actually
(a) Bengal tigers
(b) Assam tigers
(c) embroidered tigers
(d) white tigers
Answer.  (c) embroidered tigers

Question. 3. What do the tigers do on the screen? They
(a) sing
(b) sleep
(c) catch the prey
(d) prance
Answer.  (d) prance

Question. 4. The poet describes the colour of the tigers as
(a) brown (b) light brown
(c) dark brown
(d) topaz coloured
Answer.  (d) topaz coloured

Question. 5. ‘Denizens’ of a world of green means
(a) residents of forests
(b) residents of green buildings
(c) live in green cages
(d) live in green grasslands
Answer.  (a) residents of forests

Question. 6. The tigers are not afraid of
(a) the hunters
(b) the elephants
(c) the lions
(d) the men beneath the tree
Answer.  (d) the men beneath the tree

Question. 7. ‘They pace’ is referred to
(a) the human beings
(b) Jennifer’s family members
(c) the tigers
(d) the lions
Answer.  (c) the tigers

Question. 8. ‘Sleek chivalric certainty’ of the tigers means
(a) totally free movement of the tigers
(b) unsure tiger in the cage
(c) tiger moving in his cage
(d) tiger trying to be chivalrous
Answer.  (a) totally free movement of the tigers

Question. 9. The rhyme scheme in stanza one is
(a) aabb
(b) abab
(c) abca
(d) abba
Answer.  (a) aabb

Question. 10. ‘Fingers fluttering through her wool’. The poetic device used here is
(a) simile
(b) metaphor
(c) alliteration
(d) personification
Answer.  (c) alliteration

Question. 11. What is Aunt Jennifer doing with wool?
(a) she is embroidering a wall panel
(b) she is knitting a scarf
(c) she is making a ball of wool
(d) she is knitting a cap
Answer.  (a) she is embroidering a wall panel

Question. 12. What do her ‘fluttering fingers’ find hard?
(a) to pull the ivory needle
(b) to roll the ball of wall
(c) to thread the needle
(d) to draw the sketch of tigers
Answer.  (a) to pull the ivory needle

Question. 13. The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band is a subtle reference to
(a) male oppression
(b) suppression at the hands of her husband
(c) the heavy gold ring
(d) the huge gold wedding band makes her uncomfortable
Answer.  (b) suppression at the hands of her husband

Question. 14. What was lying heavily?
(a) her wedding band
(b) the tigers on the screen
(c) uncle of the poet
(d) Aunt Jennifer’s cat
Answer.  (a) her wedding band

Question. 15. The word ‘prance’ in the poem means
(a) to jump ahead
(b) to dance
(c) to eat
(d) to prowl
Answer.  (a) to jump ahead

Question. 16. ‘Denizens’ in the poem means
(a) resting place
(b) forest
(c) residents
(d) slum areas
Answer.  (c) residents

Question. 17. The word ‘chivalric’ in the context means
(a) timid
(b) arrogant
(c) honourable and brave
(d) malicious
Answer.  (c) honourable and brave

Question. 18. ‘Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.’ This line means that
(a) Aunt Jennifer is a sufferer in a male dominated society
(b) is a heavy object
(c) hard to carry
(d) cannot lift it at all
Answer.  (a) Aunt Jennifer is a sufferer in a male dominated society

Question. 19. Aunt Jennifer’s family consists of
(a) she and her husband
(b) she and her tigers
(c) she and her kids
(d) she and her servants
Answer.  (a) she and her husband

Question. 20. ‘Terrified hands’ of Aunt Jennifer means
(a) hard and bitter experience of married life
(b) scared hands
(c) un-manicured hands
(d) soft and nice hands
Answer.  (a) hard and bitter experience of married life

Question. 21. ‘Still ringed’ means
(a) oppression will continue
(b) too many rings on her fingers
(c) ring of the bell
(d) quiet and peaceful
Answer.  (a) oppression will continue

Question. 22. ‘Ordeals’ refers to
(a) happy times
(b) hardships
(c) joy and splendour
(d) party time
Answer.  (b) hardships

Question. 23. ‘She was mastered by’ is a reference made to
(a) the hardships and difficulties that Aunt Jennifer faced during her lifetime.
(b) Aunt Jennifer considered a slave.
(c) the rude master she had.
(d) her teacher who taught her nothing.
Answer.  (a) the hardships and difficulties that Aunt Jennifer faced during her lifetime

Question. 24. ‘The tigers in the panel that she made’ means
(a) the tigers she sent to the zoo
(b) the tigers embroidered by Jennifer
(c) the tigers that do tricks
(d) the tigers that killed her husband
Answer.  (b) the tigers embroidered by Jennifer

Question. 25. ‘Proud’ and ‘unafraid’. These two adjectives have been used for
(a) the uncle
(b) the males in the society
(c) the tigers in the forest
(d) the tigers on the panel
Answer.  (d) the tigers on the panel

Question. 26. ‘Will go on prancing’ means the
(a) spirit of freedom of the tigers will continue to exist
(b) tigers will dance
(c) tigers will kill
(d) tigers will show tricks
Answer.  (a) spirit of freedom of the tigers will continue to exist

Question. 27. ‘Massive’ means
(a) high
(b) huge
(c) minimum
(d) small
Answer.  (b) huge

Question. 28. The poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s tigers’ uses ‘wedding bands’, ‘tigers’, ‘terrified hands’ etc as
(a) symbols
(b) poetic devices
(c) alliteration
(d) metaphor
Answer.  (a) symbols

Question. 29. The attitude of the poet towards Aunt Jennifer is that of
(a) hatred
(b) love
(c) sympathy
(d) casual
Answer.  (c) sympathy

Question. 30. The beautiful and lifelike tigers on the panel, show Aunt Jennifer’s
(a) hatred for life
(b) hatred for men
(c) creativity
(d) suffering
Answer.  (c) creativity