1. How was the night when the story begins?
2. What is the significance of ‘this still hearth’ in the context of Ulysses’ life?
3. ‘Our Casuarina Tree’ is a poem published in -
4. The play ‘Riders to the Sea’ opens with the speech: “Where is she?”—Who is ‘she’?
5. Kalam says, he was born into -
6. The word ‘erstwhile’ means -
8. What does the bundle that Nora takes out contain?
9. “Among other things they had talked of….”-Who are referred to as they?
10. The poet imagines that the summit of the tree has reached the -
11. The ‘giant’ in the poem is the -
12. What hangs from the boughs of the Casuarina tree?
13. Whose clothes are those that Nora brings home?
14. Strong Roots’ is written by -
15. What did the platform of Deoli boast of?
16. The train used to reach Deoli station at around-
17. Which object in the kitchen is meant for the coffin in Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
18. Who prepares a cake in Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
19. Who is the narrator of the story?
20. What kind of a poem is ‘Our Casuarina Tree’?
21. “By this still hearth…..”- Here ‘still hearth’ symbolizes -
22. The huge python here is -
23. How does the narrator describe Deoli as a place?
24. ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ is a
25. ‘The Bet’ was originally written in -
26. Why does Ulysses refer to the barren crags?
27. ‘Strong Roots’ is taken from -
28. Which item, as mentioned in Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’, is an unusual item in an Irish kitchen?
29. The Casuarina tree’s creeper climbs up to its very -
30. Which genre of poem is “Ulysses”?
31. The narrator returned to the plains
32. Who, according to the priest, is supposed to have a ‘clean burial’?
33. How does Ulysses view his current role as the king of Ithaca?
34. The trunk of the tree is -
35. APJ Abdul Kalam’s mother was -
36. What is Cathleen doing when Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’ opens?
37. For how many days is Michael missing?
38. Kalam’s father possessed -
39. The jungle across the station was visible in the faint light of-
40. The poet’s attitude towards the tree can be called -
41. Most of the guests found capital punishment unfitted to -
42. Who are found in the opening scene of ‘Riders to the Sea’?
43. On the trunk of the tree the creeper makes -
44. For Kalam’s father, his mother was an ideal -
45. What is the colour of the clusters of flowers hanging from the boughs of the Casuarina tree?
46. ‘The Bet’ was first published in -
47. Due to the embrace of the creeper, the other tree would have -
48. ‘Strong Roots’ is part of
49. After stopping for ten minutes at the Deoli station a bell would sound and
50. Who is found to put her head in at the door in the opening of Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
51. How many lines are there in the poem?
52. The tree wears the creeper as a -
53. Who is Jainulabdeen in the extract?
54. Which among the following poet’s portrayal of Ulysses has a similarity with that of Tennyson’s Ulysses?
55. In which season did the fateful bet take place?
56. Who is the speaker in the poem?
57. What is referred to as ‘barren crags’?
59. What, according to Nora, is the condition of the sea by the White rocks?
60. Some of the guests of the party opined that death penalty should be replaced by -
61. Who is referred to as the “idle king” in the poem?
62. Where in Dehra did the narrator spend his summer vacations?
64. How does the poet describe the tree’s appearance?
65. For whom is Cathleen preparing a cake?
66. The major characters in the short story are -
67. APJ Abdul Kalam’s birthplace was in the town of -
68. What did the most part of the guests disapprove of?
69. Where does Bartley want to go?
70. According to mythology, Ulysses is the king of -
