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