1. How does Ulysses view his current role as the king of Ithaca?
2. Why do you think Tennyson has included the imagery of ‘scudding drifts’ and ‘rainy Hyades’ in Ulysses’ monologue?
3. What did the lawyer do with his writings in the fifth year?
4. The sleepy cows go to the -
5. According to mythology, Ulysses is the king of -
6. Which among the following poet’s portrayal of Ulysses has a similarity with that of Tennyson’s Ulysses?
7. For how many days is Michael missing?
8. From where was the stick brought?
9. What is implied by Ulysses’ description of his wife as “aged” in the third line?
10. What was the banker’s initial attitude towards the bet?
11. Where does Bartley want to go?
12. How many years did the lawyer agree to stay in imprisonment for the bet?
13. Which genre of poem is “Ulysses”?
14. What did the banker find strange about the lawyer’s reading habits in the tenth year?
15. The train used to reach Deoli station at around-
16. Where did the girl stop at the platform?
17. Hyades is a group of stars of -
18. Where did Cathleen put the bundle to hide it from Maurya?
19. Under the tree the poet played with -
20. How does the gray baboon sit on the top of the tree?
21. Strong Roots’ is written by -
23. What is the name of the ‘aged wife’ of Ulysses?
24. The water-wraith slumbers -
25. The baboon is seen mostly in -
26. In the poem ‘Our Casuarina Tree’, who are singing?
27. What was the girl doing at Deoli station?
28. What physical characteristic of the young girl draws the narrator’s attention?
29. What will Bartley ride down on?
30. Which coat did Bartley put on before going out?
31. What does the phrase “Unequal laws unto a savage race” reveal about Ulysses’ view of his own leadership?
32. The jungle across the station was visible in the faint light of-
33. Who is the narrator of the story?
34. What does Ulysses’ statement “know not me” indicate about his relationship with his subjects?
35. The ‘dirge-like murmur’ is -
36. Which fair, according to Bartley, would be a good fair for horses?
37. What did the girl do when she saw that the narrator was looking at her?
38. The ‘eerie speech’ refers to the -
39. What did Cathleen roll in a cloth?
40. Where was the lawyer imprisoned?
41. The poet could think of the tree until -
42. How does the narrator describe Deoli as a place?
43. What is the speaker in ‘Ulysses’ longing for?
44. The poet’s attitude towards the tree can be called -
45. Who is Jainulabdeen in the extract?
46. How did the lawyer’s reading habits change over time?
47. The adjective used to describe the offspring of the baboon is -
48. The train used to reach Deoli station at around-
49. What was the banker’s attitude toward money at the time of the bet?
50. What do the baboon’s offspring do?
51. ‘Our Casuarina Tree’ is a poem published in -
52. The Casuarina tree is dear to the poet’s -
53. How long was the lawyer supposed to remain in imprisonment?
54. Where was the bit of new rope that was bought in Connemara?
55. The jungle across the station was visible in the faint light of-
56. What springs in the tank?
57. The narrator was looking at the girl –
58. What does the lawyer’s journey through books symbolize?
59. What kind of books did the lawyer read in the first year?
60. How did the banker initially describe capital punishment?
61. The colour of the baboon is -
62. What does the speaker say about his past experiences?
64. After stopping for ten minutes at the Deoli station a bell would sound and
65. What does “Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy” refer to?
66. What did the lawyer’s letter reveal about his view on human existence?
68. Which pig, according to Bartley, can be sold to a jobber?
69. What would happen if the lawyer violated the agreement?
70. How many lines are there in the poem?
71. The girl’s clothes were -
72. APJ Abdul Kalam’s birthplace was in the town of -
73. What does the word ‘lees’ refer to?
74. What did the lawyer start studying in the sixth year?
75. For whom is Cathleen preparing a cake?
76. What was heard from the lawyer’s room in the first year?
77. What physical characteristic of the young girl draws the narrator’s attention?
78. What did the girl do when she saw that the narrator was looking at her?
79. Who says, “It’s the life of a young man to be going on the sea”?
80. ‘Strong Roots’ is part of
81. How many books did the lawyer request in four years?
82. Why did the banker feel regret about the bet?
83. What did Cathleen ask for to open the bundle?
84. “Unequal laws unto a savage race” – Here “unequal laws” mean -
85. What is the colour of the clusters of flowers hanging from the boughs of the Casuarina tree?
86. Where does the narrator meet the young girl in the story?
87. What does Ulysses want to say by “I cannot rest from travel”?
88. Who says, “When the black night is falling I’ll have no son left me in the world”?
89. Why did the lawyer renounce the money?
91. Who is referred to as ‘the Son of God’?
92. Thinking of the tree, the poet’s eyes are blinded by -
93. “I mete and dole” – The quoted phrase means that Ulysses -
94. Who considered Maurya’s apprehensive words at the moment of Bartley’s departure to be unlucky?
95. Which of the following birds is mentioned in the poem?
96. What type of punishment did the majority of guests support?
97. Sitting on the top of the tree, the baboon watches the -
99. The trunk of the tree is -
100. ‘Strong Roots’ is taken from -
