1. “I mete and dole” – The quoted phrase means that Ulysses -
2. Where in Dehra did the narrator spend his summer vacations?
3. The major characters in the short story are -
4. For how many days is Michael missing?
5. The subjects of Ulysses are -
6. According to mythology, Ulysses is the king of -
7. APJ Abdul Kalam’s birthplace was in the town of -
8. On the trunk of the tree the creeper makes -
9. Who is referred to as the “idle king” in the poem?
10. What is the speaker in ‘Ulysses’ longing for?
11. Who is found to put her head in at the door in the opening of Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
12. ‘The Night Train at Deoli’ is a
13. “Unequal laws unto a savage race” – Here “unequal laws” mean -
14. The poet imagines that the summit of the tree has reached the -
15. Where does the narrator meet the young girl in the story?
16. What does the phrase “Unequal laws unto a savage race” reveal about Ulysses’ view of his own leadership?
17. The narrator was looking at the girl –
18. How does the narrator describe Deoli as a place?
19. How was the night when the story begins?
20. Kalam’s father used to avoid all -
21. Who is the speaker in the poem?
22. Kalam’s parents were widely regarded as -
23. What was Maurya’s suggestion to Bartley regarding the rope?
24. The tree wears the creeper as a -
26. Strong Roots’ is written by -
27. “By this still hearth…..”- Here ‘still hearth’ symbolizes -
28. Why does Ulysses refer to the barren crags?
29. The poet looks at the Casuarina tree through her casement -
31. What did the platform of Deoli boast of?
32. The trunk of the tree is -
33. For whom is Cathleen preparing a cake?
34. What does the bundle that Nora takes out contain?
35. Most of the guests found capital punishment unfitted to -
36. The Casuarina tree’s creeper climbs up to its very -
37. The narrator returned to the plains
39. Which item, as mentioned in Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’, is an unusual item in an Irish kitchen?
40. Abdul Kalam’s ancestral house was built in -
41. ‘Our Casuarina Tree’ is a poem published in -
42. What was the banker’s initial attitude towards the bet?
44. What physical characteristic of the young girl draws the narrator’s attention?
45. APJ Abdul Kalam’s mother was -
46. The huge python here is -
47. Whose clothes are those that Nora brings home?
48. What is the colour of the clusters of flowers hanging from the boughs of the Casuarina tree?
49. What, according to Nora, is the condition of the sea by the White rocks?
51. Kalam says, he was born into -
52. What is Cathleen doing when Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’ opens?
53. The train used to reach Deoli station at around-
54. What is implied by Ulysses’ description of his wife as “aged” in the third line?
55. Which object in the kitchen is meant for the coffin in Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
56. What hangs from the boughs of the Casuarina tree?
57. Who were present at the banker’s party?
58. “Among other things they had talked of….”-Who are referred to as they?
59. What did the most part of the guests disapprove of?
60. ‘The Bet’ was originally written in -
61. How did the banker feel about the bet after fifteen years?
62. Kalam normally ate with -
63. What is the significance of ‘this still hearth’ in the context of Ulysses’ life?
64. Which phrase best describes the Casuarina tree in the poem?
65. Who are regarded as ‘savage race’?
66. Kalam was a short boy with -
67. Who says, “It’s hard set we’ll be surely the day you’re drowned with the rest”?
68. What does Ulysses want to say by “I cannot rest from travel”?
69. For Kalam’s father, his mother was an ideal -
70. What did the banker believe was his mistake in making the bet?
71. How old was the lawyer at the time of the bet?
72. The jungle across the station was visible in the faint light of-
73. Due to the embrace of the creeper, the other tree would have -
74. What was the girl doing at Deoli station?
75. How does the poet describe the tree’s appearance?
76. At night, the garden gets overflowed by a sweet song which actually refers to the -
78. Who, according to the priest, is supposed to have a ‘clean burial’?
80. After stopping for ten minutes at the Deoli station a bell would sound and
81. Who was asked to stop Bartley from going to the Galway fair?
82. What did the banker bet the lawyer?
83. How does Ulysses view his current role as the king of Ithaca?
84. Which genre of poem is “Ulysses”?
85. The darkling’s song seems -
86. Kalam and his family lived in their -
87. ‘Strong Roots’ is taken from -
88. Who are found in the opening scene of ‘Riders to the Sea’?
89. Where did Cathleen put the bundle to hide it from Maurya?
90. What is the name of the ‘aged wife’ of Ulysses?
91. The word ‘erstwhile’ means -
92. How many lines are there in the poem?
93. What did the banker say the lawyer would lose in the bet?
94. ‘The Bet’ was first published in -
95. In which season did the fateful bet take place?
96. How many years did the lawyer agree to stay in imprisonment for the bet?
97. The poet’s attitude towards the tree can be called -
98. Who is Jainulabdeen in the extract?
99. Who is the narrator of the story?
100. How does the poet feel when her casement is thrown wide open in the morning?
101. The girl’s clothes were -
102. Abdul Kalam describes his parents as being -
103. What is referred to as ‘barren crags’?
104. What did the banker offer as a warning to the lawyer?
105. Who prepares a cake in Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’?
106. Kalam’s father possessed -
107. The play ‘Riders to the Sea’ opens with the speech: “Where is she?”—Who is ‘she’?
108. Some of the guests of the party opined that death penalty should be replaced by -
109. Where does Bartley want to go?
110. Where was the bit of new rope that was bought in Connemara?
111. What did the girl do when she saw that the narrator was looking at her?
112. What kind of a poem is ‘Our Casuarina Tree’?
113. ‘Strong Roots’ is part of
114. What does Ulysses’ statement “know not me” indicate about his relationship with his subjects?
116. How did the banker initially describe capital punishment?
118. The ‘giant’ in the poem is the -
119. Where did the girl stop at the platform?
120. Which among the following poet’s portrayal of Ulysses has a similarity with that of Tennyson’s Ulysses?
