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