Choose the correct alternatives from those given below .
1. The poem, ‘Indian Summer’ is composed by……..
a. A. K. Ramanjujan
b. Arun Kolatkar
c. Jayant Mahapatra
d. Nissim Ezekiel
2. The poem, ‘Indian Summer’ by Jayant Mahapatra depicts……..
a. Indian winter
b. Indian summer
c. Indian festival
d. Indian lover
3. The wind appears to be…………to the speaker in the poem, ‘Indian Summer’.
a. happy
b. happy-go-lucky
c. dead
d. sombre
4. The poem, ‘Indian Summer’ is composed in………..
a. Blank verse
b. Free Verse
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
5. “priests……..louder than ever:
the……….of India opens”.
a. chant, mouth
b. mouth, chant
c. shout, mouth
d. mouth, shout
6. The……….move in the deeper waters due to summer heat as depicted in the poem, ‘Indian Summer’
a. priests
b. fish
c. crocodiles
d. ducks
7. The poem, ‘Indian Summer’ is a/an……….poem.
a. symbolist
b. imagist
c. realistic
d. surrealistic
8. There is a picture of……….in the poem, ‘Indian Summer’.
a. heated food
b. heated midden
c. stale food
d. ice
9. The speaker in the poem, ‘Indian Summer’ has……..wife.
a. sad
b. happy
c. bad
d. good
10. The speaker’s wife in the poem, ‘Indian Summer’………in his bed.
a. reads
b. cries
c. lies
d. jumps
11. The speaker’s wife in the poem, ‘Indian Summer’ lies in his bed through……..
a. the night
b. long day
c. the long afternoon
d. the long morning
12. The speaker’s wife in the poem, ‘Indian Summer’ lies…….in the bed.
a. dreaming
b. smiling
c. crying
d. laughing
13. The speaker’s wife in the poem, ‘Indian Summer’ is…….by the deep roar of funeral pyres.
a. sad
b. happy
c. unexhausted
d. disturbed
14. The speaker’s wife in the poem, ‘Indian Summer’ remains unexhausted by the……..of funeral pyres.
a. loud roar
b. deep roar
c. loud music
d. deep music
15. The poem, ‘Indian Summer’ is deeply rooted in………
a. Indianness
b. American culture
c. British culture
d. French culture
16. The poem ‘Indian Summer’ contains a number of……..
a. stanzas
b. symbols
c. themes
d. vivid and concrete pictures
17. The setting of the poem ‘Indian Summer’ is………
a. summer season and America
b. summer season and India
c. winter season and America
d. none of the above
18) The poem, ‘Indian Summer’ has a/an………….rhyme scheme.
a. regular
b. irregular
c. proper
d. none of the above
