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| English 11th Poem 10: The Hollow Men Questions Bank |
English 1st Year Poem 10 The Hollow Men Questions Bank
MCQs
Please select the right answer.
1. Are quiet and meaningless. Here the word meaningless means
2. As wind in dry
3. Gesture without motion. Here the word Gesture means
4. Headpiece filled with straw. Here the word Headpiece means
5. In our dry cellar. Here the word cellar means
6. Not as lost, violent souls. Here the word souls means
7. Or rats feet over broken
8. Our dried voices. Here the word dried means
9. Our force is
10. Our gestures are
11. Our whispers are
12. Our whispers are quiet and meaningless. Here the word quiet means
13. Paralysed force, gesture without motion .Here the word Paralysed means
14. Rats stay in the
15. Remember us, if at all, not as
16. Shape without form, shade without
17. The poem has been written by
18. The poet calls the men
19. The title of the poem is
20. Violent souls, but
21. Violent souls, but only as hollow men .Here the word Violent means
22. We together.
23. We are hollow
24. We are hollow and ____ men.
25. We are hollow men because we are without
26. We are leaning together. Here the word leaning means
27. We are stuffed man because we are without
28. We are the hollow men. Here the word hollow means
29. We are the stuffed men. Here the word stuffed means
30. We as hollow men are
31. We convey
32. We look like
33. We Whisper together. Here the word Whisper means
Short Questions
1. What do hollow men mean?
2. What do stuffed men mean?
3. What does the phrase ‘Headpiece filled with straw’ mean?
4. What does the phrase, gesture without motion, mean?
5. What does the title of the poem “The Hollow Man”?
6. What is the central idea/them of the poem “The Hollow Man”?
7. What is the moral lesson of the poem “The Hollow Man”?
8. What is the shape of hollow man?
9. Who has been called ‘Hollow Man’?
10. What is the mental level of ‘Hollow Man’?
Long Questions
"1. Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!"
"2. Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
Our dried voices, when
We whisper together
Are quiet and meaningless
As wind in dry grass
Or rats’ feet over broken glass
In our dry cellar"
"3. Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
Shape without form, shade without colour,
Paralysed force, gesture without motion;"
"4. Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
Those who have crossed
With direct eyes, to death’s other Kingdom
Remember us –if at all – not as lost
Violent souls, but only
As the hollow men
The stuffed men"