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| English 11th Poem 13: A Tale of Two Cities Questions Bank |
English 1st Year Poem 13 A Tale of Two Cities Questions Bank
MCQs
Please select the right answer.
1. All passed through the grind. .Here the word grind means
2. All the people were burnt and
3. All was done by a nation who cared not for the human
4. All were scared. .Here the word scared means
5. Ashes can really create the
6. Burnt, crushed and all dashed. .Here the word dashed means
7. In the moments of furies. .Here the word furies means
8. In the storms of the shrills. .Here the word shrills means
9. No eye could look the
10. None to lessen their groans .Here the word lessen means
11. None to lessen their groans. .Here the word groans means
12. None to share their moans. .Here the word moans means
13. The brave people bore the of black day.
14. The explosion that took the lives of two glories .Here the word explosion means
15. The flowers and flavours were
16. The flowers, flavour all smashed. .Here the word smashed means
17. The flowers, flavours all smashed. .Here the word flavours means
18. The lives of two in moment of furies
19. The lives of two glories. .Here the word glories means
20. There was noise to share their
21. There was none to lessen their
22. They were made powerless and
23. Wasteful were all the grills. .Here the word Wasteful means
24. Woeful were all the hills. .Here the word Woeful means
Short Questions
1. About which two cities is the poem written?
2. Describe the scene of devastation?
3. How did the japans bear the paints of the black day?
4. How much terrible ere the explosion that took place in the two glorious cities?
5. Under what circumstances the victims of atom bombs have to pass through?
6. What is the central idea/them of the poem, ‘A tale of two Cities’?
7. What is the moral lesson of the poem?
8. What was the condition of the people of the two cities?
9. Who dropped the bombs on the two cities?
10. Who shared the moans and lessened the groans of the people of two cities?
11. Why did the American drop atom bombs on Japan?
12. Why did the American drop bombs on Japan?
13. Why did the people of Japan look powerless and helpless?
Long Questions
"1. Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
In the storms of the shrills
Of arms, smoke and the drills
All were scarred, burnt and afraid
Powerless and helpless were they made."
"2. Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
Woeful were all the hills
Wasteful were all the grills
None to share their moans
None to lessen their groans."
"3. Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
The flowers, flavours all smashed
Burnt, crushed and all dashed
And all passed through the grind
Leaving there nothing behind."
"4. Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
No eye could look
The explosion that took
The lives of two glories
In the moments of furies."
"5. Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
All was done by a nation
Who in her wild passion
Cared not for the human rights
Nor saved them from deadly fights."
"6. Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
But how much great were they
Who bore the pains of black day
""Ashes are not merely the waste
They can really create the great."""