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| English 11th Poem 5: In the Street of the Fruit Stalls Questions Bank |
English 1st Year Poem 5 In the Street of the Fruit Stalls Questions Bank
MCQs
Please select the right answer.
1. ____fruit has not been mentioned in the poem
2. A dark falls.
3. balance flame, a dark dew-----
4. Dark children with a to spend.
5. Dark children with a coin to spend. Here the word coin means
6. Enter the lantern's orbit. Here the word orbit means
7. It was a street.
8. It was a street.
9. Pyramid piled like cannon balls. Here the word cannon means
10. Pyramid piled like cannon balls. Here the word piled means
11. Pyramid-piled like cannon
12. Radiant as----
13. Radiant as lanterns, they forget. Here the word Radiant means
14. The children wanted to buy
15. The children were
16. The children were holding
17. The dark street I am standing
18. The fruit resembled the
19. The fruits red hot, gold hot. Here the word glow means
20. The fruits were piled like cannon balls. Here the word balls means
21. The moon compacted to a rind. Here the word compacted means
22. The moon compacted to a rind. Here the word rind means
23. The sun in a pitted
24. The sun in a pitted skin. Here the word pitted means
25. They were eating fruit with
26. Which fruit has not been mentioned in the poem?
27. Wicks balance flame, a dark dew
28. Wicks balance flame, a dark dew falls .Here the word Wicks means
29. Wicks balance flame. Here the word balance means
Short Questions
1. Describe the scene at the fruit street?
2. How do the fruit look?
3. How does the poet describe the fruits piled in the street?
4. How the children enjoy the fruit?
5. What are the dark children carrying?
6. What happens to the children when the fruit juice flow?
7. what things in the poem refer to the joys of the world?
8. What things in the poem refer to the sorrows of the world?
9. Where is the poet standing?
10. Which fruit have been mentioned in the point?
11. Who came to buy fruit?
12. Why do Children forget the troubles of the world?
13. Write down the theme/idea of the poem?
Long Questions
"1. Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
Wicks balance flame, a dark dew falls
In the street of the fruit stalls
Melon, guava, mandarin,
Pyramid-piled like cannon balls,
Glow red-hot, gold-hot from within."
"2. Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
Dark children with a coin to spend
Enter the lantern’s orbit; find
Melon, guava, mandarin-
The moon compacted to a rind,
The sun is a pitted skin."
"3. Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
They take it, break it open, let
A gold or silver fountain wet
Mouth, fingers, cheek, nose, chin:
Radiant as lanterns, they forget
The dark street I am standing in."