"The bird stalks down his narrow cage" because he:
1.is stuck within the cage
2.finds it to be a good pastime
3.feels safe inside the cage
4.is afraid of what lies outside the cage
"The crocodile had no need to hide himself " Why?
1.It had no natural predators
2.Humans stayed away from it
3. Its prey could not easily escape it
4.All of these
A year ago, the___________seemed to blaze because of the colourful flags hoisted atop them.
1.house roofs
2.window-sets
3.church spires
4.shamble's Gate
Explain: "...can seldom see through its bars of rage"
1.The bars are too close and cannot be seen through
2.Anger clouds the vision of the bird
3.Depression has physically robbed the bird of its sight
4.None of these
Few people observed the narrator from the
1.house roofs
2.window-sets
3.church spires
4.shamble's gate
The cage is a multi-layered image symbolizing the___________faced by the African Americans.
1.injustices
2.oppression
3.ostracisation
4.All of these
The crocodile keeps its nostrils above the water to breathe the___________
1.clean sunny air
2.fresh mountain air
3.humid forest air
4.None of these
The crocodile was the length of a tall man.
1.half
2.twice
3.thrice
4.quadruple
The fact that the caged bird has 'clipped' wings and "tied' feet reflects how marginalized communities are often stripped of their_______________ .
1.autonomy
2.freedom
3.Both (a) and (b)
4.None of these
The word closest in meaning to rippled' in the above line is:
1.wrinkled
2.lightly ruffled
3. lightly rumpled
4.folded
The word closest in meaning to the word 'stalks' in the above extract is:
1.follows
2.stares
3.creeps
4.None of these
The word closest in meaning to, "harvest' in the above extract is:
1.Achievement
2.Aim
3.Accolade
4.Acknowledgment
There were__________lying stuck around the stones until someone came to dislodge them and send them on their way.
1.rags
2.jewels
3.sleepers
4.logs
Which of these is not a state of the narrator's mind in this poem?
1.calm
2.dejected
3.complacent
4.enraged
Who are the "loving friends" mentioned here?
1.close friends of the narrator
2.fellow associates of the narrator
3.enemies of the narrator
4.fellow countrymen of the narrator