Eng Flashcards
(23 cards)
How was Annette Brougham different from Reginald Sellers in ‘The Man Upstairs’?
Despite being unsuccessful she was not critical about others
How does the speaker describe a mother’s yellow Madhura sari in ‘My Mother’s Sari by Vaidehi?
With its green border of blooms
The latex of which fruit does the speaker refer to while describing the color of her mother’s sari in the poem ‘My Mother’s Sari’?
Mango
Which of the following doesn’t describe Dame Van Winkle?
Soft spoken
What do you understand by ‘Ninepin’?
Bowling game
Which of the following does NOT describe Derrick Van Brummel in ‘Rip Van Winkle’?
Artist
Why does Annette Brougham belittle Reginald Sellers talent as an artist in ‘The Man Upstairs’ by P.G. Wodehouse
As she finds him criticizing Alan’s painting
Where was Russell-Einstein Manifesto issued?
London
What will be fostered with any kind of agreement between East and West according to ‘The Russell-Einstein Manifesto’?
It tends to diminish tension
Who among the following women characters is fearless in ‘Akku’?
Doddattae
Who is referred to as ‘dummy’ in the story ‘Akku’?
Akku -Pottu
What is referred to as ‘Seemantha’ in the story ‘Akku’?
Baby shower
Who was annoying Annette by knocking in the room in ‘The Man Upstairs’?
Alan
Who purchased Reginald’s allegorical painting in ‘The Man Upstairs’?
Glasgow plutocrat
How did Alan Beverly react when he learnt that Annette Brougham composed music in ‘The Man Upstairs’?
He gave a look of unqualified admiration
What do scales do according to the speaker in the poem ‘On Buying and Selling’?
Weigh value against value
Which of the following is NOT the theme of the poem ‘The Shield of Achilles’?
Stages of man’s life
What are raiment and food for the soul according to Al Mustafa in ‘On Buying and Selling?
Art and music
Why should nobody return empty-handed from the market according to the speaker in ‘On Buying and Selling?
Master spirit won’t be peaceful
In the poem ‘Ethics’, what was the question posed by the teacher?
If there were a fire in a museum, which would you save, a Rembrandt painting or an old woman…
What is the theme that Linda Paston did not deal with in the poem, ‘Ethics’?
Beauty
Why is the last step never there in the poem ‘Chicago Zen’?
Because life is a continuous process
Now you know what you always knew:the country cannot be reached by jet. Nor by boat on jungle river, hashish behind the Monkey-temple, nor moonshot to the cratered Sea of Tranquility”. What is the poet trying to convey through these lines in the poem ‘Chicago Zen’?
The impossible prospect of return to the homelan
