Chapter-4: Childhood

 

1. Who is the poet of the poem ‘Childhood’?

  •  Elizabeth Jennings
  • Shirley Toulson
  • Markus Natten
  •  William Wordsworth

2. In the poem ‘Childhood’ The poet wants to know-

  • the day he became responsible
  • the day he became an adult
  • the day he became wise
  • the day he lost his childhood

Answer

the day he lost his childhood

3.  *We in the poem “Childhood’ stands for-

  • the father and mother
  •  the poet and his wife
  • the father and the son
  • the parents of the poet

Answer

the father and the son

4. What is hidden in an infant’s face?

  • Innocence
  •  Beauty
  • Freshness
  • Lost childhood

Answer

Walt Whitman Lost childhood

5.  Therefore could not be’ here means-

  •  they could not be found
  •  they could not exist
  • they could not continue
  •  they could not trouble

Answer

Walt Whitman they could not exist

6. My mind was mine means-

  •  I could use my mind
  • I had my mind
  •  I could think independently
  • when I had a mature mind

Answer

I could think independently

7. What is that the poet eager to know in the poem “Childhood”

Answer

where his childhood had gon

8. Adults talked-

Answer

of love and preached of love

9. Preached for love in the poem ‘Childhood’ means-

Answer

talked of love but didn’t act lovingly

10. In the poem “Childhood’ ‘mine alone’ means-

Answer

not influenced by others

11. How does the poet seem to feel about the loss of his childhood ?

12. The poet is . . about adulthood.

13. What could not be found in Geography books ?

14. In the poem “Childhood”, what does the poet say about adults ?

Answer

They are not so as they seem to be

15. When did the poet’s childhood go

Answer

He was I1 years old

16. Where is the poet able to find his lost childhood?

Answer

in the innocent facts of the infant

17. Where can one find real childhood ?

18. The childhood can be found in …..

19. Why do adults talk and preach of love but do not act lovingly?

Answer

because they are hypocrites

20. Antithesis is where two opposite words are used together in a sentence in a poem, where did the poet use it?

 

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