1. Who is the poet of the poem Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers?
- Adrienne Rich
- Jonathan Aaron
- J. H. M. Abbott
- Mark Abley
2. What is the poet known for?
- She is widely known for her involvement in the contemporary women’s movement as a poet and theorist
- for her beauty
- for her philosophy
- for her poems
3. What is still fresh in Jennifer’s mind?
- happy moments
- early days of marriage
- uncle’s attitude
- the old unhappy memories
Answer
uncle’s attitude
4. The attitude of the poet towards Aunt Jennifer is that of –
- hatred
- love
- sympathy
- casual
5. What is the tone of the poem towards the end?
- happy moments
- resolving
- hopeful
- sad and tensed
6. How are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers different from her?
- aunt lives in a city and tigers in forests
- aunt is old and tigers are young
- tigers are courageous and carefree and aunt is terrified
- none of above
Answer
tigers are courageous and carefree and aunt is terrified
7. How do the Prancing tigers look?
- just like diamond
- just like Topaz
- just like coal
- just like stone
8. What is presented through uncle’s character?
- Male strength
- Man is powerful
- man is like tigers
- male chauvinism
9. The poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ uses ‘wedding bands’, ‘tigers’, ‘terrified hands’ etc as –
- symbols
- poetic devices
- as alliteration
- as a metaphor
10. How many volumes of poetry has she published?
11. Will go on prancing’ means the –
- spirit of freedom of the tigers will continue to exist
- tigers will dance
- tigers will kill
- tigers will show tricks
Answer
spirit of freedom of the tigers will continue to exist
12. What lies heavily on Aunt Jennifer’s hand?
- needles
- embroideries
- wedding ring
- work pressure
13. What does echo through her work?
- Strong resistance to racism and militarism
- her love for poetry
- her passion for essay writing
- her wish to publish her work
Answer
A strong resistance to racism and militarism
14. Interpret terrified hands.
- The physical condition of aunt
- the mental state of aunt
- tensed, troubled physical and mental state of aunt Jennifer
- fears of aunt
Answer
tensed ,troubled physical and mental state of aunt Jennifer
15. What is the meaning of the word ‘ringed’?
- circles of a ring
- her wedding ring around her finger
- circles of responsibility of married life
- none
Answer
circles of responsibility of married life
16. The beautiful and lifelike tigers on the panel, show Aunt Jennifer’s
- hatred for life
- hatred for men
- creativity
- suffering
17. The attitude of the poet towards Aunt Jennifer is that of
- hatred
- love
- sympathy
- casual
18. Proud’ and ‘unafraid’. These two adjectives have been used for
- the uncle
- the males in the society
- the tigers on the forest
- the tigers on the panel
Answer
the tigers on the panel
19.She was mastered by is a reference made to the
- hardships and difficulties that Aunt Jennifer faced during her lifetime
- she was a slave
- he had a rude master
- her teacher taught her nothing
Answer
hardships and difficulties that Aunt Jennifer faced during her lifetime
20. Will go on prancing’ means the
- spirit of freedom of the tigers will continue to exist
- tigers will dance
- tigers will kill
- tigers will show tricks
Answer
spirit of freedom of the tigers will continue to exist