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UNIT TEST POETRY (A.Y 2021-2022) PABLO NERUDA’s KEEPING QUIET

CLASS: XII MARKS: 40 DATE: 20.09.2021

I. MCQ’s on LITERARY DEVICES 40 X 1/2 = 20

1). What does the title of the poem “KEEPING QUIET” suggest?
A) Inactivity B) noise C) unhappiness D) Maintenance of silence
2). What does the poem speak about?
A) the necessity to be happy B) the necessity to introspect , understand and have feelings of brotherhood
C) the necessity to work quietly D) none
3). What does counting upto 12 signify and how will it help?
A) hours of the day B) months of a year
C) it will help to create peace and harmony D) all
4). What is poet’s pen name?
A) Neruda B) Pable C) Pablo D) Pablo Neruda
5).What does the style of the poem symbolise, that the poet used to write with?
A) desires B) happiness C) hope D) desire and hope
6). What is the original language of the poem ?
A) English B) French C) Pali D) Spanish
7). What is the essence or message of the poem ?
A) introspection and retrospection to be more peaceful and be in harmony B) to prosper
C) to be happier D) to reach out more people
8). What does the poet feel is needed to be at peace?
A) meeting with people B) talking with people C) interaction with the people D) Soul searching
9). According to the poet what creates barriers?
A) interactions B) reactions C) fighting D) languages
10). Why does the poet ask people not to speak?
A) because it creates noise B) he doesn’t like noise C) it makes things unpleasant
D) because it creates barriers or obstacles in the form of misunderstanding amongst people
11). What is the rhyming scheme used in the poem?
A) enclosed rhyme B) Monorhyme C) sonnet D) Free verse
12). How is keeping quiet related to life and can change attitude?
A) it helps to think and search soul B) helps to scratch one’s soul
C) helps to develop new thinking process D) All these
13). How will keeping quiet protect our environment?
A) by creating peace and brotherhood feelings B) no noise will be there
C) people will not fight D) none
14). What is destroying the environment?
A) unthoughtful actions B) violent actions C) speaking without thinking D) All
15) . What does number 12 represent?
A) Hours of the day and months of a year B) Earth C) Clock D) Cricket players
16). What does the poem Keeping Quiet teach us?
A) how to maintain silence B) not to make noise
C) speaking creates noise D) To be peaceful , thoughtful and have feelings of brotherhood
17). Not move our arms’ what does this expression refer to?
A) sit quietly B) stand quietly C) to be inactive D) sitting still without any movement
18). Why is silence treated as a big issue?
A) it helps to search our soul B) helps us to analyze our actions
C) helps us to be thoughtful and find our true self D) All these
19) .What should not be confused with total inactivity or death?
A) no movement B) a statue C) talking people D) Stillness and silence
20). What can be a cure or an antidote to violent actions?
A) speaking practice B) wise words C) polished language D) Practice of silence
21). What is the sadness in the poem that the poet speaks about ?
A) violence because of unthoughtfulness of the people B) unnecessary movements
C) speaking aloud D) fighting
22). What does the earth symbolise?
A) perseverence and new beginning from seemingly stillness B) stillness
C) greenery D) prosperity
23). What is always alive even when everything seems to be dead or still?
A) mountains B) rivers C) Sun D) Earth and nature are always alive
24). Why does the poet request people to keep quiet?
A) to maintain silence B) to avoid noise
C) to be friendly D) in the hope of becoming more thoughtful and peaceful
25). What does the poet want people to do for one second?
A) to sing B) to close eyes
C) to stand quietly D) to be silent and motionless
26). How can the moments of no activity help people?
A) they will be healthy B) they will be happy
C) they will work easily D) to relax and be more thoughtful
27). What will happen if there are no engines and no crowd?
A) noise will be lessened B) no crowd on roads
C) no traffic rush D) it will create a perfect, happy moment
28). Why is the moment of silence called Exotic?
A) because of the beautiful scenery around B) because of the gathering
C) because of large gathering D) because of perfect peace and harmony
29).What would everyone feel at that exotic moment?
A) happy B) content C) dancing D) strange blissful oneness
30). How long is the poet expecting everyone to stay still?
A) for 10 minutes B) for 12 minutes C) for 15 minutes D) for 1 second till we count 12
31). Why is the poet asking everyone not to speak any language?
A) to avoid noise B) to avoid loud voices C) to avoid people
D) to avoid conflicts and misunderstandings
32). What is the poet expecting from fishermen?
A) to find more fish B) to go deeper into the sea C) to think and stop harming the fish D) none
33). While gathering salt, what will happen to the man if he keep silent for a moment?
A) he will stop dropping it B) he will look at the ground
C) he will walk carefully D) he will think of the harm the salt is doing to his hands
34). What does hurt hand refer to ?
A) Growing needs of the man B) growing greed of man
C) unfulfilled desires D) growing insensitivity of man to pain
35). How will silence benefit the man and nature?
A) both will be friends B) man will know nature better
C) man will be healthy D) man will stop hurting nature and both will heal themselves
36). Which images in the poem show that the poet condemns or hate violence?
A) fishemen not harming whales B) wars leaving behind no survivors to celebrate
C) poet’s refusal to deal with death D) All these
37). What symbol from nature the poet uses to prove that keeping quiet is not total inactivity?
A) Sun B) Soil C) Earth D) Nature and Earth
38). What are the different kinds of wars mentioned in the poem?
A) War against humanity B) War against nature C) War with gases and fire D) All these
39). What can human beings learn from nature?
A) beauty B) keeping quiet C) to be happy D) working with silence
40). How does the poet perceive life?
A) as stillness B) as silence C) a noisy place D) a continuous evolution of nature

II EXTRACT MCQ’s
1. Read the extract to attempt questions that follow: (4 Marks)
It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines,
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.
Q.1 The rhyme of the poem is
a) aabb b) abab c) acbc d) None of the above
Q.2 The “exotic moment” that the poet refers to is, when
a) the whole world is destroyed b) all the people divided
c) all the people together with oneness d) all the people speak only in one language
Q.3 Which of the following is an example of anaphora?
a) We would all be together b) Without rush, without engines
c) It would be an exotic moment d) All the above
Q.4 The phrase “sudden strangeness‘ is an example of
a) Metaphor b) Simile c) Oxymoron d) Alliteration

2. Read the extract to attempt questions that follow: (4 Marks)

Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victory with no survivors,
would put on clean clothes
and walk about with their
brothers
in the shade, doing nothing.
Q.1 According to the poet wars would result in
a) the victory of none b) the death of all c) complete annihilation of the world d) above all
Q.2 The phrase “clean clothes” symbolises
a) Peace b) Well ironed clothes c) New clothes d) Spotless clothes
Q.3 _____________ walk about in the shade _____________
a) people who hate one another, singing b) people who love one another dancing
c) people who wage wars, doing nothing d) none of the above
Q.4 The poetic device used in the fourth line of the extract is
a) Alliteration b) Personification c) Transferred epithet d) None of the above

3. Read the extract to attempt questions that follow: (4 Marks)

What I want should not be
confused
with total inactivity.
Life is what it is about;
I want no truck with death.
Q.1 Which of the following is not correct ?
a) The poet wants all people to be idle doing nothing b) The poet wants all people to keep quiet to introspect
c) The poet wants all people to be like brothers d) The poet wants all people to love one another
Q.2 The phrase “Life is what it is about” means
a) living life miserably b) living life licentiously c) living life carefully d) living life as it is
Q.3 “I want no truck with death” indicates that the poet
a) wants a truck for death b) does not mean that inactivity is death
c) assures people that they would not face death at all d) does not want a truck

4. Read the extract to attempt questions that follow: (3 Marks)

Perhaps the Earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive.
Q.1 What can we learn from the Earth?
a) No hope for life after such large scale destruction of the planet
b) Hope for life in spite of the wars of all kinds referred to by the poet
c) No scope for life on the planet
d) Hope for life on other planets, after complete destruction of the Earth
Q.2 The words “everything seems dead” refer to
a) animals‘ life b) plants‘ life c) flora and fauna d) none of the above
Q.3 The last line of poem ends on a/an ______________ note.
a) pessimistic b) optimistic c) disillusioned d) imaginary

III. MCQs (Answer Any 5 of the following) 5 X 1 = 05

(ASSERTION & REASONING TYPE)
Q.I Assertion: The self-introspection is necessary for all literary persons.
Reason: Then only they will be able to meditate and save mankind from destruction.
a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
c) Assertion is true and reason is false.
d) Assertion is false and reason is true.

Q.2 Assertion: The poet wants everyone to remain quiet for sometime.
 Reason: Silence will allow to listen to the voices of quiet and serene nature.
a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
c) Assertion is true and reason is false.
d) Assertion is false and reason is true.
Q.3 Assertion: The exercise of counting upto twelve is suggested by the poet.
Reason: It helps to sit still and achieve a sense of togetherness.
a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
c) Assertion is true and reason is false.
d) Assertion is false and reason is true.

Q.4 Assertion: Pablo Neruda desires to stop inhuman activities.

Reason: He wants to live in a peaceful atmosphere.
a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
c) Assertion is true and reason is false
d) Assertion is false and reason is true

Q.5 Assertion: The poet wants everyone to learn from the nature to create and not to destroy.
Reason: He wants to escape from his duty towards the mankind.
a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
c) Assertion is true and reason is false.
d) Assertion is false and reason is true.

Q.6 Identify the tone of Pablo Neruda in the following line: Perhaps the Earth can teach us….
a) Confident and clear about the future events.
b) Dramatic about the prediction he made.
c) Convinced about the sequence of events to follow.
d) Uncertain, yet hopeful about the possibility.
Q.7 Based on the poem, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.
Statement 1: The poet urges his countrymen to stop for a while.
Statement 2: The poet urges all men to stop for a second.
a) Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.
b) Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true.
c) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true.
d) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 cannot be inferred.