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Class 10 English Chapter 14 Animals
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Animals
Chapter – 14
ENGLISH
Multiple Choice Questions & Answers
1. Who is the poet of the poem ‘‘Animals”?
(a) Leslie Norris
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Walt Whitman
Ans. (d) Walt Whitman.
2. Who, according to the poet, is better?
(a) human beings
(b) animals
(c) plants
(d) none
Ans. (b) Animals.
3. What do humans do that animals don’t?
(a) greed
(b) jealousy
(c) infuriate
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d) All of the above.
4. What is the meaning of ‘‘placid”?
(a) peaceful
(b) clumsy
(c) greedy
(d) jealousy
Ans. (b) Clumsy.
5. Who is not dissatisfied always?
(a) humans
(b) animals
(c) plants
(d) All of the above
Ans. (b) animals.
6. What qualities have the humans given up?
(a) innocence
(b) kindness
(c) truthfulness
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d) All of the above.
7. What is the attitude of the animals toward their sins?
(a) confused and unhappy.
(b) calm, peaceful and self-confident
(c) confused and bored
(d) none of the above
Ans. (b) Calm, peaceful and self-confident.
8. What is the meaning of “whine”?
(a) a beverage
(b) cry
(c) shout
(d) None
Ans. (b) Shout.
9. Who, according to the poet, is better?
(a) human beings
(b) animals
(c) both are equal
(d) none
Ans. (b) Animals.
10. Why do humans lie awake in the dark?
(a) Do not feel sleepy
(b) Do not feel tired
(c) Worried
(d) Cry for their sins
Ans. (d) Cry for their sins.
Thinking about the poem
1. Notice the use of the word ‘turn’ in the first line. ‘I think I could turn and live with animals…’ what is the poet turning from?
Ans: The poet is turning from a human – being to an animal.
2. Mention three things that humans do and animals don’t.
Ans: Humans cry over their condition. Humans lie awake at night and cry for the wrong they have done. Humans make each other sick by discussing their duties to God. But animals don’t do this.
3. Do humans kneel to other humans who lived thousands of years ago? Discuss this in groups.
Ans: yes, humans – beings kneeling to other humans who lived thousands of years ago. They worship their ancestors and pray by kneeling in front of their portraits.
4. What are the ‘tokens’ that the poet says he may have dropped long ago, and which the animals have kept for him? Discuss this in class. (hint : Whitman belongs to the romantic tradition that includes rousseau and wordsworth, which holds that civilization has made humans false to their own true nature. What could be the vaise aspects of our nature as living beings that humans choose to ignore or deny?)
Ans : The ‘ tokens’ are love, affection, kindness, sympathy etc. The poet says that Humans may have dropped these qualities. The poet wonders where did human beings lose their qualities such as signs of love, calmness, tenderness, selflessness, honesty, patience, empathy, and passed these qualities to animals. Humans lose these qualities but not the animals. That’s why poets say that animals are better than humans.
Short answers type questions and answers:
1. Name the book where the poem “Animals” has been extracted.
Ans:- The poem “Animals’ ‘ has been extracted from Walt Whiteman’s song “of myself’ ‘ in leaves of grass.
2. Name some qualities possessed by animals?
Ans:- Placidity, simplicity, self- contentment are some qualities possessed by animals.
3. How are animals different from humans about owning things or kneeling to one another?
Ans:- Human beings are mad about possessing things. But animals do not care for possession. It is madness only for humans. Animals do not kneel to others as humans do. For them, all are equal.
4. Why would the poet like to turn and live with the animals?
Ans:- Because the animals are innocent, calm and quiet.The poet considers them superior to humans.
5. What quality does man have but animals do not?
Ans:- The poet wondered where did human beings lose their qualities such as signs of love, calmness, selflessness, honesty, patience and empathy and passed these qualities to animals. These qualities are the lost value once human beings possessed them.
A. Choose the correct options for the following:-
1. Who is the poet of the poem ‘‘Animals”?
(i) Leslie Norris
(ii) Robert Frost
(iii) Carolyn Wells
(iv) Walt Whitman
Ans. (iv) Walt Whitman.
2. What is the meaning of ‘‘placid”?
(i) peaceful
(ii) clumsy
(iii) greedy
(iv) jealousy
Ans. (ii) Clumsy.
3. What is the meaning of “whine”?
(i) a beverage
(ii) cry
(iii) shout
(iv) None
Ans. (ii) cry.
4. What qualities have humans given up?
(i) innocence
(ii) kindness
(iii) truthfulness
(iv) All of the above
Ans. (iv) All of the above.
5. Why do humans lie awake in the dark?
(i) Do not feel sleepy
(ii) Do not feel tired
(iii) Worried
(iv) Cry for their sins
Ans. (iv) Cry for their sins.
6. Who kneels to another?
(i) animal
(ii) human
(iii) bird
(iv) the poet
Ans:- (ii) human.
7. What do the animals not do for their sins?
(i) They do not think
(ii) They do not care
(iii) They do not repeat
(iv) They do not lie awake in the dark and weep
Ans:- (iv) They do not lie awake in the dark and weep.
8. Why do animals no kneel to another? Because ………
(i) All are powerful
(ii) All are great
(iii) All are equal
(iv) All are dangerous
Ans:- All are equal
9. What do animals bring to the poet?
(i) Care
(ii) Love and affection
(iii) Support
(iv) Nothing
Ans:- (ii) Love and affection
10. Where do the animals get tokens from?
(i) The owner
(ii) The poet
(iii) Man
(iv) No one
Ans:- (iii) Man
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