10. MY GRAND MOTHER’S HOUSE

1. Kamala Das was born in ……………….

(A) 1933
(B) 1934
(C) 1935
D) 1936

2. Which figure of speech has been used in ‘My Grandmother’s House’ ?

(A) metaphore
(B) personification
(C) epic simile
(D) simile

3. The speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ is proud of-

(A) her parent’s house
(B) her grandmother’s house
(C) her uncle’s house
(D) None of these

4. When did the speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ live with her grandmother ?

(A) during her childhood
(B) during her adolescence
(C) during her youth
(D) None of these

5. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ published in –

(A) 1963
(B) 1964
(C) 1965
(D) 1966

6. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ is —

(A) a sonnet
(B) an ode
(C) a ballad
(D) a lyric

7. During her childhood the speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ lived with her –

(A) grandmother
(B) aunt
(C) mother
(D) None of house

8. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ published in-

(A) ‘Descendants
(B) ‘Summer in Calcutta
(C) The Old Playhouse and Other Poems
(D) None of these

9. Who was composed the poem, ‘My Grandmother’s House’ ?

(A) Kamala Das
(B) A.K. Ramanujan
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) None of these

10. Who is the speaker in ‘My Grandmother’s House’ ?

(A) Toru Dutta
(B) Kamala Das
(C) S.K. Kumar
(D) None of these

11. Kamala Das has written the poem –

(A) Snake
(B) Fire-Hymn
(C) My Grandmother’s House
(D) The Soldier

12. Kamala Das is an …………. Poetess.

(A) American
(B) Indian
(C) African
(D) Russian

13. Kamala Das is talking about her……….. who is dead now.

(A) father
(B) mother
(C) grand father
(D) grand mother

14. Kamala Das remembers the happy days spent in the sweet company of her

(A) grand mother
(B) grand father
(C) father
(D) mother

15. She noticed a ……………. behind the door of the bedroom.

(A) ox
(B) cow
(C) dog
(D) cat

16. The house went into silence due to the death of the

(A) woman
(B) man
(C) girl
(D) boy

17. ‘My Grand mother’s House’ is an …………….. poem by Kamala Das.

(A) biographical
(B) auto biographical
(C) bibiliographical
(D) None of these

18. The poetess in ‘The Grand Mother’s House’ begs at ……………doors.

(A) friend’s
(B) family’s
(C) stranger’s
(D) enemy’s

19. ‘There is a house now far away where once I received love’ ………… is from the poem

(A) Song of Myself
(B) Ode to Autumn
(C) My Grand mother’s House
(D) Snake

20. ‘Behind my bedroom’s door like a brooding’ is written by

(A) Rupert Brooke
(B) Kamala Das
(C) Keki N. Daruwalla
(D) T.S. Eliot