8. FIRE-HYMN

1. The term “Zoroastrain’ in ‘Fire-Hymn’ stands for-

(A) Hindu
(B) Muslim
(C) Christian
(D) Parsi

2. The nearest ‘Tower of Silence’ according to the poem, ‘Fire-Hymn’ was ………… away.

(A) a thousand miles
(B) two thousand miles
(C) three thousand miles
(D) None of these

3. The speaker in the poem, ‘Fire-Hymn’ swears-

(A) once
(B) twice
(C) thrice
(D) None of these

4. Who has composed the poem, ‘Fire-Hymn” ?

(A) K.N. Daruwalla
(B) Kamala Das
(C) J. Mahapatra
(D) None of these

5. K.N. Daruwalla received Sahitya Akademy Award in-

(A) 1983
(B) 1984
(C) 1985
(D) 1986

6. Daruwalla has been a well-known poet as well as a —

(A) dramatist
(B) novelist
(C) short-story-writer
(D) None of these

7. The theme of Daruwalla’s poety consist —

(A) love, death
(B) love, death, domination
(C) love, death, domination, cynicism
(D) love, death, domination, cynicism, plight of human society and violence

8. Daruwalla’s poetry is a totally…………recording to subjective responses’.

(A) impressionistic
(B) symbolistic
(C) idealistic
(D) None of these

9. ‘Fire-Hymn’ deals with …………ghar.

(A) bathing
(B) burning
(C) drinking
(D) None of these

10. The term ‘debauchery’ in ‘Fire-Hymn’ stands for-

(A) moral behaviour
(B) disgusting behaviour
(C) immoral behaviour
(D) None of these

11. Keki N. Daruwalla has written the poem- 

(A) Song of Myself
(B) Snake
(C) Fire-Hymn
(D) The Soldier

12. Keki N. Daruwalla is an is all ………… poet.

(A) American
(B) Indo-Anglian
(C) African
(D) British

13. Keki N. Daruwalla was a ……………… by religion.

(A) Parsi
(B) Muslim
(C) Hindu
(D) Christian

14. It was the …………. of the poet aling with him, passing by the cremation ghat.

(A) mother
(B) father
(C) brother
(D) son

15. The ……………. forgets its dead because sometimes it leaves the dead body half burnt.

(A) man
(B) animal
(C) five
(D) None of these

16. The cremation of dead bodies in ……………… are somewhat different.

(A) Parsi
(B) Muslim
(C) Hindu
(D) Christian

17. The speaker in ‘Fire-Hymn’ belongs to Le-ayun delongs to ………….. religion.

(A) Indian
(B) African
(C) Zoroastrian
(D) Nigerian

18………..swears to save fire from the  sin of forgetfullness.

(A) John Donne
(B) Keki N. Daruwalla
(C) John Keats
(D) T.S. Eliot

19. Keki N. Daruwalla consigned his new born ……………. to flames.

(A) son
(B) daughter
(C) brother
(D) sister

20. The ………………. child was consigned to the fire under compulsion.

(A) first born
(B) second born
(C) third born
(D) fourth born

21. ……….. belongs to Zoroastrian religion.

(A) Rupert Brooke
(B) Kamala Das
(C) John Donne
(D)Keki N. Daruwalla

22. The poet sees the red hot ……..

(A) iron
(B) face
(C) embers
(D) None of these

23. ‘We saw embers losing their cruel redness’ is taken from…………….

(A) Song of Myself
(B) Fire-Hymn
(C) The Soldier
(D) Snake

24. ‘As I concigned my first-born to the flames’ is written by-

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