An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum MCQ Practice

• Poem: An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
• Poet: Stephen Spender
• Number of Questions: 10
• Target: Class 12th Board Exam

Let’s Start

1. The line “The tall girl with her weighed-down head” means-

1. The girl has put her head down
2. She has long hairs
3. The girl is ill and exhausted
4. None of the above

2. The poet used the expression “sour cream walls” to describe-

1. The color of walls
2. Poor, dull and ill equipped environment of classroom
3. The absence of proper light
4. None of the above

3. What does the poet wish for the slum children?

1. To venture into the outside world
2. To leave the school
3. Experience better present and future life
4. Both (1) and (3)

4. The expression “The paper-seeming boy” means that boy is-

1. Thin, hungry and weak
2. As fair as a paper
3. Shy
4. None of the above

5. Which line represents someone has an inherited disability?

1. Paper seeming boy
2. Unlucky heir of twisted bones
3. Weighed down head
4. None of the above

6. Which word is used in the poem to represent “undeveloped” or “immature”?

1. Cramped
2. Unnoted
3. Stunted
4. None of the above

7. The faces of children are compared to-

1. Sour cream walls
2. Rootless weed
3. Tyrolese Valley
4. None of the above

8. Whose portrait was hung on the sour cream walls?

1. Shakespeare
2. Charles Dickens
3. William Wordsworth
4. Anne Hathaway

9. How can children’s lives be changed?

1. With proper education
2. With freedom
3. With basic facilities
4. All the above

10 Who should take the initiative to make a real difference in their situation?

1. Governor, inspector and visitors 
2. Politicians, rich and visitors
3. Governor, rich and visitors
4. Governor, politicians and visitors