- Chapter: Childhood
- Author: Markus Natten
- Number of Questions: 10
- Target: Class 11th Exam
Let’s Start
1. what is the poem ‘ Childhood ‘ about ?
- Poet’s lost childhood
- Childhood of every person
- Childhood of poet’s child
- poet’s father’s childhood
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Answer: 1. Poet’s lost childhood
Explanation: none
2. After what age did the poet realise that he had lost his childhood ?
- Twelve
- Eleven
- Ten
- Thirteen
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Answer: 2. Eleven
Explanation: none
3. What could the poet not find in the Geography book ?
- Hell and Heaven
- End of the sky
- Island
- Country
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Answer: 1. Hell and Heaven
Explanation: none
4. What did the poet find out about Hell and Heaven
- They could be found in Geography books
- They were imaginary places
- They were in America
- They were in India
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Answer: 2. They were imaginary places
Explanation: none
5. What did the poet realise about adults ?
- That they are mature
- They have to earn money
- They are not what they seem to be
- They are cunning
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Answer: 3. They are not what they seem to be
Explanation: none
6. Why are the adults not what they seem to be ?
- They talk and preach of love but do not act so
- They are very shrewd
- They are selfish
- They are lazy
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Answer: 1. They talk and preach of love but do not act so
Explanation: none
7. What did the poet realise about his mind when he lost his childhood
- That he can use it in whichever way he wants
- That he is very intelligent
- That he is dumb
- That he cannot use it in whichever way he wants
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Answer: 1. That he can use it in whichever way he wants
Explanation: none
8. What did the poet conclude about his lost childhood at the end of the poem ?
- It went to another dimension
- It went to some forgotten place
- It moved away with time
- It shifted to his younger sibling
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Answer: 2. It went to some forgotten place
Explanation: none
9. Where could he see his childhood now ?
- In an infant’s face
- Only in his memories
- Nowhere
- In his brother
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Answer: 1. In an infant’s face
Explanation: none
10. Who is the poet of the poem ‘Childhood ‘ ?
- Shirley Toulson
- Walt Whitman
- Marcus Natten
- Naipul
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Answer: 3. Walt Whitman
Explanation: none