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12 questions
  1. "My Mother at Sixty-Six" was written by —
    1. Toru Dutt
    2. Kamala Das
    3. Sarojini Naidu
    4. Nissim Ezekiel
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    Answer: (B) Kamala Das

    It is by Kamala Das, the leading Indian confessional poet.

  2. Kamala Das wrote in Malayalam under the pen name —
    1. Kamala Surayya
    2. Madhavikutty
    3. Amrita
    4. Meera
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    Answer: (B) Madhavikutty

    Madhavikutty was her Malayalam pen name.

  3. The only novel written by Kamala Das is —
    1. My Story
    2. The Stranger Time
    3. Alphabet of Lust
    4. Summer in Calcutta
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    Answer: (C) Alphabet of Lust

    Alphabet of Lust is her only novel. My Story is an autobiography.

  4. In the poem the poet compares her mother’s face to —
    1. a faded photograph
    2. the face of a corpse
    3. a dried leaf
    4. an empty house
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    Answer: (B) the face of a corpse

    The first simile is ashen like that of a corpse — death named at once.

  5. At the airport the mother’s face is compared to —
    1. a summer sun
    2. a late winter’s moon
    3. a candle flame
    4. a grey cloud
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    Answer: (B) a late winter’s moon

    Faint, cold light near the end of its season — a very gentle image of age.

  6. Why does the poet look out of the car window?
    1. To see the road ahead
    2. To escape the sight of her ageing mother
    3. To look for the airport
    4. To watch the weather
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    Answer: (B) To escape the sight of her ageing mother

    The young trees and running children are the opposite of what is beside her.

  7. What does the poet see outside the window?
    1. Hills and rivers
    2. Young trees sprinting and children spilling out of homes
    3. Crowded markets
    4. Rain and mist
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    Answer: (B) Young trees sprinting and children spilling out of homes

    Images of youth and movement, set against the sleeping mother.

  8. The "old familiar ache" in the poem is the poet’s —
    1. physical illness
    2. childhood fear of losing her mother
    3. anger at her family
    4. tiredness from travel
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    Answer: (B) childhood fear of losing her mother

    The dread of losing her mother, which she has carried since childhood.

  9. The poem ends with the poet —
    1. weeping openly
    2. smiling and smiling and smiling
    3. turning back home
    4. telling her mother the truth
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    Answer: (B) smiling and smiling and smiling

    The repeated smile is a mask, held in place with effort.

  10. The poem is written as —
    1. a sonnet
    2. a single sentence in free verse
    3. rhymed quatrains
    4. blank verse
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    Answer: (B) a single sentence in free verse

    One unbroken sentence, which gives the sound of a thought that cannot be stopped.

  11. Confessional poetry is best described as poetry that —
    1. follows strict classical rules
    2. speaks openly about the poet’s private life
    3. retells religious stories
    4. avoids all personal feeling
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    Answer: (B) speaks openly about the poet’s private life

    It deals frankly with the poet’s own private experience.

  12. The contrast in the poem is chiefly between —
    1. town and country
    2. youth and age
    3. rich and poor
    4. India and abroad
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    Answer: (B) youth and age

    Sprinting trees and running children stand against the dozing, ageing mother.

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