MCQs For NCERT Class 12 English Chapter 6 Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers (Adrienne Rich)

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Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers Class 12 MCQ Questions with Answers

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Question: What is the significance of the word ringed?         
(a) responsibilities
(b) heavy duties
(c) fatty people
(d)  responsibilities that formed circles like a ring surrounding her finger

Question: What is the meaning of the word ‘Chivalric’?     
(a)ferocious
(b) fearless
(c)commanding and demanding high respect
(d)None

Question. What do you understand by the words ‘denizens’ and ‘chivalric’ in the poem?           
(a) The dominant and highly arrogant attitude of the wild animal-tiger
(b) tiger is a wild animal
(c) tiger is hungry
(d) beauty of the tige

Question.. What does echo through her work?         
(a) A strong resistance to racism and militarism
(b) her love for poetry
(c) her passion of essay writing
(d) her wish to publish her work

Question: What is aunt Jennifer loaded with?         
(a)weight of rings
(b)weight of tigers
(c)burden of household work
(d)heavy responsibilities of married life

Question: What do aunt Jennifer’s fluttering hands through her wool in the second stanza tell us?                             
(a)the lost freedom and fear of Jennifer’s mind because marital restraints
(b)her old age
(c)her love for embridery and knitting
(d)her love for tigers

Question. What is Aunt Jennifer doing with wool?   
(a) she is embroidering a wall panel
(b) she is knitting a scarf
(c) she is making a ball of wool
(d) she is knitting a cap

Question.  The word ‘prance’ in the poem means         
(a) to jump ahead
(b) to dance
(c) to eat
(d) to prowl

Question. ‘Terrified hands’ of Aunt Jennifer means         
(a) hard and bitter experience of married life
(b) scared hands
(c) un-manicured hands
(d) soft and nice hands

Question: What issue does the poem Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers address?       
(a)constraints of women
(b)constraints of married life a woman experiences
(c)constraints of women as a poet
(d)None

Question. The poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’ is written by           
(a) Elizabeth Arden
(b) Adrienne Rich
(c) Kamla Das
(d) Sarojini Naidu

Question. Proud’ and ‘unafraid’. These two adjectives have been used for   
(a) the uncle
(b) the males in the society
(c) the tigers on the forest
(d) the tigers on the panel

Question. The beautiful and lifelike tigers on the panel, show Aunt Jennifer’s       
(a) hatred for life
(b) hatred for men
(c) creativity
(d) suffering

Question. She was mastered by is a reference made to the
A) hardships and difficulties that Aunt Jennifer faced during her lifetime
B) she was a slave
C) he had a rude master
D) her teacher taught her nothing

Question. Aunt Jennifer’s family consists of
A) she and her husband
B) she and her tigers
C) she and her kids
D) she and her servants

Question. What is Aunt Jennifer’s expectation from her life, as in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) a colour full vibrant life
B) A life full of happiness
C) A life full of blessings
D) all of the above

Question. Aunt Jennifer’s family consists of
A) she and her husband
B) she and her tigers
C) she and her kids
D) she and her servants

Question. Where do aunt’s tigers belong?
A) to a cage
B) zoo
C) mountains
D) world of green forests

Question. How are tigers described in the poem?
A) as ferocious
B) fearless
C) chivalric
D) All these

Question. What are the contrasting ideas in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) an oppressed woman dominated by male superiority, victimized, fearful, indecisive
B) weak, timid, feeble, shivering in fear, stifled and weighed upon by the marriage
C) whereas the tigers she weaves are chivalric, confident, fearless, assertive, strong and energetic
D) All of the above

Question. ‘Terrified hands’ represent which poetic device in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) Synecdoche
B) Transferred epithet
C) Simile
D) Both A) & B)

Question. Who reminded Americans of their rights of liberty, as in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) Ralph Waldo Emerson
B) Robert Clive
C) Ruskin Bond
D) Ogden Nash

Question. When did Ralph Waldo Emerson remind Americans of their rights of liberty, as in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) During the independence
B) when many people started to conform to established norms
C) when many people started revolting
D) None of the above

Question. The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band is a subtle reference to
A) male oppression
B) suppression at the hands of her husband
C) the heavy gold ring
D) the huge gold wedding band makes her uncomfortable

Question. The word ‘prance’ in the poem means
A) to jump ahead
B) to dance
C) to eat
D) to prowl

Question. What do you understand by the words ‘denizens’ and ‘chivalric’ in the poem?
A) The dominant and highly arrogant attitude of the wild animal-tiger
B) tiger is a wild animal
C) tiger is hungry
D) beauty of the tiger

Question. Of what or of whom is aunt Jennifer terrified of in the 3rd stanza?
A) of tigers
B) of her death
C) of her old age
D) of her dominant husband

Question. Do you think women around the world are facing patriarchal issues, as in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) No
B) Yes
C) May be
D) May be not

Question. ‘Proud’ and ‘unafraid’. These two adjectives have been used for
A) the uncle
B) the males in the society
C) the tigers on the forest
D) the tigers on the panel

Question. ‘Denizens’ of a world of green means
A) residents of forests
B) residents of green buildings
C) live in green cages
D) live in green grasslands

Question. ‘Massive’ means
A) high
B) huge
C) minimum
D) small

Question. The beautiful and lifelike tigers on the panel, show Aunt Jennifer’s
A) hatred for life
B) hatred for men
C) creativity
D) suffering

Question. What would Jennifer’s terrified hands tell after her death?
A) story of her life
B) her constrained married life
C) her strength to find her ways and beat the fears
D) All these

Question. The poet describes the colour of the tigers as
A) brown
B) light brown
C) dark brown
D) topaz coloured

Question. The Tigers are not afraid of
A) the hunters
B) the elephants
C) the lions
D) the men beneath the tree

Question. ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ talks about the power of patriarchy control, penned down by _____.
A) Adrienne Rich
B) Ruskin Bond
C) Robert Frost
D) Kamala Devi

Question. What does ‘denizen’ mean in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) Occupants
B) Survivors
C) Expressors
D) None of the above

Question. ‘Sleek chivalric certainty’ of the tigers means
A) totally free movement of the tigers
B) ensure tiger in the cage
C) tiger moving in his cage
D) tiger trying to be chivalrous

Question. ‘Fingers fluttering through her wool’. The poetic device used here is
A) simile
B) metaphor
C) alliteration
D) personification lie

Question. What is Aunt Jennifer doing with wool?
A) she is embroidering a wall panel
B) she is knitting a scarf
C) she is making a ball of wool
D) she is knitting a cap

Question. What does ‘chivalric certainty’ represent in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) power & virtue with confidence & conviction
B) good behaviour
C) predictable behaviour
D) None of the above

Question. How are Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) Real tigers
B) Tamed tigers
C) Artificial tigers
D) Embroidered tigers

Question. What are the ordeals aunt Jennifer is surrounded by?
A) wild animals
B) old people
C) a heavy crowd
D) heavy responsibilities of married life

Question. The word ‘chivalric’ in the context means
A) timid
B) arrogant
C) honourable and brave
D) malicious

Question. What did Ralph Waldo Emerson invite the American society for, as in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) For a get together for freedom
B) To make them realise that they were relinquishing their rights
C) To make them realise the importance of freedom
D) All of the above

Question. What are the meanings of ‘ringed’, as in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) ring in Aunt Jennifer’s finger which sits heavily on her
B) difficulties which will always surround Aunt Jennifer
C) calls by made Aunt Jennifer
D) Both A) & B)

Question. What is the meaning of the word ‘Chivalric’?
A) ferocious
B) fearless
C) commanding and demanding high respect
D) None

Question. Still ringed’ means
A) oppression will continue
B) too many rings on her fingers
C) ring of the bell
D) quiet and peaceful

Question. She was mastered by is a reference made to the
A) hardships and difficulties that Aunt Jennifer faced during her lifetime
B) she was a slave
C) he had a rude master
D) her teacher taught her nothing

Question. How does the poet’s tone appear while describing the tiger, in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) Dull & gloomy
B) Positive & cheerful
C) Happy & content
D) None of the above

Question. What does the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ depict in a nutshell?
A) Aunt Jennifer’s desires
B) Aunt Jennifer’s dreams
C) The real picture of Aunt Jennifer’s life
D) All of thovee ab

Question. The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band is a subtle reference to
A) male oppression
B) suppression at the hands of her husband
C) the heavy gold ring
D) the huge gold wedding band makes her uncomfortable