Class - 12: English Revision Test Questions

 English Revision Test Questions

1.     Why was Franz reluctant to go to school that day?                                                   1

2.     What unusual sight did Franz notice on his way to school?                                      1

3.     How does the poet use imagery to describe her mother’s face?                                2

4.     What is the significance of the comparison “as a late winter’s moon”?                    2

5.     Why does the poet look out of the car window?                                                        2

6.     What emotions does the poet experience as she bids goodbye to her mother?         2

7.     How does the poem reflect the passage of time and ageing?                                    2

8.     Who is the author of the story The Last Lesson?                                                       1

9.     Who is the poet of the poem My Mother at 66?                                                        1

RTC 1:
"But now it was all so still! It was usually as noisy as the market-place."
Questions:

10. What change is being described here?                                                                 1

11. What was the reason for the unusual silence?                                                     1

12. Who is the speaker of this line?                                                                           1

RTC 2:
"…her face ashen like that of a corpse and realised with pain that she was as old as she looked."
Questions:

13. What does the poet compare her mother’s face to?                                                         1

14. What emotion does the poet feel upon this realisation?                                                  1

15. What poetic device is used in these lines?                                                                       1

 

Answers:

1. Why was Franz reluctant to go to school that day?

Franz was reluctant to go to school because he had not prepared his lesson on participles and was afraid of being scolded by his teacher, M. Hamel.

2. What unusual sight did Franz notice on his way to school?

Franz noticed that the town was unusually quiet and that the usual hustle and bustle outside the school was missing. He also saw people gathered in front of the bulletin board.

3. How does the poet use imagery to describe her mother’s face?

The poet uses visual imagery to describe her mother’s face as “ashen like that of a corpse,” highlighting her pallor, frailty, and old age. This comparison evokes the image of death and decay.

4. What is the significance of the comparison “as a late winter’s moon”?

The comparison signifies dullness, fading strength, and fragility. A late winter’s moon is pale and weak, symbolising the mother’s old age and nearing end of life.

5. Why does the poet look out of the car window?

The poet looks out of the car window to distract herself from the painful thought of her mother’s aging and mortality. It serves as a way to shift focus from her inner turmoil.

6. What emotions does the poet experience as she bids goodbye to her mother?

The poet feels a deep sense of fear, sadness, and helplessness as she confronts the harsh reality of her mother’s aging. She tries to hide her emotions by putting on a brave smile.

7. How does the poem reflect the passage of time and ageing?

The poem contrasts the vitality of youth seen outside the car window with the aging and pale image of the poet’s mother. This juxtaposition highlights the inevitable passage of time and the emotional impact of growing old.

8. Who is the author of the story The Last Lesson?

Alphonse Daudet is the author of the story The Last Lesson

9. Who is the poet of the poem My Mother at 66?

Kamala Das is the poet of the poem My Mother at 66

 

RTC 1: “But now it was all so still! It was usually as noisy as the market-place.”

10. What change is being described here?
The usual noisy atmosphere of the school is now replaced by an unusual stillness.

11. What was the reason for the unusual silence?
The school was quiet because it was the last French lesson being taught due to the German occupation of Alsace.

12. Who is the speaker of this line?
Franz, the narrator and student.

 

RTC 2: “…her face ashen like that of a corpse and realised with pain that she was as old as she looked.”

13. What does the poet compare her mother’s face to?
The poet compares her mother’s face to that of a corpse.

14. What emotion does the poet feel upon this realisation?
The poet feels pain, sorrow, and fear.

15. What poetic device is used in these lines?
Simile – the mother’s face is compared to a corpse using “like.”