PALANIQUN BEARERS BY SAROJINI NAIDU

A Short Quiz on the Poem "Palaniqun BearersListen the audio and answer the questions '

Poem Quiz: Graceful Movements

Instructions: Choose the best answer for each question. Mark your answers and check your score at the end.

1. How is the woman described in the poem?

Like a flower in the wind of the song
Like a flower in the rain
Like a bird flying high
Like a pearl on the ground

2. Which of the following is NOT used to describe the woman’s movement in the poem?

She jumps like a spring
She floats like a laugh
She falls like a tear
She skims like a bird

3. In the line "She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream," what does "laugh" symbolize?

Joy and lightness
Sadness
Anger
Silence

4. What does the phrase "like a pearl on a string" suggest about the woman?

Her beauty and grace
Her sadness
Her strength
Her loneliness

5. How is the woman's presence described in the second stanza?

As soft and delicate
As bright and joyful
As heavy and burdened
As dark and mysterious

6. What literary device is primarily used in the lines like "She sways like a flower" and "She hangs like a star"?

Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification

7. What is the tone of the poem?

Peaceful and gentle
Joyful
Melancholic
Anger-filled

8. In the poem, how does the poet describe the woman’s impact on the scene?

She brightens it like a beam
She disrupts it like a storm
She dims it like a shadow
She hides within it like a secret

9. Which line suggests the woman's fragility and tenderness?

"She falls like a tear from the eyes of a bride"
"She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream"
"She springs like a beam on the brow of the tide"
"We bear her along like a pearl on a string"

10. What is the main theme of the poem?

The graceful and gentle movement of a woman
The beauty and delicacy of nature
The strength and resilience of a woman
The sorrow and melancholy of life

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