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NCERT: CLASS XII, ENGLISH, Flamingo: Quiz on Poem- ‘My Mother at Sixty-six’

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Poem ‘My Mother at Sixty-six’ Quiz

For better understanding of the poem ‘My Mother at Sixty-six’, solve this Quiz carefully. Different types of questions are added quite skillfully for perfect appreciation of the Poem.

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1. Kamala Das (1934–2009) started her career as a poet with the name of _______________.

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2. 'My Mother at Sixty-Six’ is an emotional poem that describes ______________________.

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3. In the poem 'My Mother at Sxty-Six', the daughter expresses her concern over __________________ .

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4. The daughter describes her feelings for her mother while traveling _________________.

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5. When the poet looks out through the window of the car she saw-

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6. Mother was looking ___________________ when the poet observed her mother carefully.

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7. The poet compares her mother to ________________.

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8. As a child, the poet was so afraid of _________________.

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9. "all I did was smile and smile and smile…."
(Name the Figure of Speech in this line)

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10. "like that of a corpse and realized with pain"
(Name the Figure of Speech in this line)

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11. Find word from the poem which mean 'dead body':

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12. The poet's continuous smiles are an attempts to overcome the ache and fear inside her heart-
(State whether 'True' or 'False')

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13. The pale and colourless face of the mother resembles the late summer moon-
(State whether 'True' or 'False')

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14. The parting words ('see you soon, Amma') of the poet and her smile signifies-

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15. 'standing a few yards away'
(In this line the word 'yard' refers to __________)

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16. What is the theme of the poem 'My Mother At Sixty-six'?
(a. Ageing  b. Loneliness
c. Depression  d. Sadness )

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17. The poem does not contain a regular rhyme scheme. It means that it is written in _____________.

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18. The poet does not use any full stop marks throughout the poem, even at the end. This writing structure is called _____________.

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19. The 'trees' in the poem symbolize life and mobility while the mother’s face portrays the ______________.

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20. The merry children in the poem are depicted as a symbol of ________________.

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About the Poet
Kamala Das (1934 – 2009), the renowned Indian writer, wrote poetry and prose both in her mother tongue, Malayalam, and in English. While writing in Malayalam, she used the pen name Madhavikutty. She was born in Malabar, Kerala into a fairly privileged family. She is a sensitive and tactful writer who captured the complex subtleties  of human relationships in lyrical idiom. Kamala Das is famous for capturing the complications and confusions of relationships between human beings.

 

About the Poem
My Mother at Sixty-six is one of the best emotional and heart-touching poems of Kamala Das which highlights the special bonding between a mother and a daughter. The poem is one of the exceptional examples of the human attachment, between a mother and daughter. The speaker of the poem is a daughter who is worrying about the future of her mother. The speaker is absolutely dismayed regarding the fear of losing her own mother who is sixty-six years old.

 

Poem
Driving from my parent’s home
to Cochin last Friday morning,
I saw my mother, beside me, doze,
open mouthed, her face ashen
like that of a corpse and realized with pain
that she was as old as she looked
but soon put that thought away,
and looked out at Young Trees sprinting,
the merry children spilling out of their homes,
but after the airport’s security check,
standing a few yards away,
I looked again at her, wan, pale
as a late winter’s moon
and felt that old familiar ache,
my childhood’s fear,
but all I said was, see you soon, Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and smile….

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