MCQ Question for Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 6 Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers (Adrienne Rich)

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Question. Who is the poet of the poem Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers?
A) Adrienne Rich
B) Jonathan Aaron
C) J. H. M. Abbott
D) Mark Abley

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. What is Aunt doing in the poem?
A) Cooking
B) Embroidery
C) Reading
D) Sleeping

Question. What is presented through uncle’s character?
A) Male strength
B)Man is powerful
C) man is like tigers
D) male chauvinism

Question. Where are the tigers sleeping?
A) on the trees
B) on the mountain top
C) in the cage
D) in the caves

Question. What is the poet conveying through aunt Jennifer’s tiger?
A) wild life
B) courageous tigers
C) tigers and their courage
D) female existence and their fear of men

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

Question. The rhyme scheme in stanza one is
A) aabb
B) abab
C) ABC
D) abbe

Question. Which words depict the dominant and arrogant attitude of the wild animal in the poem ?
A) dominant
B) arrogant
C) adorable
D) denizens and chivalric

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. Interpret terrified hands.
A) Physical condition of aunt
B) mental stae of aunt
C) tensed ,troubled physical and mental state of aunt Jennifer
D) fears of aunt

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 doing in the poem?
A) Cooking
B) Embroidery
C) Reading
D) Sleeping

Question. What is the purpose of creating animals which are completely a contrast to aunt’s character?
A) to show her strength and ability of not giving up in the face of difficulties
B) her courage
C) her fears and strengths
D) none

Question. Does Aunt Jennifer need sympathy?
A) yes
B) no
C) no, more than sympathy she deserves praise
D) none

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. What does the power of the patriarchy control, as in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) It controls women’s forms but not their minds
B) It controls the entire family
C) It controls the future generations
D) None of the above

Question. Who is a symbol of all married women, as in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) Tigers
B) Aunt Jennifer
C) Adrienne Rich
D) None of the above

Question. What has been the most important value in the United States, as in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) Society
B) Freedom
C) Fame
D) Glory

Question. Which year was the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ written in?
A) 1952
B) 1951
C) 1953
D) 1954

Question. What conflict is depicted in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) Between the rich and poor
B) Between the impulse to freedom and imagination
C) Between high class and low class
D) None of the above

Question. What do women all over the world wedge under, as in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) Parental control
B) Family pressure
C) tyrannical hand of a patriarchal society
D) None of the above

Question. What does the wedding band symbolise, as in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) true love of the bride & groom
B) the patriarchal society where the command is defined as masculine
C) a symbol of authority over each other
D) All of the above

Question. What do Aunt Jennifer’s hands represent, as in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) A mark of true beauty
B) A symbol of freedom
C) The expertise
D) The reality of her life

Question. What does ‘pace & prance’ mean, in the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) strength & energy
B) movement in blithe
C) pride & honor
D) Both A) & B)

Question. What is the rhyme scheme of 1st stanza of the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
A) abab
B) aabb
C) abaa
D) abbb

Question. The poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ is written by ______.
A) Aunt Jennifer
B) Adrienne Rich
C) Ruskin Bond
D) Ogden Nash

Question. For Aunt Jennifer, what do the tigers symbolise?
(A) Creative energy of women.
(B) Male-dominated society.
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Liberal society.

Question. Read the statements given below. Choose the option that accurately describes the given statements.
Statement I: The poem is a manifesto against the institution of marriage.
Statement II: Aunt Jennifer represents all women artists.
Statement III: The poem embodies an alternative for women to express their repressed desires through art. 
(A) Statement I is True, Statement II is False, Statement III cannot be inferred.
(B) Statement I and III are False, Statement II cannot be inferred.
(C) Statement I and II are True, Statement III cannot be inferred.
(D) Statement I is False, Statement II cannot be inferred, Statement III is True.

Question. Which of the following character traits suit Aunt Jennifer?
(A) bold and chivalric
(B) old and submissive
(C) cruel and tyrannical
(D) powerful and authoritarian

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

Question. The tone of the poem towards the end reflects _____________.
(A) happy moments
(B) resolving situation
(C) remorse and tension
(D) bright future

Question. What was Aunt mastered by?
(A) her embroidery skills.
(B) her culinary skills.
(C) her taming of the tigers.
(D) her ordeals.

Question. Choose the option that does NOT reflect what the tigers represent in the poem: 
(A) Aunt Jennifer’s undying hopes
(B) Aunt Jennifer’s failing marriage
(C) Aunt Jennifer’s artistic merit
(D) Aunt Jennifer’s frustrations

Question. What is the attitude of the speaker towards Aunt Jennifer?
(A) He is indifferent to her.
(B) He loves her.
(C) He sympathises with her.
(D) He is cruel towards her.

Question. Which of the following does NOT represent the contrast between Aunt Jennifer and the tigers?
(A) Uncertainty and confidence
(B) Terror and fearlessness
(C) Fiefdom and freedom
(D) Authority and autonomy

Question. Why did Aunt Jennifer choose to embroider tigers on the panel?
(A) To express her suppressed feelings.
(B) To express her inner strengths.
(C) To express her latent fighting spirit of a warrior.
(D) All of these.

Extract Based MCQs :

I. Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow: 
Aunt Jennifer’s finger fluttering through her wool
Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand. 

Question. How would you describe Aunt Jennifer based on the above extract?
(A) Oppressed
(B) Malnourished
(C) Aging
(D) Diseased

Question. Pick the option that displays the image which correctly corresponds to the type of task Aunt is engaged in:

(A) Option (i)
(B) Option (ii)
(C) Option (iii)
(D) Option (iv)

Question. Which of the following is an example of an alliteration?
(A) Finger fluttering through the wool
(B) Upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand
(C) Ivory needle hard to pull
(D) Massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band

Question. Uncle’s wedding band sits heavily on Aunt Jennifer’s hand because :
(A) it is an expensive and heavy ring.
(B) she was married against her will.
(C) she feels burdened in her marriage.
(D) their relationship is lacking in love.

II. When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.
The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid. 

Question. What makes the tigers “proud and unafraid”?
(A) They embody the grandeur and supremacy of animals in the wild.
(B) They symbolise authority and are ‘topaz denizens of green’.
(C) They represent Aunt’s repressed desires for freedom and power.
(D) They are a product of Aunt’s imagination and colonial experience.

Question. Choose the option that DOES NOT reflect the movement implied by ‘prancing’.
(A) Bounding
(B) Frolicking
(C) Strutting
(D) Shuffling

Question. Read the statement given below:
Aunt Jennifer’s plight is best explained by her hands, they hold both her freedom and the instrument of her imprisonment.
Choose the option that best explains the above statement, as per the extract.
(A) Aunt Jennifer’s hands are terrified, but when she is dead, her tigers will roam free.
(B) Aunt Jennifer knits her desires, but is overpowered by the wedding ring she wears.
(C) Aunt Jennifer’s tigers are proud and unafraid, but she is mastered by ringed ordeals.
(D) Aunt Jennifer makes panels of tigers when she has time from her responsibilities.

Question. Which of the following CANNOT be inferred from the given extract?
(A) Aunt Jennifer’s tigers will keep her alive in everyone’s memory.
(B) Aunt Jennifer feels oppressed and constricted in her marriage.
(C) Even in death, Aunt Jennifer cannot escape patriarchal subjugation.
(D) Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance as a lasting symbol of her desires.

III. Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty. 

Question. What does the phrase, ‘a world of green’ mean?
(A) Grass
(B) Grasslands
(C) Forest
(D) Trees

Question. How are the tigers different from their creator?
(A) Tigers are bold.
(B) Tigers are trained.
(C) Tigers are beautiful.
(D) All of these

Question. Why are the tigers called ‘Aunt Jennifer’s tigers’?
(A) She has tamed them.
(B) She has trained them.
(C) She has sheltered him.
(D) She has embroidered them.

Question. What does the word, ‘chivalric‘ mean?
(A) Bold as compared to women
(B) Sympathetic towards women
(C) Respectful towards women
(D) Quarrelling with women

IV. Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty. 

Question. How are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers described?
(A) Bright
(B) Confident
(C) Chivalric
(D) All of these

Question. Why are they described as denizens of a world of green?
(A) They are supporters of green colour.
(B) They are natives of tribes.
(C) They are natives of forests.
(D) They are natives of grasslands.

Question. Who are ‘They’ in the lines?
(A) Tigers in the forest
(B) Tigers made of wool
(C) Tigers roaming in the zoo
(D) Tigers purchased by the poet

Question. Why are ‘They’ not afraid of men?
(A) They are strong and powerful..
(B) They are trained by men.
(C) They are unaware about the presence of men.
(D) They are elegant.

V. Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool,
Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band,
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand. 

Question. What is Aunt Jennifer’s state of mind?
(A) Happy
(B) Peaceful
(C) Sad
(D) Perturbed

Question. Why are Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering?
(A) She is embroidering tigers.
(B) She is nervous.
(C) She is suffering from disease.
(D) She has become old.

Question. What does ‘The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band’ mean?
(A) Bound to live with her husband.
(B) Living away from the husband.
(C) Married to her husband as a child.
(D) Forced to lift uncle’s band daily.

Question. How do fluttering fingers affect Aunt Jennifer?
(A) Embroiders elegant tigers.
(B) Can’t pull the ivory needle.
(C) Keeps her work aside.
(D) All of these

VI. Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool
Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band,
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.

Question. Why does the ring weigh heavy?
(A) Restrictions of son
(B) Domination of husband
(C) Gaining weight
(D) All of these

Question. Why does she find it difficult to pull her ivory needle?
(A) She is terrorised.
(B) She has become old.
(C) She is unwell.
(D) She has forgotten the use of ivory needle.

Question. What does ‘wedding band‘ stand for?
(A) Wedding ring
(B) Music played at the wedding
(C) Responsibilities towards parents
(D) Responsibilities of married life

Question. What is Aunt Jennifer doing with her wool?
(A) Embroidering tigers.
(B) Making a rug for living room.
(C) Knitting a cardigan for her husband.
(D) Making a doll for her granddaughter.

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