P-2 The Laburnum Top- Class Test -25 NCERT BASED Course

Class 11.                 Sub- English.    Poem -2 The Laburnum Top - Ted Huges                                         Class Test -25M.                          Time - Zero Period     

Q1.Read the following stanzas and answers the questions that follow. 

She stokes it full, then flirts out to a branch-end Showing her barred face identity mask Then with ecrie delicate whistle-chirrup whisperings She launches away, towards the infinite And the laburnum subsides to empty.

(a)Explain the metaphor : She stokes it full.

(b) What does the goldfinch do after stoking 'it'?

©What happens to the tree after the bird has flown away? 

(d)Find out the poetic devices used in this stanza.

(e) Identify the poem and the poet.

B.Till the goldfinch comes, with a twitching chirrup A suddenness, a startlement, at a branch end. Then sleek as a lizard, and alert, and abrupt, She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up Of chitterings, and a tremor of wings, and trillings- The whole tree trembles and thrills.                            It is the engine of her family.

(a) What is a goldfinch?

(b) What happens when a goldfinch comes?

(c) How does the poet describe the bird's arrival? 

(d) Why is the bird so much alert?

(e) Find out the poetic devices used in this stanza.                       

  Q2.Answer any five of the following questions 2x5=10

A. What do you notice about the beginning and the ending of the poem?

B. To what is the bird's movement compared? What is the basis for the comparison?

C. Why is the image of the engine evoked by the poet?

D. What do you like most about the poem?

E. What does the phrase "her barred face identity mask" mean?

F. What is the significance of the term 'yellow'?

Q3.Answer any One of the following questions A or B  1x4=4

A.Describe the relationship between laburnum tree and goldfinch.

or

B.Write the central Idea/ Message of the Poem The Laburnum Top 

Q4.A.As the manager of ‘Excellent Coaching Centre’ run by you, prepare a poster calling the attention of students desirous of attending IIT, CPMT coaching to join your coaching centre. Or

B.Design a poster in not more than 50 words about the need for Regular Exercise. You may use slogans.

Q5 A.Hotel Lake View. Udaipur, needs young & smart lady receptionists. Write an advertisement to be published in the ‘Situation Vacant’ column of a local newspaper. Or

B.You are P. Sharma of Varanasi. You want an English (a Mathematics) tutor for your daughter. Write an advertisement to be published in the classified columns of a local newspaper.           

Q6.Rewrite using the correct form of the verbs given in the brackets:

 I (1)__(expect) him here yesterday. He (2) ....... (not come) till today. No one (3).....(know) what (4)..... (happen) to him. I (5) ........ (worry) about him. I hope he (6) ....... (be) safe. 

Q7.. Rewrite using the correct form of verbs given in the brackets:

There (1) ...... (be) a great rush at the counter yesterday. I (2) ... (want) to get a ticket for the movie. It (3)...... (be) the first day of release. The manager suddenly (4).... (appear) on the scene and (5)..... (announce) that the show (6)..... (cancel) for a reason beyond control.

 

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6.Ans. (1) expected (2) has not come (3) knows (4) has happened (5) am worried (6) is


.7Ans. (1) was (2) wanted (3) was (4) appeared (5) announced (6) had been cancelled



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