Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers MCQs with Answers NCERT Class 12 English Poem 5

“Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” MCQs with Answers from CBSE Class 12 English Flamingo Book Poem 5

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers MCQ – MCQs of Class 12 English Flamingo reader Poem 6 Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers by Adrienne Rich. Students of Class 12 can prepare the MCQs of Poem 6 from the Flamingo reader published by NCERT. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take the free Online of the Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers MCQ Question Answers Quiz. These MCQ Questions have been selected based on the latest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.

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Class 12 English Flamingo Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers Poem 5 Multiple Choice Questions

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) are a type of objective assessment in which a person is asked to choose one or more correct answers from a list of available options. An MCQ presents a question along with several possible answers.

1- 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

2- What is the poet known for?
A) As a feminist writer
B) for her beauty
C) for her philosophy
D) for her poems

3- How many volumes of poetry has she published?
A) 18
B) 29
C) 39
D) 19

4- What echoes through her work?
A) A strong resistance to racism and militarism
B) her love for poetry
C) her passion of essay writing
D) her wish to publish her work

5- What issue does the poem Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers address?
A) constraints of women
B) constraints of married life a woman experiences
C) constraints of women as a poet
D) None of these

6- What do you understand by the words ‘denizens’ and ‘chivalric’ in the poem?
A) The dominant and highly arrogant attitude
B) tiger is a wild animal
C) tiger is hungry
D) beauty of the tiger

7- Find a synonym of ‘prance’?
A) stalk
B) jump
C) stroll
D) walk

8- What do aunt Jennifer’s fluttering fingers tell us?
A) the fear in Jennifer’s mind
B) her old age
C) her love for embroidery and knitting
D) her love for tigers

9- Why is she finding the needle so hard to pull?
A) because it is rusted
B) because of the cold weather
C) because of her fears
D) because of the heavy weight of her wedding ring

10- What does the image ‘massive weight of the wedding band ‘ imply?
A) stressful marital obligations
B) fatty structure of uncle
C) fatty body of aunty
D) heavy body of tiger

11- Of what or of whom is aunt Jennifer terrified of in the 3rd stanza?
A) of tigers
B) of her death
C) of her old age
D) of her dominant husband

12- What are the ‘ordeals’ that aunt Jennifer is surrounded by?
A) wild animals
B) old people
C) a heavy crowd
D) obligations of married life

13- What is the meaning of the word ‘ringed’?
A) wearing a ring
B) surrounded by
C) Both A and B
D) None of these

14- “Terrified hands” denotes-
A) aunt is scared of the tigers
B) aunt is cared of her husband
C) Both A and B
D) none of these

15- What is the purpose of creating animals which are completely a contrast to aunt’s character?
A) to show her inner desire
B) they are her favourite animal
C) she is copying the design from a magazine
D) none of these

16- Indicate the use of figurative language in the poem-
A) Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid
B) denizens of a world of green
C) massive weight of uncle’s wedding band
D) None of these

17- Tell and interpret the meaning of ‘Denizen of a world of green’.
A) forest haters
B) forest lovers
C) forest dwellers
D) all of these

18- What is the attitude of the poet or speaker towards aunt Jennifer?
A) critic
B) very harsh and rude
C) indifferent
D) full of appreciation and sympathy

19- What does ‘screen’ mean in the poem?
A) the TV Screen
B) the embroidery panel
C) computer screen
D) Mobile phone screen

20- Aunt was ‘mastered by’-
A) tigers
B) her in-laws
C) her husband
D) All of these

21- Who are the men beneath the tree?
A) Aunt’s husband and his friends
B) They could be hunters
C) Forest officials
D) None of these

22- “The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.”
Which of the following is true?
A) The tigers will become alive by magic
B) The embroidered tigers prancing in the forest seem to be alive
C) Both A and B
D) None of these

23- ‘Ringed’ with ordeals is the use of-
A) pun
B) metonym
C) metaphor
D) alliteration

24- Where do aunt’s tigers belong?
A) to a cage
B) zoo
C) mountains
D) world of green forests

25- Which of the following has been personified?
A) needle
B) panel
C) topaz
D) ring

26- Which colour combination has been highlighted in the poem?
A) blue and green
B) pink and green
C) white and green
D) yellow and green

27- What is the tone of the poem towards the end?
A) happy
B) resolving
C) hopeful
D) sad and tensed

28- How are aunt Jennifer’s tigers different from her?
A) aunt lives in a city and tigers in forests
B) aunt is old and tigers are young
C) tigers are courageous and carefree and aunt is terrified
D) none of these

29- What is aunt Jennifer loaded with?
A) weight of rings
B) weight of tigers
C) burden of job
D) heavy responsibilities of married life

30- What lies heavily on aunt Jennifer’s hand?
A) needles
B) embroideries
C) work pressure
D) wedding ring

31- What does wedding ring represent?
A) the flawless craftsmanship of the ring
B) the financial status of aunt Jennifer’s husband
C) the bindings of marital life
D) none of these

32- The colour of the tiger’s skin is similar to that of –
A) diamond
B) Topaz
C) coal
D) Sun

33- Why did aunt embroider tigers on the panel?
A) to express her supressed feelings
B) to express her strenghths
C) to express her fighting spirit of a warrior
D) All of these

34- Why are tigers given the name Aunt Jennifer’s tigers?
A) because she created them
B) because she brought them
C) because she bought them
D) because she nurtured them

35- How are tigers described in the poem?
A) as ferocious
B) fearless
C) chivalric
D) All of these

36- What is the meaning of the word ‘Chivalric’?
A) ferocious and terrorizing
B) fearless and brave
C) commanding and demanding high respect
D) None of these

37- Rhyme scheme is-
A) aaab bbbc
B) aabb ccdd
C) abab cdcd
D) abcb defe

38- Identify the main character-
A) tiger
B) Man
C) aunt
D) poet

39- Aunt’s desire for freedom is shown by-
A) prancing tigers
B) sleek chivalric certainty
C) fingers fluttering through her wool
D) ringed with ordeals

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

41- Ivory is derived from-
A) Metals
B) Trees
C) Elephants
D) Tigers

42- Find the figure of speech – ‘Bright topaz denizens’-
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Alliteration
D) All of these

43- ‘Pace’ means-
A) Fly
B) Walk
C) Crawl
D) All of these

44- ‘Sleek’ means-
A) Small
B) Elegant
C) Slim
D) clean

45- Identify the poetic device used – ‘Finger fluttering through her wool’
A) Anaphora
B) Alliteration
C) Metaphor
D) Simile

46- ‘band’ rhymes with-
A) tree
B) pull
C) hand
D) made

47- An ordeal is –
1. Unpleasant
2. Nice
3. unwanted
4. Joyful
5. attractive

A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
B) 1, 2, 3
C) 1, 3
D) 3, 4, 5

48- A world of green denotes-
A) Dense forest
B) Dark green leafy vegetables
C) plants under water
D) Herbal garden

49- Identify the figure of speech used-
“Terrified hands”
A) Oxymoron
B) Transferred epithet
C) Alliteration
D) metaphor

50- Identify the figure of speech used-
“They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty”
A) hyperbole
B) synecdoche
C) pun
D) Anaphora

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ANSWER KEY

1	A	26	D
2	A	27	D
3	D	28	C
4	A	29	D
5	B	30	D
6	A	31	C
7	B	32	B
8	A	33	A
9	C	34	A
10	A	35	D
11	D	36	C
12	D	37	B
13	C	38	C
14	B	39	A
15	A	40	B
16	C	41	C
17	C	42	B
18	D	43	B
19	B	44	B
20	C	45	B
21	B	46	C
22	B	47	C
23	A	48	A
24	D	49	B
25	D	50	D

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