Monday, February 15, 2016

ECOCRITICISM QB Poems for II MA English Bishop Heber College, India

ECOCRITICISM QB
Unit IV

“Unnamed Lake” by Frederick G. Scott

1. ______ is a flowering plants distinguished by cylindrical stalks or hollow, stem like leaves.
a. Rush b. Grass c. Violet d. Aster
2. ______ are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds referred to by Frederick G. Scott.
a. Herons b. Vulture c. Kingfisher d. Herring
3. Frederick George Scott heard the “cry” of a _______.
a. fish-hawk. b. kingfisher c. wolf d. baby
4. ______ brings out the beauty of an “untrodden” land.
a. F.G.Scott b. F.R.Scott c. Wordsworth d. Tagore
5. “It ______ among the thousand hills / Where no man ever trod”.
a. sleeps b. lives c. sees d. seeks
6. What is the name of the lake visited by Frederick George Scott?
a. Unnamed Lake b. Pykara Lake c. Lake Superior d. Dead Sea
7. According to Scott in “Unnamed Lake”, ____ spoke in the silent valley.
a. the guardian mountains b. a parrot c. a human being d. a guru


“The Silkworms” by Douglas Stewart

1. The silkworm is the ______ of the domesticated silkmoth, Bombyx mori.
a. larva or caterpillar b. worm c. litter d. butterfly
2. The silkworms have _____distinct morphological stages
a. three b. four c. five d. two
3. After hatching from the egg, larvae go through _____molts.
a. four b. three c. five d. two
4. When the silkworms were young, they were like ______
a. little dragon b. little angels c. little plants d. little worms
5. ______ is process whereby a population of selected animals or plants become accustomed to human provision and control.
a. Domestication b. Wildness c. Training d. Beating
6. “_______says Don’t, and they do not”.
a. The ancestral voice b. God c. Owner d.Trainer
7. Buddleia is commonly known as _______.
a. the butterfly bush b. the flame of the forest c. the Buddha’s flower d. the paper flower tree

         
“The Snake Trying”  by W.W.E.Ross

1.W.W.E.Ross was a Canadian ______and poet.
a. Geophysicist b. Novelist c. lover of nature d. short story writer d artist
2. The persona in the poem, “The Snake Trying”, goes to _____to kill a snake.
a. woods b. cities c .class d. playground
3. The persona in the poem, “The Snake Trying”, carries ______ in his hands.
a. a stick b. a gun c. a sickle d. a bag.
4. What is a reed, referred to in “The Snake Trying”?
a. a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family
b. a short tree
c. A primitive wind instrument 
d. A flexible strip of cane set into certain instruments to produce tone
5. Why does the persona in the poem, “The Snake Trying”, allow the snake to leave?
a. non-venomous snake b. venomous snake c. beautiful d. ugly
6. The snake in the poem, “The Snake Trying”, is ______.
a. beautiful and graceful  b. made of gold. c. black in colour. d. violent
7. The snake is “trying to escape_______”
a. the pursuing stick b. the venomous snake c. the dangerous man d. the hunting mongoose 


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