Reading Comprehension [CTET (Central Teacher Eligibility Test) Paper-I English]: Questions 50 - 56 of 336

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Passage

And who art thou? said I to the soft-falling shower,

Which, strange to tell, gave me an answer, as here translated:

I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain,

Eternal I rise impalpable out of the land and the bottomless sea,

Upward to heaven, whence, vaguely form ′ d,

altogether changed, and yet the same,

I descend to lave the drouths, atomies, dust-layers of the globe,

And all that in them without me were seeds only,

latent, unborn;

And forever, by day and night, I give back life to

my own origin, and make pure and beautiful it;

(For song, issuing from its birth-place, after fulfilment, wandering, Reck ‘d or unreck’ d, duly with love returns.)

The poet Walt Whitman writes of a conversation he once had with the rain as it dropped gently from the heavens. ‘Who are you?’ the poet asked. Strangely, the raindrops replied and the poet translates its answer for the readers.

The poem is written from the point of view of someone who asked the rain who it was and was answered, it saying “I am the poem of the earth” , then proceeding to tell how it comes from the Earth, only to return once againt to wash it and nourish it … that if it were not for the rain, seeds would remain seeds and not flower into their full potential … giving back life to its origin. Then, the poem՚s “turn” uses this story as a segway to show how “song, issuing from its birth-place, after fulfillment, wandering, Reck ‘d or unreck’ d, duly with love returns.”

Meaning that songs come from the sould and after they՚ve been heard, and thought good or bad, return with love. Just as rain rises and falls back again, so do poems, songs and other forms of beauty from the soul.

– Walt Whitman

Question 50 (5 of 6 Based on Passage)

Question MCQ▾

The pair of opposite found in the poem is -

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

perpetual and ensures

b.

reck ‘d and unreck’ d

c.

hidden and cyclic

d.

eternally and appearance

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Question 51 (6 of 6 Based on Passage)

Question MCQ▾

The phrase “strange to tell” mean-

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

surprise on listening to the voice of rain

b.

the strange atmospheric pressure

c.

rain emerges from Earth and the song

d.

never imagine a voice

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Passage

She lives in a garret

Up a haunted stair,

And even when she՚s frightened

there՚s nobody to care.

She cooks so small a dinner

She dines on the smell,

And even if she՚s hungry

there՚s nobody to tell.

She sweeps her musty lodging

As the dawn steals near,

And even when she՚s crying

there՚s nobody to hear.

I haven՚t seen my neighbour

Since a long time ago,

And even if she՚s dead

there՚s nobody to know.

– Frances Park

Question 52 (1 of 6 Based on Passage)

Question MCQ▾

The line ‘She dines on the smell’ means -

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

she dislikes the smell of her food

b.

here food is stale

c.

she eats very little

d.

she dislikes the food

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Question 53 (2 of 6 Based on Passage)

Question MCQ▾

Who is “she” in the poem?

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

A miserable woman

b.

A hungry woman

c.

A woman who lives in an old age home

d.

A woman who lives next door

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Question 54 (3 of 6 Based on Passage)

Question MCQ▾

The woman cooks a small dinner because-

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

she dislikes food

b.

She is alone

c.

she is stingy

d.

she has no food to cook

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Question 55 (4 of 6 Based on Passage)

Question MCQ▾

The attitude of the speaker is-

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

uncaring

b.

pitiable

c.

indifferent

d.

sympathetic

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Question 56 (5 of 6 Based on Passage)

Question MCQ▾

The purpose of the poem is to tell us that-

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

no one cares for lonely people

b.

the speaker՚s neighbout is hungry

c.

the woman was treated badly

d.

the speaker՚s neighbour is dead

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