This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > English > Poems > Amanda > Class 10 English Poem Chapter 6 Amanda! – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 English Poem Chapter 6 Amanda! Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is so interesting about the poem 'Amanda'? A) The girl's appearance. B) The girl's personality. C) The girl's reaction to the restrictions imposed by her parents. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The girl's reaction to the restrictions imposed by her parents. 2. If Amanda is an orphan, what will she do? A) She will roam about in the streets. B) She will tease everyone in the streets. C) She will not complete her homework. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She will roam about in the streets. 3. What does dp stand for A) Decimal percentages. B) Divide people. C) Dead pigieon. D) Decimal places. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decimal places. 4. Why does the speaker ask Amanda to look cheerful always? A) It suits her personality. B) People will find the mother nagging. C) People will think mother keeps troubling her all the time. D) Both people will find the mother nagging & troubling her all the time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both people will find the mother nagging & troubling her all the time. 5. Don't bite your nails, Amanda!Don't hunch your shoulders, Amanda!Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda!2) What does the exclamatory sign at the end of Amanda indicate? A) The angry expression of Amanda. B) Regret of speaker. C) Dignified tone of speaker. D) Shrieks of speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shrieks of speaker. 6. What is the meaning of "slouching" ? A) BEND BACKWARDS. B) SITTING IN A LAZY MANNER. C) LIE DOWN. D) BENDING. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SITTING IN A LAZY MANNER. 7. Who is the poet of the poem "Amanda" ? A) CAROLYN WELLS. B) ROBERT FROST. C) Robin Klein. D) LESLIE NORRIS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Robin Klein. 8. Amanda finally imagined herself as ..... A) Orphan. B) A grown up girl. C) Mermaid. D) Rapunzel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rapunzel. 9. WHAT DOES AMANDA WANT TO DO AS AN ORPHAN? A) WALK FREELY IN THE STREETS. B) PLAY IN DUST WITH BARE FEET. C) EAT WHATEVER SHE WANTS. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PLAY IN DUST WITH BARE FEET. 10. Name the literary device used in the line "freedom is sweet" A) Anaphora. B) Span. C) Metafar. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metafar. 11. Was Amanda listening to the speaker? A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 12. What does the speaker forbid Amanda to eat A) Chocolates. B) Snacks. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chocolates. 13. What does the speaker forbid Amanda from eating? A) Fruits. B) Food. C) Chocolate. D) Snacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chocolate. 14. What does she imagine being when she pictures herself in a tower? A) Orphan. B) Rapunzel. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rapunzel. 15. Who is the speaker of the poem? A) Mother. B) Father. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mother. 16. Amanda would rather indulge in fantasies than ..... A) Clean her room or her shoes. B) Listen to her parents. C) Going to school. D) Wasting time studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clean her room or her shoes. 17. (I am Rapunzel; I have not a care; life in a tower is tranquil and rare;I'll certainly never let down my bright hair!)12) What kind of tower is mentioned in above stanza? A) Hectic. B) Parallel to German civilization. C) Soothing. D) Tumultuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soothing. 18. WHY IS THE SPEAKER SCOLDING AMANDA VERY OFTEN? A) TO LEARN GOOD HABITS. B) SHE LIKES SCOLDING. C) TO ANNOY HER. D) NEIGHBOURS TELL HER TO DO SO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TO LEARN GOOD HABITS. 19. What kind of a girl was Amanda? A) Rebellion. B) Moody. C) Happy. D) Obedient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rebellion. 20. Amanda is a poem about which age group? A) 2-6 yrs. B) 6-8. C) 13-19. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 13-19. 21. What should Amanda not to do to her soldiers? A) Straight. B) Hunch. C) RING. D) NONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hunch. 22. I am an orphan, roaming the street.I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.Rhyming scheme of this stanza is A) Acc. B) Aaa. C) Abc. D) Abb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aaa. 23. (I am Rapunzel; I have not a care; life in a tower is tranquil and rare;I'll certainly never let down my bright hair!)13) The speaker is taunted for her ..... after which she starts to imagine herself to be Rapunzel. A) The habit of biting nails. B) The habit of not finishing homework on time. C) The habit of not cleaning. D) The habit of eating chocolates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The habit of eating chocolates. 24. I thought I told you to clean your shoes, Amanda! A) Rhetoric and Tautology. B) Exclamation and Repetition. C) Litotes and Simile. D) Rehtoric and Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exclamation and Repetition. 25. (There is a languid, emerald sea, where the sole inhabitant is me-a mermaid, drifting blissfully.)(a) Why are these lines given within brackets? A) AMANDA SPEAKS THESE LINES RUDELY. B) THESE ARE THE INNER THOUGHTS OF AMANDA. C) THESE WORDS ARE SPOKEN BY HER MOTHER. D) THESE WORDS ARE SPOKEN BY HER FATHER. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) THESE ARE THE INNER THOUGHTS OF AMANDA. 26. Stop that sulking at once, Amanda!You're always so moody, Amanda! Anyone would think that I nagged at you, Amanda!19) The speaker means to say that anyone would guess that he/she is ..... towards Amanda? A) Dominating. B) Careful. C) Careless. D) Stupendous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dominating. 27. What does she want to do as an orphan? A) Walk freely in the streets. B) Play in dust with bare feet. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 28. What is the meaning of the wor ' tranquil'. A) Calm. B) Loud. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calm. 29. What is the meaning of languid in the following?There is a languid, emerald sea A) Beautiful. B) Shiny. C) Aggressive. D) Relaxed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relaxed. 30. What does Amanda imagine herself first as? A) Orphan. B) Rapunzel. C) Mermaid. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mermaid. 31. The poet of poem Amanda is A) Robin Klein. B) Rudyard kiplin. C) Robert frost. D) Robin sharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robin Klein. 32. Don't bite your nails, Amanda!Don't hunch your shoulders, Amanda!Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda!5) Which of the following poetic devices is not used in the above stanza? A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 33. Why should Amanda not eat chocolate? A) It causes cancer. B) It causes heart disease. C) It causes acne. D) It will damage liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It causes acne. 34. What does the girl yearn for A) Freedom and peace in her life. B) Constant instructions. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freedom and peace in her life. 35. Which poetic device is used in the phrase "the freedom is sweet" A) Repetition. B) Assonance. C) Metafar. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metafar. 36. What will Amanda's behaviour make people think? A) Her mother loves her. B) Her mother harasses her. C) Her mother is understanding. D) Both 1 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her mother harasses her. 37. What does Amanda imagine herself after a mermaid? A) Orphan. B) Mini mouse. C) Rapunzel. D) Tinker bell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orphan. 38. Who was Rapunzel? A) A witch. B) A fairy. C) A princess. D) A queen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A fairy. 39. What is the synonym of 'relaxed' as used in the poem? A) Blissful. B) Inhabitant. C) Languid. D) Emerald. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Languid. 40. "The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet"Pick the literary device used. A) Personification. B) Antithesis. C) Metafar. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metafar. 41. What does the speaker ask Amanda not to do to her nails? A) Wash it. B) BITE. C) HURT. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BITE. 42. Pick out the synonym for "relaxed" A) Lethargy. B) Lament. C) Lazy. D) Languid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Languid. 43. What views are expressed in the poem 'Amanda' by the poet Robin Klein? A) About liberty in life. B) About friends & foes. C) About how to live life. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About liberty in life. 44. What is the meaning of the word 'blissfully'. A) Happily. B) Sorrowfully. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Happily. 45. What is Amanda instructed by her parents? A) Not to bite her nails. B) Not to hunch her shoulders. C) To sit straight. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 46. How much are 78 + 459? A) 478. B) 537. C) 4780. D) 5370. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 537. 47. What made Amanda sulk and become moody? A) When she had to complete her homework. B) When her mother gives her too many instructions. C) When she has to clean her shoes. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When her mother gives her too many instructions. 48. The golden silence is contrasted with the A) Constant noise. B) Hustle bustle of town. C) Sweetness of freedom. D) Peace of countryside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweetness of freedom. 49. SILENCE IS ..... , FREEDOM IS ..... A) GOLDEN, SWEET. B) SILVER, SWEET. C) GOLDEN, SILVER. D) SILVER, GOLDEN. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GOLDEN, SWEET. 50. Who had imprisoned Rapunzel? A) A king. B) A prince. C) Amanda. D) A witch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A witch. 51. (I am Rapunzel; I have not a care; life in a tower is tranquil and rare;I'll certainly never let down my bright hair!)15) Why does the speaker wish not to let down her bright hair? A) She fears risking her bright hair. B) The last hope of a teenager. C) The speaker prefers solitude. D) Mind is dangerous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The speaker prefers solitude. 52. What is the name of the result of a division? A) The quotient. B) Laughed result. C) The rest. D) Euclidean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The quotient. 53. Don't hunch your shoulders, Amanda A) Anaphora. B) Litotes. C) Synecdoche. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 54. Stop that sulking at once, Amanda!You're always so moody, Amanda! Anyone would think that I nagged at you, Amanda!18) What characteristics are being shown of Amanda in the above stanza?(i) Unpredictable(ii) Irritable(iii) Revolting(iv) Fresh mood(v) Noble(vi) Temperamental A) Only (iii) and (iv). B) (i), (ii) and (iii). C) (i), (ii) and (vi). D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (i), (ii) and (vi). 55. (I am an orphan, roaming the street.I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.)10) Silence is compared to ..... A) Anything a person likes. B) Something very precious. C) An important thing. D) The ultimate thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something very precious. 56. Name the literary device used in the line "stop that slouching and sit up straight '' A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Metafar. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 57. Robin Klein something on A) Australian author. B) American author. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Australian author. 58. Name the literary device used in the line "Don't bite your nails, Amanda! Don't hunch your shoulders, Amanda!" A) Anaphora. B) Span. C) Metafar. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 59. Don't bite your nails, Amanda!Don't hunch your shoulders, Amanda!Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda!3) In which of the following situations, the word 'slouching' cannot be used? A) It is always taught that slouching is a bad practice. B) Slouching is something the teenagers mostly do these days. C) I have been taught to improve slouching in my work. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I have been taught to improve slouching in my work. 60. What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid? A) Be in the green sea. B) Lead a relaxing life. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be in the green sea. Next →Related QuizzesPoems QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 10 English Poem Chapter 6 Amanda! Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books