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15 multiple-choice (MCQ / objective) questions from this chapter, in the common exam-style shapes. Every question comes with an explanation along with the answer, so you remember why the option is correct, not just which one it is.
1 Direct Questions
Direct Questions
- 1 markWhich device is used when the embroidered tigers carry a meaning beyond their literal selves?
(A) Onomatopoeia(B) Assonance(C) Symbolism(D) Personification - 1 markWhich device is created by placing the fearless tigers of Stanza 1 directly against the trembling Aunt Jennifer of Stanza 2?
(A) Contrast / juxtaposition(B) Personification(C) Onomatopoeia(D) Assonance - 1 markWhich poetic device is used in the line ‘The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band’?
(A) Hyperbole(B) Onomatopoeia(C) Assonance(D) Simile - 1 markWhich device best describes the fact that Aunt Jennifer’s own creation, the tigers, achieves the freedom she herself never has?
(A) Pun(B) Alliteration(C) Irony(D) Enjambment - 1 markWhich device is illustrated by the phrase ‘fingers fluttering’ in line 5?
(A) Onomatopoeia(B) Personification(C) Assonance(D) Alliteration - 1 markThe phrase ‘bright topaz denizens of a world of green’ is mainly an example of which device?
(A) Pun(B) Simile(C) Imagery(D) Hyperbole - 1 markWhich device is present when ‘her terrified hands will lie / Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by’ runs on from one line into the next without a pause?
(A) Onomatopoeia(B) Assonance(C) Enjambment(D) Alliteration - 1 markWhat is the rhyme scheme of each of the poem’s three stanzas?
(A) Free verse, no rhyme(B) AABB (rhyming couplets)(C) ABAB(D) ABBA - 1 markWhich device is created by the poem beginning with ‘prance’ (line 1) and ending with ‘prancing’ (line 12)?
(A) Simile(B) Onomatopoeia(C) Framing (circular structure)(D) Pun - 1 markWho wrote the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
(A) John Keats(B) Adrienne Rich(C) Robert Frost(D) Kamala Das - 1 markAccording to the book, how many volumes of poetry has Adrienne Rich published?
(A) Nineteen(B) Fifteen(C) Nine(D) Twenty-nine - 1 markHow many lines does the poem have, and how are they arranged?
(A) 20 lines in five stanzas(B) 8 lines in two stanzas(C) 51 lines in one continuous stanza(D) 12 lines, in three 4-line stanzas - 1 markWhat colour is used to describe the tigers in the poem?
(A) Topaz (a bright golden-yellow)(B) Silver(C) Deep blue(D) Crimson red - 1 markAccording to the ‘About the poet’ note in the book, what does the poem address?
(A) The dangers of hunting wild tigers(B) The constraints of married life a woman experiences(C) The history of Indian textile art(D) The joys of embroidery as a hobby
2 Assertion-Reason
Assertion-Reason
- 1 markAssertion (A): ‘Fingers fluttering’ is an example of alliteration.
Reason (R): Alliteration means repeating the same vowel sound in nearby words.
(A) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A(B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A(C) A is true, but R is false(D) A is false, but R is true
Answer Key and Explanations
Direct Questions
- (C) The tigers carry a larger idea beyond their literal selves (one reading: the freedom Aunt Jennifer cannot have), which is symbolism.
- (A) Stanza 1’s confident tigers are placed directly against Stanza 2’s timid, ‘fluttering’ Aunt Jennifer, sharpening both.
- (A) A plain, light ring is exaggerated into a ‘massive weight’ that ‘sits heavily,’ a deliberate hyperbole for the burden of marriage.
- (C) It is ironic that the oppressed creator’s creation is what achieves lasting fearlessness, while she herself remains ‘terrified.’
- (D) The repeated initial ‘f’ sound in ‘fingers fluttering’ is alliteration.
- (C) The vivid colour picture of ‘topaz’ and ‘green’ is visual imagery.
- (C) The sentence’s sense carries over the line break without a punctuation pause, which is enjambment.
- (B) Each stanza rhymes as two couplets: screen/green, tree/certainty; wool/pull, band/hand; lie/by, made/unafraid.
- (C) The repeated word ‘prance/prancing’ frames the whole poem between the tigers’ unbroken, fearless movement.
- (B) The poem is written by Adrienne Rich (1929-2012).
- (A) The book states, word for word, ‘She has published nineteen volumes of poetry, three collections of essays and other writings.’
- (D) NCERT prints exactly three 4-line stanzas (quatrains), 12 lines in total.
- (A) Line 2: ‘Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.’
- (B) The book’s ‘About the poet’ note: ‘The poem Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers addresses the constraints of married life a woman experiences.’
Assertion-Reason
- (C) A is true (‘fluttering… fingers’ repeats the initial ‘f’ sound), but R is false: alliteration repeats consonant sounds, not vowel sounds (that is assonance).
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