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  • 1. 
    Why do adults talk and preach of love but do not act lovingly?

  • because they are hypocrites
  • because they are double-faced
  • because they do not want to
  • because they invest in only those whom they find interesting

  • 2. 
    Antithesis is where two opposite words are used together in a sentence in a poem, where did the poet use it?

  • infant’s face
  • forgotten place
  • Hell and Heaven
  • preached of love

  • 3. 
    What did the poet sense about himself when he realised he could use his own mind the way he wants?

  • he sensed that he is as intelligent as his friends
  • he sensed his own individuality and a separate personality
  • he sensed that he is very smart
  • he sensed that he could use his mind in creative work

  • 4. 
    What is the opposite of the word ‘hidden’?

  • open
  • closed
  • partial
  • out

  • 5. 
    Who is the poet of the poem ‘Childhood’?

  • Shirley Toulson
  • Walt Whitman
  • Marcus Natten
  • Naipul

  • 6. 
    Where could he see his childhood now?

  • in an infant’s face
  • only in his memories
  • Nowhere
  • in other kids

  • 7. 
    What did the poet realise about his mind when he lost his childhood?

  • that he can use it whatever way he wants
  • that he is very intelligent
  • that he is dumb
  • None of the Above

  • 8. 
    What did the poet realise about adults?

  • that they are mature
  • they have to earn money
  • they are not what they seem to be
  • they are cunning

  • 9. 
    What the poet could not find in the Geography book?

  • Hell and Heaven
  • end to sky
  • island
  • country

  • 10. 
    What is the poem ‘Childhood’ about?

  • poet’s lost childhood
  • childhood of every person
  • childhood of poet’s child
  • poet’s father childhood
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