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  • 1. 
    Find out the simile used in the poem ‘Father to Son’?

  • Silence surrounds us
  • The seed I spent or sown it where
  • We speak like strangers
  • Yet what he loves I cannot share

  • 2. 
    From where does the son’s anger arise ?

  • out of his nature
  • out of his sadness
  • out of his father’s attitude
  • out of his childhood memories

  • 3. 
    When the son spoke for the first time, does he also feel sad about the distance between them?

  • Yes, he did
  • No, he did not felt anything
  • Maybe in his heart
  • He never thought about it

  • 4. 
    Does the father want his son to move around in his own world?

  • Yes, absolutely
  • Not at all
  • Maybe
  • None of the above

  • 5. 
    Is there a silence between the father and the son?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Can’t say
  • Maybe

  • 6. 
    “What is the meaning of ‘This child is built to my design Yet what he loves I cannot share’?”

  • his son looks like him and they share everything with each other
  • His son looks like him yet they don’t have anything to share
  • his son doesn’t look like him
  • neither does his son looks like him nor he understand him

  • 7. 
    “Why does the father use ‘I’ in a line ‘The seed I spent or sown it where ‘ where he was talking about communication gap?”

  • to acknowledge his role in the communication gap
  • to acknowledge himself
  • to let his son know his importance
  • to make him understand about him

  • 8. 
    What happened when he tried to build a relationship with him in his childhood?

  • he was successful
  • his efforts were in vain
  • he was half-way successful
  • None of the above

  • 9. 
    How old is the son when his father rants about his agony to his son?

  • teenager
  • grown-up
  • child
  • just became adult

  • 10. 
    Who is the poet of the poem ‘Father to Son’?

  • Walt Whitman
  • ShirleyToulson
  • Elizabeth Jennings
  • Kushwant Singh
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