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  • 1. 
    What is aunt Jennifer loaded with?

  • weight of rings
  • weight of tigers
  • burden of household work
  • heavy responsibilities of married life

  • 2. 
    What is the tone of the poem towards the end?

  • happy moments
  • resolving
  • hopeful
  • sad and tensed

  • 3. 
    What is the poet conveying through aunt Jennifer’s tiger?

  • wild life
  • courageous tigers
  • tigers and their courage
  • female existence and their fear of men

  • 4. 
    What did ordeals or tough times do in Jennifer’s life?

  • they made her a hard hearted person
  • she developed hatred
  • she became weak
  • they crushed her artistic personality

  • 5. 
    What did marriage bring for Jennifer?

  • unhappiness
  • loss of freedom
  • loss of freedom and burden as if she has put on a heavy band
  • a heavy mountain

  • 6. 
    Does Aunt Jennifer need sympathy?

  • yes
  • no
  • no, more than sympathy she deserves praise
  • none

  • 7. 
    Tell and interpret the meaning of ‘Denizen of a world of green’.

  • forest haters
  • forest lovers
  • forest dwellers
  • all

  • 8. 
    What is the purpose of creating animals which are completely a contrast to aunt’s character?

  • to show her strength and ability of not giving up in the face of difficulties
  • her courage
  • her fears and strengths
  • none

  • 9. 
    What is the significance of the word ringed?

  • responsibilities
  • heavy duties
  • fatty people
  • responsibilities that formed circles like a ring surrounding her finger

  • 10. 
    Of what or of whom is aunt Jennifer terrified of in the 3rd stanza?

  • of tigers
  • of her death
  • of her old age
  • of her dominant husband
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