A Roadside Stand Text-Flamingo Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract.
No, in country money, the country scale of gain, The requisite lift of spirit has never been found, Or so the voice of the country seems to complain, I can’t help owning the great relief it would be To put these people at one stroke out of their pain. And then next day as I come back into the sane, I wonder how I should like you to come to me And offer to put me gently out of my pain. i The ‘country money’ contextually here refers to a) money kept aside for the rural development. b) wealth accumulated by the whole country. c) meagre income earned by the countryside people. d) riches collected by the ancestral farmers over time. ii Pick the option that mentions elements justifying monetary aspect as the ‘requisite lift of spirit’. 1. confidence 2. ego 3. self-esteem 4. status 5. fame a) 1, 2, 4 b) 2, 4, 5 c) 1, 3, 4 d) 1, 3, 5 iii Choose the correct option with respect to the two statements given below. Statement 1: The poet is agitated and depressed.