A Roadside Stand Text-Flamingo Just for better understanding Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract.

 A Roadside Stand                                                                     Text-Flamingo 


Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract.  

A 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 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 the 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. 

 Statement 2: The poet realizes the futility of his thought about giving up.  

 a) Statement 1 can be inferred but Statement 2 cannot be inferred.  

b) Statement 1 cannot be inferred but Statement 2 can be inferred. 

 c) Statement 1 and Statement 2 can be inferred.  

d) Statement 1 and Statement 2 cannot be inferred.

  iv Choose the option that correctly paraphrases the given lines from the above extract.   

“I can’t help owning the great relief it would be

 To put these people at one stroke out of their pain.”

  a) The poet wants to kill the impoverished people.  

b) The poet feels that death is better than living such a miserable life. 

 c) The poet wants to eliminate poverty from the society.  

d) The poet states that it is important that these people become rich. 

 v

The polished traffic passed with a mind ahead, 

Or if ever aside a moment, then out of sorts 

At having the landscape marred with the artless paint  

Of signs that with N turned wrong and S turned wrong… 

 i The polished traffic in particular refers to the 

 a) sophisticated city dwellers in their vehicles.  

b) shiny cars that the poet sees on the road

. c) extremely affluent people living in the neighbourhood.  

d) civilized manner in which traffic is coordinated. 


What do the urban rich feel about the S and N signs that have been painted wrong?  

 a) Tolerant

 b) Amused 

c) Sympathetic 

d) Annoyed 

  iv The passers-by find the sign artless but the landscape ___________. 

 a) animated

 b) aesthetic

 c) amusing 

d) ancient 

Answer in 30-40 words                                       

 i Though money holds the same value everywhere, the poet draws a distinction between city money and country money. Elaborate. 

 ii The roadside stand and the moving cars are a contrast around which the entire poem is woven. Expound. 

 iii Comment on the significance of the symbol of the car in the poem. 

 iv Does the poet reach a conclusive solution for the issue at hand? Discuss.  

Q12 Answer in 120-150 words   

 i Imagine a car stops and actually buys from the roadside stand.  Keeping in mind the reaction you think the peasants would have, write a diary entry as the farmer describing not only your immediate experience but also your after-thoughts on being able to earn “city-money”.  You may begin this way:

   Wednesday, 2nd March XX                                                                                      9 PM 

We had an unexpectedly good day today!...  

 ii Imagine a child from the farmer’s family migrates to the city for their education.

 As the child, write back to your family telling them whether you would or would not want to turn into a city-person.  Use the context of the poem “A Roadside Stand” in mind to pen down this letter.  You may begin this way:  

 12, Davidson County

  23 January ‘XX

  Dear mom I have been thinking about the roadside stall lately. Now that I find myself surrounded by city-people all the time, I think……………………………………..  

With love Jennifer 

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