A Roadside Stand Class 12 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Knowledge!

Does the poet provide a conclusive solution for the issue at hand in the poem?

It is in the news that all these pitiful kin
Are to be bought out and mercifully gathered in
To live in villages, next to the theatre and the store,
Where they won’t have to think for themselves anymore,
While greedy good-doers, beneficent beasts of prey,
Swarm over their lives enforcing benefits
That are calculated to soothe them out of their wits,
And by teaching them how to sleep they sleep all day,
Destroy their sleeping at night the ancient way.

What is the tone of the poet in the above lines?

1. aggressive
2. tolerant
3. sarcastic
4. resigned
5. sentimental

Choose the most appropriate option.

What does the symbol of the car represent in the poem?

Choose the option that correctly categorizes the given literary devices as per the given analogy.

selfish cars : __________ :: __________ : metaphor

It is in the news that all these pitiful kin
Are to be bought out and mercifully gathered in
To live in villages, next to the theatre and the store,
Where they won’t have to think for themselves anymore,
While greedy good-doers, beneficent beasts of prey,
Swarm over their lives enforcing benefits
That are calculated to soothe them out of their wits,
And by teaching them how to sleep they sleep all day,
Destroy their sleeping at night the ancient way.
(A Roadside Stand)

On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to (1) and (2) given below.

1. The city dwellers make promises for the betterment of the villagers.
2. The city dwellers have ulterior motives.

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

“I can’t help owning the great relief it would be
To put these people at one stroke out of their pain.”

What is the reason for putting up a new shed in the poem "A Roadside Stand"?

“I wonder how I should like you to come to me
And offer to put me gently out of my pain.”

The tone of the poem by the end, as depicted by the given lines is

Pick the option with the slogan that is likely to be used by a person selling at the roadside stand.

Choose the option that correctly mentions the complaints made by the poet through this poem.

1. The rich people drive carelessly on the road hitting the poor people on purpose.
2. The city-dwellers remain highly insensitive and offhand towards the poor people.
3. The urban people are unable to understand the struggles of the impoverished people.
4. The goods are not being bought by wealthy people even at discounted rates.

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.

The ‘country money’ contextually here refers to

What figure of speech is used in the line '..That too pathetically pled'?

What distinction does the poet draw between city money and country money?

Why is the stand's existence said to be 'pathetic' in the poem "A Roadside Stand"?

While greedy good-doers, beneficent beasts of prey,
Swarm over their lives enforcing benefits
That are calculated to soothe them out of their wits,
And by teaching them how to sleep they sleep all day,
Destroy their sleeping at night the ancient way. (poem-The Roadside Stand)

Read the assertion and the reason below, with reference to the given extract.

• Assertion: The poet criticizes the way the rural poor are treated by benefactors, suggesting it instills ambition.
• Reason: The interventions are overwhelmingly calming and lead to a loss of critical thinking among the rural poor.

Choose the correct option regarding their relationship: