My Mother at Sixty Six MCQs | Class 12 English Quiz with Answers

Driving from my parent’s
home to Cochin last Friday
morning, I saw my mother,
beside me,
doze, open-mouthed, her face
ashen like that
of a corpse and realized with pain
that she was as old as she
looked but soon
put that thought away…

Choose the option that best applies to the given extract.

1. 1. a conversation

1. 1. an argument

1. 1. a piece of advice

1. 1. a strategy

1. 1. a recollection

1. 1. a suggestion

…I looked again at her, wan,
pale
as a late winter’s moon and felt that
old
familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,
but all I said was, see you soon,
Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and
smile...... (My mother at Sixty-six)

What is the speaker's emotional state when looking at her mother?

Choose the option that displays the same literary device as in the given lines of the extract.

her face
ashen like that
of a corpse…

In the poem, My Mother at Sixty-six, all that the poet did was smile and smile and smile…, Her smile is

The phrase ‘old familiar ache’ has been used to refer to a fear, in this extract. This phrase can also be used to

Driving from my parent’s
home to Cochin last Friday
morning, I saw my mother,
beside me,
doze, open-mouthed, her face
ashen like that
of a corpse and realized with pain
that she was as old as she
looked but soon
put that thought away…

Choose the book title that perfectly describes the condition of the poet’s mother.

Choose the correct option out of the ones given below.

The tone of the poet in the poem is primarily a combination of ________ and ________.

1. 1. dauntlessness

1. 1. apprehension

1. 1. dejection

1. 1. disappointment

Choose the option that applies correctly to the two statements given below.

• • Assertion: The poet wards off the thought of her mother getting old quickly.

• • Reason: The poet didn’t want to confront the inevitability of fate that was to dawn upon her mother.

The sight of young trees and merry children, on the way to Cochin, is _____ the poet’s aging mother.

Select the word that WILL NOT complete the sentence appropriately. The description of the mother as "wan, pale / as a late winter's moon" creates a vivid image of ________.

Choose the option that completes the sentence given below.

Just as the brightness of the winter’s moon is veiled behind the haze and mist, similarly, __________________.

Which of these is true about the poet's 'childhood's fear'?

Select the option that shows the correct relationship between (1) and (2).

1. 1. The poet looks at her mother's aging face.

1. 1. The poet remembers an old fear she used to have as a child.

And looked out at Young
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan, pale
as a late winter’s moon and felt that old
familiar ache…

What is the most likely reason the poet capitalized ‘Young Trees’?

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