(I am an orphan, roaming the street.I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.) i The tone of the given lines is a) analytical. b) despairing. c) peaceful. d) nervous. ii. Read the statements A and B given below, and choose the option that correctly evaluates these statements. Statement A – The figure ‘I’ imagines a less than realistic view of being an orphan. Statement B – The figure ‘I’ does not like the speaker. a) A is true, B is false, according to the extract b) A is true, B cannot be clearly inferred from the extract. c) A cannot be clearly inferred from the extract, B is false. d) A is true and can be inferred from the poem, B is true too. iii. The golden silence is contrasted with the __________. a) chaos of the street. b) constant instructions received. c) sweetness of freedom. d) hushed, bare feet. iv. The rhyme scheme ‘aaa’ in the above extract is followed in all other stanzas of the poem that are written in parenthesis, i.e. (). Why? Read the reasons given below, and choose the option that lists the most accurate reasoning: (i) It shows the simplicity of the child’s thoughts. (ii) It reflects the harmony and rhythm of the child’s inner world. (iii) It mirrors a child’s expression. (iv) It highlights the poet’s aesthetic sensibility. a) (i) and (iv) b) (i) and (ii) c) (ii) and (iii) d) (iii) and (iv) v. Pick the option that lists the usage of the word ‘pattern’, as in the extract above. a) That is a lovely pattern for a wallpaper. b) He decided to wear a patterned shirt to the party. c) Poetry is a form of pattern making. d) She patterned her hair after her favourite celebrityvi. Which option completes the popular adage given below? ________ silence is gold. a) Precious are words for b) Speech is silver c) Silver is the tongue d) Ideas may be precious but vii. A transferred epithet is a literary device where the modifier or epithet is transferred from the noun it is meant to describe to another noun in the sentence. Based on the given definition of ‘transferred epithet’, choose the option that lists an example of transferred epithet. a) soft dust b) hushed (bare) feet c) freedom (is) sweet d) silence (is) goldenviii. Which image corresponds to what Amanda, is doing in this extract?a) option 1 b) option 2 c) option 3 d) option 4