3. ON CHILDREN
One Mark Questions
1. Who asked the speaker in ‘On Children’ to
speak of children?
a)
a woman holding babe b) a man c) a child
Ans:
a) a woman holding babe
2. Whose sons and daughters are children
according to the speaker in ‘On Children’?
a) They are the sons and daughters
of their parents.
b) They are the sons and daughters
of life's longing for itself
c) They are the sons and daughters
of neighbors.
Ans: b) They are the sons and
daughters of life's longing for itself
3. According to the speaker in ‘On Children’,
what may be given to children?
a)
Thoughts b) Gifts c) Love
Ans:
c) Love
4. According to the speaker in ‘On Children’,
what may not be given to children?
a)
Thoughts b) affection c) Love
Ans:
a) Thoughts
5. Who according to the speaker in ‘On
Children’ have their own thoughts?
a) They are the sons and daughters
of their parents.
b) They are the sons and daughters
of life's longing for itself
c) They are the sons and daughters
of neighbors.
Ans:
b) They are the sons and daughters
of life's longing for itself
6. Where do the souls of the children dwell
according to the speaker in ‘On Children’?
a)
The house of the previous day
b)
The house of yesterday
c)
The house of tomorrow
Ans:
c) The house of tomorrow
7. What according to the speaker in ‘On
Children’ dwell in the house of tomorrow?
a)
The souls of children
b)
The souls of parents
c)
The souls of everyone
Ans:
a) The souls of children
8. What does not go backward according to the
speaker in ‘On Children’?
a)
Prophet
b)
Life
c)
Death
Ans:
b) life
9. Who according to the speaker in ‘On
Children’ are sent forth as living arrows?
a)
Our parents
b)
Our grandparents
c)
Our children
Ans:
c) our children
10. Where according to the speaker in ‘On
Children’ does the archer see the mark?
a)
Upon the path of infinite
b)
Upon the path of finite
c)
Upon the path of success
Ans:
a) Upon the path of infinite
11. Who according to the speaker in ‘On
Children’ sees the mark upon the path of the infinite?
a)
The bows
b)
The arrows
c)
The archer
Ans:
b) The arrows
12. Who does the word ‘bows’ refer to in ‘On
Children’?
a)
Parents
b)
Children
c)
God
Ans:
a) Parents
13. Who does the phrase ‘living arrows’ refer
to in the poem ‘On Children’?
a)
Parents
b)
Children
c)
God
Ans:
b) Children
14. Who does the phrase ‘archer’ refer to in
‘On Children’?
a)
Parents
b)
Children
c)
God
Ans:
c) God
15. According to the speaker in ‘On
Children’, life does not go ________.
a)
Swift b) backward
c) stable
Ans:
b) backward
16. Let your bending in the archer’s hand be
for ___________. The right word from ‘On Children’ tofill in the blank is
a)
Gladness b) longing c) striving
Ans:
a) Gladness
17. The house of tomorrow in ‘On Children’
cannot be visited even in _________.
a)
Thoughts b) ideas c) dreams
Ans:
c) dreams
