DO NOT ASK OF ME, MY LOVE
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
I. Answer the
following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:
1. What did the speaker of the poem tell his beloved not
to ask of him, in the poem ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’?
a) the love he once
he had for her.
b) the love he never
once he had for her.
c) the love she once
she had for her.
Ans: a) the love he
once he had for her.
2. What does the speaker request his beloved in the poem
‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’?
a) to expect the kind
of hate he had once shown her.
b) to expect the kind
of love he had once shown her.
c) to accept the kind
of love he had once shown her.
Ans: b) to expect the
kind of love he had once shown her.
3. When was the speaker’s life bright, in ‘Do not ask of
Me, My Love’?
a) his love for his
beloved.
b) her love for her
beloved.
c) their lover for
their beloved.
Ans: a) his love for
his beloved.
4. What is more painful for the speaker in the beginning
in ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’?
a) He can withstand
any kind of suffering for his beloved one.
b) She cannot
withstand any kind of suffering for her beloved one.
c) he
cannot withstand any kind of suffering for his beloved one.
Ans: c) he
cannot withstand any kind of suffering for his beloved one.
5. When does the speaker’s idea of love undergo a change,
in ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’?
a) When he becomes
aware of harsh realities of life.
b) When she becomes
aware of harsh realities of life.
c) When he becomes
unaware of harsh realities of life.
Ans: a) When he
becomes aware of harsh realities of life.
6. What gave the Spring ‘everlasting youth’ in the poem
‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’?
a) Beloved’s smile
b) Beloved’s beauty
c) Beloved’s voice
Ans: b) Beloved’s
beauty
7. The speaker says “Do not ask of Me, My Love, that love
I once had for you” because___
a. his beloved is not
as beautiful as she was.
b. there are other
sorrows around him demanding his attention.
c. he has found a
more beautiful lady love.
Ans: b. there are
other sorrows around him demanding his attention.
8. What does the line “those dark and brutal curses of
countless centuries” suggest?
a) the bloodshed, diseases, deaths,
starvation and misery people
b) the love, courteous, affection, and kindness
c) respect for others, caring, admiring, and loyalty
Ans: a) the bloodshed, diseases,
deaths, starvation and misery people
9. According to the speaker of the poem, ‘there are
other________ in the world than love’.
a) Joy b) sorrows c) smile
Ans: b) sorrows
10. In the poem, when the speaker says “you are beautiful
still, my love, but I am helpless too” suggests that
a. he has to address
the miseries of human beings.
b. he is in love with
another beautiful lady.
c. he is trying to
flatter her.
Ans: a. he has to
address the miseries of human beings.
11. What was everything for the speaker in the beginning,
in the poem ‘Do not ask of Me, My Love’?
a) eyes of his
beloved one
b) lips of his
beloved one
c) smile of his
beloved one
Ans: a) eyes of his
beloved one
12. When did the speaker think that the world was with
him?
a) When
she was with her beloved
b) When
he was with his beloved
c) When
his beloved commit suicide
Ans: b)
When he was with his beloved
13. The speaker of the poem tells his
beloved not to ask……………………….
a) him to become
a politician b) for worldly
pleasures
c) him to come home d) the love he once had for her
Ans: d) the love he once had for her
14. The speaker’s life was bright
when……………………….
a) he was a bachelor b) was young
and blooming
c) he married his beloved d) he became a politician
Ans: b) was young and blooming
15. ………………………was much more than any other
pain.
a) Her miseries b)
Her beauty
c) Her sorrows d)
Her attitude
Ans: c) Her sorrows
16. The poet’s beloved’s beauty gave the………………………everlasting youth.
a) Winter b) Summer c) Spring d) Autumn
Ans: c) Spring
17. While his beloved was with him, he thought,
……………………….
a) of his happiness b) he was in
misery
c) the world was his d)
he remembered his responsibilities
Ans: c) the world was his
18. The poet
realized that there are other sorrows in the world than love, and other………………………too.
a) miseries b) comforts c) pains d) pleasures
Ans: d) pleasures
19. The speaker says “Do not ask of Me, My Love, that love I once had for you”
because………………………
a)
his beloved is not as beautiful as she was.
b)
there are other sorrows
around him demanding
his attention.
c)
he has found a more beautiful
lady love.
d)
he thought she was strange
Ans: b) there are other sorrows around him
demanding his attention
20. In the
poem, when the speaker says “you are beautiful still, my love, but I am helpless
too” suggests that……………………….
a)
he has to address
the miseries of human beings
b)
he is in love with another beautiful lady
c)
he is trying to flatter her
d)
he has lost interest in her
Ans: a) he has to address the miseries of
human beings
21. The speaker
thought that the world was with him when…………………
a) she went to her
mother’s house b) she was with him
c) she allowed to live in peace d)
she became a politician
Ans: b) she was with him
22. ‘That’s the way
I imagined it to be’ suggests:
a)
the speaker’s concept of love
b)
the speaker’s realization of realities
c)
the speaker’s view of
love was just a wishful thinking
d)
the speaker’s attitude
Ans: b) the
speaker’s realization of realities
