Q6-Whoar

enegat
ivel
yaf
fect
edbyt
hewi
nd?
VELAMMALVI DYALAYA,
ALAPAKKAM
CHENNAI A)weakl
ings
ENGLISHNOTES B)St
rongpeople
Class :IX C)BothAandB
Subject:Engl
ish D)Noneofthese
Topic: Wi ndbySUBRAMANIABHARATI
Q7-Whom doeswi
ndGodl
i
ke?
Introduct i
ont othePoem
Weal lknowt hatwi ndisanat ur
alphenomenon.I nthispoem, t
he A)Weakpeople
poett alkstot hewi nd.Thepowerofwi ndhasbeendescr i
bed B)Thosewhotalkst
oit
andt hepoetsay sthatwindisdest r
uctiv
e.Hehasl inkedthe C)Str
ongpeople
dest r
uct i
vepowerofwi ndtot headversi
ti
esofl if
eandsay sthat
theweakpeopl ebreakdown, butstrongerpeopl eemer geoutof D)Noneofthese
adv ersit
ies,stronger.Thepoem gi vesani mpor tantmessage
thatweshoul dbement al
lytoughandphy sical
lystr
ongi norder Q8-Whi
chwor
dint
hepoem means‘
topr
osper
’?
tosur vivethehar dshipsofl i
fe.Aweakper sonbreaksdownl i
kea
weakbui ldi
ngandcr umbl es.
Wemustmaket hesedest r
ucti
ve
forcesourf r
iends,wi t
hourst rengt
handdet ermination. A)St
eadfast
B)Fl
ouri
sh
MCQs C)Winnows
Q1-Accordi
ngtothepoet
,whowi
l
lbeourf
ri
end D)Cr
umbl i
ng
i
fwear estr
ong?
Q9-Thedestr
uct
ivepoweroft
hewi
ndi
sa
A)Wind symbolof__
____
_.
B)Snow
C)Fi
re A)Adv ersit
ies
D)Noneoft
hese B)Problems
C)Chal l
enges
Q2-Whobr
eakst
heshut
ter
soft
hewi
ndow? D)Al
l oft hese

A)Chil
dren Q10-Whati
sthemessageoft
hispoem?
B)Aboy
C)Anaughtyboy A)Befi
rm andstrong
D)Wind B)Makestrongwindows
C)St
opthewi nd
Q3-Namet
het
hingst
hewi
ndhaddone. D)Al
lofthese

A)Broughtrai
n Q11-Whom doest
hepoetmakear
equestt
o?
B)Tornthepages
C)Broketheshut
ter
soft
hewi
ndows A)Thebooks
D)Allofthese B)Hischi
ldr
en
C)Wind
Q4-Int
heli
ne–“Youtorethepagesoft
he D)Alloft
hese
books”
,whois‘
you’
ref
erri
ngto?
Q12-Whi
chf
igur
eofspeechhasbeenusedi
n
A)ThePoet t
hepoem?
B)Thewind
C)Thebooks A)Symbol i
sm
D)thepagesofbooks B)Anaphor a
C)Personifi
cat
ion
Q5-Whi
chwor
dhasbeenr
epeat
edi
nthepoem D)All
oft hese

A)St
eadfast Q13-Tel
lawordint
hepoem whi
chi
sthe
B)Cr
ushes ant
onym off
ool
ish?
C)St
rong
D)Cr
umbl i
ng A)Cl
ever
B)Pr
aise
C)St
eadfast
D)Al
lofthese
Q14-Howcanwebef
ri
endswi
tht
hewi
nd?

A)Bybui
ldingstronghomes
B)Havi
ngst r
ongbody ANSWERKEY
C)Havi
ngast rongheart
D)Al
lofthese 1A11C
2D12D
Q15-Whatdoest
hewor
d‘wi
nnows’
int
hepoem 3D13A
mean? 4B14D
5D15C
A)Cleamsgr ai
ns 6A16B
B)Sortsgr
ains 7C17D
C)Blowsstrongly 8B18B
D)Noneofthese 9A19C
10A20A
Q16-Whatshoul
dthepeopl
edot
osav
ethei
r
homes?

A)Usegoodcement Summar
y
B)Bui
ldst
ronghomes
C)Consul
tagoodarchi
tect Thefi
rstpartofthepoem descri
best heact
ionof
D)Noneofthese thewind.Thepoetasksthewindt ocomesof tl
y.
Herequeststhewindnottobreakt heshutt
ersof
Q17-Wi
ndhasbeencompar
edt
o__
___
__. thewindows,nottoscatt
erthepapersandt hr
ow
downt hebooksfrom t
heshelf.
A)Fi
re
B)Fl
ood Butthewindt hrowst hebooksandt ear
sthe
C)Ear
thquake pages.Thepoetsay sthatt hewindmakesa
D)God mockeryofweakl ings.Itbringsdownf r
ail
houses,crumblingdoor s,raft
ers,andevenweak
Q18-"Hewon'
tdowhaty
out
ell
him"
.Whoi
she heart
s.Itcrushesev eryt
hingt hati
sweak.
i
nthisli
ne?
Thepoetadvi
sesustobestrong.Onlyt
hencan
A)Ther eader wesaveoursel
vesfr
om thewind.Weshould
B)WindGod bui
ldstr
onghomeswi t
hfir
m doors.Ourbodi
es
C)Weakpeopl e andheart
sshouldal
sobestrong.
D)Allofthese
Iti
sthewayoft heworl
dtokicktheweakandt
o
Q19-Fi
ndasy
nony
mforl
oyal
from t
hepoem. befri
endswi t
hthest
rong.Thewindbl
owsout
theweakf i
resbutmakesthestr
ongfi
resr
oar
A)Weak andflour
ish.
B)Cl
ever
C)St
eadfast Thus,thepoem conveyst
heideathatnobody
D)Noneofthese caresfortheweak.Event
hewi ndi
sont heside
ofthestrongpeopl
e.Wemustmakeour sel
ves
Q20-Fi
ndawor dfrom t
hepoem f
or"
thr
owni
n str
ongt obecomesuccessful
andov er
comet he
di
ff
erentdi
rect
ions" chall
engesinli
fe.

A)Scatter Li
ter
arydev
icesi
nthepoem
B)Throw
C)Break Rhymescheme-Theent i
repoem i
swr
it
teni
n
D)Allofthese fr
eeverse.Ther
eisnorhy
meschemeinthe
poem.
Theli
ter
arydevi
cesusedareasf
oll
ows–

Anaphora-Whenawor disr
epeatedatthest
art
oftwoormor econsecuti
veli
nes,
itist
hedevice
ofAnaphora.
Li
nes2,3,4beginwith‘don’
t’
.
Li
nes6,7,8beginwith‘you’
.
Personif
icati
on–windhasbeenper soni
fied.
Whent hepoetsays‘youar
e’,
heisreferr
ingto
windas‘y ou’
thatmeansheistr
eat
ingwi ndasa
person.

Repeti
ti
on-‘crumbli
ng’isrepeatedmanytimes
tolayemphasis.Thepoetwant stosaythatthe
windcrusheseveryt
hingthatisweak.Thatis
whyher epeat
st hewordcrumbling.

Al
li
terat
ion-ther
epeti
ti
onofaconsonantsound
i
ncloseconnecti
on.‘
windwi
nnows’.
‘
won’twant’

Symbolism -Sy
mbol i
sm meanst hatthethi
ng
ref
erstosomeot herthi
ng.thewi ndi
sasy mbol.
I
trefer
st ot
hechallengesinlif
e.Heisusingwind
asasy mbolfortheadv er
sit
iesinourli
fe.

Quest
ionandAnswer
s

1.Whataret
het
hingst
hewi
nddoesi
nthef
ir
st
stanza?

A.Whent hewindbl owsv iolentl

y,i
tdest
roys
everyt
hing.I
tbreakstheshut ter
sofwindows,
scatt
ersthepapers, t
hrowst hebooksdown
fr
om theshelves,tearstheirpagesandbr i
ngs
alongalotofrain.

2.Whatdoest
hepoetsayt
hewi
ndgod
winnows?

A.Thewi ndGodwi nnowsmeanst hatnatur

e
sif
tstheweakt hingsfrom thestr
ongones.
Everyt
hingthatisweaki stossedbythepowerful
windandget sdest r
oyed.Justli
kethewinnower
separatesthegrainsofwheatf r
om thechaff
,
simil
arly,
thewindgodsepar at
estheweakfrom
thestrong.

3.Whatshoul
dwedot
omakef
ri
endswi
tht
he
wind?

A.Wemustmakeour sel
vesstr
ongtofacethe
vi
olentwi
nd.Whenwewi l
lbestr
ong,t
hewind
wil
lnothar
m us,
inst
eaditwil
lbecomeafri
end
andhelpustogr
owandf l
ouri
sh.

4.Whatdot
hel
astf
ourl
inesoft
hepoem mean
toyou?

A.Thel astfourl
inesofthepoem carryan
i
mpor tantmessaget hatthestrongpeople
emergest r
ongerandvict
oriousinthefaceof
adversit
ies.Wemustmakeour sel
vesstrongl
ike
aburningf ir
ewhichgrowsandf l
ouri
shesinthe
vi
olentwi nd,wealsoprosperinthefaceof
chall
enges.