Blessing (Imtiaz Dharker poem) Quizzes

Blessing (Imtiaz Dharker poem) Quiz

1 From whose perspective is the poem told?
First-person perspective of an adult recounting the instance of a burst municipal pipe when they were a child

First-person perspective of a woman gathering water from a burst municipal pipe

First-person perspective from the perspective of someone living in poverty

Someone recounting the scene of a burst water pipe in an impoverished community afflicted with drought.
2 Describe the poem's stanzas.
Five stanzas of varying length

Four quatrains

Three quatrains

Four stanzas of varying length
3 Which of the following is NOT a metaphor or simile?
"The skin cracks like a pod"

"the small splash"

"silver crashes to the ground"

"the voice of a kindly god"
4 What is a metaphor?
A person, object, place, event, or action that suggests more than its literal meaning

Metaphor is a description of one thing as a different, unrelated thing

The repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession

Metaphor is a comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated using the words "like" or "as"
5 Finish this quote: "The skin cracks like _"
a pod

a seed

a pipe

the ground
6 Define "pod" as used in the poem.
the part of a plant that attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibers.

an elongated seed vessel of a leguminous plant such as the pea, splitting open on both sides when ripe

a detachable or self-contained unit on an aircraft, spacecraft, vehicle, or vessel, having a particular function

a flowering plant's unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such plant
7 Which is the shortest stanza?
The fourth

The first

The third

The second
8 What is the effect of the shortest stanza?
To demonstrate a bursting pipe

There is no effect

To show an outpouring of water

To convey the severity of drought
9 What is the poem's meter?
Iambic tetrameter

Iambic trimeter

Iambic pentameter

Free verse
10 Which is an example of onomatopoeia?
drip

mug

echo

fortune
11 What is onomatopoeia?
The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

A comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated using the words "like" or "as"
12 Where has Dharker specified as the setting of "Blessing"?
Bhalsw in Delhi

Rajendra Nagar in Bangalore

Dharavi in Mumbai

Daravi in Bombay
13 Is the exact setting (name of the community) specified in the poem?
Yes—Daravi in Bombay

Yes—Rajendra Nagar in Bangalore

Yes—Dharavi in Mumbai

No
14 Which of the following is not a symbol in the poem?
The municipal Pipe

Light

Water

Pots
15 What is the poem's tone?
Pensive, Happy

Bitter, Bleak

Critical, Hopeful

Joyful, Celebratory
16 What word is NOT used to describe water?
Blessing

Flow

Gold

Silver
17 What does the blessing do at the end of the poem?
Flow towards the river

Roar out from the pipe

Sing over the small bones of the children

Sing to the people gathering
18 Which of the following best alludes to how densely populated the neighborhood is?
with pots, brass, copper, aluminium, plastic buckets

There never is enough water.

and naked children screaming in the liquid sun

every man woman child for streets around butts in
19 Which sense does Dharker particularly engage with in this poem?
Gustatory

Auditory

Tactile

Olfactory
20 Which is a synecdoche?
the sudden rush

and naked children screaming in the liquid sun,

frantic hands

The skin cracks like a pod.
21 What is synecdoche?
A person, object, place, event, or action that suggests more than its literal meaning.

A word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated

A comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated.

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
22 In the poem, water is personified as a:
A fellow community member

A child

A lover

Deity
23 Which of the following is NOT an explicit theme in the poem?
Drought

The active struggle between the community and the government

The importance of water

The presence of children
24 What does water transform into when the pipe bursts?
A killing force

An angry god

A form of currency and a blessing

A form of currency that causes strife
25 What do the children reveal as being necessary to life?
Prayer, presence, and obedience

Resilience, street smarts, and enjoyment

Gratitude, solemnity, and prayer

Enjoyment, gratitude, and play

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