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

Someone recounting the scene of a burst water pipe in an impoverished community afflicted with drought.

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

First-person perspective from the perspective of someone living in poverty
2 Describe the poem's stanzas.
Four stanzas of varying length

Three quatrains

Five stanzas of varying length

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

"the voice of a kindly god"

"silver crashes to the ground"

"the small splash"
4 What is a metaphor?
The repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession

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

Metaphor is a comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated using the words "like" or "as"

A person, object, place, event, or action that suggests more than its literal meaning
5 Finish this quote: "The skin cracks like _"
a seed

a pod

a pipe

the ground
6 Define "pod" as used in the poem.
an elongated seed vessel of a leguminous plant such as the pea, splitting open on both sides when ripe

a flowering plant's unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such plant

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

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.
7 Which is the shortest stanza?
The third

The first

The second

The fourth
8 What is the effect of the shortest stanza?
There is no effect

To demonstrate a bursting pipe

To convey the severity of drought

To show an outpouring of water
9 What is the poem's meter?
Iambic trimeter

Free verse

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter
10 Which is an example of onomatopoeia?
echo

mug

fortune

drip
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

A comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated using the words "like" or "as"

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
12 Where has Dharker specified as the setting of "Blessing"?
Daravi in Bombay

Rajendra Nagar in Bangalore

Bhalsw in Delhi

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

Yes—Daravi in Bombay

Yes—Rajendra Nagar in Bangalore

No
14 Which of the following is not a symbol in the poem?
Pots

Water

The municipal Pipe

Light
15 What is the poem's tone?
Critical, Hopeful

Bitter, Bleak

Joyful, Celebratory

Pensive, Happy
16 What word is NOT used to describe water?
Flow

Silver

Blessing

Gold
17 What does the blessing do at the end of the poem?
Sing to the people gathering

Roar out from the pipe

Sing over the small bones of the children

Flow towards the river
18 Which of the following best alludes to how densely populated the neighborhood is?
every man woman child for streets around butts in

and naked children screaming in the liquid sun

with pots, brass, copper, aluminium, plastic buckets

There never is enough water.
19 Which sense does Dharker particularly engage with in this poem?
Auditory

Gustatory

Tactile

Olfactory
20 Which is a synecdoche?
and naked children screaming in the liquid sun,

frantic hands

The skin cracks like a pod.

the sudden rush
21 What is synecdoche?
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

A person, object, place, event, or action that suggests more than its literal meaning.
22 In the poem, water is personified as a:
Deity

A fellow community member

A lover

A child
23 Which of the following is NOT an explicit theme in the poem?
The presence of children

Drought

The importance of water

The active struggle between the community and the government
24 What does water transform into when the pipe bursts?
A form of currency that causes strife

An angry god

A form of currency and a blessing

A killing force
25 What do the children reveal as being necessary to life?
Gratitude, solemnity, and prayer

Prayer, presence, and obedience

Resilience, street smarts, and enjoyment

Enjoyment, gratitude, and play

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