Dear students,

A roadside Stand, a new poetry added this year in XII class syllabus. Go through these MCQs , Fill Ups and other questions and answers. Beneficial for you all in upcoming Boards.

MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS

FLAMINGO –A ROADSIDE STAND (POETRY)
SL NO	QUESTIONS	ANSWER	TYPE
1	What was in front of the road? (a) A little old house (b) A little new shed (c) A roadside stand (d) Speeding traffic	(a) A little old house	Remembering
2	Who is the poet of ‘A Roadside Stand’? (a) John Keats (b) Stephen Spender (c) Robert Browning (d) Robert frost	(d) Robert frost	Remembering
3	What was the plea of the roadside stand people? (a) A dole of bread  (b) Some money (c) Polished traffic (d) Beautiful scenery	(b) Some money	Remembering
4	What was the ‘Roadside stand’ offering for sale? (a) Wild berries (b) Money (c) Sign board (d) Artless paint	(a) Wild berries	Remembering
5	What do the Roadside Stand people pray for? (a) Farmer’s price (b) Gallons of gas (c) Squeal of breaks (d) Plow of grass	(c) Squeal of breaks	Remembering
6	Why was the Roadside stand in a pathetic condition? (a) Nobody stopped to purchase (b) The paint was artless (c) The signboards were turned wrong (d) The scenery was hurt	(a) Nobody stopped to purchase	Understanding
7	Who is referred as ’Greedy good doers’? (a) City people (b) Villagers (c) Politicians (d) Builders	(a) City people	Understanding
8	What is the ‘childish longing’ that the poet refers to? (a) To live near theatre and store (b) To sleep all day (c) To earn city money (d) To buy wild berries	(c) To earn city money	Understanding
9	How were the shop keepers treated? (a) Supportively (b) Carelessly (c) Amicably (d) Gently	(b) Carelessly	Understanding
10	What is inferred by moving picture? (a) Theatres (b) Rallies (c) Picture halls (d) Speeding cars	(d) Speeding cars	Understanding
11	How can the shopkeepers be stroked out of their pain? (a) By getting ample money (b) By buying good cars (c) By getting good home (d) By getting more fruits	(a) By getting ample money	Application
12	Which poetic device is used in ‘greedy good doers’? (a) Simile (b) Personification (c) Alliteration (d) Metaphor	(b) Personification	Application
13	How do the shopkeepers feel when no car stops to buy? (a) Sadness (b) Disdain (c) Angry (d) Vain	(a) Sadness	Application
14	The problem of shopkeepers can be solved if ………. (a) Politicians fulfil their promise (b) They get food (c) They get country money (d) The poet helps them	(c) They get country money	Application
15	What would happen to the village folks if they were made to live near the theatre? (a) They would sleep a lot (b) They would watch movies (c) City people would get benefits (d) They would get educated	(c) City people would get benefits	Application
16	What were the feelings of the poet towards the roadside stand people? (a) Angry (b) Sympathy ( c) Rude (d) Ignorant	(b) Sympathy	U
17	What are the shopkeepers deprived of? (a) A dole of bread (b) Polished traffic ( c) Beautiful landscape (d) Country money	(d) Country money	U
18	What does the ‘moving pictures’ promise? (a) Good movies (b) Comfortable houses ( c) Luxurious lifestyle (d) An expensive car	( c) luxurious lifestyle	U
19	Which poetic device is used in ‘beneficial beasts’ ? (a) Simile (b) Metaphor ( c) Personification (d) Repetition	(b) Metaphor	A
20	What is meant by ‘requisite lift of spirit’ ? (a) Required increase in lifestyle (b)Demand of a lift ( c) Rise of a soul (d) Request from car driver	(a) Required increase in lifestyle	A

FILL UPS/SENTENCE COMPLETION TYPE QUESTIONS

FLAMINGO - A ROADSODE STAND (POETRY)
SL NO	QUESTIONS	ANSWER	TYPE
1	A roadside stand pled for ___________________	a dole of bread	R
2	The landscape was marred with ___________ paint.	artless	R
3	The roadside stand offered _____________ the wooden quarts.	wild berries	R
4	The poet would not complain about the hurt to __________.	the scenery	R
5	The shopkeeper is asking for ______________ to feel in hand.	money	R
6	The poet compares the lives of city people with ________.	poor people	U
7	The flowers of cities refer to ________________ of city life.	luxury	U
8	A roadside stand is situated far from ___________	the city	U
9	The party in ____________ promises rich living standard to the poor people.	power	U
10	If the poor people live near the theatre, they would ____________ their sleep.	destroy	U
11	The city people are referred as greedy because they _________ from poor people.	benefit	A
12	The literary device used in ‘selfish cars’ is _________.	epithet	A
13	The mind-set of the country dwellers towards poor people is ______.	selfish	A
14	‘They had none, didn’t it see?’ , the tone of the poet is _________.	frustrated	A
15	The poet is wondering how gently he could be put out of his _______.	pain	A

REFERENCE TO CONTEXT TYPE QUESTIONS

FLAMINGO - A ROADSODE STAND (POETRY)
SL NO	QUESTIONS	ANSWER	TYPE
1	‘The little old house was out with a little new shed.” a) Which two things are described here? b) Which literary device is used in this line? c) Why is the word ‘little’ used in this line? d) Find out the opposite word in this line.	a) Old house and a new shed b) Repetition c) To show the poor and pathetic condition. d) Old – new
2	‘It would not be fair to say for a dole of bread, But for some of the money, the cash, whose flow supports The flower of cities from sinking and withering faint.’ a) What is the poet asking for? b) Explain the meaning of “dole of bread”. c) Which literary device is used in the third line. d) Name the poem and the poet.	a) Money b) food c) Metaphor ; flower of cities d) A Roadside Stand, Robert Frost
3	‘ You have the money, but if you want to be mean, Why keep your money ( this crossly ) and go along. The hurt to the scenery wouldn’t be my complaint So much as the trusting sorrow of what is unsaid:’ a) Who is ‘you’ referred here? b) Why is the poet referring them as ‘mean’? c) What would not be the complaint of the poet? d) Explain, “trusting sorrow”.	a) Country folk b) They do not want to share their money. c) The hurt of the scenery. d) Trusting the politicians and rich people and still be sad.
4	‘ While greedy good-doers, beneficent beasts of prey, Swam over their lives enforcing benefits That are calculated to soothe them out of their wits And are teaching them how to sleep they sleep all day, Destroy their sleeping at night the ancient way.’ a) Which literary device is used in line one? b) Name the poem and the poet. c) What did the rich people teach them? d) Explain, “ Swam over their lives.”	a) Alliteration/ Oxymoron/ Metaphor b) A Roadside Stand; Robert Frost c) To sleep all day d) Overruling or commanding them.
5	‘Sometimes I feel myself I can hardly bear The thought of so much childish longing in vain, The sadness that lurks near the open window there, That waits all day in almost open prayer.’ a) Explain ‘ childish longing in vain.’ b) Why was the shopkeeper sad? c) What did the wait for? d) What could the poet hardly bear?	a) Helplessly waiting for something b) Nobody stopped at his shop c) Flow of money d) The helplessness of waiting for money
6	‘of all the thousand selfish cars that pass, Just one to enquire what a farmer’s prices are. And one did stop, but only to plow up grass In using the yard to back and turn around; And another to ask the way to where it was bound;’’ a) Why were the cars referred as ‘selfish’? b) What did they enquire from the shopkeeper? c) How many cars stopped there?? d) Name the poem and the poet.	a) As they didn’t stop and buy anything b) They enquired for farmer’s prices c) Three d) A Roadside stand and Robert Frost
7	‘ I can’t help owing the great relief it would be To put these people at one stroke out of their pain. And then next day as I come back into the sane, I wonder how I should like you to come to me And offer to put me gently out of my pain.’ a) Who is ‘I’ in these lines? b) How could the poet get relief? c) What did the shopkeeper wonder? d) How could they be put out of pain?	a) Shopkeeper  b) By striking out the pain of poor people c) How he should like rich people to come to him d) By getting money