Blessing (Imtiaz Dharker poem) Quizzes

Blessing (Imtiaz Dharker poem) Quiz

1 From whose perspective is the poem told?
First-person perspective from the perspective of someone living in poverty

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

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.
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?
"silver crashes to the ground"

"the voice of a kindly god"

"the small splash"

"The skin cracks like a pod"
4 What is a metaphor?
Metaphor is a comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated using the words "like" or "as"

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

A person, object, place, event, or action that suggests more than its literal meaning

The repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession
5 Finish this quote: "The skin cracks like _"
a seed

the ground

a pipe

a pod
6 Define "pod" as used in the poem.
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

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

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 fourth

The first

The second

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

To convey the severity of drought

To show an outpouring of water

To demonstrate a bursting pipe
9 What is the poem's meter?
Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Iambic trimeter

Free verse
10 Which is an example of onomatopoeia?
fortune

echo

mug

drip
11 What is onomatopoeia?
A comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated using the words "like" or "as"

The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants

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

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
12 Where has Dharker specified as the setting of "Blessing"?
Dharavi in Mumbai

Bhalsw in Delhi

Daravi in Bombay

Rajendra Nagar in Bangalore
13 Is the exact setting (name of the community) specified in the poem?
No

Yes—Daravi in Bombay

Yes—Dharavi in Mumbai

Yes—Rajendra Nagar in Bangalore
14 Which of the following is not a symbol in the poem?
Light

The municipal Pipe

Pots

Water
15 What is the poem's tone?
Joyful, Celebratory

Bitter, Bleak

Pensive, Happy

Critical, Hopeful
16 What word is NOT used to describe water?
Blessing

Silver

Gold

Flow
17 What does the blessing do at the end of the poem?
Roar out from the pipe

Flow towards the river

Sing to the people gathering

Sing over the small bones of the children
18 Which of the following best alludes to how densely populated the neighborhood is?
and naked children screaming in the liquid sun

with pots, brass, copper, aluminium, plastic buckets

There never is enough water.

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

Gustatory

Auditory

Tactile
20 Which is a synecdoche?
the sudden rush

The skin cracks like a pod.

and naked children screaming in the liquid sun,

frantic hands
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:
A lover

A child

Deity

A fellow community member
23 Which of the following is NOT an explicit theme in the poem?
The active struggle between the community and the government

The presence of children

Drought

The importance of water
24 What does water transform into when the pipe bursts?
A form of currency that causes strife

A form of currency and a blessing

A killing force

An angry god
25 What do the children reveal as being necessary to life?
Enjoyment, gratitude, and play

Resilience, street smarts, and enjoyment

Prayer, presence, and obedience

Gratitude, solemnity, and prayer

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