Chapter-6: Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers 1. Who is the poet of the poem Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers? Adrienne Rich Jonathan Aaron J. H. M. Abbott Mark Abley None 2. What is the poet known for? She is widely known for her involvement in the contemporary women’s movement as a poet and theorist for her beauty for her philosophy for her poems None 3. What is still fresh in Jennifer’s mind? happy moments early days of marriage uncle’s attitude the old unhappy memories None 4. The attitude of the poet towards Aunt Jennifer is that of – hatred love sympathy casual None 5. What is the tone of the poem towards the end? happy moments resolving hopeful sad and tensed None 6. How are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers different from her? aunt lives in a city and tigers in forests aunt is old and tigers are young tigers are courageous and carefree and aunt is terrified none of above none of above None 7. How do the Prancing tigers look? just like diamond just like Topaz just like coal just like stone None 8. What is presented through uncle’s character? Male strength Man is powerful man is like tigers male chauvinism None 9. The poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ uses ‘wedding bands’, ‘tigers’, ‘terrified hands’ etc as – symbols poetic devices as alliteration as a metaphor None 10. How many volumes of poetry has she published? 18 29 39 19 None 11. Will go on prancing’ means the – spirit of freedom of the tigers will continue to exist tigers will dance tigers will kill tigers will show tricks None 12. What lies heavily on Aunt Jennifer’s hand? needles embroideries wedding ring work pressure None 13. What does echo through her work? Strong resistance to racism and militarism her love for poetry her passion for essay writing her wish to publish her work None 14. Interpret terrified hands. The physical condition of aunt the mental state of aunt tensed, troubled physical and mental state of aunt Jennifer fears of aunt None 15. What is the meaning of the word ‘ringed’? circles of a ring her wedding ring around her finger circles of responsibility of married life none None 16. The beautiful and lifelike tigers on the panel, show Aunt Jennifer’s hatred for life hatred for men creativity suffering None 17. The attitude of the poet towards Aunt Jennifer is that of hatred love sympathy casual None 18. Proud’ and ‘unafraid’. These two adjectives have been used for the uncle the tigers on the forest the tigers on the panel the males in the society None 19. She was mastered by is a reference made to the hardships and difficulties that Aunt Jennifer faced during her lifetime she was a slave he had a rude master her teacher taught her nothing None 20. Will go on prancing’ means the spirit of freedom of the tigers will continue to exist tigers will dance tigers will kill tigers will show tricks None 1 out of 2 Time's up
