Hi Everyone!! This article will share My Room Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Robert William Service. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of The Two Wolves, Irish Stew By The Riverside and Sarsamma Lalitha so, you can check these posts as well.
My Room Questions & Answers
Word Galaxy
- Acquire – obtain something
- Chattels (old fashioned) – something that belongs to you
- Doom – death or destruction
- Inevitably – as is certain to happen
Question 1: Choose the correct option:
1. The things in the speaker’s room are ________ as per common perception.
a. of great value
b. not of great value
c. are totally useless
2. The things in his room get value when considered that they _______
a. are antique pieces.
b. are the belongings of a great poet.
c. are beautiful to look at.
3. The speaker feels that __________ the things in his room.
a. he cannot be separated from
b. he can easily be separated from
c. he can easily discard
4. The speaker leads a very __________ life style.
a. sophisticated
b. expensive
c. simple
5. The speaker feels that he lends his books, his table and bed _____
a. a new meaning with every changing day.
b. his own personality and thus they assume value.
c. nothing at all since they are non-living things.
Question 2: How do you feel when you go to a museum dedicated to a famous personality and see some of his/her on display?
Answer: When I visit a museum dedicated to a famous person and see his/her things on display, I feel as though I have been given a window into the person’s life. I can get a better sense of his/her personality, the kind of life he/ she lived. Even common household objects have a wonderful story to tell about the person.
Question 3: Personification is a technique where a poet endows non- human/ non-living things with human qualities. Find the lines that personify the things in the speaker’s room.
Answer: ‘This chair on which I sit/Would break its overstuffed old heart’
‘A personality I give/They’ll lose when I am dead’
‘Sometimes on entering my room/
They look at me with fear’
Question 4: Find the words in the poem that rhyme with die, room, above.
Answer:
- Die – cry
- Room – doom
- Above – love
So, these were the Questions & Answers.