Blessing (Imtiaz Dharker poem) Quizzes

1 From whose perspective is the poem told?

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

First-person perspective from the perspective of someone living in poverty

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.

Four stanzas of varying length

Five stanzas of varying length

Three quatrains

Four quatrains
3 Which of the following is NOT a metaphor or simile?

"the small splash"

"silver crashes to the ground"

"the voice of a kindly god"

"The skin cracks like a pod"
4 What is a metaphor?

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

Metaphor is a comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated using the words "like" or "as"
5 Finish this quote: "The skin cracks like _"

a pod

a seed

the ground

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

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

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

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 second

The fourth

The first
8 What is the effect of the shortest stanza?

To demonstrate a bursting pipe

There is no effect

To convey the severity of drought

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

Free verse

Iambic pentameter

Iambic trimeter

Iambic tetrameter
10 Which is an example of onomatopoeia?

mug

fortune

echo

drip
11 What is onomatopoeia?

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

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

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
12 Where has Dharker specified as the setting of "Blessing"?

Daravi in Bombay

Dharavi in Mumbai

Bhalsw in Delhi

Rajendra Nagar in Bangalore
13 Is the exact setting (name of the community) specified in the poem?

No

Yes—Rajendra Nagar in Bangalore

Yes—Dharavi in Mumbai

Yes—Daravi in Bombay
14 Which of the following is not a symbol in the poem?

Pots

The municipal Pipe

Water

Light
15 What is the poem's tone?

Joyful, Celebratory

Bitter, Bleak

Pensive, Happy

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

Flow

Blessing

Gold

Silver
17 What does the blessing do at the end of the poem?

Sing to the people gathering

Flow towards the river

Roar out from the pipe

Sing over the small bones of the children
18 Which of the following best alludes to how densely populated the neighborhood is?

There never is enough water.

with pots, brass, copper, aluminium, plastic buckets

every man woman child for streets around butts in

and naked children screaming in the liquid sun
19 Which sense does Dharker particularly engage with in this poem?

Olfactory

Tactile

Gustatory

Auditory
20 Which is a synecdoche?

frantic hands

the sudden rush

and naked children screaming in the liquid sun,

The skin cracks like a pod.
21 What is synecdoche?

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

A comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated.

A word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
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 importance of water

The presence of children

The active struggle between the community and the government

Drought
24 What does water transform into when the pipe bursts?

A form of currency and a blessing

A killing force

An angry god

A form of currency that causes strife
25 What do the children reveal as being necessary to life?

Enjoyment, gratitude, and play

Prayer, presence, and obedience

Gratitude, solemnity, and prayer

Resilience, street smarts, and enjoyment

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