The Portrait of a Lady MCQ 2

 Multiple-Choice Questions

1) What was the relationship between the narrator and their grandmother?

a) Distant relatives

b) Good friends

c) Strict guardian and ward

d) Casual acquaintances

Answer: b) Good friends

2)Why did the narrator live with their grandmother in the village?

a) He preferred village life

b) His parents moved to the city

c) He was attending a special school

d) His grandmother needed his help

Answer: b) His parents moved to the city

3) What did the grandmother do to get the narrator ready for school?

a) She packed his lunch and drove him

b) She bathed and dressed him while praying

c) She helped him with homework

d) She gave him money for school supplies

Answer: b) She bathed and dressed him while praying

4) How did the grandmother say her morning prayer?

a) In a loud, cheerful tone

b) In a monotonous sing-song

c) Silently in her mind

d) With a group of villagers

Answer: b) In a monotonous sing-song

5) Why did the narrator listen to his grandmother’s morning prayer?

a) He wanted to learn it by heart

b) He loved her voice

c) He was forced to repeat it

d) He wanted to please the priest

Answer: b) He loved her voice

6) What school supplies did the grandmother prepare for the narrator?

a) A notebook and pencil

b) A wooden slate, ink pot, and reed pen

c) A backpack and books

d) A chalkboard and marker

Answer: b) A wooden slate, ink pot, and reed pen

7) What was the narrator’s breakfast typically like?

a) Fresh chapatti with honey

b) Thick, stale chapatti with butter and sugar

c) Fruits and milk

d) Rice and vegetables

Answer: b) Thick, stale chapatti with butter and sugar

8) Why did the grandmother carry stale chapatties to school?

a) For the narrator’s lunch

b) To feed the village dogs

c) To give to the priest

d) To share with other children

Answer: b) To feed the village dogs

9) Why did the grandmother always accompany the narrator to school?

a) She was a teacher at the school

b) The school was attached to the temple

c) She wanted to supervise the narrator

d) She enjoyed the walk

Answer: b) The school was attached to the temple

10) Who taught the children at the school?

a) The grandmother

b) A village elder

c) The priest

d) A professional teacher

Answer: c) The priest

11) What did the children do at school?

a) Played games on the verandah

b) Sang the alphabet or prayer in a chorus

c) Read scriptures with the priest

d) Practiced writing in silence

Answer: b) Sang the alphabet or prayer in a chorus

12) What did the grandmother do while the children were in class?

a) Helped the priest teach

b) Sat outside with the dogs

c) Read the scriptures inside the temple

d) Prepared food for the children

Answer: c) Read the scriptures inside the temple

13) Where did the village dogs meet the narrator and grandmother after school?

a) At the village market

b) At the temple door

c) At their home

d) On the school verandah

Answer: b) At the temple door

14) What did the village dogs do when they followed the narrator and grandmother?

a) Played quietly with each other

b) Growled and fought for the chapatties

c) Stayed calm and obedient

d) Ran away from the narrator

Answer: b) Growled and fought for the chapatties

15)What does the grandmother’s act of feeding the dogs suggest about her character?

a) She was indifferent to animals

b) She was kind and caring

c) She was afraid of the dogs

d) She wanted to keep the dogs away

Answer: b) She was kind and caring

16) What literary device is used in the phrase “monotonous sing-song” to describe the grandmother’s prayer?

a) Simile

b) Metaphor

c) Alliteration

d) Personification

Answer: c) Alliteration

17) What does the narrator’s failure to learn the prayer suggest about his attitude?

a) He was rebellious and disrespectful

b) He was distracted by schoolwork

c) He was more affectionate than attentive

d) He disliked his grandmother’s voice

Answer: c) He was more affectionate than attentive

18) What is the setting of the school described in the passage?

a) A modern classroom

b) A verandah attached to a temple

c) A community center

d) A large school building

Answer: b) A verandah attached to a temple

19) What does the grandmother’s routine of preparing the narrator for school reflect?

a) Her strict discipline

b) Her affectionate and protective nature

c) Her desire to control the narrator

d) Her lack of trust in the narrator

Answer: b) Her affectionate and protective nature

20) What is the central theme of the passage regarding the grandmother?

a) The challenges of village life

b) The bond of care and companionship between grandmother and narrator

c) The importance of academic success

d) The conflict between tradition and modernity

Answer: b) The bond of care and companionship between grandmother and narrator