Additional Important Questions
&
Answers on ‘Animals’ from Model
Question Bank by P.B.
1. Very
Short Type Questions : Mark : 1
1. Choose
the correct alternative:
(a)
The poem “Animals” is composed by
(i)
Robert Frost (ii) Walt Whitman (iii) W.B. Yeats.
Ans:
(ii) Walt Whitman
(b)
The poet wishes to live
(i)
in a village (ii) in a jungle (iii) with animals
Ans:
(iii) with animals
(c)
Animals, according to the poet, are
(i)
placid and self-contained (ii) brutal
(iii) placid only.
Ans:
(i) placid and self-contained
(d)
The animals do not weep over their
(i)
sins (ii) ancestors (iii) failures.
Ans:
(i) sins
(e)
In the world of animals, no one is
(i)
honest (ii) respectable or
unhappy (iii) materialistic
Ans:
(ii) respectable or unhappy
2. Choose
the correct meaning of the italicized words from the alternatives given in
brackets.
(a)
………. so ‘placid’ and
self contained ……….
[calm
/ pleased / angry ]
Ans:
calm.
(b)
………. sweat and ‘whine’ about
……….
[roar
/ a long, high complaining cry / utter softly ]
Ans:
a long, high complaining cry.
(c)
………. one is ‘demented’ with
……….
[sane
/ calm / mad]
Ans:
mad.
(d)
………. ‘evince’ them
plainly ……….
[show
/ express / presents]
Ans:
show.
3. 
True or
false
True or
false
(a)
Walt Whitman composed the poem
“Animals”.
Ans: True.
(b)
This poem is taken from ‘Song of Myself’ in leaves of
grass.
Ans: True.
(c)
Animals are the creatures that create
havoc.
Ans: False.
(d)
Animals are not
placid.
Ans: False.
(e)
Animals do not weep for their
sins.
Ans: True.
(f)
According to the poet, no one amongst the animals are mad for owning
things. Ans: True.
4. Who wrote
the poem, “Animals”?
Ans:
Walt Whitman wrote the poem “Animals”.
5. Name the
book from where this poem has been taken.
Ans:
This poem has been taken from Walt Whitman’s collection of poems, “Leaves of
Grass”.
6. What was
the wish of the poet?
Ans:
The wish of the poet was to turn into an animal and live with them.
7. What are
the qualities possessed by the animals?
Ans:
The animals possess the qualities of placidity, self-dependence, complacence
and simplicity.
8. What,
according to the poet, do the animals not do regarding their condition?
Ans:
The animals, according to the poet, neither sweat and whine about their
condition nor lie awake at night and weep for their sins.
9. What do
the animals not do for their sins?
Ans:
The animals do not lie awake at night and weep for their sins.
10. Are they
dissatisfied?
Ans:
No, they aren’t.
11. With what
are the animals not demented?
Ans:
The animals are not demented with the mania of owning things.
12. What do
the animals bring to the poet?
Ans:
The animals bring tokens of mutual love and understanding to the poet.
13. 
Why does
the poet wonder?
Why does
the poet wonder?
Ans:
The poet wonders where the animals got the tokens they bring to him.
14. Give the
meaning of the following words:
|
placid, self-contained, weep,
demented, kneels, evince
2.Short Type Questions : Marks :
2/3
1. Why does
Walt Whitman feel more at home with animals?
Ans:
Animals are placid and self-contained. They worry neither about their condition
nor about their sins. They are not dissatisfied, respectable, unhappy or demented
with the mania of owning things. They show their relations with the poet. So
the poet Walt Whitman feels more at home with them.
2. What
quality of the animals mesmerizes the poet?
Ans:
The poet is mesmerised with the animals’ qualities such as placidity,
self-dependence, complacence and simplicity.
3. How do
the animals act about their condition and duty to God?
Ans:
The animals never sweat and whine about their condition. They do not make
others sick discussing their duty to God.
4. How are
animals superior to human beings?
Ans:
The animals are placid, self-sufficient, complacent and simple. Unlike humans,
they do not worry about their condition and sins, nor do they make others sick
discussing their duty to God. They are not demented with the mania of owning
things. So they are superior to human beings.
5. What are
the ‘tokens’ that the poet says he may have dropped long ago, and which the
animals have kept for him?
Ans:
The ‘tokens’ are of mutual love and understanding that the ancestors of the
poet used to share with the animals thousands of years ago. The poet says that
they dropped them and the animals kept them.
6. Mention
three things that humans do and animals don’t.
Ans:
Humans sweat and whine about their condition; but animals don’t. Humans lie
awake at night and weep for their sins; but animals don’t. Humans make each
other sick discussing their duty to God, but animals don’t.
7. 
“I think
I could turn and live with animals,
“I think
I could turn and live with animals,
They
are so placid and self-contain’d.
I
stand and look at them long and long.”
(a)
Name the poet and the poem.
Ans:
The name of the poet is Walt Whitman and the poem is “Animals”.
(b)
What quality of the animals impressed the poet?
Ans:
The qualities of placidity, self-dependence, complacence and simplicity of the
animals impressed the poet.
8.
“They do
not sweat and whine about their condition
They
do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins.
They
do not make me sick discussing their duty to God”
(a)
Who is the ‘they’ referred to here?
Ans:
The ‘they’ referred to here are the animals.
(b)
Name the things ‘they’ do not do.
Ans:
‘They’ do not worry about their condition or sins. ‘They’ do not make each
other sick discussing their duty to God.
9.
“Not one
kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago,
Not
one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
(a)
Who is the speaker here?
Ans:
The speaker here is the poet Walt Whitman.
(b)
What does the speaker mean when he utters those lines?
Ans:
The speaker means that the animals are independent and free. None of them have
excessive regard for any of them or to their kind. None is respectable or
unhappy.
10. 
“They bring me tokens of myself,
they evince them plainly in their possession
“They bring me tokens of myself,
they evince them plainly in their possession
I
wonder where they get these tokens,
Did
I pass that way huge times ago and negligently drop them?”
(a)
Who is ‘they’ referred to here?
Ans:
‘They’ referred to here are the animals.
(b)
What are the ‘tokens’ mentioned here?
Ans:
The ‘tokens’ are of mutual love and understanding that the ancestors of the
poet used to share with the animals thousands of years ago.
Q11-Why does Whitman admire animals?
Ans- Whitman finds that animals have many virtues which are lacking in men. Animals never grumble on their condition. They are not mad for material things. They always remain satisfied. They don’t have to kneel to any of their kind. That is why Whitman admires animals.
Q12-What vices in human beings does Whitman notice?
Ans- Human beings ever remain dissatisfied. They keep grumbling about their condition. They go mad for material things. They talk about their duty to God, but never think about their duty to God’s men.
Q13-Why does Whitman want to live with animals?
Ans Whitman finds that animals have many virtues that men are lacking. They remain very calm, quiet and satisfied. They have no worries. That is why Whitman wants to live with them.
Q14-Why have animals not to lie awake in the dark?
Ans-Animals don’t commit any sin. They have no worries. They are always happy. They have nothing to grumble about .So they don’t have to lie awake in the night. They have no sins to weep over.
Q15-What are the things that humans do but animals don’t?
Ans-Man are always unhappy and discontented. They keep grumbling. They go mad for material possessions. Animals do none of these things. They are always happy and contended. They don’t have to weep over their sins.
Ans- Whitman finds that animals have many virtues which are lacking in men. Animals never grumble on their condition. They are not mad for material things. They always remain satisfied. They don’t have to kneel to any of their kind. That is why Whitman admires animals.
Q12-What vices in human beings does Whitman notice?
Ans- Human beings ever remain dissatisfied. They keep grumbling about their condition. They go mad for material things. They talk about their duty to God, but never think about their duty to God’s men.
Q13-Why does Whitman want to live with animals?
Ans Whitman finds that animals have many virtues that men are lacking. They remain very calm, quiet and satisfied. They have no worries. That is why Whitman wants to live with them.
Q14-Why have animals not to lie awake in the dark?
Ans-Animals don’t commit any sin. They have no worries. They are always happy. They have nothing to grumble about .So they don’t have to lie awake in the night. They have no sins to weep over.
Q15-What are the things that humans do but animals don’t?
Ans-Man are always unhappy and discontented. They keep grumbling. They go mad for material possessions. Animals do none of these things. They are always happy and contended. They don’t have to weep over their sins.
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