MY GRAND MOTHER’S HOUSE
-Kamala Das
Kamala
Das’ Biography
1.
Kamala Das was born in 1934.
2.
She was a poet and short story
writer.
3.
She used to write in both
English and Malayalam languages.
4.
Her autobiography was published
in 1976.
5.
She was short listed for the
Nobel Prize in literature in 1984.
6.
Her major works include Summer
in Kolkata, Sirens, The Descendents, The Old Playhouse and other Poems, The
Anamatal Poems, Only Saint Knows How to Sing and Yes Allah.
MY
GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE EXPLANATION
There is a house now far away where once
I received love. That woman died,
The house withdrew into silence, snakes moved
Among books I was then too young
To read, and, my blood turned cold like the moon.
How often I think of going
There, to peer through blind eyes of windows or
Just listen to the frozen air,
Or in wild despair, pick an armful of
Darkness to bring it here to lie
Behind my bedroom's door like a brooding
Dog ... you cannot believe, darling
Can you, that I lived in such a house and
Was proud, and loved ... I who have lost
My way and beg now at strangers' doors to
Receive love, at least in small change?
MY GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE SUMMARY
The poem “My
grandmother’s house” is written by Kamla Das. In this chapter Kamla Das has
described about her childhood. When Kamla Das was small she used to live with
her grandmother at her home. Her grandmother used to love her very much. When
she was there everything around the home was very beautiful both Kamla Das and
her grandmother used to live happily.
One day her grandmother died and she started living at different place. But
whenever she gets time she comes at her grandmother’s house and feel the same
love as she used to get but at same time she is also very sad to see the condition
of home. It is damage from all the sides.
MY GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE
OBJECTIVE QUESTION
1.
Which things moved freely in the silent house?
a) frogs
b)cats
c)Snakes
d)dogs
2.
My Grandmother’s house is an ___________ poem.
a)biographical
b)autobiographical
c)a and b
d)none
3.
My Grandmother’s House” is written by ___________.
a)Keki N. Daruwala
b)T.S. Eliot
c) Kamala Das
d) John Donne
4.
Das was born
in ___________.
a)1934
b)1892
c)1936
d)1960
5.
Kamala Das is a ___________.
a)novelist
b)dramatist
c)poet and short story
writer
d)none
6.
Her autobiography, published in ___________.
a)1976
b)1970
c)1980
d)1990
7.
‘The poetess in ‘The Grandmother’s House’ begs at
___________ doors.
a)friend’s
b)family’s
c)stranger’s
d)brother’s
8.
‘There is a house now far away where once I
received love’ ___________ is from the poem.
a)Song of Myself
b)My Grandmother’s House
c)Snake
d)Ode to Autumn
9.
‘Behind my bedroom’s door like a brooding’ is
written by ___________.
a)Rupert Brooke
b)Kamala Das
c)T.S. Eliot
d)John Donne
10.
During her childhood the speaker of ‘My
Grandmother’s House’ lived with her ___________.
a)aunt
b)mother
c)grandmother
d)grandfather
11.
She noticed a ___________ behind the door of the
bedroom.
a)ox
b)cow
c)dog
d)cat
12.
In ___________, she was short listed for the Nobel
Prize for literature.
a)1984
b)1976
c)1980
d)1990
13.
“Summer in Kolkata”, ‘Sirens’, ‘The Descendents’,
‘The Anamatal’ is written by
___________.
a)Kamala Das
b)John Donne
c)Keki N. Daruwala
d)Walt Whitman
14.
“Summer in Kolkata” was published in ___________.
a)1963
b)1964
c)1965
d)1966
15.
“Sirens” was published in ___________.
a)1964
b)1965
c)1966
d)1967
16.
“The Descendents” was published in ___________.
a)1967
b)1968
c)1969
d)1970
17.
“The Old Playhouse and Other Poems” is written by
___________.
a)Walter De La Mare
b)Keki N. Daruwala
c)Kamala Das
d)Walt Whitman
18.
“The Old Playhouse and Other Poems” was published
in ___________.
a)1973
b)1975
c)1977
d)1946
19.
“The Anamatal Poems” was published in ___________.
a)1985
b)1990
c)1995
d)1956
20.
“Only Saint Knows How to Sing”, ‘Yes Allah’ is
written by ___________.
a)Kamala Das
b)John Donne
c)Keki N. Daruwala
d)Walt Whitman
21.
“Only Saint Knows How to Sing” was published in
___________.
a)1996
b)1997
c)1998
d)1980
22.
“Yes Allah” was published in ___________.
a)2001
b)2002
c)2005
d)2006
23.
Kamala Das
is an ___________ poetess.
a)French
b)Indian
c)Australian
d)American
24.
Kamala Das
is talking about her ___________ who is dead no.
a)grandmother
b)grandfather
c)brother
d)sister
25.
Kamala Das remembers the happy days spent in the
sweet company of her ___________
a)father
b)nephew
c)grandmother
d)mother
26.
The house went into silence due to the death of
the ___________.
a)man
b)woman
c)girl
d)none
MY GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE SUMMARY
1.
“There is a house now for away where once
I received love. That women died”
Ans. The given stanza has been taken from the poem My Grandmother’s House which
is written by Kamala Das.
The poet Kamala Das refers to her grandmother’s house where she had spent her
childhood. She had received enormous love and affection. However after the
death of her grandmother the house became deserted with snakes moving around.
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