Quz The weaves by Sarojini Naidu

 1. What are the weavers weaver early in the morning?

bright green cloth

cloth of the colour of the peacock

a red cloth for a bride

a bright blue cloth for a baby


2. At the fall of night, what colour garment are they weaving?

purple and green

green and blue

blue and red

grey and blue


3. What is like the plumes of a peacock?

the veil of a queen

the sheet of a baby

the colour of the sky

the colour of water


4.What are the weavers weaving in the moonlight?

a wedding gown

a bedsheet

a shawl

a funeral shroud


5. What is the colour of the shroud?

White

red

black

sky blue


6. The name of the poet is ____________________


7. What is the meaning of veil?

a cotton cloth

a cloth used to cover the head and the face

a scarf

a shawl


8. The meaning of the word solemn is__________


9. Break of the day signifies

dusk

midnight

dawn

rainy day


10. Fall of night signifies

dusk

morning

dawn

aftenoon


11.  How many questions does the poet ask? 

4

6

3

2


12. Who listens to the poet's questions and answers them?

The king

The weavers

The peacock

the maidens

13. Name the three stages of man’s life as mentioned in this poem.

14. The weavers are busy all day and have no time to rest. Do you agree with this statement?

15. Blue, purple and green suggest childhood and youth. What colour suggests old age and death?

16.  What does a garment of a new-born child look like?

17. Describe the garment of the bride.

18. What different words in the third stanza suggest the occasion for using the white cloth?



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