Heights of Hypocrisy
Read the Poem Carefully and answers the following Questions:
It pains her to see
Animals suffering and hurt
She carries a fur purse
To match her leather skirt
She wastes paper
She has the guts
But Oh! How she hates
Trees being cut
Child Labour
She condemns vehemently
Why is then her little domestic maid
Never treated gently?
Cruelty to animals
Makes her go boo- hoo
Her favourite outings are
To the circus and the zoo
Looking at her one make the sigh
Too please others she will lie
I hope someday she will think
And realize she’s just
A hypocrite, a stink!
Type — I (Multiple Choice Questions)
Choose the most appropriate option
1. The tone of the poem is
(A) painful (B) humorous (C) gentle (D) sarcastic/taunting
- Feeling pained to see animals hurt and is contradictory behaviour.
(A) carrying things (B) using a fur purse and leather skirt
(C) having pets (D) seeing their sufferings
- Though she hates cutting of trees, she :
(A) has the guts (B) cuts them down
(C) wastes paper (D)Stops cutting of trees
- It is a paradox that she does not treat her little maid gently yet
(A) employs her (B) condemns child labour
(C) scolds the girl (D) pays her well
- She enjoys going to circus and zoo in spite of the fact that she is against:
(A) child labour (B) wastage of paper (C) cutting of trees (D) cruelty to animals
- She is a hypocrite because of she:
(A) lies to please others (B) is not what she pretends to be
(C) thinks that she is always right (D) is what she says
- The word ‘stink’ here means
(A) bad smell ( B) severe (C) dishonest (D) trouble
Type — II (True-False Statements)
Write whether the following statements are True or False.
1. The woman in the poem feels really painful when she sees animals suffering.
2. The way she uses fur purse and leather skirt show that she is not bothered about the killing of animals.
3. She treats her maid cruelly.
4. She loves to go to the circus and zoo.
5. She wastes paper. This shows that she hates cutting of trees.
ANSWERS
8.1 1. (D) sarcastic/taunting
- (B) using a fur purse and leather skirt
- (C) wastes paper
- (B) condemns child labour
- (D) cruelty to animals
- (B) is not what she pretends to be
- (A) bad smell
Type-Il
1. False 2. True 3. True 4, True 5. False
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