3. Unseen Poem Comprehension for Class 8

Heights of Hypocrisy

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

  1. 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

  1. Though she hates cutting of trees, she :

(A) has the guts                                                    (B) cuts them down

(C) wastes paper                                                  (D)Stops cutting of trees

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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      

  1. (B) using a fur purse and leather skirt
  2. (C) wastes paper
  3. (B) condemns child labour
  4. (D) cruelty to animals
  5. (B) is not what she pretends to be
  6. (A) bad smell

Type-Il

1. False                2. True                3. True                  4, True                 5. False

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