Our Casuarina Tree

6. What does the poet associate the tree with?

A) Childhood memories and lost loved ones

1. What does the casuarina tree symbolize in the B) The struggles of life
poem? C) The beauty of urbanization
A) Strength and permanence D) The horrors of colonial rule
B) Love and nostalgia Answer: A) Childhood memories and lost loved ones
C) Both A and B
D) The beauty of nature

Answer: C) Both A and B 7. Which season is vividly described in the poem?

A) Summer
B) Autumn
2. Who wrote the poem Our Casuarina Tree? C) Winter
A) Sarojini Naidu D) Spring
B) Toru Dutt Answer: C) Winter
C) Rabindranath Tagore
D) Kamala Das

Answer: B) Toru Dutt 8. Why does the poet wish to immortalize the
casuarina tree?

A) To preserve its beauty for future generations

3. What kind of imagery is prominently used in the B) To honor its connection to her childhood and loved
poem? ones
A) Urban imagery C) To celebrate nature's role in human life
B) Pastoral and natural imagery D) To express her desire to protect the environment
C) Futuristic imagery Answer: B) To honor its connection to her childhood
D) Industrial imagery and loved ones
Answer: B) Pastoral and natural imagery

9. What literary devices are prominently used in Our

4. What is the tone of the poem Our Casuarina Tree? Casuarina Tree?

A) Light and humorous A) Metaphor and personification

B) Nostalgic and melancholic B) Hyperbole and satire
C) Angry and defiant C) Allegory and irony
D) Romantic and passionate D) Euphemism and understatement

Answer: B) Nostalgic and melancholic Answer: A) Metaphor and personification

5. What creature is described as climbing the 10. What does the poet mean by “a presence that
casuarina tree? disturbs me with the joy of elevated thoughts”?

A) A monkey A) The tree inspires her with deep, reflective thoughts.

B) A python B) The tree makes her feel uneasy and anxious.
C) A squirrel C) The tree reminds her of her responsibilities.
D) A bird D) The tree disturbs her with its towering height.

Answer: B) A python
Answer: A) The tree inspires her with deep, reflective Answer: B) It highlights the tree’s grandeur and
thoughts. timelessness.

11. What is the primary theme of Our Casuarina 16. What kind of relationship does the poet have
Tree? with the tree?

A) The beauty of nature A) A spiritual and emotional connection

B) The passage of time and nostalgia B) A fear and respect for its power
C) The importance of preserving trees C) An indifferent relationship
D) The joy of childhood play D) A purely aesthetic appreciation

Answer: B) The passage of time and nostalgia Answer: A) A spiritual and emotional connection

12. What does the poet wish to achieve by writing 17. What is the significance of the tree in the poet’s
this poem? childhood?

A) To protect the casuarina tree A) It was a source of shade during hot days.
B) To immortalize her memories and loved ones B) It was a silent witness to her childhood joys and
C) To promote the conservation of forests losses.
D) To criticize modern lifestyles C) It was a barrier against storms.
D) It provided fruits and resources.
Answer: B) To immortalize her memories and loved
ones Answer: B) It was a silent witness to her childhood
joys and losses.

13. What is the poetic form of Our Casuarina Tree?

18. Why does the poet refer to the tree as “giant”?
A) A sonnet
B) A free verse poem A) To emphasize its physical size and grandeur
C) A lyric poem B) To symbolize its strength and timelessness
D) An epic poem C) To portray it as a protector of memories
D) All of the above
Answer: C) A lyric poem
Answer: D) All of the above

14. Which classical allusion does Toru Dutt use in the

poem? 19. What does the casuarina tree remind the poet
of?
A) Greek gods and myths
B) Italian landscapes A) Her lost siblings and their shared childhood
C) The immortal yew trees of literature B) The hardships of life
D) Biblical references C) The beauty of Indian flora
D) The cultural importance of nature
Answer: C) The immortal yew trees of literature
Answer: A) Her lost siblings and their shared
childhood
15. What role does the python play in the poem?

A) It adds an element of danger.

20. What mood is evoked at the end of the poem?
B) It highlights the tree’s grandeur and timelessness.
C) It symbolizes the struggle of life. A) A sense of sorrow and finality
D) It represents death and decay. B) A hopeful and eternal connection to memories
C) A feeling of detachment from nature A) By planting more trees
D) A longing to return to the past B) By dedicating her poem to it
C) By preserving it in a photograph
Answer: B) A hopeful and eternal connection to
D) By writing about its fruit-bearing qualities
memories
Answer: B) By dedicating her poem to it
21. How does the poet describe the casuarina tree’s
flowers?

A) They are small and red. 26. What is the significance of the phrase “a grey
B) They are large and fragrant. baboon sits statue-like alone”?
C) They are tiny and clustered.
A) It reflects the stillness of the morning.
D) They are golden and glowing.
B) It symbolizes the tree’s role as a shelter for wildlife.
Answer: C) They are tiny and clustered. C) It highlights the mysterious atmosphere of the tree.
D) Both A and B.

Answer: D) Both A and B

22. Which literary device is used in the line "like a
huge Python, winding round and round"?

A) Simile 27. Why does the poet reference yew trees in the
B) Metaphor poem?
C) Alliteration
A) To draw a parallel between yew trees and the
D) Personification
casuarina tree as symbols of immortality.
Answer: A) Simile B) To emphasize the casuarina tree’s historical
significance.
C) To show her interest in European landscapes.
23. The casuarina tree stands as a symbol of what in D) To compare different types of trees.
the poet’s life?
Answer: A) To draw a parallel between yew trees and
A) Change and uncertainty the casuarina tree as symbols of immortality.
B) Stability, love, and memories
C) Growth and success
D) Nature’s mysteries 28. What emotion does the poet associate with the
chirping of birds around the tree?
Answer: B) Stability, love, and memories
A) Joy and contentment
B) Nostalgia and longing
24. What significance does the casuarina tree hold C) Sadness and regret
for the poet’s siblings? D) Anxiety and fear

A) They used to play around it during their childhood. Answer: B) Nostalgia and longing
B) It provided them with shade while they studied.
C) They carved their initials on it.
D) They never interacted with it. 29. What poetic technique is used in the phrase
“Time the shadow, and light the intervening”?
Answer: A) They used to play around it during their
childhood. A) Personification
B) Oxymoron
C) Metaphor
25. How does the poet immortalize the casuarina D) Symbolism
tree?
Answer: D) Symbolism
30. How does the poet describe the morning scene
around the tree?
35. What aspect of the tree reflects its grandeur and
A) As noisy and crowded age?
B) As serene and filled with natural activity
A) The giant trunk and winding branches
C) As dark and gloomy
B) The sound of its leaves in the wind
D) As chaotic and wild
C) The animals and birds it shelters
Answer: B) As serene and filled with natural activity D) Its ability to produce fruit

31. What does the poet hope to achieve by writing Answer: A) The giant trunk and winding branches
about the casuarina tree?

A) Immortalize the tree and her cherished memories

36. How does the poet view nature in the poem?
B) Advocate for environmental conservation
C) Criticize industrialization A) As indifferent to human emotions
D) Provide a botanical description B) As a source of inspiration, solace, and nostalgia
C) As something to be controlled and tamed
Answer: A) Immortalize the tree and her cherished
D) As an object of scientific study
memories
Answer: B) As a source of inspiration, solace, and
nostalgia
32. What does the casuarina tree represent for the
poet in terms of time?
37. What does the poet associate the casuarina tree
A) The fleeting nature of life
with in terms of loss?
B) The permanence amidst the transience of life
C) The inevitability of death A) The death of her parents
D) The gradual passage of years B) The untimely loss of her siblings
C) The destruction caused by industrialization
Answer: B) The permanence amidst the transience of
D) The fading of her youthful innocence
life
Answer: B) The untimely loss of her siblings

33. What is the poet’s connection to the casuarina

tree in adulthood? 38. How does the poet use the imagery of the python
in the poem?
A) It serves as a reminder of her happy childhood.
B) It is no longer significant to her. A) To show the tree’s danger
C) It becomes a symbol of her spiritual beliefs. B) To symbolize the strength and majesty of the tree
D) It provides her with shade while she writes. C) To depict a scene of battle
D) To introduce an element of fear
Answer: A) It serves as a reminder of her happy
childhood. Answer: B) To symbolize the strength and majesty of
the tree

34. What does the poet describe as “a blessing on

the landscape”?

A) The sunlight falling on the fields

B) The casuarina tree
C) The chirping birds
D) The baboon and its young

Answer: B) The casuarina tree