I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS – MCQ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS – ICSE CLASS 9 AND 10 ENGLISH

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1. The poem is based on whose autobiography?

1. Rosa Parks
2. James Baldwin
3. Maya Angelou
4. Toni Morrison

2. When was this poem originally published?

1. 1983
2. 1957
3. 1972
4. 1969

3. What does the poem primarily talk about?

1. Unsettling and traumatic experiences of Maya Angelou as an African American
2. Maya Angelou’s married life
3. Trauma faced by women in general
4. The author’s failed love story

4. What does the ‘caged bird’ signify in the poem?

1. Oppressed African Americans
2. Americans
3. Women
4. Asians

5. Find the most suitable poetic device in the underlined part of the following line: “The caged bird sings with a fearful trill.”

1. Alliteration
2. Metaphor
3. Assonance
4. Hyperbole

6. Find the poetic device in the underlined part: “… the trade winds soft through the sighing trees.”

1. Personification
2. Metaphor
3. Assonance
4. Simile

7. Why are African Americans referred to as ‘caged birds?’

1. They liked having birds as pets
2. They were not allowed to move freely, and did not enjoy a lot of rights
3. They enjoyed roaming around
4. They oppressed the white people

8. What does the poet mean by ‘free bird?’

1. African American women
2. African Americans
3. White Americans
4. Men

9. A free bird “dips his wing in the orange sun rays.” – What does the poet mean by this line?

1. A person who is free can paint a bird’s wings orange
2. A person who is free always used to possess a bird with orange wings
3. A person who is free can do anything and needs to follow no rules
4. A person who is free can take part in the brightness of this world

10. “But a bird that stalks

down his narrow cage

can seldom see through

his bars of rage”- What ‘rage’ is the poet talking about?

1. Anger that fills up in a person when they are restricted in life
2. Anger that fills up when someone has no stability in life
3. Frustration of always moving around and not having a home
4. Frustration of a bird who is caged

11. What is the tone of the poet in the poem?

1. Content and fulfilling
2. Melancholic and heartbroken
3. Unnerving and frustrating
4. Jolly and positive

12. Where does the caged bird’s tune reach?

1. The adjacent cage
2. Distant hill
3. A faraway mill
4. The neighbouring city

13. What does the caged bird stand on?

1. His food
2. Grave of his dreams
3. His family and life
4. His happiness

14. What has happened to the caged bird’s wings?

1. They are clipped
2. They are tied
3. They are free to move
4. They are weak

15. What does the bird do when his feet are tied?

1. He goes silent
2. He screams
3. He tries to remove the ties
4. He sings

16. What does the caged bird sing?

1. Songs of hopelessness
2. Songs of vengeance
3. Songs of sadness
4. Songs of freedom

17. How does the poet describe the cage?

1. Small
2. Big
3. Narrow
4. Dirty

Answers:

1. C) Maya Angelou.
2. D) 1969.
3. A) Unsettling and traumatic experiences of Maya Angelou as an African American.
4. A) Oppressed African Americans.
5. C) Assonance.
6. A) Personification.
7. B) They were not allowed to move freely, and did not enjoy a lot of rights.
8. C) White Americans.
9. D) A person who is free can take part in the brightness of this world.
10. A) Anger that fills up in a person when they are restricted in life.
11. C) Unnerving and frustrating.
12. B) Distant hill.
13. B) Grave of his dreams.
14. A) They are clipped.
15. D) He sings.
16. D) Songs of freedom.
17. C) Narrow.