BROTHERHOOD

 VIVEKANANDA COACHING CENTRE

CLASS:-XII, SUB:-ENGLISH(B)

POEM:- BROTHERHOOD

A. Choose the corect alternative from the given options :-

1. 'I too am written ' -- Who writes the poet? -- God/ reader/ night/ stars.

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2. 'I too am written ' -- I refers to --- God/ a human being/ the Stars / the univers.

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3. In Brotherhood, the night is described as --- small/ enormous / insignificant / none.

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4. The language in which 'Brotherhood' was originally written --- French/ German/ Maxican/ Spanish.

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5. In the poem “Brotherhood” the night is –--enormous/ dark /short / silent.

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6. In the poem “Brotherhood”, the poet’s fate is written by –-- the moon /  the night/ the sun / the stars. 

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7. What is called ‘enormous’ in the poem “Brotherhood”? – -- night / universe / stars / the poet. 

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8. “Unknowing I understand” – implies –-- one cannot understand the unknowing /  one can understand without knowledge /  one can understand intuitively /  one understands the unknowing.

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9. To whom is the poem “Brotherhood” dedicated by Octavio Paz?---  to his brother / to the concept of brotherhood/  Claudius Ptolemy /  to his wife.

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10 . The poem " Brotherhood " was written by  --- William Wordsworth  / H.W. Longfellow / Robert Browning  / Octavio Paz.

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11. In the poem " Brotherhood " , the sky is covered with --- mist / stars  / cloud  / sunlight.

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12. In "Brotherhood" , the poet's life on earth is for a ---  long period / short period / very very long period /  none of these. 

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13. The poet in Brotherhood identifies himself first as a --- poet/ man/ love of God / stranger.

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B. Answer the following questions each in a single sentence :-

1. How is the night described in 'Brotherhood'? (Sub + Aux + V3 + ----)

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2. To Whom does Octavio Paz homage through this poem? (Sub + (V+es/s) + ---- + Obj)

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3. Who is Claudius Ptolemy? (Sub+ Aux + ----)

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4. 'Unknowing I understand ' --- What did the poet understand? (Sub + V2 + That + ----)

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5. Why does the poet look up? {Sub+(V+es/s) + because + -----)

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6. Who controls the whole universe? (--- + (v+es/s) + obj)

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7. "Little do I last.'' --- What does this line indicate? (Sub+ (v+es/s) + -----)

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8. What does the stars control in the poem ''Brotherhood'' ? (Sub+(v+es/s) + -----+obj)

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9. ''Someone spells me out.'' --- What does this 'Someone' refer to? {Sub+(V+es/s) + p+ ----}

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10. What is enoromous? (--- Aux+ obj)

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11. ''But I look up'' --- Where does the poet look up? {Sub+(V+es/s) + p+ ----}

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12. ''I too am written.'' --- Who is written by Whom? (----+Aux+v³+ ---)

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13. What type of poem is Brotherhood? (Sub+Aux+ -----)

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1. " I too am writte " --- From where is the line extracted ? Who is the poet ?  Who is referred to ' I ' ? How is ' I ' too written ?

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Write the substance of the poem . 

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What is the challenge in the line " Unknowing I understand ? "

Ans :- The above line has been extracted from the poem The Brotherhood ' . 

Octavio Paz ' is the poet of the poem . 

Here ' I ' refers to the poet  , Octavio Paz .

The poet , Octavio Paz , has set himself against the universe . According to the poet the purpose of his life has been written in the sky . This act of writing , far from being casual , is a deliberate act . But the very same little figure looks upward , reads the sky , and unknown to himself learns that he has a very special place in the scheme of the universe . This is the challenge that we are unknown about our destiny . We understand it . But we have a sense of visibility which is the definiteness of an iden tity in the universe .