What does the title of the poem suggest?
  • Inactivity
  • noise
  • unhappiness
  • Maintenance of silence
What does the poem speak about?
  • the necessity to be happy
  • the necessity to introspect , understand and have feelings of brotherhood
  • the necessity to work quietly
  • none
What does counting upto 12 signify and how will it help?
  • hours of the day
  • months of a year
  • it will help to create peace and harmony
  • all
What is poet's pen name?
  • Neruda
  • Pable
  • Pablo
  • Pablo Neruda
What does the style of the poem symbolise, that the poet used to write with?
  • desires
  • happiness
  • hope
  • desire and hope
What is the original language of the poem ?
  • English
  • French
  • Pali
  • Spanish
What is the essence or message of the poem ?
  • introspection and retrospection to be more peaceful and be in harmony
  • to prosper
  • to be happier
  • to reach out more people
What does the poet feel is needed to be at peace?
  • meeting with people
  • talking with people
  • interaction with the people
  • Soul searching
According to the poet what creates barriers?
  • interactions
  • reactions
  • fighting
  • languages
Why does the poet ask people not to speak?
  • because it creates noise
  • he doesn't like noise
  • it makes things unpleasant
  • because it creates barriers or obstacles in the form of misunderstanding amongst people
What is the rhyming scheme used in the poem?
  • enclosed rhyme
  • Monorhyme
  • sonnet
  • Free verse
How is keeping quiet related to life and can change attitude?
  • it helps to think and search soul
  • helps to scratch one's soul
  • helps to develop new thinking process
  • All these
How will keeping quiet protect our environment?
  • by creating peace and brotherhood feelings
  • no noise will be there
  • people will not fight
  • none
What is destroying the environment?
  • unthoughtful actions
  • violent actions
  • speaking without thinking
  • All
What does number 12 represent?
  • hours of the day and months of a year
  • earth
  • clock
  • cricket players
What does the poem Keeping Quiet teach us?
  • how to maintain silence
  • not to make noise
  • speaking creates noise
  • To be peaceful , thoughtful and have feelings of brotherhood
Not move our arms' what does this expression refer to?
  • sit quietly
  • stand quietly
  • to be inactive
  • sitting still without any movement
Why is silence treated as a big issue?
  • it helps to search our soul
  • helps us to analyze our actions
  • helps us to be thoughtful and find our true self
  • All these
What should not be confused with total inactivity or death?
  • no movement
  • a statue
  • talking people
  • Stillness and silence
What can be a cure or an antidote to violent actions?
  • speaking practice
  • wise words
  • polished language
  • Practice of silence
What is the sadness in the poem that the poet speaks about ?
  • violence because of unthoughtfulness of the people
  • unnecessary movements
  • speaking aloud
  • fighting
What does the earth symbolise?
  • perseverence and new beginning from seemingly stillness
  • stillness
  • greenery
  • prosperity
What is always alive even when everything seems to be dead or still?
  • mountains
  • rivers
  • Sun
  • Earth and nature are always alive
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