2nd PUC English Textbook To the Foot from its Child Question And Answer
2nd PUC To the Foot from its Child 1 Mark Question And Answer
1.What would the child’s foot like to be?
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Mention one of the things that the child’s foot likes to be in “To the Foot from its Child’.
Ans: A butterfly or an apple.
2.What do stones and bits of glass, streets, ladders and the paths in the rough earth go on teaching the foot?
Ans: That it cannot fly/it cannot be a fruit bulging on the branch.
3.Who is a prisoner condemned to live in a shoe?
Ans: The child’s foot.
4.What is defeated, falls in the battle?
Ans: The child’s foot.
5.Why is the child’s foot defeated?
Ans: When it comes to know that it cannot fly and cannot become a fruit.
6.Where did the foot condemn to live?
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Where is the Child’s foot condemned to live according to the speaker in ‘To the Foot from its Child’?
Ans: In a shoe.
7.Condemn to live in a shoe’ here ‘shoe refers to…
Ans: Society.
8._______grows to know the world bit by bit in the dark in its own way?
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Who feels out life like a blindman in the poem “To the Foot from its Child’.
Ans: The childs’ foot.
9.How does the child’s foot grow feeling out life like?
Ans: Like a blind man.
10.What grows hard and change themselves into opaque substance?
Ans: Soft nails of quartz/ foot.
11.How hard are these soft nails?
Ans: They are as hard as that of horns.
12.Which for do the tiny petaled toes of the child take?
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What form do the petaled toes take on in “To the Foot from its Child’?
Ans: Eyeless reptiles
13.Mention the appearance of soft nails’ heads?
Ans: They are triangular.
14.How do the petaled toes of the child look like?
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What are the toes of the child compared to in ‘To the Foot from its Child’?
Ans: They look like worms.
15.How do the petaled toes grow later?
Ans: They grow callused.
16.The petaled toes are covered with the faint________ of death.
a.volcanoes
b.ladders
c.none
Ans: (a)volcanoes
17.How does the child’s foot walk?
Ans: It walks without respite.
18.Mention one of the things that the child’s, the man’s, the woman’s feet walk through.
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Mention any one of the places through which the foot walks in “To the Foot from its Child’.
Ans: fields / mines / markets/ ministries/ backwards/ inward/ forward.
19.Where does the foot toil in’?
Ans: in its shoe.
20.The foot scarcely taking time to bare itself in
a.hate or conscience
b.love or sleep
c.none
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In “To the Foot from its Child’ the foot searcely takes time to bare itself in
(a) rest or peace.
b) love or sleep
(c) death or dream.
Ans: (b). love or sleep
21.How long does the child’s, man’s, woman’s foot walk?
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How long does the foot walk in ‘To the Foot from its Child’?
Ans: Until the whole man chooses to stop.
22.Name one of the things that the child’s foot never knew.
Ans: It had ceased to be a foot/ if they were burying it so that it could fly or that it could become apple
23.Name one of the things that the child’s foot wants to be in Neruda’s poem.
Ans: A butterfly/ an apple. (Write any one).
24.What would the foot like to be?
Ans: like to be a butterfly or an apple
25.When does the foot stop to walk in Neruda’s poem?
Ans: In Neruda’s poem the foot stops to walk until the whole man chooses to stop.
26.What do the soft nails of quartz change themselves into in “To the Foot from its Child’?
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What do the soft mails of the child change themselves into in “To the Foot from its Child’?
Ans: Opaque substance
27.Where is the ‘child’s foot’ condemned to live?
Ans: In a shoe
28.What did the foot find everything when it descended underground’?
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In ‘To the Foot from its Child’ when descending underground, the foot finds everything
(a) dark
(b) rough
(c) coarge
Ans: (a) dark
29.Mention one of the things that the child’s foot would like to be.
Ans: A butterfly/ an apple
30.What is the child’s foot not aware of?
Ans: That it is a child.
31.What does ‘until the whole man chooses to stop’ suggest?
Ans: It means the end of life for man.
32.When does everything seem dark to the foot in “To the foot from its child’?
Ans: When it dies and is buried.
33.In “To the Foot from its Child’ the paths in the rough earth go on teaching the foot that it cannot
(a) become a butterfly
(b) bunch together
(c) live in a shoe
Ans: (a) become a butterfly
34.According to the speaker in “To the Foot from its Child’ what would like to be a butterfly or an apple?
Ans: The child’s foot
35.What is out of touch with its fellow in the poem “To the Foot from its Child’?
Ans: The world
36. What does the blind thing refer to in “To the Foot from its Child’?
Ans: The child’s foot
37.Where did the foot descend after it ceased to be in “To the Foot from its Child’
Ans: underground
2nd PUC To the Foot from its Child 4 Mark Question And Answer
1.Bring out the stages of hardships faced by the foot after being confined in a shoe.
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Explain the various stages of hardships faced by the foot after being confined in a shoe.
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Explain instances that make the child’s foot aware of the obstacles and hardships in To the Foot from its Child’
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Describe the different stages of transformation of the foot after it is condemned to live in a shoe.
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Bring out the changes that the foot undergoes after being condemned to live in a shoe in ‘To the Foot from its Child’.
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What happened to the foot when it is condemned to live in a shoe as presented in To the Foot from its Child’?
Ans: The child’s foot is unaware of its limitations. It aspires to be a buttertly or an apple. As it grows up it starts facing hardships which are symbolized by stones, bits of glasses, streets, ladders and the paths in the rough earth. They go on teaching the foot that it cannot fly and cannot be a fruit bulging on the branch. Then the child’s foot is defeated, imprisoned and condemned to live in a shoe. Gradually the child’s foot loses its innocence and faces the realities of life. It feels out that life is like a blind man. It loses its shape to the form of eyeless reptiles and later covered with the faint volcanoes of death which child’s foot never imagined. It never knew that it had ceased to be a foot.
2.Bringout the contrast between illusion and reality in “To the Foot from its child’.
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Explain how the foot toils in its shoe until the wholeman chooses to stop in ‘To the Foot from its Child’
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How does the poem “To the Foot from its Child’ it’s the bringout the contrast between illusion and reality?
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The poem “To the Foot from its Child’ represents the conflict between illusion and reality. Elaborate.
Ans: The foot is the symbol of the journey of human life from childhood. The child’s foot is unaware of it as a foot and it would like to be a butterfly or an apple. Its illusion is that it can fly and be a fruit bulging on the branch. But stones, bits of glases, streets, ladders and the paths in the rough earth teach the foot that it can not fly nor be a fruit. The child’s foot is defeated, it falls in the battle of life and it is imprisoned and condemned to life in a shoe. The child’s foot grows to know the world in its own way in the dark like a blind man. The soft nails of the child’s foot grow hard and take on the form of eyeless reptiles and later thickened and hardened part of the skin. The child’s foot gradually loses its innocence and faces the realities of life when the child’s foot becomes the man’s, the woman’s foot moving up and down through fields, mines, ministries, markets until he or she choses to stop. Then it descends and everything is dark. It never knew it had ceased to be a child’s foot so that it could fly or it could become an apple if they were burying it.
3.Why does the poet refer to the Foot’ as being a blind man in ‘To the Foot From its Child’?
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Bringout the life of the foot in a shoe as presented in “To the Foot from its Child’.
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How does the poem To the Foot from its Child’ bringout the plight of a person dictated by society?
Ans: The foot representing the child wants to be a butterfly or an apple. But society is harsh and it forces the foot to become a responsible adult doing responsible adult things. Foot is the symbol of journey of human life from childhood to old age. As the foot grows it faces the realities and hardship which teach that it cannot fly or can’t become a fruit. It grows to know the world in its own way feeling out life like a blind man out of touch with its fellows. It is defeated and becomes a prisoner in shoes. Its soft nails grow hard and take the form of eyeless reptiles. But this blind thing walks without respite and crosses the different stages of life. It toils in shoe until the whole man chooses to stop. It descends underground for everything was dark there. It never knew it had ceased to be a foot. So the poet refers to the ‘Foot as heing a blindman, in ‘To The Foot From it’s Child’.
2nd PUC To the Foot from its Child 6 Mark Question And Answer
1.The poem ‘To the Foot from its Child’ is a journey of human life. Elucidate.
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Explain the similarity between the foot’s early life and its end as depicted in ‘To the Foot from its Child’
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To the foot from its child is a comment on the journey of life. Discuss.
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Society crushes dreams of individuals and condemns them to live in captivity. Explain with respect to ‘To the Foot from its Child
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The norms of the society control man just as the foot is enclosed in a shoe. How is this depicted in To the Foot from its Child’.
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The foot is forced to play various roles and shoulder many responsibilities. Explain with respect to ‘To the Foot from its Child’.
Ans: The foot is the symbol of a journey of human life from ones childhood to his or her old age. The child’s foot is unaware that it is a foot and wants to become a butterfly or an apple. But the realities and the hardships teach the foot that it cannot fly or it can’t become a fruit bulging on the branch. Then the child’s foot is defeated in the battle of life and becomes a prisoner in a shoe. It grows in the dark to know the world in its own way feeling out life like a blind man. The soft nails inside the shoes grow hard and take on the form of eyeless reptiles. Later they grow thickened and hardened part of the skin. But this blind thing walks without rest or respite even after the child becoming the man or the woman moving up above or down below through fields, mines, markets and ministries until the whole man chooses to stop. And then it is descended underground unaware of everything. The foot never knew that it had ceased to be a foot or it could fly like butterfly or it could become an apple if they were burying it.
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