A Tiger In The Zoo - Extra Questions Question 1. How does the tiger feel in the zoo? Question 2. How does the tiger walk in the cage? Question 3. What message do you get from this poem? Question 4. How does the tiger act in the cage? Question 5. What would the tiger do in a forest? Question 6. What does the poet want to convey through this poem? Question 7. What would the tiger do in a forest? Question 8. “Freedom is a birth right. It is the most beautiful gift of god. It is valuable for all human beings as well as for creatures,” Discuss with reference to the poem “A Tiger in the Zoo.”. Question 9. Tigers are becoming extinct due to deforestation and poaching. How can people be sensitized about the need of tiger. Question 10. ‘Freedom’ is a life for both humans and animals. Elaborate. Question 11. Those who deny freedom to others, do not deserve it for themselves. Comment. Question 12. Read the poem again, and work in pairs or groups to do the following tasks. (i) Find the words that describe the movements and actions of the tiger in the cage and in the wild. Arrange them in two columns. (ii) Find the words that describe the two places, and arrange them in two columns. Now try to share ideas about how the poet uses words and images to contrast the two situations Question 13. Notice the use of a word repeated in lines such as these — (i) On pads of velvet quiet, In his quiet rage. (ii) And stares with his brilliant eyes At the brilliant stars. What do you think is the effect of this repetition? Question 15. Take a point of view for or against zoos or even consider both points of view and write a couple of paragraphs or speak about this topic for a couple of minutes in class. Read the Stanza and answer the questions that follow: Question 1. He stalks in his vivid stripes The few steps of his cage, On pads of velvet quiet, In his quiet rage. (i) Name the poem and poet. (ii) Who does ‘He’ refer to? Where is he kept? (iii) Where is ‘He? Is he happy there? (iv) Pick out the word from the extract that means the same as—‘bright’. Question 2. He should be lurking in shadow Sliding through long grass Near the water hole Where plump deer pass. (i) Who does ‘He’ refer to? (ii) Where is the tiger at present? (iii) Give a word opposite in meaning from these lines to ‘light’. (iv) Pick out the word from the extract that means the same as—“wait in hiding”. Question 3. He should be snarling around houses At the jungle’s edge, Baring his white fangs, his claws, Terrorising the village! (i) Who is ‘he’ in the stanza? (ii) Why does he move around the houses? (iii) How should he be terrorising the village? (iv) Give noun form of‘terrorise’. Question 4. But he’s locked in a concrete cell, His strength behind bars, Stalking the length of his cage, Ignoring visitors. (i) Where is he locked? (ii) Where is he striding. (iii) Whom does he ignore? (iv) Pick out the word from the stanza that means the same as – “Walk stiffly’. Question 5. He hears the last voice at night, The patrolling cars, And stares with his brilliant eyes At the brilliant stars. (i) Who does “he’ refer to? (ii) What does Tie’ do at night? (iii) What are the cars doing? (iv) Pick out the word from the stanza that means thapame as—‘gleaming’.