Question

Read the given lines and answer the questions that follow by ticking the correct choice:

A woman bends over me,

Searching my reaches for what she really is.

Then she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon.

(a) What is the woman bending over?

1. the mirror

2. the lake

3. the opposite wall

4. the moon and the candles

(b) Why have the candles and the moon been called 'liars'?

1. because they make people beautiful

2. they hide the blemishes of people with their soft light

3. they hide the blemishes and make people look beautiful in their soft glow

4. they can't talk

(c) Why does she turn to them in spite of calling them 'liars'?

1. the reality is too harsh for her to bear

2. she is desperately looking for someone to comfort her

3. she wants to be told that she is still beautiful

4. she can hide her signs of graying in their light

Answer 1

(a) i. the mirror

(b) iii. they hide the blemishes and make people look beautiful in their soft glow

(c) i. the reality is too harsh for her to bear