What IF

When do strange questions strike the poet?

• (a) In the morning

• (b) In the afternoon

• (c) In the evening

• (d) In the night.

What does she mean by What if song?

• (a) What will happen if she loses her power to speak

• (b) The song means what will happen in case such a change takes place

• (c) What will happen if she gets beaten up

• (d) None of the above.

The ‘Whatif song haunts the speaker……….

• (a) only once

• (b) again and again

• (c) only twice

• (d) every moment.

What does the poem reveal about the speaker?

• (a) She is bold

• (b) She is timid

• (c) She is filled with doubts and fears

• (d) She is confident.

What does the expression Whatif mean?

• (a) What will happen in case these happen

• (b) What will happen the next moment

• (c) What will happen if the earth gets dry

• (d) None of the above.

Which of the fears is not applied to the speaker?

• (a) What will happen in case the fish stops biting

• (b) What will happen in case her parents get divorced

• (c) What will happen in case she gets good marks

• (d) What will happen in case a war breaks out.

Such silly questions are baseless, still…..

• (a) they trouble the speaker every time

• (b) they create havoc in the speaker’s life

• (c) they develop negative aptitude in the speaker

• (d) none of the above.

What are these doubts and worries called?

• (a) Cynical fears

• (b) Inborn fears

• (c) Habitual fears

• (d) Baseless fears.

What type of people do entertain such fears?

• (a) Strong-minded people

• (b) Haughty people

• (c) Weak-minded people

• (d) Mature people.

What does the word ‘swell’ in the extract mean?

• (a) Deformed

• (b) Spoiled

• (c) Short in size

• (d) Large and wonderful in size.