IGCSE English Literature Carpet Weavers, Morocco

Morocco is a country in...

• The Middle East

• North Africa

• South America

• Central Asia

Which word in the first stanza, not mentioned in the title, might shocking to readers in connection with work?

• Loom

• Braids

• Chime

• Children

Which playful, positive image in the first stanza suggests a musical instrument like a xylophone?

• Braids are oiled and black

• Would make a melodious chime

• Look of another world

• Their dresses bright

What is the carpet the children are weaving compared to in a direct simile suggesting it is colourful, moving and attention grabbing?

• dark rose veins of tree tops

• the garden of Islam grows

• flickering knots like television

• the bench will be raised

Which of the following word in the poem does not have any clear connotations of Islam?

• Garden

• Mosque

• Prayer

• Truck

Which word means a machine used for making a carpet?

• Mosque

• Loom

• Lace

• Chime

The poem has a regular meter which some critics have suggested reflects the regular movement of a weaving loom. What meter is used?

• Iambic tetrameter

• Iambic pentameter

• dactylic dimeter

• trochaic tetrameter

Which metaphorical phrase from the poem suggests that the carpets made by the children are beautiful but also horrible as the children's lives and energy are poured into them?

• flickering knots like television

• The dark rose veins of the tree tops

• The bench will be raised

• Freeze into the frame of all that was

Which modal verb used multiple times in the poem suggests that the children have no choice and their lives and acts are controlled by others?

• Would

• Are

• Will

• Are

Which verb is polysemic (meaning it has multiple meanings) and suggests donating or gifting but also yielding or giving up itself to a stronger force?

• Heaped

• Give

• Lace

• Freeze