Class 10 English: A Tiger in the Zoo Worksheet (with Answers)
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- 1. A Tiger in the Zoo was written by:
- (a) Leslie Norris
- (b) Robert Frost
- (c) Ogden Nash
- (d) Robin Klein
- 2. In the cage, the tiger mostly:
- (a) roars loudly
- (b) paces quietly
- (c) sleeps all day
- (d) plays
- 3. In the wild, the tiger would hunt near:
- (a) mountains
- (b) deserts
- (c) water holes
- (d) cities
- 4. The poem's main device is:
- (a) rhyme only
- (b) a refrain
- (c) dialogue
- (d) contrast
- 5. How does the tiger behave in its cage?
- 6. What would the tiger do in the wild?
- 7. How does Leslie Norris contrast the caged tiger with the wild tiger?
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- 1. (a) Leslie Norris — It is by Leslie Norris.
- 2. (b) paces quietly — It paces quietly with suppressed rage.
- 3. (c) water holes — It would lurk near water holes for prey.
- 4. (d) contrast — It contrasts the caged and free tiger.
- 5. It paces quietly with hidden rage and ignores the visitors.
- 6. Stalk prey near water holes and strike fear into villagers.
- 7. The whole poem is built on a contrast between two images of the tiger. In the zoo, the tiger is shown trapped in a small cage, pacing softly along the same few steps, full of a quiet, suppressed rage. It pays no attention to the visitors and, at night, stares longingly at the stars, a picture of helplessness and lost majesty. Against this, the poet sets the tiger as it would be in the wild: sliding silently through long grass, lurking near water holes to hunt, and terrifying the villagers near the forest's edge with its strength and ferocity. By placing these two pictures side by side, Norris makes the reader feel keenly how unnatural and cruel the tiger's captivity is, for the same creature that should be free and powerful is reduced to restless pacing behind bars.
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- Which board and class is this for?
- This worksheet is aligned to CBSE Class 10 English, chapter “A Tiger in the Zoo”.