OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Who has written, “The Empty Heart” ?
(a) Radhaswamy Thooran
(b) Vidyapati
(c) Periasamy Thooran
(d) Kabirdas
2. Which of the following poem has been written by “Periasamy Thooran” ?
(a) The sleeping Porter
(b) Koel
(c) The Empty Heart
(d) Martha
3. “The Empty Heart” is a ____
(a) Novel
(b) Story
(c) Drama
(d) Poem
4. Periasamy Thooran was a distinguished _______ writer.
(a) Tamil
(b) Bengali
(c) Bihari
(d) Kashmiri
5. Periasamy Thooran first made his name as a writer of short ____ and ____
(a) stories, drama
(b) stories, poem
(c) novel, articles
(d) articles, poem
6. Periasamy is best remembered today as the editor of the famous ten volume _____ in tamil.
(a) poem
(b) story
(c) encyclopaedia
(d) drama
7. Which tree had the power to grant wishes in the poem, “The Empty Heart”.
(a) pipal
(b) banyan
(c) neem
(d) kalpaka
8. The poem “The Empty Heart” tells us about the problems caused by _____
(a) poverty
(b) content
(c) greed
(d) anger
9. What is the original name of the poem “The Empty Heart” in Tamil ?
(a) Kurai Kudam
(b) Anna Malai
(c) Punya Natil
(d) Anna Kudam
10: The Poem “The Empty Heart” highlights a great human weakness: man’s _____ greed.
(a) good
(b) insatiable
(C) wonderful
(d) satiable
11. The greed ultimately ______ a man.
(a) builds
(b) supports
(c) fulfills
(d) destroys
12. In the poem, “The Empty Heart”,The man was ____ but not content.
(a) poor
(b) rich
(c) selfish
(d) author
13. In the poem, “The Empty Heart”, The man rich, but not _____
(a) selfish
(b) subtend
(c) content
(d) attend
14. What did the greedy man initially ask to Kalpaka ?
(a) a pot of gold
(b) 2-pots of gold
(c) 5-pots of gold
(d) 7-pots of gold
15. The prayer of the greedy man was granted ______
(a) eight-fold
(b) seven-fold
(c) three-fold
(d) two-fold
16. The man was given ______ silver pitchers full of gold.
(a) seven
(b) two
(c) ten
(d) eight
17. What were the pitchers made up of ?
(a) iron
(b) zinc
(c) gold
(d) silver
18. What was given to the man in the silver pitchers ?
(a) silver coins
(b) gold coins
(c) diamond coins
(d) water
19. How many half fill pitchers did the tree grant him ?
(a) two
(b) seven
(c) one
(d) eight
20. The tree has been called unkind because the ______ pot granted by him was half fill ?
(a) eighth
(b) seventh
(c) third
(d) sixth
21. Morning, noon, and ____ he went to the wish yielding tree.
(a) night
(b) evening
(c) dusk
(d) dawn
22. To fill the eighth pot ____ was the desire of the greedy man.
(a) slowly
(b) in a year
(c) never
(d) quickly
23.The seven full ______ was completely forgotten by the greedy man.
(a) bucket
(b) vessels
(c) jug
(d) well
24. The ______ desire made the greedy man mad.
(a) saintly
(b) godly
(c) demon
(d) prophetic
25. The greedy man bade,” ______ “to his mother, wife and children ?
(a) goodbye
(b) salam
(c) pranam
(d) good morning
26. Who bade, “goodbye” to his mother, wife and children ?
(a) saint
(b) greedy man
(c) old man
(d) young man
27. The greedy man rose before ______
(a) cock-crow
(b) dog-bark
(C) lion-roar
(d) jackal-howl
28. The greedy man worked past _____
(a) day
(b) evening
(c) midnight
(d) dusk
29. The greedy man started avoiding, eating, drinking and ____ .
(a) sitting
(b) working
(c) playing
(d) sleep
30. The greedy man shirked, ____, drinking and sleep.
(a) playing
(b) eating
(C) walking
(d) working
31. The greedy man wrecked his _____ .
(a) health
(b) wealth
(c) money
(d) greed
32. The greedy man sold his ______ to fill the eighth pitcher.
(a) love
(b) house
(c) conscience
(d) land
33. He tried all _____ to gather gold.
(a) tricks
(b) honesty
(c) laziness
(d) good
34. The greedy man would clutch each coin by hook or _______
(a) rubber
(b) elastic
(c) honesty
(d) crook
35. The greedy man tried harder and harder, but finally he _____ .
(a) won
(b) died
(c) surrendered
(d) succeeded
36. Greed is endless, but _____ is not.
(a) money
(b) wealth
(c) life
(d) game
37. Nothing is wrong with half filled ______ .
(a) purse
(b) pot
(c) grave
(d) lamp
38. Nothing is wrong with half filled purse; ‘Tis the void in the heart that is _____
(a) better
(b) excellent
(c) burst
(d) curse
39. Nothing is wrong with half filled purse; ‘Tis the void in the _____ that is curse.
(a) belly
(b) heart
(c) knee
(d) brain
40. Which of the following word means, “edge or lip of a vessel”.
(a) trim
(b) rin
(c) brim
(d) bloom
41. There was a …………….. which had the power to grant wishes.
(a) church
(b) monkey
(C) temple
(d) tree
42. What made him mad ?
(a) His tendency of getting more and more
(b) Sudden shock
(c) Heart attack
(d) accident
43. Greed is ………… but life is not.
(a) bad
(b) respectable
(c) endless
(d) good
14. The poem ‘The Empty Heart’ highlights a great human ………
(a) power
(c) weakness
(b) energy
(d) softness
