Poem

Easy

Read the following poem. Answer the question that follow:

At the Museum

But is 2500 B. C. Harappa,

who cast in bronze a servant girl?

No one keeps records

of soldiers and slaves.

The sculptor knew this,

polishing the ache

off her fingers stiff

from washing the walls

and scrubbing the floors,

from stirring the meat

and the crushed asafoetida

in the bitter gourd.

But I'm grateful she smiled

at the sculptor,

as she smiles at me

in bronze,

a child who had to play women

to her lord

when the warm June rains

came to Harappa.

What is the poet grateful about according to the poem?

The poet is grateful that the servant girl was cast in bronze

The poet is grateful for having encountered a relic from the past

The poet is grateful that the servant girl smiled at the sculptor while he was casting her

The poet is grateful that the sculptor polished the ache off the servant girl's fingers

✅ Correct Option: 3

The poet explicitly says, "But I'm grateful she smiled at the sculptor, as she smiles at me in bronze." The gratitude is directed at the act of the girl smiling at the sculptor, which has travelled forward in time to the poet.

Question 1

What is the poem 'At the Museum' about?

Question 2

What were the kinds of work the servant girl had to do during her time? Choose the incorrect option.

Question 3

What does the poet suggest when they say that the records of soldiers and slaves are not kept?

A. They do not play a significant role in history

B. Their sculptures are destroyed

C. Common people are not worthy of being part of history

D. History is about Kings and Queens

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Question 4

What did the sculptor preserve in casting in bronze the servant girl in 2500 B.C. Harappa?

What is the poet grateful about according to the poem?

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