English Night of the Scorpion

A dark, stormy night scene featuring a scorpion under a sack of rice with shadows of villagers praying in the background, capturing the essence of Nissim Ezekiel's 'Night of the Scorpion'.

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Test your knowledge of Nissim Ezekiel's powerful poem, "Night of the Scorpion." Dive into the story that explores themes of pain, motherhood, and superstition while challenging yourself with thought-provoking questions.

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  • Engaging multiple choice and drop list questions
  • Insights into the poem's meaning and symbolism
  • An opportunity to reflect on the deeper themes of life and suffering
22 Questions6 MinutesCreated by ReflectiveReader531
Name:
What drove the scorpion inside the house?
Scorpion
Rain
Peasents
None
Where did the scorpion crawl?
Under a sack of rice
Outside
Why does he call the tail ‘diabolic’
There are two tails
None
Because it poisons the person it stings
Who came into the house
What is the scorpion referred to in the third line?
Why did the peasants say the name of God a hundred times
To paralyze the evil one
To get confidence
Simply
Whose shadows were thrown on the walls
The peasents
Father
Mother
Scorpion
Pick out a simile
Peasents
Peasants came like swarm of flies
None
Pick out the metaphor
Giant scorpion shadows
Heavy rain
None
How many times ‘they said’ has been repeated
6
10
20
Why did they want the scorpion to sit still
With the movement of the scorpion, the poison moved in the mother’s body.
They want to catch it
None of the above
What does the poem say about a mother
She died
She wants to save her children from every kind of pain.
What made scorpion hide behind the sack
What are the villagers searching for in the dark of the night
Scorpion
Electricity
Weapons
Who is the only rational person among the villagers
Poet
Father
How is the mother going to be benefited from her suffering
She will get immunity
She will either reduce her sins of past birth or her next birth
What is the poison going to purify
Blood
Desire and the spirit of ambition
Which experiment was performed by the father in the poem
Paraffin on the bitten toe and put a match to it
Crying
Inviting peasents
Who is author of the poem
Nissim Ezekiel
None
What is the chapter name
Night of the csorpion
Scorpion and me
I hate csorpion
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