Aunt Jennifer's Tigers — Class 12 MCQs with Answers
Class 12 CBSE English · Chapter 13
20 practice questions · 20 Medium · Updated
Practise the most important Class 12 CBSE English questions from Chapter 13, "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers". You get 2 timed quizzes made from 20 NCERT-based MCQs, with answers and explanations. The questions are split into 20 Medium. Warm up on the basics, then move on to the exam-level questions that top scorers in CBSE Board exams get right.
To score well in "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers", focus on comprehension, grammar and writing skills. Each MCQ here is timed and uses exam-style marking (+4 correct, −1 wrong, 0 skipped). This helps you stay accurate when time is short, just as real papers need. Every question has a short explanation, so a wrong answer becomes a quick lesson. It is the fastest way to fix gaps before a test.
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Aunt Jennifer's Tigers — important questions & MCQs with answers (Class 12 English)
1 solved question from this chapter's difficulty levels, each with its answer and explanation. Tap an option to check yourself.
- Q1Medium
What are Aunt Jennifer's fingers doing in the second stanza?
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Answer: Fluttering through her wool
Explanation: The poem describes 'Aunt Jennifer's fingers fluttering through her wool' — the word 'fluttering' suggests nervous, unsteady movement.
Key concepts: Aunt Jennifer's Tigers (Class 12 English)
Adrienne Rich's twelve-line poem sets the fearless tigers Aunt Jennifer embroiders against the fearful, weighed-down woman who makes them. The art outlives and outshines its maker: she dies still 'ringed' by her ordeals while the tigers go on prancing, proud and unafraid.
- Adrienne Rich
- Adrienne Rich (1929-2012), born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Known for her involvement in the contemporary women's movement as poet and theorist; nineteen volumes of poetry and three collections of essays. A strong resistance to racism and militarism runs through her work.
- What the poem is about
- The introductory note states it directly: the poem 'addresses the constraints of married life a woman experiences'.
- The tigers
- 'Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen, / Bright topaz denizens of a world of green' — jewel-coloured creatures on the green wool of the panel.
- Their fearlessness
- 'They do not fear the men beneath the tree; / They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.' Note 'chivalric' — the confidence of knights, which their maker entirely lacks.
- Glossary from the text
- 'denizen' = one who lives, grows or is often found in a particular place. 'sleek' = elegant. Both are glossed in the NCERT text.
- Aunt Jennifer's hands
- 'Aunt Jennifer's fingers fluttering through her wool / Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.' 'Fluttering' suggests nervousness; even a light needle defeats her.
- The wedding band
- 'The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band / Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer's hand.' A ring is light; calling it massive turns it into the weight of the marriage itself.
- Terrified hands
- 'When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie / Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.' Even death does not release her.
- The word 'ringed'
- It carries both senses at once — the wedding ring on the finger, and being encircled and hemmed in by ordeals. Any question on this word wants both.
- 'Mastered by'
- She was mastered by the ordeals; the tigers, by contrast, are masters of their world. The contrast between the two verbs is the poem's whole argument.
- The surviving art
- 'The tigers in the panel that she made / Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.' The creation outlives the creator and keeps the freedom she never had.
- The central contrast
- Fearless creation against fearful creator; bright topaz and green against terror and weight; prancing against fingers that cannot pull a needle.
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What are the key concepts in Class 12 English Aunt Jennifer's Tigers?+
Adrienne Rich's twelve-line poem sets the fearless tigers Aunt Jennifer embroiders against the fearful, weighed-down woman who makes them. The art outlives and outshines its maker: she dies still 'ringed' by her ordeals while the tigers go on prancing, proud and unafraid. Key ideas include Adrienne Rich, What the poem is about, The tigers, Their fearlessness, Glossary from the text, Aunt Jennifer's hands.
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It has 20 NCERT-based MCQs on "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers": 20 Medium. Together they make 2 timed quizzes, and you never get the same set twice. Every question has an instant explanation. They help you prepare for CBSE Board exams.
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Start with the Easy quiz to check your basics, then try Medium to practise applying them. There are 2 timed quizzes on this chapter, so you can come back for a fresh set instead of one you have seen. Read each explanation, retry the questions you miss, and track your accuracy until it stays high.
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What are the important questions from Aunt Jennifer's Tigers (Class 12 English)?+
The questions that matter most test Adrienne Rich, What the poem is about, The tigers, Their fearlessness, Glossary from the text, Aunt Jennifer's hands. This page shows 1 solved important MCQs with answers and explanations. Sign in to practise all 20 questions on the chapter as timed quizzes.
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Yes — Class 12 English Aunt Jennifer's Tigers has timed online quizzes at Medium levels, with instant scoring and a worked explanation on every question. The first quiz on the chapter is free.