a compillstion of quiz question from various sources

1. HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES -QUIZ
Bibsy Soenharjo

2. What does the phrase ‘quiet
eyes’ refer to?
Eyes full of deceit/ lies

3. Explain the phrase ‘layered with
the thinnest ice’?
The man is cold/ heartless

4. What emotion is expressed in
lines 9 and 10?
Regret

5. In stanza 3, what is the persona’s
advice before getting into a
relationship?
Do not be deluded by others/
should not judge others by
appearance or looks

6. What does the phrase ‘two pools
of lies’ refer to?
The eyes

7. Explain the phrase ‘to render him
paradise’
To give the man happiness

8. How did the man deceive the
persona at first?
By appearing to be someone
in sadness and loneliness

9. Give ONE possible message of
the poem
We have to listen to other’s
advice

10. What does ‘they’ in line 3 refer
to?
The man’s eyes

11. Which line in stanza 1 tells you that
the man’s eyes were insincere?
They were two pools of lies

12. What were the persona’s regrets
in stanza 2?
She regrets for not being wise
and not listening to advice

13. Name a possible theme in the
poem
The importance of thinking wisely
to avoid from being regretful

14. How are the eyes personified in
the poem?
The eyes are personified as
eyes full of lies

15. Which line suggest that the women
was unaware of what kind of a man
he was.
She did not realise

16. What does the phrase ‘hows and
whys’ refer to?
Refers to the woman who felt
regretful

17. What does the phrase ‘lose your
heart’ mean’?
Means get your heart broken

18. What is in the boy’s eyes?
Full of lies

19. Which line in the poem tells us that
we can see through the mans’
deception?
Stanza 1 line 4

20. What does the boy tell the girl?
Be nice to him

21. What is he asking he to do?
Render/give him paradise/
happiness

22. What do the 1st and the 2nd line
in the second stanza imply?
She did not listen to the
advice

23. What has the girl realise about
the boy?
The boy is a cheater

24. What is the persona’s advice to
the readers?
Make sure that nice people
are really nice people

25. What can you conclude about
the girl?
The girl is easily being
cheated by the boy

26. Why do you think the persona
wants to give the readers advice?
So that people will be aware
with people they recently met

27. Which line suggest that the woman
was unaware of the kind of man he
was?
She did not realise

28. How did he try to attract the
woman?
He put an act of being sincere
and nice

29. What kind of eyes does the man
have?
Quiet/ innocent/ deceiving
eyes

30. Do you think the woman was foolish
for not seeing through the man’s
deceptiveness?
Yes, because she easily trust
the guy without knowing his
background

31. In stanza 1, what could have saved
the woman from committing the
mistake?
Do an investigation of the
mans’ background

32. What does the phrase ‘hows and
whys mean’?
The persona’s regrets

33. In what way has the woman been
affected by the ‘hows and whys’?
She wished she was smarter
and listened to advice

34. Why does the poet compare the
game of love to a dice? Is there a
similarity? Give a reason
Yes there’s similarity because when
playing with dice there’s an element of
dice involved, just like in relationship

35. What do you think could have
attracted the woman to the man?
His quiet eye

36. What do the following expression
show about the man’s personality?
a) pools of lies
b) layered with the thinnest eyes
a) The man is full of deceit and
trickery
b) The man is potrayed as cold and
heartless

37. Does the poem end with a
positive note?
Yes because an advice was
given reminding girls to
ensure a man is truly sincere

38. Explain what the experience of
falling in love being compared to?
Like rolling a dice because we
might not know what we are
getting