A Child is Born By Germaine Greer Exercise

 

A CHILD IS BORN
                                                                   -Germaine Greer

This essay“A Child Is Born” is written by Germaine Greer. “A child is born” is an extract from her book sex and destiny. She was born in 1939 in Australia. In this essay she talks about the ways of managing child birth in traditional societies.
She says that every woman goes to her husband’s house from her mother’s house after marriage to live with the husband. There is a concept that such women do not become the members of her husband’s family until they have born a child. It is told that a girl is lucky who parents alive. She goes to her mother’s house for the last month of her pregnancy and about the first three months of the baby’s life.
When a child is of seven days old, the naming ceremony is held. A new dress is brought for child and also a new sari is brought for the mother. There is dancing and singing programme until late night. Garlands of turmeric and garlic are worn to the child to protect from evil sprits. After three months of delivery again she goes to her husband’s home and she becomes the family member.
          Objective Questions & Answers

    1.      Germaine Greer was born in……………….
a)1929                     b)1939                     c)1949

    2.      The ceremony is held………..
a)only for boy                                b)only for girl                    c)for both

    3.      In Bangladesh children are looked after by……..
a)father only                                  b)mother only                   c)whole family

    4.      During pregnancy the best place for the woman is…………
a)hotel                                              b)in-laws-family   c)her mother’s house

    5.      ‘A Child is Born’ is written by………..
a)B.Russell                          b)G.Greer                c)Shiga Naoya

    6.      Sylheti woman and her child are given new dress on the………day of the birth.
a)5^th                                       b)6^th                          c)7^th

    7.      In…………children under the age of five or six are looked after by the whole family.
a)Indian                               b)Bangladesh                    c)China

    8.      Germaine Greer is a famous……………..writer.
a)educational                                 b)scientific              c)feminist

    9.      Germaine Greer was born in……
a)Australia  b)India                     c)Africa

    10.  The Female Eunuch, Sex and Destiny, The Change is written by………….
a)HE Bates  b)P)earl S. Buck    c)Germaine Greer

    11.  ‘A Child is Born’ is an extract from………….
a)Macbeth   b)Sex and Destiny            c)As You Like it

    12.  Germaine Greer is an……………..writer.
a)Australian           b)Indian       c)American

    13.  Generally a pregnant woman is sent to her………………home for childbirth.
a)parents     b)village       c)relative

    14.  In the…………the husband wife due enjoy more freedom and individuality.
a)East                        b)West                      c)South

    15.  A……………..woman has to observe various taboos, rituals and custom.
a)pregnant  b)stubborn c)literate

    16.  A Child is Born is written by……………..
a)Germaine Greer            b)J.N. Neharu         c)Shiga Naoya

    17.  In Bangladesh…………is a kind of fairy tales.
a)Rupthoka            b)Machthoka         c)Jupthoka

    18.  Garlands of……….were given to a new baby.
a)apples and banan         b)garlic and turmeric     c)gram and rice

    19.  ……………….visited an enormous modern hospital for ‘Bantu patients’ in South Africa.
a)Sheila Kitzinger b)Nandini Sen       c)Dr. Mao

Short Answer Questions

    1.     How the ways of managing childbirth in the traditional society is useful?
Ans. In traditional societies there are many different ways to manage childbirth. They are useful primarily because they are accepted culturally and collectively. The expectant mother is free from the anxiety of reinvesting the procedures.

    2.     Where do Sylheti women go to stay during the last stage of pregnancy?
Ans. In the last stage of pregnancy Sylheti women go to their parents’ house to live.

    3.     What is the difference between the East and the West in the matters of mother child relationship?
Ans. In the East, the biological family is deliberately weakened. Mother-child relation is given more importance than that of husband-wife. In the west, the husband-wife duo enjoy more freedom and individuality. The biological family is not weakened.

    4.     What is the truism of anthropology that the writer talks about?
Ans. It is a truism of anthropology that women do not become members of their new family until they have borne a child.

    5.     What is the reward of pregnancy for young Sylheti woman?
Ans. A Sylheti woman is sent to her mother’s home well before she is delivered of her child. The new born is looked after by her parents. She and her child are given new dress on the seventh day of the birth. Feasting and singing go on till night.

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