Barring the office boys and a couple of clerks, everybody else at the Studios radiated leisure, a pre-requisite for poetry. Most of them wore khadi and worshipped Gandhiji but beyond that they had not the faintest appreciation for political thought of any kind. Naturally, they were all averse to the term ‘Communism’. A communist was a godless man-he had no filial or conjugal love; he had no compunction about killing his own parents or his children; he was always out to cause and spread unrest and violence among innocent and ignorant people. Such notions, which prevailed everywhere else in South India at that time also, naturally, floated about vaguely among the khadi-clad poets of Gemini Studios. Evidence of it was soon forthcoming. i Pick the option that uses the same figure of speech as ‘A communist is a godless man.’ a) She is as determined as Gandhi when it is a fight against injustice. b) She is a Gandhi when she raises her voice against ‘hinsa’ or violence. c) She, like Gandhi, feels that the earth is crying for deliverance. d) She lives a life of opulence and calls herself a follower of Gandhi. ii Based on the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below. Statement 1: At Gemini Studios, the poets had a profound knowledge about Communists. Statement 2: Communists were responsible for anarchy and discontent in the country. a) Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.b) Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true. c) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 cannot be inferred. d) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 can be inferred. iii Why do you think leisure is a pre-requisite for poetry? a) Poetry means freedom of expression. b) One can enjoy poetry when there’s free time. c) In order to write poetry, one needs free time. d) Poetry means freedom from work. iv Asokamitran says that leisure is a pre-requisite for poetry. He says this because poets a) need to relax for a period of time before composing lines. b) maintain a leisured pace in all tasks they do. c) are creative and need to have free time to weave their thoughts. d) begin poetic compositions in rushed way and end in a relaxed manner.