Monday 21 December 2020

MCQ OF THE POETRY OF EARTH

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 THE POETRY OF EARTH

                   John Keats

Choose the Correct Option from the Alternatives Provided 

1) The poetry of earth is never

(a) alive (✓b) dead (c) eternal (d) immortal 

2. "The Poetry of Earth" is a - 

(✓a) sonnet (b) lyric (d) narrative poem () war poenm

 3. "The poetry of earth is never dead..."- Here 'poetry' refers to- 

(✓a) music (b) composition (d) rhythm (c) narration

4)  "The poetry of earth is never dead :" Here 'earth' refers to 

(a) rock (b) soil (c) globe (✓d) nature

 5) According to Keats, birds are faint with

(a) storm (b) cold (✓c) hot sun (d) hail

 6) "When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, .." - Here the word 'faint' means 

(a) conscious (b) dead () injured (✓d) unconscious

 7) The birds hide in cooling trees due to - 

(a) rain (b) frost (✓c) heat (d) landslide 

8) The sun in the poem 'The Poetry of Earth' is -  

(a) mild (b) pleasant (c) yellow (d✓) hot

 9) "And hide in cooling trees, ..."- The word 'hide' means - 

(a✓) taking shelter (b) going away (c) making fun (d) only dancing

 10) When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, they hide in cooling --

 (✓a) trees (c) caves (b) bushes (d) cotes

 11) " ... a voice will run" -- It is the voice of - 

(a) bee (c) Cricket (b✓) Grasshopper (d) bird

12) The voice of the Grasshopper runs from-  (a) field to field (b) flower to flower

 (✓c) hedge to hedge (d) forest to forest 

13) The Grasshopper sings in - 

(a) winter (✓b) summer (c) autumn (d) spring.

14) The voice of the Grasshopper will run from hedge to hedge about freshly cut --

(a) trees  (b) garden (c✓) Mead (d) leaves 

15) "... a voice will run From hedge to hedge" - The word 'hedge means a line of - 

(a) hazes (b) buds (c) hazels (✓d) bushes 

16) The Grasshopper is an agent of-

 (a✓) summer (b) winter  (c) autumn (d) spring

17) ... about the new-mown mead; " - The word 'mead' means - 

(a) pond (b) middle (✓c) meadow  (d) crop 

18) "That is the Grasshopper" - Here That refers to --------- the of the Grasshopper. 

(a) beauty (b) liveliness (c) idleness (d✓) voice

 19) When birds are faint with the hot sun,  summer song is carried out by -

(a) the Cricket (b✓) the Grasshopper  (c) the wind  (d) the clouds. 

20) " - he takes the lead" - Who is 'he' referred to here? 

(a) the poet (b✓) the Grasshopper (c) the Cricket (d) the fly

21) In the scorching heat of summer, the Grasshopper feels - 

(a) sorrow  (b) tired (✓c) happy (d) safe

22) " --- he takes the lead" Here the word 'lead' means - 

 (a) position  (b) leadership (c) control  (d✓) role

23) The Grasshopper takes the lead in the luxury of - (✓a) summer (b) winter (c) autumn  (d) spring

 24) "In summer luxury" - Here the word 'luxury' means - 

(a) richness (b✓) delight (c) brightness (d) comfort.

25) "In summer luxury..." Who enjoys 'summer luxury'? 

(a) the Cricket (b) the bird (c✓) the Grasshopper (d) the poet 

26) "- he has never done With his delights ;..." Who is 'he' referred to here? 

(a) the poet (b) the bird (c) the Cricket   (✓d) the Grasshopper

 27 "- he has never done With his delights; Whose delights never come to an end? 

(a) the Cricket (b) the poet(c) the bird (✓d) the Grasshopper

28 "... for when tired out with fun" - Who is tired out with fun? 

(a) the poet (b) the Cricket (c) the poetry (✓d) the Grasshopper  

29) "... for when tired out with fun" - Here the word 'fun' means  

 (✓a) merriment  (b) sports (c) jokes (d) fan 


30) "He rests at ease beneath some .... " --- Who is  'he' referred to here ? 

(a) the poet (✓b) the Grasshopper(c) the poet's friend (d) the Cricket.

31) "He rests at ease beneath some ..." – The expression 'at ease' means -

 (a) easily (b) calmly (✓c) comfortably (d) readily

 32) The Grasshopper is tired out with 

(a) heat (b) cold (c✓) fun (d) hard work.

 33) "He rests at ease beneath some..." – The word 'beneath' means 

(a) behind (b) before (✓c) under (d) besides 

34) When the Grasshopper is tired, he takes rest beneath some pleasant - 

(✓a) weed (b) wedge (c) weather  (d) willow

35) "... beneath some pleasant weed."- The word 'weed' means- 

(✓a) unwanted wild plant (b) wide plant (c) tree (d) group of plants 

36) How is the weed as mentioned in the sonnet 'The Poetry of Earth' ? 

(✓a) pleasant (b) unpleasant  (c) cold (d) frosty

37) The poetry of earth is ceasing- 

(a) forever  (b✓) never (c) once (d) twice 

38) "The Poetry of earth is ceasing never :" - The word 'ceasing' means –

 (a) seizing (b) trading (c) happening (✓d) stopping 

 39) How is the winter evening in the sonnet "The Poetry of Earth'? 

(a) pleasant (b✓) lone  (c) noisy (d) hot 

40) "On a lone winter evening, ." – The word 'lone' means - 

(a) single (b) isolated (✓c) solitary  (d) unhappy 

41) What has wrought a silence on a lone winter evening? 

(a) the Cricket (b) the sun  (✓c) the frost  (d) the Grasshopper 

 42) In "The Poetry of Earth" the frost represents - (a) the summer (b) the autumn  (c) the spring (✓d) the winter 

43) "....... when the frost Has wrought a silence," -- The word 'wrought' means- 

(✓a) made (b) shown  (c) spoken (d) Sung

 44) '... from the stove there shrills" - What shrills from the stove? 

(a) the Grasshopper's voice (b✓) the Cricket's song (c) the bird's song (d) none of the above 

45 from the stove there shrills" – The 'stove' stands for - 

(a) coldness (✓b) warmth (c) solitariness (d) liveliness

46 "... from the stove there shrills" - The word 'shrill' means 

(a) musical sound (b) high sound (✓c) piercing sound (d) low sound 

47) The Cricket finds comfort somewhere near- (a) a forest (b) a new-mown mead  (✓c) a stove (d) a bush 

48. The Cricket is an agent of - (a✓) winter (b) (c) summer (d) autumn

49) " ... in warmth increasing ever," What is increasing ever in warmth?

 (a) The Grasshopper's song (b) The bird's song (✓c) The Crickeť's song (d) The poet's song 

50 ". in warmth increasing ever," The word 'increasing' means -

 (✓a) growing (b) extending (c) developing (d) including 

51) "And seems to one in drowsiness half lost," - The word 'drowsiness' means -

 (a) sleeplessness (b) quietness (c✓) sleepiness (d) numbness

 52 "And seems to one in drowsiness half lost" - The word 'half lost means - 

(a) asleep (b) half-spent (c✓) half asleep (d) half-achieved

53) " ... one in drowsiness half lost" - One is half lost in drowsiness due to a spell of- 

(✓a) frosty weather (b) summer weather (c) magic (d) rains

 54)  "... among some grassy hills" - The word 'grassy' means - 

(a) covered with weeds (✓b) covered with grass (c) full of leaves (d) covered with flowers 

 55) "And seems to one in drowsiness---"  The Cricket's song seems to one to be the song of 

(a) the bird (b) the nature (✓c) the Grasshopper (d) the poet

 56) Grasshoppers fly in England 

(a) in autumn (b) in spring (c) in winter (✓d) in summer

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