MCQ | CLASS 12 | SONNET NO 18 | WBCHSE

 

POETRY | CLASS 12

                   Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer’s Day
                                                       -William Shakespeare

 

                           

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), Marks 1x1=1

Created By: MOLOY NANDI, (BA)ENG, (MA)ENG

1.Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Is Sonnet no.-
a.16
b.17
c.18
d.19
Ans) c. 18

2.The rhyme scheme of ‘Shall I compare thee’ is-
a.abab
b.abba
c.aabb
d.abcd

Ans ) a. Abab

3.The theme that Shakespeare explores in Sonnet 18 is-
a.Immortality of youth and beauty
b.Carpe diem
c.Death as an agent of nature
d.Timelessness of poetry
Ans) d. Timelessness of poetry.

4.Who is the sonnet addressed to-
a.Shakespeare’s wife
b.Queen Elizabeth
c.A young woman
d.A young friend

Ans) d. A young friend

5.The poet compares his beloved to-
a.A summer flower
b.Summer breeze
c.A summer’s day
d.Summer tune

Ans) c. A summer’s day.

6.The word ‘temperate’ means-

a.Warm
b.Moderate
c.Friendly
d.Temporary

Ans) b. Moderate.

7. Compared to a summer’s day, the poet’s friend is-

a.more lovely and temperate
b.more sweet and soothing
c.more attractive and beautiful
d.more sensuous and passionate
Ans) a. More lovely and temperate.

8. The rough winds of summer-

a.Blow the flowers away
b.Shake the darling buds of May
c.Prevent the birds to fly
d.Blow a beautiful scene
Ans) b. Shake the darling buds of May.

9. Summer has-

a.Short duration
b.Long duration
c.Constant temperature
d.Constant brightness

Ans) a. Short duration.

10. ‘The eye of heaven’ in Shakespeare’s Sonnet No 18 refers to-

a.The sun
b.The moon
c.The poet
d.The clouds

Ans) a. The sun.

11. How is the gold complexion of the sun dimmed-

a.By the clouds
b.By the shade of the tree
c.By a canopy
d.By the shade of a building
Ans) a. By the clouds.

12. The poet states that ‘fair’-

a.Is subject to change
b.Is the opposite of unfair
c.Can only diminish marginally
d.Is never subject to change

Ans) a. Is subject to change.

13. Nature’s changing course is-

a.Dimmed
b.Temperate
c.Untrimmed
d.Lovely

Ans) c. untrimmed.

14. ‘But thy eternal summer shall not fade’. The word opposite in meaning to ‘eternal’ is-

a.Universal
b.Momentary
c.Temporal
d.Decayed

Ans) c. Temporal.

15. Whose eternal summer shall not fade?

a.Shakespeare’s
b.The fair youth
c.The black lady
d.Queen Elizabeth

Ans) b. The fair youth.

16. The poet asserts that his friend will never lose possession of his-

a.Property
b.Health
c.Beauty
d.Wealth

Ans) c. Beauty.

17. ‘Nor shall death brag thou wand ‘rest in his shade,’- here ‘shade’ refers to-

a.Talk loudly
b.Talk cheerfully
c.Claim boastfully
d.Take away
Ans) c. Claim boastfully.

18. Death in the poem is personified as-

a.Kind and helpful
b.Sweet and smart
c.Calm and quiet
d.Proud and boastful

Ans) d. Proud and boastful.

19. The poet’s friend is expected to grow-

a.With time
b.With the eternal lines of the poem
c.With the love of the poet
d.With nature’s changing course

Ans) a. With time.

20. How can eternal summer be maintained?

a.Through poem
b.Through beauty
c.Through preservation
d.Through conservation

Ans) a. Through poem.

21. Death has no control over-

a. The young person.

b. Poetry.

c. The beauty.

d. The poet’s friend

 

Ans) b. Poetry

 

22. The poet states that summer-

a. Is not eternal.

b. Is eternal.

c. Is constant

d. Is not humid.

Ans) a. is not eternal.

 

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MCQ FROM ON KILLING A TREE | CLASS 12 | WBCHSE

 “On Killing A Tree” MCQ with answers for WBCHSE HS examination 2022. Also multiple choice question (MCQ) from the Poem ‘On killing a tree’ asked in the previous HS exam included.

On killing a tree MCQ of 1 mark each.

 

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1.The ‘curled twigs’ rises from (H.S 2018)

a) the earth’s cave
b) the uprooted tree
c) Close to the ground
d)the rough bough.
Answer: c) Close to the ground

2. The root needs to be pulled out of the ( H.S 2017)

a) firm soil
b) anchoring earth
c) underground
d) firm earth
Answer: b) anchoring earth

3. The bark of the tree is described as ‘leprous’ because (H.S 2016)

a) it is soft and smooth
b) it is wounded by the knife
c) it is rough and has marks
d) it is glossy and shining
Answer: c) it is rough and has marks

4.The poet seems to suggest that in order to kill a tree (HS.2020)

a) Plucking out all the leaves will do the job
(b) some pain will do the job
(c) cutting the branches will do the job
(d) total destruction of the roots will do the job
Answer: (d) total destruction of the roots will do the job

5. The bark bleeds due to

a) browning
b) withering
c) hacking and chopping
d) twisting
Answer: c) hacking and chopping

6.The tree gets killed only after

a) hacking and chopping
b) twisting and withering
c) browning and hardening
d) scorching and choking
Answer: b) twisting and withering

7.The root in “On Killing a Tree” is

a) pale and wet
b) green
c) white and wet
d) green and wet
Answer: c) white and wet

8.Out of the leprous hide of the tree, sprouts

a) branches
b) Twigs
c) leaves
d) boughs.
Answer: c) leaves

9.The ‘most sensitive’ part of the tree refers to

a) the miniature boughs
b) the green twigs
c) the leaves
d) the roots
Answer: d) the roots

10.’It takes —— time to kill a tree.

a) some
b) little
c) much
d) no
Answer: c) much

11.’Not so much pain will do it’ – the pain is caused due to

a) Twisting
b) scorching
c) choking
d) hacking and chopping
Answer: d) hacking and chopping

12. The tree fed upon

a) sunlight
b) air
c) water
d) crust
Answer: d) crust

13.”And then it is done” – The word ‘it’ refers to

a) hacking of a tree
b) chopping of a tree
c) twisting of a tree
d) killing of a tree
Answer: d) killing of a tree

14.The source of the tree was hidden inside the earth for

a) years
b) months
c) days
d) weeks
Answer: a) years

15. ‘Then the matter of —’

a) browning and hardening
b) twisting and withering
c) hacking and chopping
d) scorching and choking
Answer: d) scorching and choking

16.The bleeding bark will

a) grow
b) heal
c) rise
d) expand
Answer: b) heal

17.The poet who wrote “On killing a tree” is

a) Arthur Rimbaud
b) John Keats
c) Gieve Patel
d) Robert Browning
Answer: c) Gieve Patel

18.The tone of the poem ” On killing a tree” is

a) comic
b) tragic
c) satiric
d) patrio
Answer: c) satiric

19.’Leperous hide’ refers to the _______of the tree

a) bark
b) roots
c) leaves
d) branches
Answer: a) bark

20.The most sensitive part of the tree was _____ the earth

a) lying exposed
b) scorched within
c) hidden inside
d) wet with
Answer: c) hidden inside

21.For growing big the tree absorbs

a) Air
b) Water
c) Sunlight
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above

22.The uprooted root exposes

a) the strength of the tree
b) the miniature boughs
c) the bleeding bark
d) the earth’s crust
Answer: a) the strength of the tree

23.To pull out the root from the earth it needs to be

a) hacked and chopped
b) jabbed with a knife
c) scorched and choked
d) roped and tied
Answer: d) roped and tied

24.Miniature boughs if unchecked will

a) no longer grow
c) expand to former size
b) rise towards the sky
d) go underground
Answer: c) expand to former size

25.From close to the ground rises

a)the bleeding bark
b) curled green leaves
c) miniature boughs
d) bran
Answer: c) miniature boughs

26.‘ In miniature boughs’ the boughs means

a) small branches
b) roots
c) frost
d) rain
Answer: a) small branches

27.The tree has grown absorbing

a) sunlight, air, and water
b) earth’s crust
c) much time
d) air and water
Answer: a) sunlight, air, and water

28.The tree has grown

a) from the earth
b) over the earth
c) by consuming the earth
d) into the earth
Answer: c) by consuming the earth

29. In the poem ‘on killing a tree’ the process of killing a tree take

a) Very little time
b) Much time
c) the whole day
d) An entire day
Answer: b) Much time

30. The tree is chocked and scorched by-

a) the light

b)the air and sun

c)the air only

d)the sun only

Answer: b)The air and the sun

31.” Crust” means

a) Top layer of the earth

b)Air

c)Lower level of the earth

d)Inner surface

Answer: Lower level of the earth

32. The tree absorbs year after year

a) sunlight

b)air

c)sunlight, air and water)airlight

ASLEEP IN THE VALLEY | MCQ | CLASS 12| WBCHSE

 MCQ From Asleep in the Valley for HS Final Examination Class 12 WBCHSE West Bengal

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MCQ From Asleep in the Valley:

The poem is written by –
a) William Shakespeare
b) John Keats
c) Rupert Brook
d) Artuur Rimbaud.
Ans: d) Artuur Rimbaud.

The soldier’s feet are –
a) among the flowers
b) on the pillow
c) in the stream
d) in grass.
Ans: a) among the flowers.

“Asleep in the Valley” was originally written in –
a) Italian
b) Spanish
c) Bengali
d) French.
Ans: d) French.

The soldier looks –
a) strong
b) pale
c) bright
d) black.
Ans: b) pale.

The soldier lies –
a) with open eyes
b) with open mouth
c) calmly
d) patiently.
Ans: b) with open mouth.

The humming insects do not disturb the soldier because –
a) he is peaceful
b) he is nature lover
c) he is dead
d) he is violent.
Ans: c) he is dead.

The smile of the dead soldier is compared to that of –
a) an angry man
b) an infant
c) an angel
d) an innocent girl.
Ans: b) an infant.

The soldier’s pillow is made of – (HS 2017)
a) cloth
b) fern
c) ice
d) cotton.
Ans: b) fern.

The dead soldier was –
a) not very young
b) middle aged
c) very young
d) an aged person.
Ans: c) very young.

“…they fill the hollow full of light.”- Here ‘the hollow” refers to –
a) the stream’s water
b) the reflection of light
c) the sun’s rays
d) the clouds.
Ans: c) the sun’s rays.

One hand of the soldier was on his –
a) belly
b) face
c) waist
d) breast.
Ans: d) breast.

The poem reflects –
a) the glory of war
b) the beauty of war
c) the pity of war
d) the bravery of the soldier.
Ans: c) the pity of war.

The stream flows through –
a) a meadow
b) hills
c) a plateau
d) a small valley.
Ans: d) a small valley.

The poem is a/an –
a) sonnet
b) ballad
c) lyric
d) ode.
Ans: a) sonnet.

The sun’s rays flow from –
a) the valley
b) the sky
c) the heaven
d) the mountaintop.
Ans: d) the mountaintop.

The soldier is lying –
a) with his lips apart
b) with closed mouth
c) with tearful eyes
d) with a pillow under his head.
Ans: a) with lips apart.

The soldier may catch cold because –
a) his bed is sunsoaked
b) he is dead
c) it is winter
d) he lies beside the river
Ans: b) he is dead.

The setting of the war in “Asleep in the Valley” takes us back to –
a) World War I
b) World War II
c) The Cold War
d) 1870’s Europe.
Ans: d) 1870’s Europe.

The soldier’s bed is soaked by –
a) the rain water
b) sunrays
c) the water of the river
d) the fountain water.
Ans: b) sunrays.

The poet requests Nature to –
a) disturb the soldier sleeping
b) make the soldier catch cold
c) lull the soldier to sleep
d) keep the soldier warm.
Ans: d) keep the soldier warm.

According to the poet, the bed of the soldier is –
a) warm, green and sun-soaked
b) warm
c) warm and drenched
d) damp and clean.
Ans: a) warm, green and sun-soaked.

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"Asleep In The Valley"is a -

(1)- Love poem
(2)- Nature poem
(3)-  Anti War poem
(4)- None

Q. The soldier is lying in a -

(1)- Valley 
(2)- River bed
(3)- Forest 
(4)- Cave

Q. The stream flowing beside the valley is -

(1)- Slow 
(2)- Fast 
(3)- Steady 
(4)- None

Q. The leaves of the grasses beside the stream are -

(1)- Short
(2)- Medium 
(3)- Long
(4)- None

Q. The colour of the shiny leaves are -

(1)- Silvery 
(2)- Golden 
(3)- Black
(4)- Violet

Q. The sun is shining from the -

(1)- Mountain cave
(2)- Mountain top
(3)- Tree top
(4)- None

Q. The pillow of the soldier is made of -

(1)- Fern 
(2)- Flowers
(3)- Bushes
(4)- Cotton

Q. The soldier's feet are among the -

(1)- Grass 
(2)- Bushes
(3)- Flowers 
(4)- Sand

Q. The bed of the soldier is -

(1)- Dry 
(2)- Sun soaked 
(3)- Water soaked 
(4)- None

Q. The soldier's smile is like that of a/an -

(1)- Actor 
(2)- Infant 
(3)- Boy
(4)- Funny boy

Q. In the soldier's body there are -

(1)- Two red holes
(2)- One red hole 
(3)- Three red holes 
(4)- No red holes

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