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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