A Legend of the Northland MCQs with Answers

Question-1. Children of the Northland look like….............cubs in the winter season.

1. Tiger
2. Bear
3. Lion
4. Deer

Question-2. How was Saint Peter feeling when he reached the little woman's cottage?

1. Tired and hungry
2. Hale and hearty
3. Happy and refreshed
4. Trembling with cold and fever

Question-3. Schools boys every country find that woman in the

1. Sea shore
2. Bakery shops
3. Wood
4. Garden

Question-4. The poem 'A Legend of the Northland' was written by :

1. Robert Frost
2. Phoebe Cary
3. W. B. Yeats.
4. Coates Kinney.

Question-5. The poet told the story of saint….................in the third stanza of the poem.

1. Augustin
2. George
3. Peter
4. Devis

Question-6. What did Saint Peter do during his travels around the world?

1. He looked after the poor and the rich
2. He preached the people
3. He met little women
4. He begged for food

Question-7. What did the little woman think of the cakes she baked?

1. She thought they were too big
2. She thought they were too small
3. She thought they were too small for her but too big to give away
4. She thought they were too big for her but too small to give away

Question-8. Why did the poet use alliteration in the poem?

1. to add pun to it
2. to give a rhyming scheme
3. to make it lyrical
4. none

Question-9. Why the words like away,boring and rolled have been repeated ?

1. to make it lyrical
2. to enhance their impact
3. to add rhythm
4. all

Question-10. How do the children wearing furry clothes look?

1. They look like little pups
2. They look like foxes
3. They look like fawns
4. They look like bear?s cubs

Question-11. Quote examples of Alliteration used in the poem.

1. tell the tales to you
2. faint with fasting
3. cakes that seem too small
4. all

Question-12. The little woman baked a cake for Saint Peter. Then why did she not give it to him?

1. She thought it was too big to give away.
2. She thought it was too small for the holy man.
3. She thought the holy man won?t like it.
4. She thought the cake was not tasty.

Question-13. The woman cake maker was too??nature.

1. Lazy
2. Greedy
3. Clever
4. Kind

Question-14. What curse did Saint Peter pronounce on the selfish woman?

1. That she shall build her shelter as birds do.
2. That she shall bore hard, dry wood for her scanty food.
3. That she shall keep boring all day.
4. All the above.

Question-15. What did Saint Peter ask for from the little woman?

1. A single cake.
2. A dozen cakes.
3. A loaf of bread.
4. Something to eat.

Question-16. What happened to the old woman's clothes ?

1. They were burnt black as she went up through the chimney.
2. They were lost in the wood.
3. They were taken away by the thieves.
4. They were torn by the wild animals.

Question-17. What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?

1. 4-lined stanzas with abcd rhyming scheme
2. 3 lined stanzas with aabc
3. 5 lined stanzas with abbcc
4. None

Question-18. What made Saint Peter angry?

1. The woman's greed.
2. The woman's selfishness.
3. The woman's pride.
4. The woman's kindness.

Question-19. What made St. Peter angry with the woman?

1. her cakes
2. she made a thin cake for him
3. her greedy actions
4. All

Question-20. What was the little woman doing when Saint Peter went to her?

1. She was eating cakes.
2. She was giving away cakes to the poor.
3. She was making and baking cakes.
4. She was putting cakes on the shelf.

Question-21. What was the selfish woman changed into?

1. Into a fox.
2. Into a crow.
3. Into an eagle.
4. Into a woodpecker.

Question-22. Where did the story of this poem occur?

1. Switzerland
2. Scotland
3. Northland
4. Netherland

Question-23. Where is Northland situated?

1. It is near Scotland.
2. It is in Holland.
3. It is an island of New Zealand.
4. It is an island of Ireland.

Question-24. Which literary device has been used in this poem?

1. irony
2. alliteration
3. personification
4. all

Question-25. Why can't people sleep the winter nights through in Northland?

1. Because the nights are too short there.
2. Because the nights are too long there.
3. Because it is all the time night there.
4. Because there is no night there.