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Question-1. The poetry of earth is 'dead'

  1. Almost
  2. Always
  3. Never
  4. No
Answer-1

Question-2. The rime was on the spray? What do you mean by the word 'rime'?

  1. Rhyme
  2. Frost
  3. Leaves
  4. Trees
Answer-2

Question-3. Complete the line in Stanza 1 that says, 'The poetry of earth is

  1. Never dead
  2. Ceasing never
  3. Dead never
  4. Never ceasing
Answer-3

Question-4. How do the birds feel during extreme summer?

  1. Faint
  2. Pleasant
  3. Gay
  4. None of these
Answer-4

Question-5. How far was Lyonnesse when the poet set out for?

  1. two hundred miles
  2. Hundred miles
  3. Fifty miles
  4. None of these
Answer-5

Question-6. Name the poet of the poem "On the Grasshopper and Cricket"

  1. P. B Shelly
  2. William Shakespeare
  3. John Dryden
  4. John Keats
Answer-6

Question-7. What does the cricket's song increase?

  1. Cold
  2. Dryness
  3. Warmth
  4. None of these
Answer-7

Question-8. What is the meaning of 'Lonesomeness'?

  1. Lonely
  2. Isolated
  3. Loneliness
  4. None of these
Answer-8

Question-9. What makes the birds faint?

  1. Earth's poetry
  2. Hot sun
  3. Frost
  4. Rain
Answer-9

Question-10. Who could have not guessed what happened in Lyonnesse?

  1. The poet
  2. Prophet
  3. Wisest wizard
  4. Both (b) and (c)
Answer-10

Question-11. Who could not dare to declare the poet in Lyonnesse?

  1. Prophet
  2. The poet, himself
  3. Wisest wizard
  4. None of these
Answer-11

Question-12. Who is the poet of the poem "When I set out for Lyonnesse"?

  1. T.S. Eliot
  2. Thomas Hardy
  3. Rabindranath Tagore
  4. Firdaus Kanga
Answer-12

Question-13. Who symbolises the poetry of earth?

  1. Grasshopper and cricket
  2. Cricket
  3. Grasshopper
  4. Ant
Answer-13

Question-14. Whom did the poet identify as summer days?

  1. Grasshopper
  2. Cricket
  3. Birds
  4. Ants
Answer-14

Question-15. Whom did the poet identify as winter evening?

  1. Cricket
  2. Ant
  3. Grasshopper
  4. All of them
Answer-15

Question-16. Whose voice can be heard in summer?

  1. Ant
  2. Grasshopper
  3. Cricket
  4. All of them
Answer-16

Question-17. Whose voice can be heard in winter?

  1. Birds
  2. Ants
  3. Grasshopper
  4. Cricket
Answer-17

Question-18. Why all the birds were fainted?

  1. Hot sun
  2. Heavy rain
  3. Cold breeze
  4. All of them
Answer-18

Question-19. By 'the poetry of the earth', the poet means

  1. a song about the earth
  2. the music of birds etc
  3. the poetry of poets
  4. the pleasures of life.
Answer-19

Question-20. Complete the line in Stanza 2 that says, 'The poetry of earth is

  1. Never dead
  2. Ceasing never
  3. Dead never
  4. Never ceasing
Answer-20

Question-21. Drowsiness' means

  1. tiredness
  2. depression
  3. half asleep
  4. working.
Answer-21

Question-22. One is lost in drowsiness because of

  1. the bad weather
  2. the dark night
  3. tiredness
  4. loss of sleep.
Answer-22

Question-23. The birds hide in trees because of

  1. rain
  2. tiredness
  3. cold
  4. heat.
Answer-23

Question-24. The cricket's song

  1. pleases everybody
  2. breaks winter?s depression
  3. makes people angry
  4. is disliked by the people.
Answer-24

Question-25. The grasshopper ?has never done? means

  1. he is never crying
  2. he is never content
  3. he is always singing
  4. he is always on the move.
Answer-25

Question-26. The grasshopper is happy in

  1. winter
  2. spring
  3. summer
  4. autumn.
Answer-26

Question-27. The lines refer to the song sung by

  1. a grasshopper
  2. a cricket
  3. a bird
  4. a girl.
Answer-27

Question-28. The passage is describing a scene of

  1. summer
  2. winter
  3. rains
  4. autumn.
Answer-28

Question-29. The poetry of earth is

  1. pleasant
  2. unpleasant
  3. constant
  4. loud.
Answer-29

Question-30. The winter evening is ?lone? because

  1. the poet has no company
  2. there is silence all around
  3. there is frost
  4. it is cold.
Answer-30

Question-31. The word 'cooling' here means

  1. pleasing
  2. amusing
  3. comforting
  4. brightening.
Answer-31

Question-32. the word 'that' refers to

  1. the voice
  2. the insect
  3. the bird
  4. the hedge
Answer-32

Question-33. the word 'warmth' in the passage means

  1. loudness
  2. shrillness
  3. heat
  4. cheer.
Answer-33

Question-34. The word beneath means

  1. below
  2. neat
  3. above
  4. under
Answer-34

Question-35. What has the frost wrought?

  1. Poetry of earth
  2. Warmth
  3. Silence
  4. All of the Above
Answer-35

Question-36. Where do the birds take shelter?

  1. Cooling trees
  2. Beneath the weed
  3. Behind the stone
  4. Grassy hills
Answer-36

Question-37. Where does the grasshopper take rest?

  1. Beneath the weed
  2. Behind the stone
  3. Grassy hills
  4. None of the above
Answer-37

Question-38. Who is the poet of the poem 'On the Grasshopper and Cricket'?

  1. John keats
  2. T. S. Eliot
  3. Rabindranath Tagore
  4. Ruskin Bond
Answer-38

Question-39. Who sings the poetry of earth in the summer season?

  1. Grasshopper
  2. Cricket
  3. Crow
  4. Skylark
Answer-39

Question-40. Whose warmth is ever increasing?

  1. Grasshoppers song
  2. Cricket?s song
  3. Birds chirping
  4. Poetry of earth
Answer-40



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