1). 'The Poetry of Earth' is written by
a). Keats b)Blake c)Shelley d)Shakespeare
2 ) 'The Poetry of Earth' is a/an
a).Ballad B)elegy c)sonnet d)ode
3) Faint with the hot sun the birds hide themselves
a) in their nest b) in cooling trees
c) under a shade d) in water
4). The Grasshopper is associated with the season
a) winter b) spring c) autumn d) summer
5) The Grasshopper sings
a) from hedge to hedge b) in the forest
c) hiding in cooling trees d) in a hut
6) The hot sun makes all the birds
a). sing in joy b) fly away to a distant land
c) faint d) gay
7) The sonnet, 'The Poetry of Earth' is also known as
a). Summer and Winter
b) On the Grasshopper and the Cricket
c) Nature d) songs of Nature
8) The Grasshopper takes the lead in
a). summer luxury b) winter luxury
c) autumn luxury d) spring luxury
9) Being tired, the Grasshopper rests beneath some
a). bare weed b) pleasant weed
c) bare tree d) pleasant tree
10) When birds stop singing on a hot summer day, we hear the song of a/an
a). Cricket b) Grasshopper c) frog d) owl
11) Expressions like ' hot sun' and 'cooling trees' suggest that the season is
@winter b) autumn c) spring d) summer
12) In the heat of summer, the Grasshopper moves about
a). joyfully b) sorrowfully
c) indifferently d) reluctantly
13) The poetry of earth is ceasing
a). for ever b) never c) for sometime
d) for a moment
14) In the poem. The Poetry of Earth' the frost evokes the image of
@ summer b) winter c) autumn d) spring
15) The Cricket in the cold and silent winter
a). takes rest b) moves to a cooling shade
c) chirps in song d) dances in joy
16) The Cricket finds warmth
a). in the bush b) in cooling trees
c) in the new-mown mead d) near a stove
17) The songs of the Cricket is heard from
a). behind the fireplace b) the hedge
c) the new-mown mead d) the hiding place
18) The song of the Cricket seems to be a continuation of
a). the birds' song in Nature b) the Grasshopper's song c) summer d) spring
19) The poem 'The Poetry of Earth' contains
a). Twelve lines b) eleven lines
c) thirteen lines d) fourteen lines
20) The word that describes the winter evening in the poem, 'The Poetry of Earth' is
a). new-mown b) luxury c) lone d) pleasant
21) The word that describes the meadow in the sonnet 'The Poetry of Earth' is
a). new-mown b) pleasant c) hot d) cooling
22) The epithet that has been used to describe the trees in 'The Poetry of Earth' is
a). fairit b) pleasant c) cooling d) hot
23) The sun in the poem, 'The Poetry of Earth' is
a). faint b) hot c) cooling d) pleasant
24) Which of the following words describes the condition of the bird in summer in the poem, "The Poetry of Earth'?
a). faint b) hot c) pleasant d) cooling
25) How is the weed where the Grasshopper rests in the poem, 'The Poetry of Earth'?
a). faint b) pleasant c) hot d) new-mown
26) What wrought a silence on a lone winter evening in the sonnet, 'The Poetry of Earth'?
a). the Grasshopper b) the Cricket
c) the frost d) the hot sun
27) How has Keats animated the grasshopper and the cricket in his poem, 'The Poetry of Earth'?
a). by giving them human voice
b) by using capital letter
c) by making them silent
d) by mentioning them in the poem
28) Which literary device does Keats use in 'The Poetry of Earth'?
a). contrast b) simile c) oxymoron d) irony
29) To a half-asleep man, the shrill chirping of the Cricket adds meaning to the lonely winter evening by-
a). reminding him of the music of the Grasshopper in the summer months
b) recalling the songs of the birds
c) reminding him of the music of the birds in winter
d) reminding him of the music of the insects in winter
30) "...he has never done with his delights..." What does the above extract mean?
a). He is never content b) He is never crying c) He is always singing
d) He is always on the move
Ans.
(1)→(a)
(2) →(c)
(3) →(b)
(4)→ (d)
(5)→(a)
(6)→(c)
(7)→(b)
(8)→(a)
(9)→(b)
(10)→(b)
(11)→ (d)
(12)→(a)
(13)→(b)
(14)→(b)
(15)→(c)
(16)→(d)
(17)→(a)
(18) → (b)
(19) →(d)
(20)→(c)
(21)→(a)
(22)→(c)
(23)→(b)
(24)→(a)
(25)→(b)
(26)→(c)
(27)→(b)
(28)→(a)
(29)→(α)
(30)→(c)
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