Thursday 28 March 2019

English IX - Chapter No.9 - MCQs

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CHILDREN (POEM)

Choose The Correct Answer For Each Of The Following:

1. The poem "Children" was written by:
(a) Henry Leigh hunt
(b) Henry Longfellow ✔️
(c) Robert Frost
(d) William Wordsworth

2. Henry Longfellow was an:
(a) English poet
(b) American poet ✔️
(c) Australian poet
(d) Austrian poet

3. "And the questions that perplexed me have vanished quite away." here "perplexed" means:
(a) Puzzled ✔️
(b) Surprised
(c) Wondered
(d) Worried

4. "vanished" means: 
(a) Appeared
(b) Disappeared ✔️
(c) Visible
(d) Invisible

5. "Ye open the eastern windows" 'Ye'  is used for:
(a) The poet
(b) The people
(c) Children ✔️
(d) Us

6. Henry Longfellow was a professor at:
(a) Cambridge University
(b) Oxford University
(c) Harvard University ✔️
(d) Washington University

7."And the brooks of morning run" "brook" means:
(a) Canal
(b) Stream ✔️
(c) River
(d) Channel

8. "dread' means:
(a) Joy
(b) Dried
(c) Fear ✔️
(d) Happiness


9. "Come to me, O ye children And whisper in my ear" 'whisper' means:
(a) To speak loudly
(b) To speak politely
(c) To speak slowly ✔️
(d) To speak harshly

10. 'In my ear' means: 
(a) In the ear of the poet ✔️
(b) In the ear of the children
(c) In the ear of the bird
(d) In the ear of the hearer

11. The poet has called the children: 
(a) Lovely poems
(b) Living poems ✔️
(c) Short poems
(d)  Dead poems

12. When compared with your caresses, 'caresses' means: 
(a) To love ✔️
(b) To hate
(c) To get rid of
(d) To touch

13. "Ye are better than all the ballads." In this line 'Ye are better than' is used for:
(a) The poet
(b) Children ✔️
(c) The brooks
(d) Streams

14. "For ye are living poems." In this line 'by living poems', the poet means: 
(a) Winter
(b) Flowers
(c) Children ✔️
(d) Good poems

15. Henry Longfellow was born in:
(a) 1806
(b) 1807 ✔️
(c) 1808
(d) 1809


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