English IX - Chapter No.16 - MCQs

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The Miller Of The Dee

Choose The Correct Answer For Each Of The Following

1. The Miller Of The Dee was written by: 
(a) William Wordsworth
(b) Charles Mackay ✔️
(c) Robert Frost
(d) J.H.Leigh Hunt

2.The Dee is a: 
(a) Kingdom
(b) River ✔️
(c) Mountain
(d) Forest

3. The Miller was happy because he was: 
(a) Not rich
(b) Not envious ✔️
(c) Not lonely
(d) Not coward

4. "No lark more blithe than he" means: 
(a) He was as happy as a bird ✔️
(b) He was bright as a lark
(c) The lark was happier than him
(d) There were no happy larks

5. The mill was worked by:
(a) Steam power ✔️
(b) Horse power
(c) Water power
(d) Gas power

6. The king sighed because he was:
(a) Unhappy ✔️
(b) Envious
(c) Tried
(d) Bored

7. The miller thanked the river Dee because it provided him: 
(a) Freedom
(b) Food
(c) Earning
(d) Food and earning ✔️

8. The moral of the poem " The Miller Of The Dee" is that: 
(a) Contentment is everything ✔️
(b) Envy is the root of all happiness
(c) Money can't buy happiness
(d) The poor are happier than the rich

9. "Such men as thou are England's boast" means: 
(a) Men like you boast of England
(b) Men like you are proud of England
(c) England is proud of men like you ✔️
(d) England can not remember such men

10. The Miller's heart was light because: 
(a) No one envied him though he was happy
(b) He envied no one though he was not rich ✔️
(c) No one envied him and he envied no one
(d) He worked from morning till evening

11. The name of the king was: 
(a) Hal ✔️
(b)Ball
(c) Hale
(d) Mall

12. The Miller had: 
(a) Two children
(b) Three children ✔️
(c) Four children
(d) Five children

13. "Thy mealy cap is worth my: 
(a) Kingdom
(b) Crown ✔️
(c) Court
(d) Wealth

14. "Thy mill my kingdom's: 
(a) Fee ✔️
(b) Tax
(c) Wealth
(d) Price

15. 'Dwelt' means: 
(a) Worked
(b) Lived ✔️
(c) Labor
(d) Sang

16. Charles Mackay was famous chiefly for his: 
(a) Poems
(b) Essays
(c) Songs ✔️
(d) Prose

17. Charles Mackay was born in: 
(a) 1814 ✔️
(b) 1889
(c) 1818
(d) 1892

18. Charles Mackay died in: 
(a) 1814
(b) 1889 ✔️
(c) 1818
(d) 1892

19. Besides a poet and song writer, Charles Mackay was a: 
(a) Play-writer too
(b) Comedian too
(c) Doctor too
(d) Journalist too  ✔️

20. Charles Mackay was: 
(a) English
(b) Irish
(c) Welsh
(d) Scottish ✔️