Unit-3 -Practicing Positive Work Ethics - King Bruce And The Spider (Poem) - MCQs and Fill In the Blanks

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Unit-3 - Practicing Positive Work Ethics
Reading Comprehension
King Bruce And The Spider (Poem)
English For Class X (2022 and Onward

MCQs and Fill In the Blanks

Choose the correct answer for each from the given options:
1. Eliza Cook was born in ____.
(a) 1817
(b) 1818 ✔
(c) 1888
(d) 1889

2. Eliza Cook was died in ____.
(a) 1817
(b)1818
(c) 1888
(d) 1889 ✔

3. The poem "King Bruce and the Spider" is written by:
(a) Eliza Cook ✔
(b) Charles Mackay
(c) Thomas Moore
(d) Felicia Dorothea Hemans

4. "He flung himself down in a low _____,
As grieved as man could"
(a) hope
(b) despondency
(c) despair ✔
(d) mood

5. "Till ap and down, now fast, now slow,
_____ brave attempts were counted'
(a) seven
(b) eight
(c) nine ✔
(d) ten

6. "Bravo! Bravo! The king cried out,
All honour to those who _____,'
(a) work
(b) fight
(c) try ✔
(d) dare

7. "Steadily, steadily, inch by inch,
Higher and higher he _____.
(a) flew
(b) climbed
(c) rose
(d) got ✔

8. "Again it fell and swung below,
But again it quickly ____,
(a) rose
(b) climbed
(c) mounted ✔
(d) stood

9. Eliza Cook has written the poem:
(a) Speak Gently
(b) King Bruce and the Spider ✔
(c) The voice of God
(d) The man who wins

10. King Bruce was a:
(a) poet
(b) general
(c) king ✔
(d) poor man

11. King Bruce was the King of:
(a) Denmark
(b) France
(c) Netherland
(d) Scotland ✔

12. King Bruce wanted to make his people:
(a) fighter
(b) educated
(c) glad or happy ✔
(d) active

13. To succeed, King Bruce:
(a) did not try
(b) read some books
(c) contacted people
(d) tried and tried ✔

14. King Bruce saw:
(a) a spider ✔
(b) a dream
(c) a ghost
(d) a man

15. The spider hung by a:
(a) rope
(b) cobweb ✔
(c) twig
(d) piece of cloth

16. The number of the attempts made by the spider was:
(a) two
(b) ten
(c) nine ✔
(d) fifteen

17. The spider succeded in the ____ attempt.
(a) eight
(b) ninth
(c) tenth ✔
(d) eleventh

18. King Bruce considered the spider:
(a) a wise insect
(b) a foolish thing ✔
(c) a beautiful insect
(d) nothing

19. All honour to those who:
(a) read
(b) think
(c) try ✔
(d) play

20. Seeing the success of the spider the King decided:
(a) to postpone his programme
(b) to go home
(c) to sleep
(d) to keep his struggle up ✔

Fill in the blanks:

1. This poem is written by Eliza Cook.
2. King Bruce was the king of Scotland.
3. King Bruce became very sad because his effort has failed.
4. He was as grieved as a man could be.
5. His thoughts were interrupted when he saw a spider fallen from the Cobweb.
6. He had decided to give up his mission.
7. The spider made altogether ten attempts.
8. When the spider reached to cobweb, King Bruce cried out "Bravo! Bravo!". All honour to those who try".
9. King Bruce said that the spider was a fool because it had made nine attempt but failed.
10. "Pondered" means thought.