Multiple Choice Questions
Q1: Why are desires compared to fire?
(a) Both are lethal
(b) Both are related to heat
(c) Both burn
(d) Both consume rapidly
Q2: According to the poem Fire and Ice, what do some people think the world will end in?
(a) Rain
(b) Moon
(c) Sun
(d) Fire
Q3: “But if it had to perish twice.” What does ‘it’ stand for in this line?
(a) World
(b) Desire
(c) Ice
(d) Fire
Q4: Who is the poet of the poem Fire and Ice?
(a) Robert Frost
(b) Ben Jonson
(c) William Cowper
(d) William Blake
Q5: Name the poetic device used in the line To say that for destruction ice is also great.
(a) Oxymoron
(b) Alliteration
(c) Imagery
(d) Metaphor
Short Answer Type Questions
Q6: Which age-old question does the poem revolves around?
Q7: What do the metaphors of Ice and Fire convey to the reader? Elaborate. What is the message given by the poet?
Q8: What do ‘Fire’ and ‘Ice’ stand for and what is the general opinion regarding the world?
Q9: How can fire destroy the world?
Q10: What is the central idea of the poem ‘Fire and ‘Ice’?
Long Answer Type Questions
Q11: Discuss how extreme behavior can hasten the end of the world with respect to ‘Fire and Ice’.
Q12: The poem ‘Fire and Ice’, carries with it very deep thematic ideas. Elaborate on these darkest traits of humanity.
Q13: How will the world end? Support your answer with a scientific explanation.
Extract Based Questions
Q14:
Some say the world will end in fire
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
(a) What is the poet’s opinion of the world in these lines?
(b) What is the poet’s opinion about the world?
(c) What is the contradictory opinion of the public?
(d) How are ice and fire similar to each other though they have contradictory traits?
Q15:
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
(a) Why does the poet feel that ‘ice’ is also great for destruction?
(b) What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza of the poem?
(c) The two things that the poet thinks are good enough for destruction are
(d) What does ‘it’ stand for in the first line?
The solutions of the worksheet “Worksheet Solutions: Fire & Ice“