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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Read the following extracts and write down the most appropriate option.

1. ‘I was a man once, I’m a beast now, and they made me what I am.’

(a) Who speaks these lines and to whom?
(i) Bishop–Persome
(ii) Convict–Bishop
(iii) Convict–Persome
(iv) None of the above

(b) Who made the speaker what he is?
(i) The Bishop
(ii) Society
(iii) Himself
(iv) His wife

(c) What is the speaker’s tragic story?
(i) Cruelty to his family led to the change
(ii) Poverty drove him to become a beast
(iii) Society maltreated him
(iv) Tortured in the prison

Ans : (a) (ii)
(b) (ii)
(c) (iii)

2. He was kind to me too—but what’s a Bishop for except to be kind to you? Here, cheer up, my hearty, you’re getting soft.

(a) To whom is the convict talking?

(i) Bishop
(ii) Himself
(iii) Persome
(iv) None

(b) How does he interpret the Bishop’s kindness?
(i) Due to his selfishness
(ii) His professional duty
(iii) His pretentious nature
(iv) His real nature

(c) Why does he say ‘My hearty, you’re getting soft’?
(i) Does not want to be kind again
(ii) Does not want to feel obliged to the Bishop
(iii) Has no desire to have human feelings again
(iv) Feels nothing

Ans : (a) (ii)
(b) (ii)
(c) (iii)

3. Convict : Ah! thanks, thanks, Monseigneur. I-I, Ah, I’m a fool, a child to cry, but somehow you have made me feel that—that it is just as if something had come into me— as if I were a man again, not a wild beast.

(a) Why does the convict cry?
(i) Due to sudden help by Bishop
(ii) Due to extreme compassion shown to him
(iii) Because of humanitarian feelings
(iv) Pain in the eyes

 (b) What did the Bishop do to make him feel like a man again?
(i) Saved him from the police
(ii) Gave him candlesticks
(iii) Showed him a safe way to escape
(iv) Gave him healthy food

(c) Why does he thank the Bishop?
(i) For the candlesticks
(ii) For restoring his faith in humanity
(iii) For giving him shelter and food
(iv) For giving him bed to sleep

Ans : (a) (ii)
(b) (i)
(c) (ii)

4. It is hopeless, hopeless. We shall have nothing left. His estate is sold, his savings have gone. His furniture, everything. Were it not for my little dot, we should starve.

(a) Why is Persome so upset?
(i) Bishop does not bother for her
(ii) He neglects his health
(iii) He is overgenerous with total disregard for his own comfort.
(iv) He is silly and people take undue advantage of him

(b) What has been the only sustaining factor to save them from starvation?
(i) Salt-cellars
(ii) Candlesticks
(iii) Her dowry
(iv) Her house

(c) Why do you think Persome is not able to influence her brother?
(i) Bishop does not care for her
(ii) He is most gullible and believes people easily
(iii) He cannot think of his own welfare before the suffering of others
(iv) None of the above

Ans : (a) (iii)
(b) (iii)
(c) (iii)

Q5. You see, my dear, my mother gave them to me on her deathbed just after you were born and————and she asked me to keep them in remembrance of her.

(a) Who is the speaker and who is the listener?
(i) Bishop – Convict
(ii) Convict – Persome
(iii) Bishop – Persome
(iv) None of the above

(b) The speaker appears to be emotionally distressed. Why?
(i) The mother is no more.
(ii) Persome is disturbed.
(iii) Due to the emotional attachment to candlesticks.
(iv) Salt-cellars have been broken

(c) Which quality of the mother is revealed here?
(i) Moral
(ii) Realistic
(iii) Humane
(iv) Affectionate

Ans : (a) (iii)
(b) (iii)
(c) (iv)

Read the following extracts and write down the most appropriate option.

1. “You folk are queer. You think about the past all the time. We always think about the future.”

(a) The speaker of this line is :
(i) Mrs. Al Smith
(ii) Juliette
(iii) Maid
(iv) Jeanne

(b) ‘You’ here refers to the
(i) German
(ii) French
(iii) British
(iv) American

(c) Who is ‘we’ referred to?
(i) Gaston and Jeanne
(ii) Jeanne and maid
(iii) Americans
(iv) Europeans

Ans : (a) (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii)

2. “Then stop being bored and buy one. That will finish it. We won’t talk about it any more.”
 (a) Who is speaking here and to whom :
(i) Gaston to Mrs. Al Smith
(ii) Juliette to Gaston
(iii) Jeanne to Gaston
(iv) Gaston to Jeanne

(b) “……and buy one” refers to :
(i) buying of a villa
(ii) buying a set of books
(iii) buying of a shop
(iv) buying a car

(c) The relationship between the person spoken to and the speaker is :
(i) Mistress – maid
(ii) Husband – wife
(iii) Shopkeeper – customer
(iv) Mother – son

Ans : (a) (iii)
(b) (i)
(c) (ii)

3. “Your dowry. My poor child, we have spent that long ago.”

(a) The speaker is ______ and he is speaking to ______.
(i) Jeanne’s parents to Jeanne
(ii) Jeanne’s sister to Jeanne
(iii) Gaston to Jeanne
(iv) Jeanne to her sister’s children

(b) He needed the money _______.
(i) To go on a holiday
(ii) To buy a villa
(iii) To buy a car
(iv) To go on a cruise

(c) The above statement shows that the speaker was ______.
(i) Selfish
(ii) Opportunist
(iii) Domineering
(iv) Hypocrite
 

Ans. (a) (iii)
(b) (ii)
(c) (i)

4. You go and tell your boss that if he doesn’t come right away, I’m going. I haven’t any time to waste. [CBSE 2010 (Term I)]

(a) Who is the speaker?
(i) Gaston
(ii) Juliette
(iii) Jeanne
(iv) Mrs. Al Smith

(b) ‘The Boss’ referred to here is :
(i) Juliette
(ii) Mrs. Al Smith
(iii) Gaston
(iv) Jeanne

(c) The speaker feels that if there is a hold-up that would :
(i) make him / her angry
(ii) be very bad
(iii) make him / her sick
(iv) turn him / her to madness

Ans. (a) (iv)
(b) (i)
(c) (i)

5. Copies are not always good. We would only imitate you and imitations are no better than parodies. We are so different. Think of it…… [CBSE 2010 (Term I)]

(a) The speaker of these lines is :
(i) Mrs. Al Smith
(ii) Gaston
(iii) Juliette
(iv) Jeanne

(b) ‘We are so different’ means :
(i) Europeans go to America to earn money and
Americans come to Europe to spend it
(ii) the speaker is European and the other Russian
(iii) both of them are different in their outlook
(iv) both of them contrast to each other

(c) The speaker outwits the other in :
(i) selling the Villa for two thousand francs
(ii) selling the Villa which does not belong to him
(iii) buying the Villa for two thousand francs only
(iv) taking the little picture as a souvenir.

Ans. (a) (ii)
(b) (i)
(c) (iv)

6. Don’t be aggravating, please! If you don’t want the house, tell me so at once and we’ll say no more about it. [CBSE 2010 (Term I)]

(a) The above dialogue is spoken by _________.
(i) Mrs. Al Smith
(ii) The maid
(iii) Jeanne
(iv) Juliette

(b) The speaker is talking to __________.
(i) Mrs. Al Smith
(iii) Jeanne
(iii) Juliette
(iv) Gaston

(c) When the speaker says don’t be aggravating, she expects the listener not to__________.
(i) be suspicious
(ii) make fun
(iii) be outrageous
(iv) criticise

Ans. (a) (iii)
(b) (iv)
(c) (iii)

7. Gaston : Just trying to please you, darling. [CBSE 2010 (Term I)]

(a) Gaston is trying to please :
(i) Juliette
(ii) Jeanne
(iii) Mrs. Al Smith
(iv) The Maid

(b) Gaston has ______ to please the addressee :
(i) Bought a car
(ii) Finalized the deal
(iii) Kept the picture
(iv) Paid in cash

(c) Gaston is _______ while speaking the line :
(i) joking
(ii) serious
(iii) laughing
(iv) making fun

Ans. (a) (ii)
(b) (ii)
(c) (iv)

8. Every little bit helps, Madame. Especially, Madame, as you have such a funny face. [CBSE 2010 (Term I)]

(a) The phrase ‘little helps’ refers to ______.
(i) the help provided by neighbours
(ii) the monetary help that she will get after doing the role
(iii) the help of 100 francs
(iv) the help of the maid servant

(b) The speaker of this extract is _________.
(i) Jeanne
(ii) Juliette
(iii) Mrs. Al Smith
(iv) Juliette’s maid

(c) The funny face of the listener would help her to______.
(i) scare people away
(ii) take a break
(iii) bag the role of a cook
(iv) entertain people

Ans. (a) (ii)
(b) (iv)
(c) (iii)

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Read the extracts given below and choose the correct option.

1. I am dotted silver threads dropped from heaven
 By the gods. Nature then takes me, to adorn
 Her fields and valleys.
 I am beautiful pearls, plucked from the
 Crown of Ishtar by the daughter of Dawn
 To embellish the gardens.

(a) The poetic device used in these lines is :
(i) Simile
(ii) Personification
(iii) Metaphor
(iv) (ii) & (iii)

(b) ‘Dotted’ here means :
(i) Spots
(ii) A sweet dish
(iii) Marked with dots
(iv) Dedicated

(c) ‘To embellish the gardens’ means :
(i) To set up a new garden
(ii) To dig up the gardens
(iii) To grow fruits in the gardens
(iv) To decorate the gardens

Ans : (a) (iv)
(b) (iii)
(c) (iv)

2. When I cry the hills laugh;
 When I humble myself the flowers rejoice,
 When I bow, all things are elated.
 The field and the cloud are lovers
 And between them, I am a messenger of mercy
 I quench the thirst of the one;
 I cure the ailment of the other.

(a) The poetic device used in these lines is :
(i) Simile
(ii) Alliteration
(iii) Metaphor
(iv) Personification

(b) ‘Quench’ means :
(i) to travel
(ii) to question
(iii) to satisfy thirst
(iv) to fetch something

(c) In the poem, the ‘messenger of mercy’ refers to :
(i) the sun
(ii) the moon
(iii) the trees
(iv) the rain

Ans : (a) (iv) (b) (iii) (c) (iv)

3. I emerge from the heart of the sea and
 Soar with the breeze. When I see a field in
 Need, I descend and embrace the flowers and
 The trees in a million little ways.
 I touch gently at the windows with my
 Soft fingers and my announcement is a
 Welcome song. All can hear, but only
 The sensitive can understand.

(a) The poetic device used in these lines is :
(i) Simile
(ii) Personification
(iii) Metaphor
(iv) Alliteration

(b) “I see a field in need” means :
(i) The field is for sale
(ii) The field needs sowing
(iii) The field needs watering
(iv) The field needs manure

(c) ‘Soar with the breeze’ refers to :
(i) clouds
(ii) birds
(iii) trees
(iv) rain

Ans : (a) (iii)
(b) (ii)
(c) (i)

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Read the following extracts and answer the following questions by choosing the most appropriate alternative from those given below :

1. Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth,
 And spotted the perils beneath.
 All the toffees I chewed,
 And the sweet sticky food,
 Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth.

(a) ‘Spotted’ means :
(i) invented
(ii) noticed
(iii) thought
(iv) discovered

(b) The poetic device used in these lines is :
(i) Simile
(ii) Irony
(iii) Metaphor
(iv) Alliteration

(c) “The perils beneath” in line 2 means :
(i) the danger of life
(ii) causes of a disease
(iii) hidden serious condition
(iv) taken care

Ans : (a) (ii)
(b) (iv)
(c) (iii)

2. When I think of the lollies I licked,
 And the liquorice all sorts I pricked,
 Sherbet dabs, big and little,
 All that had peanut brittle
 My conscience gets horribly pricked.

(a) The poetic device used in these lines is :
(i) Metaphor
(ii) Alliteration
(iii) Simile
(iv) Irony

(b) ‘Brittle’ here means :
(i) a sweet made from nuts and sugar
(ii) a bright coloured thing
(iii) hard but liable to break
(iv) a small creamy toffee

(c) ‘Sherbat dabs’ means :
(i) perfumed powder
(ii) a kind of tiny sweet
(iii) a kind of sweet dish
(iv) a kind of children’s game

Ans : (a) (ii)
(b) (i)
(c) (ii)

3. Oh, I showed them the toothpaste all right,
 I flashed it about late at night,
 But up-and-down brushin’
 And pokin’ and fussin’
 Didn’t seem worth the time I could bite!

(a) ‘Flashed’ here means
(i) the occurrence of a sudden thought
(ii) moved in a particular direction
(iii) bright lights of traffic
(iv) the light of a camera

(b) ‘Pokin’ and Fussin’ here means
(i) peeping in someone’s room
(ii) making fun of someone
(iii) being fussy about something
(iv) checking carefully

(c) For the poet, taking care of her teeth meant
(i) being extra possessive
(ii) wastage of time
(iii) doing a worthwhile thing
(iv) setting up an example for others

Ans : (a) (ii)
(b) (iv)
(c) (ii)

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Read the following extracts and choose from the options given below :

1. Then a soldier
 Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
 Jealous in honour, sudden quick in quarrel,
 Seeking the bubble reputation
 Even in the cannon’s mouth.

(a) The pard is a symbol of :
(i) humility
(ii) fierceness
(iii) jealousy
(iv) love

(b) The poetic device used in the second line is a :
(i) metaphor
(ii) simile
(iii) alliteration
(iv) irony

(c) The soldier seeks his moment of glory :
(i) through death on the battlefield
(ii) through his acts of chivalry
(iii) by rescuing a maiden in distress
(iv) making great promises of valour

Ans : (a) (ii)
(b) (ii)
(c) (i)

2. And then the justice,
 In fair round belly with good capon lined,
 With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
 Full of wise saws and modern instances
 And so he plays his part.

(a) Which stage is being referred to here?
(i) Sixth
(ii) Third
(iii) Fifth
(iv) Seventh

(b) “good capon lined” means :
(i) riches
(ii) filled with big, fat, male chicken
(iii) round belly
(iv) some gown

(c) How does he show his wisdom?
(i) By physical appearance
(ii) Keeping severe expression
(iii) By quoting wise sayings
(iv) By showing off

Ans : (a) (iii)
(b) (ii)
(c) (iii)

3. Into the lean and slippered pantaloons
 with spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
 His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
 For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice
 Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
 And whistles in his sound.

(a) Which stage of man is referred to here?
(i) Fifth
(ii) Third
(iii) Seventh
(iv) Sixth

(b) ‘Shrunk shank’ means
(i) socks
(ii) thin legs
(iii) wrinkled face
(iv) twisted neck

(c) Why does his voice again become childish?
(i) Suffers from sore throat
(ii) Remains unwell
(iii) Is like a child’s voice again
(iv) His old age weakens his voice

Ans : (a) (iv)
(b) (ii)
(c) (iv)

4. Last scene of all
 That ends this strange eventful history,
 Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
 Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

(a) Why is this last stage called, ‘second childishness’?

(i) Behaves like a child
(ii) Is without teeth, taste like a child
(iii) Pretends to be a child
(iv) Has no hair

(b) ‘mere oblivion’ means :
(i) illness
(ii) weakness
(iii) forgetfulness
(iv) no financial security

(c) Why is man’s life called ‘strange eventful history’?
(i) due to uncertainty
(ii) due to lot of variety
(iii) due to strange happenings
(iv) like a story

Ans : (a) (ii)
(b) (iii)
(c) (iii)

5. In fair round belly with capon lined
 With eye severe and beard of formal cut
 Full of wise saws and modern stances
 And so he plays his part.

(a) Which stage of man is the poet referring to in the above lines?
(i) Infancy
(ii) Youth
(iii) Middle age
(iv) Old age

(b) The round belly is suggestive of :
(i) A wise person
(ii) A fat person
(iii) A generous person
(iv) A person of importance

(c) By ‘wise saws’ the poet means :
(i) Words of wisdom
(ii) Shrewd behaviour
(iii) Pretence
(iv) Words of love

Ans : (a) (iii)
(b) (iv)
(c) (i)

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Read the following extracts and choose the correct option :

1. Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
 And sings a melancholy strain ;
 O listen! for the Vale profound
 Is overflowing with the sound.

(a) Identify ‘she’ from the above stanza.
(i) A traveller
(ii) The Poe
(iii) Solitary Reaper
(iv) None of the above

(b) How does the poet know that the song is melancholy when he cannot understand the words?

(i) From the girl’s expression
(ii) From the words of the song
(iii) From the tune
(iv) From her dress

(c) What effect does the girl’s song have over the surroundings?

(i) Has no effect
(ii) All people desert the valley
(iii) The valley echoes with the song
(iv) The valley is indifferent

Ans : 
(a) (iii)
(b) (iii)
(c) (iii)

2. A voice so thrilling ne’er was heard
 In spring-time from the cuckoo bird,
 Breaking the silence of the seas
 Among the farthest Hebrides.

(a) What is cuckoo bird famous for?
(i) Cheerfulness
(ii) Thrill
(iii) Driving away tiredness
(iv) Welcoming the spring

(b) How does the Solitary Reaper’s song score over the song of the cuckoo?
(i) It is more far-reaching
(ii) It echoes more
(iii) It is more musical and fresh
(iv) It does not have any effect

(c) Hebrides means :
(i) a group of trees
(ii) far off valleys
(iii) sea
(iv) a group of islands off near Scotland

Ans :
(a) (iv)
(b) (i)
(c) (iv)

3. Will no one tell me what she sings?
 Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
 For old, unhappy, far-off things,
 And battles long ago.

(a) Explain the use of ‘perhaps’ in the second line.
(i) The poet is not sure
(ii) He is double-minded
(iii) He is indifferent
(iv) None of these

(b) ‘Flow’, – what quality of the solitary reaper song is expressed here?
(i) It’s fluidity
(ii) It’s evocativeness
(iii) Its spontaneity
(iv) It’s music

(c) What is the poet’s guess?
(i) The theme is of spring
(ii) Of happiness and forgotten things
(iii) Of battles and sad events in the past
(iv) Of stories

Ans :
(a) (i)
(b) (iii)
(c) (iii)

4. Or is it some more humble lay,
 Familiar matter of today?
 Some natural sorrow, loss or pain,
 That has been, maybe again.

(a) ‘It’ in the first line refers to
(i) the valley
(ii) the song
(iii) the solitary reaper
(iv) her dress

(b) Explain ‘humble lay’.
(i) A song about ordinary events
(ii) A song about extraordinary things
(iii) A song about modest things
(iv) A song about rich people

(c) What does the poet wish to convey by saying  ‘that has been and maybe again’?
(i) A natural loss, and pain
(ii) A natural event
(iii) Natural sorrow which can occur again
(iv) Both (i) and (iii)

Ans : 
(a) (ii)
(b) (i)
(c) (iii)

5. Whatever the theme, the maiden sang
 As if her song could have no ending;
 I saw her singing at her work
 And o’er the sickle bending

(a) What other activities is the maiden doing besides singing?
(i) She is ploughing
(ii) binding the corn
(iii) cutting grass
(iv) none of the above

(b) What makes the maiden’s song extraordinary?
(i) It’s musicality
(ii) It’s eternal nature
(iii) It’s theme
(iv) Her voice

(c) What effect does the song have over the poet?
(i) Mesmerising
(ii) Impressive
(iii) Invigorating
(iv) No effect

Ans : 
(a) (ii)
(b) (ii)
(c) (i)

6. I listened, motionless and still
 And, as I mounted up the hill,
 The music in my heart I bore,
 Long after it was heard no more.

(a) Where does the poet go?
(i) Down the valleys
(ii) Doesn’t go anywhere
(iii) Climbed up the mountain
(iv) Nowhere

 (b) How did the song affect the poet?
(i) It impressed him
(ii) Served as an inspiration
(iii) Left a permanent mark on his heart
(iv) Had no effect

(c) What does the poet want to convey by “long after it was heard no more”?
(i) Music is entertaining
(ii) Music is eternal and can give pleasure even when you do not hear it
(iii) Sad music is always remembered
(iv) The universal and permanent impression of the music.

Ans :
(a) (iii)
(b) (iii)
(c) (iv)

7. Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
 And sings a melancholy strain ;
 O listen! for the Vale profound
 Is overflowing with the sound.
 [CBSE 2010 (Term I)]

(a) ‘melancholy strain’ in the second line refers to :
(i) Sad song
(iii) Happy song
(ii) Thrilling song
(iv) Sweet song

(b) Identify the figure of speech in the above lines :
(i) Personification
(ii) Metaphor
(iii) Imagery
(iv) Alliteration

(c) The last two lines mean :
(i) Her voice is resounding in the valley
(ii) She is singing at a high pitch
(iii) Her voice is reaching outside the valley
(iv) She is asking everyone to listen to her

Ans. (a) (i)
(b) (iii)
(c) (i)

8. No nightingale did ever chant
 More welcome notes to weary bands
 Of Travellers in some shady haunt
 Among Arabian Sands
 A voice so thrilling never was heard
 In spring – time from the cuckoo – bird
 Breaking the silence of the seas
 Among the farthest Hebrides
 [CBSE 2010 (Term I)]

(a) According to the poet, nightingales sing :
(i) to welcome the travellers
(ii) to please themselves
(iii) to welcome the tired travellers
(iv) to get relief from their own pains

(b) The nightingales sing :
(i) in spring season in the desert of Arabia
(ii) in autumn season in deserts
(iii) in spring season in deserts of Thar
(iv) in spring season in deserts of Egypt

(c) The effect of the voice of the cuckoo bird is :
(i) that it refreshes the tired travellers
(ii) that it is spread everywhere
(iii) that it seems to welcome travellers
(iv) breaks the seas’ silence

Ans.
(a) (iii)
(b) (i)
(c) (iv)