McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: English (CBCS) .
Chapters
| 1. |
Keats enjoys the tranquility and _________ that autumn brings with it. |
| A. | hopefulness |
| B. | serenity |
| C. | calmness |
| D. | conspiracy |
| Answer» B. serenity | |
| 2. |
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find/ Thee sitting careless on a _______ floor |
| A. | marble |
| B. | wooden |
| C. | half-reaped |
| D. | granary |
| Answer» D. granary | |
| 3. |
John Keats died of tuberculosis in 1821 at the age of: |
| A. | 26 |
| B. | 39 |
| C. | 45 |
| D. | 23 |
| Answer» A. 26 | |
| 4. |
Yeats wrote “A Prayer for My Daughter” after the birth of his daughter Anne in: |
| A. | 1865 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1939 |
| D. | 1914 |
| Answer» B. 1919 | |
| 5. |
May she be granted beauty and yet not/ Beauty to make a stranger’s eye _______ |
| A. | captivated |
| B. | distracted |
| C. | distraught |
| D. | wander |
| Answer» C. distraught | |
| 6. |
Self-appeasing, self-affrighting,/ And that its own sweet will is ________ will |
| A. | God’s |
| B. | Heaven’s |
| C. | her |
| D. | thine |
| Answer» B. Heaven’s | |
| 7. |
How but in custom and in ceremony/ Are ____________ and beauty born? |
| A. | innocence |
| B. | truth |
| C. | nature |
| D. | grace |
| Answer» A. innocence | |
| 8. |
Autumn is the season of mists and |
| A. | Ripe fruitfulness |
| B. | Mellow fruitfulness |
| C. | Soft fruitfulness |
| D. | Juicy fruitfulness |
| Answer» B. Mellow fruitfulness | |
| 9. |
The small gnats mourn in a wailful choir |
| A. | Among the river sallows |
| B. | Among the river bushes |
| C. | Among the river willows |
| D. | Among the river plants |
| Answer» A. Among the river sallows | |
| 10. |
Autumn is called the bosom friend of the |
| A. | Blazing sun |
| B. | Bright sun |
| C. | Maturing sun |
| D. | Gigantic sun |
| Answer» C. Maturing sun | |
| 11. |
The reaper felt sleepy with the |
| A. | fume of daisies |
| B. | fume of poppies |
| C. | fume of roses |
| D. | fume of hyacinths |
| Answer» B. fume of poppies | |
| 12. |
“The Great Queen” that rose out of the spray is |
| A. | Maud Gonne |
| B. | Venus |
| C. | Aphrodite |
| D. | Yeats’ daughter |
| Answer» C. Aphrodite | |
| 13. |
Ceremony is a name for |
| A. | A rich horn |
| B. | A spreading laurel tree |
| C. | Innocence and beauty born |
| D. | Wealth and glory |
| Answer» A. A rich horn | |
| 14. |
The loveliest woman born according to Yeats is |
| A. | His daughter |
| B. | Lady Gregory |
| C. | Maud Gonne |
| D. | Helen of Troy |
| Answer» C. Maud Gonne | |
| 15. |
A Prayer for My Daughter is marked by a strong personal note relating to |
| A. | Maud Gonne |
| B. | Anna Yeats |
| C. | Aphrodite |
| D. | Helen of Troy |
| Answer» A. Maud Gonne | |
| 16. |
The poem “A Prayer for My Daughter” was written after the birth of Yeats’ daughter. His daughter’s name is |
| A. | Anne |
| B. | Lily |
| C. | Elizabeth |
| D. | Amy |
| Answer» A. Anne | |
| 17. |
Accordingly, Keats’ poems leave the uncertainties and doubts open to the reader’s |
| A. | Interpretation |
| B. | Understanding |
| C. | Imagination |
| D. | perspective |
| Answer» C. Imagination | |
| 18. |
The season of mists and mellow fruitfulness is |
| A. | Autumn |
| B. | Winter |
| C. | Summer |
| D. | spring |
| Answer» A. Autumn | |
| 19. |
Once more the storm is howling and |
| A. | half hid |
| B. | half buried |
| C. | half revealed |
| D. | half shown |
| Answer» B. half buried | |
| 20. |
Keats was a poet of |
| A. | Feelings |
| B. | Senses |
| C. | Perceptions |
| D. | thoughts |
| Answer» C. Perceptions | |
| 21. |
William Butler Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in |
| A. | 1923 |
| B. | 1927 |
| C. | 1928 |
| D. | 1929 |
| Answer» A. 1923 | |
| 22. |
What are the two ‘close bosom-friends’ mentioned in Ode to Autumn? |
| A. | The bees and the flowers |
| B. | The sun and the autumn season |
| C. | The autumn season and the bees |
| D. | The trees and the sun |
| Answer» B. The sun and the autumn season | |
| 23. |
Where are the ________ of Springs? Ay, where are they? |
| A. | sounds |
| B. | signs |
| C. | songs |
| D. | sorrows |
| Answer» C. songs | |
| 24. |
Which personification of autumn appears in Ode to Autumn? |
| A. | A gleaner |
| B. | An old man |
| C. | A gardener |
| D. | An apple picker |
| Answer» C. A gardener | |
| 25. |
W.B. Yeats’ A Prayer for my Daughter was written in __________, shortly after Yeats daughter, Anne’s birth. |
| A. | 1918 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1920 |
| D. | 1922 |
| Answer» B. 1919 | |
| 26. |
May she be granted ___________ and yet not Beauty to make a stranger’s eye distraught. |
| A. | poise |
| B. | virtue |
| C. | beauty |
| D. | fair |
| Answer» B. virtue | |
| 27. |
May she become a flourishing hidden - |
| A. | plant |
| B. | flower |
| C. | tree |
| D. | star |
| Answer» B. flower | |
| 28. |
The device used by the poet in Ode to Autumn is |
| A. | Rhymes |
| B. | Personification |
| C. | Simile |
| D. | Metaphor |
| Answer» D. Metaphor | |
| 29. |
The reaper in Ode to Autumn falls asleep because he |
| A. | Is tired of reaping |
| B. | Is drowsed with the fume of poppies |
| C. | Wants to rest |
| D. | Wants to relax |
| Answer» B. Is drowsed with the fume of poppies | |
| 30. |
The red ___________ whistles from a garden croft |
| A. | apples |
| B. | breast |
| C. | flowers |
| D. | grapes |
| Answer» B. breast | |
| 31. |
The gleaner walks carefully across |
| A. | Granary |
| B. | Half reaped furrow |
| C. | The winnowing wind |
| D. | A brook |
| Answer» C. The winnowing wind | |
| 32. |
Who watched the last oozing hours by hours? |
| A. | Cider- presser |
| B. | Cider- maker |
| C. | Cider-brewer |
| D. | Cider owner |
| Answer» A. Cider- presser | |
| 33. |
Who bleated from the hilly bourn? |
| A. | Full grown lambs |
| B. | Full grown sheep |
| C. | Full grown bees |
| D. | Full grown crickets |
| Answer» D. Full grown crickets | |
| 34. |
What was howling outside Yeats’ house? |
| A. | Wolves |
| B. | Foxes |
| C. | Storm |
| D. | A woman |
| Answer» A. Wolves | |
| 35. |
According to Yeats, what is under the ‘cradle hood and coverlid’? |
| A. | A baby |
| B. | A rabbit |
| C. | Feeding bottle |
| D. | Milk |
| Answer» A. A baby | |
| 36. |
For whom is the poet praying in ‘A Prayer for my Daughter’? |
| A. | The people of Ireland |
| B. | The queen |
| C. | Helen |
| D. | For his baby |
| Answer» A. The people of Ireland | |
| 37. |
In Yeats’ poem, who rose out of the spray? |
| A. | The great queen |
| B. | Helen |
| C. | A serpent |
| D. | A monster |
| Answer» B. Helen | |
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