1. ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?’ is written by –
A) Keats B) Shakespeare C) G. Patel D) Rimbaud
Ans. B) Shakespeare
2. ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? is a/an –
A) ode B) elegy C) dramatic monologue D) sonnet
Ans. D) sonnet
3. “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” is Sonnet No. –
A) 18 B) 81 C) 16 D)28
Ans. A) 18
4. ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?’ is a _________ poem. –
A) nature B) love C) philosophical D) devotional
Ans. B) love
5. In the sonnet ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?’ the poet addresses –
A) his friend B) his mistress C) his wife D) his mother
Ans. A) his friend
6. Shakespeare celebrates in his sonnet ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?’ –
A) the transitory of life B) the potency of nature C) the beauty of his friend D) none of these
Ans. C) the beauty of his friend
7. ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?’ is an/a –
A) Horatian ode B) Petrarchan sonnet C) Shakespearean sonnet D) Spencerian sonnet
Ans. C) Shakespearean sonnet
8. The poem begins with –
A) a metaphor B) a simile C) a personification D) both interrogation and simile
Ans. D) both interrogation and simile
9. The winds that blow in summer in Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 18 are –
A) balmy B) weak C) hot D) rough [H.S. = 2016]
Ans. D) rough.
10. In summer ‘Rough winds’ do shake –
A) all trees B) all birds C) buds D) houses
Ans. C) buds
11. The ‘darling buds’ are shaken by rough winds in –
A) March B) April C) May D) June [H.S. = 2017 &2022]
Ans. C) May.
12. “Thou art more lovely and temperate”. Here the word ‘thou’ refers to –
A) the poet himself B) the poet’s lady love C) the poet’s mother D) the poet’s friend
Ans. D) the poet’s friend
13. Summer’s lease lasts –
A) short-lived B) for a decade C) long-lasting D) everlasting
Ans. A) short-lived
14. The month referred to by the poet in the sonnet is –
A) May B) April C) January D) August
Ans. A) May
15. ‘The eye of heaven’ in Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 18 refers to –
A) the sun B) the moon C) the poet D) the clouds [H.S. = 2015]
Ans. A) the sun
16. “….. his gold complexion dimmed.” Here ‘his’ refers to –
A) the sun B) the sky C) the poet’s friend D) the poet himself [H.S. = 2019]
Ans. A) the sun.
17. The word ‘dimmed’ suggests that the sun –
A) has set B) has just risen C) has been covered by clouds D) none of these
Ans. C) has been covered by clouds
18. The poet thinks that the summer season is –
A) perfect B) long C) transitory D) very temperate
Ans. C) transitory
19. Nature’s changing course is –
A) dimmed B) temperate C) untrimmed D) lovely [H.S. = 2018 & 2022]
Ans. C) untrimmed.
20. The poet imagines that his friend possesses –
A) eternal summer B) no glory C) momentary happiness D) charm
Ans. A) eternal summer
21. The phrase ‘eternal summer’ suggests –
A) poet’s death B) youthfulness of poet’s friend C) talent of poet’s friend D) death of poet’s friend
Ans. B) youthfulness of poet’s friend
22. “But thy eternal summer shall not fade.” Here ‘thy’ refers to –
A) Shakespeare B) the sun C) Shakespeare’s friend D) the season of summer [H.S. = 2020]
Ans. D) Shakespeare’s friend.
23. “Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade”-The figure of speech used in the line is –
A) simile B) metaphor C) irony D) personification
Ans. D) personification
24. The friend of the poet will grow –
A) in his youth B) in the eternal lines of the sonnet C) in his own poetry D)in death
Ans. B) in the eternal lines of the sonnet
25.” When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st”-‘eternal lines’ implies –
A) the poetry B) the beauty of the young man C) the existence D) none of these
Ans. A) the poetry
26. “So long lives this…”-Here ‘this’ refers to the poet’s –
A) friend B) readers C) sonnet D) beloved wife
Ans. C) sonnet
27. “This gives life to thee.”-‘Life’ here suggests –
A) resurrection B) immortality C) youth D) friendly feelings
Ans. B) immortality
28. The sonnet ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?’ is by tone –
A) optimistic B) stoical C) pessimistic D) comical
Ans. A) optimistic
29. Shakespeare belongs to _______________ period. –
A) Elizabethan B) Restoration C) Victorian D) Romantic
Ans. A) Elizabethan
30. Poet’s friend will live in this world –
A) as long as people read this sonnet B) as long as men can breathe C) as long as eyes can see D) as long as ears can hear
Ans. A) as long as people read this sonnet
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