1. The ‘Poetry of Earth’ is written by –
A) John Keats B) Gieve Patel C) Arthur Rimbaud D) William Shakespeare
Ans. A) John Keats
2. ‘The Poetry of Earth’ is a/an –
A) ballad B) sonnet C) elegy D) ode
Ans. B) sonnet
3. The poem ‘The Poetry of Earth’ is a _____________ sonnet.
A) Petrarchan B) Shakespearean C) Spenserian D) curtailed
Ans. A) Petrarchan
4. The sonnet follows the following pattern –
A) octave + sestet B) 3 quatrains + couplet C) sestet + sestet + couplet D) curtail sonnet
Ans. A) octave + sestet
5. The octave of the sonnet, ‘The Poetry of Earth’ follows ________ _______ rhyme-scheme. –
A) abab abab b) abab cd cd C) abba abba D) abba cddc
Ans. C) abba abba
6. The sestet of the sonnet, ‘The Poetry of Earth’ follows ______ ______ rhyme scheme. –
A) cde cde B) cd cd cd C) cd cd ee D) cdc cdc
Ans. A) cde cde
7. ‘The Poetry of Earth’ was written in the year –
A) 1810 B) 1812 C) 1816 D) 1818
Ans. C) 1816
8. John Keats belongs to –
A) Victorian era B) Romantic era C) Modern era D) Elizabethan era
Ans. B) Romantic era
9. In the poem, ‘The Poetry of Earth, the poetry symbolizes –
A) nature B) love C) music D) beauty
Ans. C) music
10. Two seasons mentioned in the poem, ‘The Poetry of Earth’ are –
A) spring: summer B) spring: late autumn C) winter: autumn D) summer: winter
Ans. D) summer: winter
11. The birds hide in –
A) Shade of trees B) shadow of trees C) cold trees D) cooling trees [H.S. = 2017]
Ans. D) cooling tree.
12. The grasshopper is associated with the season –
A) winter B) autumn C) summer D) spring [H.S.= 2016]
Ans. C) summer.
13. Birds hide in cooling trees because –
A) they are thirsty B) they are weak C) they can’t loterate summer heat D) none of these
Ans. C) they can’t tolerate summer heat
14. Expressions ‘hot sun’ suggests that the season is –
A) winter B) spring C) autumn D) summer
Ans. D) summer
15. When birds stop singing on a hot summer day, we hear the song of a/an –
A) Cricket B) Grasshopper C) fly D) mosquito
Ans. B) Grasshopper
16. “A voice will run from hedge to hedge”- Whose voice is referred to here? –
A) birds B) grasshopper C) cricket D) all tiny insects
Ans. B) grasshopper
17. The Grasshopper sings –
A) from hedge to hedge B) in the forest C) hiding in cooling trees D) in a hut
Ans. A) from hedge to hedge
18. The Grasshoppers move and _______. –
A) play B) sing C) dance D)none of these
Ans. B) sing
19. The Grasshopper takes the lead in –
A) summer luxury B) autumn luxury C) winter luxury D) spring luxury
Ans. A) summer luxury
20. ‘…. he takes the lead’. Who is ‘he’? He is –
A) the summer B) the grasshopper C) the cricket D) the poet [H.S. = 2018]
Ans. B) the grasshopper.
21. Being tired the grasshopper rests beneath –
A) green hedge B) bushes C) pleasant weed D) grassy hills [H.S. = 2019, 2020 & 2022]
Ans. C) pleasant weed
22. The poetry of earth is ceasing –
A) forever B) for sometime C) never D) for a moment
Ans. C) never
23. The frost has wrought a –
A) silence B) music C) noise D) peace
Ans. A) silence
24. The silence in ‘The Poetry of Earth’ has been wrought by –
A) summer B) winter C) frost D) rain [H.S. = 2015]
Ans. C) frost.
25. In the poem ‘The Poetry of Earth’, the frost evokes the image of –
A) winter B) spring C) Summer D) Autumn
Ans. A) winter
26. In Keats’ sonnet ‘The Poetry of Earth’, the winter silence is broken by –
A) the voice of the Grasshopper B) the shrill chirpings of the Cricket C)the melodious voice of a nightingale D) the revelry of the common people
Ans. B) the shrill chirpings of the Cricket
27. The Cricket’s song is heard from –
A) fireside B) lone cottage C) streets D) nearby hills
Ans. A) fireside
28. The Cricket finds warmth –
A) in the bush B) near a stove C) in cooling trees D) in the new-mown mead
Ans. B) near a stove
29. The Cricket’s song seems to increase –
A) sorrow B) joy C) chill D) warmth
Ans. D) warmth
30. The song of the Cricket seems to be a continuation of –
A) the birds’ song in Nature B) the Grasshopper’s song C) summer D) spring
Ans. B) the Grasshopper’s song
31. Who imagined the Cricket’s song to be a song of the Grasshopper? –
A) the poet B) a traveller C) one lost in drowsiness D) the readers
Ans. C) one lost in drowsiness
32. The tone of the poem, ‘The Poetry of Earth’ is –
A) tragic B) romantic C) nostalgic D) sombre
Ans. B) romantic
33. The Poetry of Earth is never dead because –
A) nature’s music can be heard through all seasons B) the grasshopper sings through summer C) the cricket sings through winter D) The bird sings through summer
Ans. A) nature’s music can be heard through all seasons
34. Which literary device does Keats use in ‘The Poetry of Earth’? –
A) contrast B) oxymoron C) simile D) irony
Ans. A) contrast
35. What does the poet celebrate in the poem? –
A) In the poem, Keats celebrates the music of the earth. B) In this poem, Keats celebrates the grasshopper. C) In this poem, Keats celebrates cricket. D) In this poem, Keats celebrates autumn.
Ans. A) In the poem, Keats celebrates the music of the earth.
36. Why does Keats make the voices of the grasshopper and the cricket follow each other? –
A) Keats makes the voices of the grasshopper and the cricket follow each other in order to bring in the cycle of seasons. B) Keats makes the voices of the grasshopper and the cricket follow each other in order to show diversity in nature. C) Keats makes the voices of the grasshopper and the cricket follow each other in order to prove that music never ceases. D) Keats makes the voices of the grasshopper and the cricket follow each other in order to compare their voices.
Ans. C) Keats makes the voices of the grasshopper and the cricket follow each other in order to prove that music never ceases.
37. The poet contrasts summer with frost and then introduces warmth into frost. Why does he do this? –
A) The poet does this in order to prove that the music of the earth is a constant. B) The poet does this in order to prove that winter is not cruel. C) The poet does this in order to prove the difference in seasons. D) The poet does this in order to prove that cricket has a better voice.
Ans. A) The poet does this in order to prove that the music of the earth is a constant.
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