“The Poetry of Earth” Multiple Choice Questions and Answers (M.C.Q) by John Keats, Class XII, WBCHSE

The Poetry of Earth Multiple Choice Questions and Answers • The Poetry of Earth MCQ

The Poetry of Earth Questions and Answers • The Poetry of Earth Question and Answer

The Poetry of Earth by John Keats

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. 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

10. In the poem, ‘The Poetry of Earth’, the poetry symbolizes –

A) nature
B) love
C) music
D) beauty

Ans. C) music

11. The grasshopper is associated with the season – [HS 2016]

A) winter
B) autumn
C) summer
D) spring

Ans. C) summer.

12. The birds faint during –

A) winter
B) summer
C) autumn
D) spring

Ans. B) summer

13. Expressions ‘hot sun’ suggests that the season is –

A) winter
B) spring
C) autumn
D) summer

Ans. D) summer

14. The birds hide in – [HS 2017]

A) Shade of trees
B) shadow of trees
C) cold trees
D) cooling trees

Ans. D) cooling tree.

15. 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

16. When birds stop singing on a hot summer day, we hear the song of a/an –

A) Cricket
B) Grasshopper
C) fly
D) animal

Ans. B) Grasshopper

17. ‘…. he takes the lead’. Who is ‘he’? He is – [HS 2018]

A) the summer
B) the grasshopper
C) the cricket
D) the poet

Ans. B) the grasshopper.

18. The Grasshopper takes the lead in –

A) summer luxury
B) autumn luxury
C) winter luxury
D) spring luxury

Ans. A) summer luxury

19. “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

20. 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

21. The Grasshoppers move and ______ –

A) play
B) sing
C) dance
D)none of these

Ans. B) sing

22. Being tired the grasshopper rests beneath – [HS 2019, 2020, 2022]

A) green hedge
B) bushes
C) pleasant weed
D) grassy hills

Ans. C) pleasant weed

23. The poetry of earth is ceasing –

A) forever
B) for sometime
C) never
D) for a moment

Ans. C) never

24. The silence in ‘The Poetry of Earth’ has been wrought by – [HS 2015]

A) summer
B) winter
C) frost
D) rain

Ans. C) frost.

25. The frost has wrought a –

A) silence
B) music
C) noise
D) peace

Ans. A) silence

26. In the poem ‘The Poetry of Earth’, the frost evokes the image of –

A) winter
B) spring
C) Summer
D) Autumn

Ans. A) winter

27. 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

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 is heard from –

A) fireside
B) lone cottage
C) streets
D) nearby hills

Ans. A) fireside

30. The Cricket’s song seems to increase –

A) sorrow
B) joy
C) chill
D) warmth

Ans. D) warmth

31. 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

32. 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

33. The tone of the poem, ‘The Poetry of Earth’ is –

A) tragic
B) romantic
C) nostalgic
D) sombre

Ans. B) romantic

34. 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

35. Which literary device does Keats use in ‘The Poetry of Earth’? –

A) contrast
B) oxymoron
C) simile
D) irony

Ans. A) contrast

36. What does the poet celebrate in the poem? –

A) the music of the earth.
B) the grasshopper.
C) cricket.
D) autumn.

Ans. A) the music of the earth.

37. 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.

38. 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.

39. What is the central theme of the poem?

a) The beauty of nature
b) The insignificance of insects
c) The contrast between summer and winter
d) The significance of human life

Ans. c) The contrast between summer and winter

40. What does the grasshopper’s song symbolize in the poem?

a) Joy and vitality
b) Sadness and melancholy
c) The end of summer
d) The beginning of winter

Ans. a) Joy and vitality

41. What does the cricket’s song symbolize in the poem?

a) Joy and vitality
b) Sadness and melancholy
c) The end of summer
d) The beginning of winter

Ans. b) Sadness and melancholy

42. According to the poem, what happens to the grasshopper’s song in winter?

a) It becomes louder and more joyful.
b) It becomes softer and less frequent.
c) It ceases to exist.
d) It transforms into the cricket’s song.

Ans. c) It ceases to exist.

43. What is the overall mood of the poem?

a) Joyful and celebratory
b) Melancholic and reflective
c) Angry and bitter
d) Hopeful and optimistic

Ans. a) Joyful and celebratory

44. The grasshopper presents live – [HS 2023]

a) music of spring
b) music of Summer
c) music of winter
d) music of spring

Ans. b) music of Summer

45. The grasshopper’s song is described as being full of ______ in the poem.

a) Melancholy
b) Grief
c) Delight
d) Regret

Ans. c) Delight

46. According to the poem, why does the grasshopper sing?

a) To attract a mate
b) To communicate with other insects
c) To celebrate the beauty of summer
d) To mark its territory

Ans. c) To celebrate the beauty of summer

47. What is the primary emotion conveyed through the cricket’s song in the poem?

a) Joy
b) Sadness
c) Fear
d) Anger

Ans. b) Sadness

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