MP Board 10th English Extract From Poem Question Bank

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Read the following extracts from the poems and answer the questions given below

Extract-1
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Questions:

1. Who is the poet of the above poem?
   (a)Carolyn Wells (b) Robin Klein (c) Robert Frost
2. Where was the crow?
   (a) on hemlock tree (b) on banyan tree (c) on peepal tree
3. The poet’s mood got changed, when_____
   (a) he falls asleep (b) dust of snow falls on him (c) he starts talking

Extract-2
Some say the world will end in fire
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
Questions:

1. Who is the poet of these lines?
   (a) Carolyn Wells (b) Robin Klein (c) Robert Frost
2. What does the poet compare fire with?
   (a) hatred (b) desire (c) hot
3. According to the above lines, with whom does the poet want to stay ?
   (a) those who favour fire (b) those who favour ice (c)none

Extract-3
He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars.
Questions:

1. From which poem the above lines have been taken?
   (a) Dust of Snow (b) Fire and Ice (c) A Tiger in the Zoo
2. What does he stare at?
   (a) cars (b) night (c) stars
3. Which of the following is opposite of the word ‘brilliant’?
   (a) intelligent (b)glare (c)dull

Extract-4
If strolling forth, a beast you view,
Whose hide with spots is peppered,
As soon as he has lept on you,
You’ll know it is the Leopard.
‘Twill do no good to roar with pain,
He’ll only lep and lep again.
Questions:

1. From which poem have the above lines been taken?
   (a) How to Tell Wild Animals (b) A Tiger in the Zoo (c) The Ball Poem
2. Who has written this poem?
   (a) Robert Frost (b) Carolyn Wells (c) Leslie Norris
3. What does the word ‘beast’ mean?
   (a) bird (b) insect (c) animal

Extract-5
What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over – there it is in the water!
Questions:

1. From which poem have the above lines been taken?
   (a) Fire and Ice (b) A Tiger in the Zoo (c) The Ball Poem
   2.Which of the following words is similar to the word ‘merrily’?
   (a) sadly (b) happily (c) cleverly
2. Where did the ball go?
   (a)in the water (b) in the sky (c) in the house

Extract-6
Listen. The glass is breaking.
The trees are stumbling forward
into the night. Winds rush to meet them.
The moon is broken like a mirror,
its pieces flash now in the crown,
of the tallest oak.
Questions:

1. From which poem have these lines been taken?
   a. The Trees b. Fog
   c. Dust of Snow d. Animals
2. The figure of speech used in the line “The moon is broken like a mirror” isa.
   Metaphor b. Simile
   c. Oxymoron d. Personification
3. Opposite of “forward” isa.
   Coming b. Going
   c. Backward d. Above

Extract-7
I sit inside, doors open to the veranda
Writing long letters in
Which I scarcely mention the departure
Of the forest from the house
Questions:

1. Find the word from the passage which means ‘hardly’.
2. What is the poet doing?
   a. Reading b. Writing
   c. Playing d. Going
3. Name the Poet of the above text.
   a. Sylvia Plath b. Robert Frost
   c. Adrienne Rich d. Carl Sandburg

Extract-8

1. The fog comes
2. on little cat feet.
3. It sits looking
4. over harbour and city
5. on silent haunches
6. and then moves on.

Questions:

1. The fog is compared to ……………
   a. A tiger b. A cat
   c. A city d. A dog
2. The fog sits looking over …………….
   a. Houses b. Harbour and City
   c. Offices d. Station
3. Name the Poet of the above text.
   a. Sylvia Plath b. Robert Frost
   c. Robert Burns d. Carl Sandburg

Extract-9
Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink,
And the little grey mouse, she called him Blink,
And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard,
But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.
Questions:

1. Here ‘she’ refers toa.
   Belinda b. Kitten
   c. Mustard d. Mouse
2. The yellow dog was as sharp asa.
   Kitten b. Mustard
   c. Dragon d. Monkey
3. Name the Poem from which the above text has been taken.
   a. Fog b. Trees
   c. Fire and Ice d. The Tale of Custard the Dragon

Extract-10
Custard the dragon had big sharp teeth,
And spikes on top of him and scales underneath,
Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose,
And realio, trulio daggers on his toes.
Questions:

1. Who was Custard?
   a. Cat b. Dog
   c. Tiger d. Dragon
2. His nose looked likea.
   Fireplace b. Toes
   c. Chimney d. Scales
3. Name the Poet of the above text.
   a. Sylvia Plath b. Robert Frost
   c. Ogden Nash d. Carl Sandburg