MCQ SET B ANSWERS
| 11.(a) a low area between the hills | 16.(a) on the bright grass |
| 12.(a) it is covered with g grass and plants | 17. (b) creates |
| 13.(b) a small green valley | 18.(b) sand |
| 14.(b) slowly | 19.(c) sand |
| 15.(b) long strands of silver | 20.(b) the rays of the sun have fallen on it |
MCQ SET C (MCQ from Asleep in the Valley)
21. The Sun’s rays stream from-
(a) the mountain top
(b) the hilltop
(c) the tophill
(d) the valley
22. The thing which is said to ‘stream’ from mountaintop is-
(a) the moon’s rays
(b) the sun rays
(c) the sun’s rays
(d) the light
23.”… from the mountaintop stream the ” the word ‘stream’ Sun’s / Rays ; means-
(a) flows like a stream
(b) flows
(c) floods
(d) enlightens
24. “… from the mountaintop stream the ” the word ‘stream’ Sun’s / Rays ; implies-
(a) the rapid flow of the sunrays
(b) the stunted flow of the sun’s rays
(c) the unobstructed flow of the sun’s rays
(d) the power of the sun’s rays
25. The compound word ‘mountain top’ means-
(a) mountain which is at the topmost position
(b) mountain at the top of which the poet is standing
(c) the top portion of the mountain
(d) any portion of the mountain
26. The Sun’s rays fill the hollow with-
(a) brightness
(b) light
(c) illumination
(d) heat
27. “… they fill the hollow” the word ‘hollow’ means –
(a) the valley
(b) the hollow land
(c) empty space
(d) the space above the mountain
28. The ‘pillow’ of the sleeping soldier is made of-
(a) moss
(c) fern
(b) shrub
(d) cotton
29. The pillow of the young soldier is placed-
(a) beneath his head
(b) under his head
(c) below his head
(d) beside his head
30. The word ‘Asleep’ conveys the idea that-
(a) the young soldier is asleep
(b) the poet is asleep
(c) the reader is asleep
(d) the nature is asleep
MCQ SET C ANSWERS
| 21.(a) the mountain top | 26.(b) light |
| 22.(c) the sun’s rays | 27.(a) the valley |
| 23.(a) flows like a stream | 28.(c) fern |
| 24.(c) the unobstructed flow of the sun’s rays | 29.(c) below his head |
| 25.(c) the top portion of the mountain | 30.(a) the young soldier is asleep |
MCQ SET D (MCQ from Asleep in the Valley)
31.Rimbaud’s use of the word ‘asleep’ is
(a) metaphorical
(b) literal
(c) ironical
(d) none of the above
32. The body of the ‘sleeping soldier is placed-
(a) on the heavy undergrowth
(b) in the heavy undergrowth
(c) in the bushy undergrowth
(d) in the valley
33. “… stretched in the heavy undergrowth, ” means –
(a) placed among bushes and plants
(b) placed among bushes
(c) placed among plants
(d) placed among grass
34. “. stretched in the heavy undergrowth, ” the word ‘undergrowth’ means-
(a) bushes
(b) plants
(c) Bushes and plants
(d) grass
35. “… stretched in the heavy undergrowth,'” the word ‘heavy’ means –
(a) small in amount
(b) numerous
(c) trivial in amount
(d) weighty
36. “.. stretched in the heavy undergrowth,” the word ‘stretched’ means-
(a) placed
(c) extended
(b) expanded
(d) kept
37. “.. stretched in the’ heavy undergrowth, ” the ‘undergrowth’ has been
called ‘heavy’ because-
(a) they are trivial in amount
(b) they are trifle in amount
(c) they are numerous in amount
(d) they are weighty
38. “Pale in his warm, green, sun-soaked bed.” means–
(a) he is sleeping
(b) he is sleeping for eternity
(c) he is sleeping peacefully
(d) he is taking rest
39. “Pale in his warm sun-soaked bed.” the word ‘pale’ means-
(a) colourless
(b) emotionless
(c) bloodless
(d) weightless
40. “Pale in his warn sun-soaked bed.” the word ‘pale’ refers to-
(a) the soldier’s being asleep
(b) the soldier’s being mortally injured
(c) the soldier’s being dead
(d) the soldiers being ill