MCQ SET D ANSWERS
| 31.(c) ironical | 36.(c) extended |
| 32.(a) on the heavy undergrowth | 37.(c) they are numerous in amount |
| 33.(a) placed among bushes and plants | 38.(b) he is sleeping for eternity |
| 34.(c) Bushes and plants | 39.(a) colourless |
| 35.(b) numerous | 40.(c) the soldier’s being dead |
MCQ SET E
41. “Pale in his warm sun-soaked bed.” the person referred to as ‘pale’ is-
(a) the poet
(b) the young soldier
(c) the poet’s friend
(d) all of them
42. “Pale in his warm sun-soaked bed.” the soldier is called ‘pale’ because –
(a) he is sleeping
(b) his normal complexion is pale
(c) he is dead
(d) he is sick
43. The poet describes the bed of the sleeping soldier as –
(a) warm, green and sun-soaked
(b) warm and green
(c) green and sun-soaked
(d) warm
44. ‘warm, green, sun-Soaked bed.’ the ‘bed’ has been called ‘warm’ because-
(a) it is warm by nature
(b) the light and heat of the sun have made it warm
(c) the warm body of the soldier has made it warm
(d) it is warm by fire
45. “warm, green, sun-soaked bed.” the ‘bed’ has been called ‘green’ because-
(a) it is made of grasses and plants
(b) it is made of grasses
.(c) it is made of plants
(d) it is coloured green
MCQ SET E
46. The feet of the young soldier are-
(a) among the flowers
(b) among the plants
(c) in the hedges
(d) among the bushes
47. “His feet among the flowers, he sleeps” means-
(a) he is sleeping in a garden
(b) he is sleeping in a forest
(c) he is sleeping amid nature
(d) he is sleeping in bed
48. Rimbaud compares the smile of the sleeping soldier with that of-
(a) a child
(b) a boy
(d) a man
(c) an infant
49. The smile of the soldier in the poem ‘Asleep in the Valley’ is –
(a) gentle
(c) foolish
(b) witty
(d) cunning
50. “His feet among the flowers, he sleeps” the word ‘sleeps’ signifies that-
(a) nature is respectful to the dead soldier
(b) nature is benign to the dead soldier
(c) nature is malign to the dead soldier
(d) none of the above
MCQ SET E ANSWERS
| 41.(b) the young soldier | 46.(a) among the flowers |
| 42.(c) he is dead | 47.(c) he is sleeping amid nature |
| 43.(a) warm, green and sun-soaked | 48.(c) an infant |
| 44.(b) the light and heat of the sun have made it warm | 49.(a) gentle |
| 45.(a) it is made of grasses and plants | 50.(a) nature is respectful to the dead soldier |
MCQ SET F (MCQ from Asleep in the Valley)
51. The comparison of the smile of the sleeping soldier with that of a child suggests –
(a) the innocence of the soldier
(b) the innocence and simplicity of the child
(c) the simplicity of the soldier
(d) the childrens of the soldier
52. The ‘smile’ of the young soldier is said to be ‘gentle’ because-
(a) it has the element of violence
(b) it is genteel in nature
(c) it does not have the element of violence
(d) it has politeness
53. The ‘smile’ of the young soldier is said to be “without guile” because
(a) it is gentle in nature
(b) it does not have a false show
(c) it has a double meaning
(d) it has no reaction
54. “.. His smile/ is like an infant’s .. the word ‘infant’ means –
(a) small child
(b) young child
(c) mature child
(d) mature boy
55. “. gentle, without guile.” the word ‘gentle’ means
(a) genteel
(c) violent
(b) non-violent
(d) simple
56. “gentle, without guile.” the word ‘guile’ means-
(a) false show
(b) original show
(c) complexity
(d) simple show
57. The poet requests Nature- (sample question]
(a) to lull the soldier to sleep
(b) to disturb the soldier’s sleep
(c) to keep the soldier warm
(d) to make the soldier catch cold
58. “… he may catch cold” Rimbaud wants to say that-
(a) he has caught cold
(b) he will catch cold
(c) he has become eternally cold or dead
(d) he will be frozen
59. “.. keep hin warm;” the word ‘warm’ means –
(a) hot
(b) alive
(c) away from the cold wind
(d) none of the above
60. “… keep him warm;” the word ‘warm’ implies-
(a) alive
(b) away from the cold wind
(c) in the hot atmosphere
(d) none of the above