Bankura University,
4th Semester Compulsory English
Semester-IV (ACP): British Poetry
1. What is the best thing about Innisfree?
a) It is a big modern city.
b) It is a place of many big industries.
c) It has many places of historical interest.
d) It is a place of great natural beauty.
Ans:d) It is a place of great natural beauty.
2. Name the poet of the poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”.
a) John Milton
b) John Keats
c) W. B. Yeats
d) T. S. Eliot
Ans:c) W. B. Yeats
3. What is the weather like at the start of “Porphyria’s Lover”?
a) Snow
b) Mist and fog
c) Wind and rain
d) Sunshine
Ans: c) Wind and rain
4. What did Porphyria's lover want in the poem?
a) To marry Porphyria
b) To kill Porphyria because she had an affair
c) To be with a different woman
d) Complete control over her
Ans: d) Complete control over her
5. The speaker of “Break, Break, Break” cannot:
a) speak
b) feel
c) see
d) hear
Ans:a) speak
6. Who are the characters who appear in this poem “Digging”?
a) The speaker, his father and his son
b) The speaker’s son and his grandson
c) The speaker, his father and his grandfather
d) The speaker and his landscapers
Ans:c) The speaker, his father and his grandfather
7. What kind of music will the poet get to hear in the poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree?”
a) The humming of bees
b) The song of the cricket
c) Both i) and ii)
d) Neither i) nor ii)
Ans:(a)The humming of bees
8. What is “breaking” in “Break, Break, Break”?
a) A heart
b) The sea
c) The wind
d) The sunshine through the clouds
Ans:b) The sea
9. Who works on Toner's bog in the poem “Digging”?
a) The speaker
b) The speaker’s whole family
c) The speaker’s father
d) The speaker’s grandfather
Ans:(d) The speaker’s grandfather
10. Who is the author of the poem “Break, Break, Break”?
a) Robert Browning
b) T.S. Eliot
c) Alfred Tennyson
d) Dylan Thomas
Ans:c) Alfred Tennyson
11. What kind of poem “Porphyria’s Lover” is?
a) Sonnet
b) Dramatic Monologue
c) Elegy
d) Epic
Ans:b) Dramatic Monologue
12. What kind of poem is “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”?
a) Villanelle
b) Sonnet
c) Limerick
d) Haiku
Ans:a) Villanelle
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