Important MCQ and Answers of To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvel

 1. **What would not be considered a crime if they had enough time and space, according to the speaker?**

   - a) Her indifference

   - b) Her coyness

   - c) Her rejection

   - d) Her love

   

   **Answer:** b) Her coyness


2. **Which river is mentioned in the poem where the lady could find rubies?**

   - a) Thames

   - b) Ganges

   - c) Nile

   - d) Amazon

   

   **Answer:** b) Ganges


3. **What metaphor does the speaker use to describe his love in the poem?**

   - a) A burning fire

   - b) A flowing river

   - c) A growing vegetable

   - d) A flying bird

   

   **Answer:** c) A growing vegetable


4. **What does the speaker fear is catching up with them, urging the lady to seize the moment?**

   - a) Old age

   - b) Time’s winged chariot

   - c) The setting sun

   - d) Eternal life

   

   **Answer:** b) Time’s winged chariot


5. **In the poem, what will happen to her honor and his lust in the grave?**

   - a) They will flourish

   - b) They will turn into dust and ashes

   - c) They will be remembered

   - d) They will be eternal

   

   **Answer:** b) They will turn into dust and ashes


6. **What is the speaker's view on life and time towards the end of the poem?**

   - a) Life is infinite and time is slow

   - b) Life should be enjoyed fully before time runs out

   - c) Time will wait for them if they are patient

   - d) Love can stop the passing of time

   

   **Answer:** b) Life should be enjoyed fully before time runs out


7. **What literary device is prominent in the line "Time’s wingèd chariot hurrying near"?**

   - a) Simile

   - b) Personification

   - c) Metaphor

   - d) Alliteration

   

   **Answer:** b) Personification


8. **How does the speaker propose they deal with the passing of time?**

   - a) By waiting patiently

   - b) By seizing the moment and making the most of their time

   - c) By ignoring time’s presence

   - d) By letting time run its course naturally

   

   **Answer:** b) By seizing the moment and making the most of their time

Here are more important MCQs based on *"To His Coy Mistress"*:


9. **What is the tone of the speaker at the beginning of the poem?**

   - a) Angry

   - b) Playful and persuasive

   - c) Sad and melancholic

   - d) Detached and formal

   

   **Answer:** b) Playful and persuasive


10. **What does the speaker mean by "deserts of vast eternity"?**

    - a) A life full of adventure

    - b) The emptiness of death and the afterlife

    - c) The beauty of the desert landscape

    - d) Endless love

   

    **Answer:** b) The emptiness of death and the afterlife


11. **According to the speaker, how long would he spend praising her eyes if they had all the time in the world?**

    - a) 100 years

    - b) 1,000 years

    - c) 50 years

    - d) 200 years

    

    **Answer:** a) 100 years


12. **What does the speaker suggest is inevitable, making their love urgent?**

    - a) Her death

    - b) The setting of the sun

    - c) The passage of time

    - d) The end of their relationship

    

    **Answer:** c) The passage of time


13. **What image does the speaker use to describe how they should embrace their love and time?**

    - a) As calm waves

    - b) As amorous birds of prey

    - c) As falling leaves

    - d) As the rising sun

    

    **Answer:** b) As amorous birds of prey


14. **Which of the following best describes the speaker's attitude toward the future?**

    - a) Optimistic about eternity

    - b) Fearful of time and death

    - c) Indifferent to the passage of time

    - d) Hopeful for eternal youth

    

    **Answer:** b) Fearful of time and death


15. **What does the speaker suggest they do with their "strength" and "sweetness"?**

    - a) Preserve it for the future

    - b) Combine it into one powerful moment

    - c) Let it fade with time

    - d) Ignore it and focus on their duties

    

    **Answer:** b) Combine it into one powerful moment


16. **What does the speaker mean by the line, "Thus, though we cannot make our sun / Stand still, yet we will make him run"?**

    - a) They cannot stop time, but they can enjoy life to its fullest.

    - b) They will manipulate time to their advantage.

    - c) They can slow down the passage of time through love.

    - d) They will live forever in each other’s memories.

    

    **Answer:** a) They cannot stop time, but they can enjoy life to its fullest.


17. **What does the speaker imply about the grave when he says, "The grave’s a fine and private place, but none, I think, do there embrace"?**

    - a) The grave is peaceful and comforting.

    - b) Love and passion cannot exist after death.

    - c) The grave offers eternal companionship.

    - d) The grave is a place for reflection on love.

    

    **Answer:** b) Love and passion cannot exist after death


18. **In which literary era was *"To His Coy Mistress"* written?**

    - a) Romantic

    - b) Victorian

    - c) Renaissance

    - d) Metaphysical

    

    **Answer:** d) Metaphysical


19. **What type of poem is *"To His Coy Mistress"*?**

    - a) Sonnet

    - b) Elegy

    - c) Lyric poem

    - d) Dramatic monologue

    

    **Answer:** d) Dramatic monologue


20. **What is the primary theme of *"To His Coy Mistress"*?**

    - a) The brevity of life and the urgency of love

    - b) The cruelty of unrequited love

    - c) The joy of eternal youth

    - d) The purity of platonic love

    

    **Answer:** a) The brevity of life and the urgency of love

 


1. **What does the phrase "My vegetable love should grow" imply about the speaker's love?**

   - a) It is quick and fleeting

   - b) It is natural and nurturing

   - c) It is artificial and superficial

   - d) It is stagnant and unchanging

   

   **Answer:** b) It is natural and nurturing


2. **In the lines, how does the speaker describe the growth of his love in comparison to empires?**

   - a) It is more powerful than empires

   - b) It is vaster than empires and slower in growth

   - c) It is smaller than empires

   - d) It is the same as empires in growth

   

   **Answer:** b) It is vaster than empires and slower in growth


3. **How long does the speaker suggest he would take to praise the lady's eyes?**

   - a) Fifty years

   - b) One hundred years

   - c) Two hundred years

   - d) Thirty thousand years

   

   **Answer:** b) One hundred years


4. **What does the speaker mean by "Two hundred to adore each breast"?**

   - a) He would take two hundred years to appreciate her entire being

   - b) He would spend two hundred years specifically admiring her breasts

   - c) He thinks it would take two hundred years to understand her completely

   - d) He would worship her for two hundred years

   

   **Answer:** b) He would spend two hundred years specifically admiring her breasts


5. **How many years does the speaker claim he would need to adore the rest of her?**

   - a) One hundred years

   - b) Two hundred years

   - c) Thirty thousand years

   - d) One thousand years

   

   **Answer:** c) Thirty thousand years


6. **What is the significance of the phrase "the last age should show your heart"?**

   - a) He wants to reveal her inner beauty at the end of their love

   - b) It signifies the culmination of their love in understanding her emotions

   - c) He is uninterested in her heart until the end

   - d) It indicates a desire for material possessions

   

   **Answer:** b) It signifies the culmination of their love in understanding her emotions


7. **What literary device is employed in the phrase "Vaster than empires and more slow"?**

   - a) Simile

   - b) Metaphor

   - c) Hyperbole

   - d) Personification

   

   **Answer:** c) Hyperbole


8. **What overall message is the speaker conveying through these lines?**

   - a) The importance of physical beauty over emotional connection

   - b) The idea that love should be timeless and enduring

   - c) The futility of romantic endeavors

   - d) The inevitability of aging

   

   **Answer:** b) The idea that love should be timeless and enduring

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