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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