Snake (MCQs)

Literature Reader (Communicative) 

Q1. Who has written the poem ‘Snake’?

A. D.H. Lawrence

B. W.B. Yeats

C. Shakespeare

D. None of these

Q2. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

A. AABBC DDEEF

B. ABABA CDCDC

C. Free verse

D. ABCBD BCDCE

Q3. What was the poet carrying to take water?

A. mug

B. pitcher

C. glass

D. bucket

Q4. Find a synonym for ‘pitcher’-

A. mug

B. jug

C. bottle

D. tub

Q5. Who was there at the trough when the poet reached?

A. His cousin

B. a snake

C. a cow

D. God

Q6. What was the snake doing at the trough?

A. catching a prey

B. passing by

C. drinking water

D. admiring the beautiful garden

Q7. What was the weather on that day?

A. snowy

B. cold

C. rainy

D. hot

Q8. What was the poet wearing?

A. trousers

B. legging

C. pyjamas

D. shorts

Q9. Why did the poet go to the trough in the garden?

A. to water plants

B. to meet the snake

C. to hit the snake

D. to fetch water

Q10. What did the poet do when he saw the snake at the trough?

A. He tried to shoo it away

B. He waited silently for his turn

C. He screamed for help

D. He called the police helpline

Q11. How did the snake try to harm the poet?

A. it attacked him

B. it flew towards him

C. it hissed and scared him

D. it didn’t do anything to harm him

Q12. What figure of speech is used-

‘In the deep, strange-scented shade of the great dark carob-tree’

A. Allusion

B. Transferred Epithet

C. Antithesis

D. simile

Q13. What figure of speech is used-

“ And trailed his yellow-brown slackness soft-bellied down, over the edge of the stone trough And rested his throat upon the stone bottom,

And where the water had dripped from the tap, in a small clearness,”

A. Anaphora

B. Transferred Epithet

C. Allusion

D. simile

Q14. Who has been personified in the poem?

A. carob tree

B. Mount Etna

C. Snake

D. All of these

Q15. What figure of speech is used-

And lifted his head, dreamily, as one who has drunken”

A. Anaphora

B. Transferred Epithet

C. Allusion

D. simile