A Thing of Beauty

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. According to the poet, a thing of beauty is
(a) never joyful (b) creates sadness
(c) a joy forever (d) horrible to look at
2. The beauty of lovely things
(a) increases (b) decreases
(c) gets divided (d) always is short-lived
3. Beautiful things never ‘pass into nothingness’ means that they
(a) never increase (b) never fade away
(c) always bring unhappiness (d) create unpleasantness between friends
4. Will keep a bower quiet for us’ means
(a) will give us peace and calm (b) will stop unpleasant
sounds
(c) will make our beds fit to sleep (d) reduce noise pollution
5. ‘Full of sweet dreams’ means
(a) pleasant and peaceful sleep (b) disturbed sleep
(c) nightmares (d)
wishes coming true
6. According to the poet, a thing of beauty keeps us
(a) angry (b) naughty
(c) healthy and peaceful (d) depressed
7. Every morning, we all are
(a) brushing our teeth (b) having
breakfast
(c) wreathing a flowery band (d) getting ready to go to
work
8. The flowery band, according to the poet helps to
(a) bind us to the earth
(b) make us look beautiful
(c) give a present of flowers to friends (d) to make a band covered with flowers
9. ‘Spite of despondency’ refers to
(a) sadness and depression (b) health and well-
being
(c) suffering and pain (d) hatred and
greed
10. ‘inhuman dearth’ according to the poet, is a reference to
(a) lack or shortage of beauty
(b) lack of energy
(c) lack or shortage of human beings with good values
(d) lack of resources
11. ‘Of all the unhealthy’ means
(a) ill-health (b) pain
(c) neglect (d) suffering
12. What moves the ‘pall from our lives’?
(a) some strong winds (b) strong bonds
(c) strong friendships (d) some shape of beauty
13. From our dark spirits’ is a reference to
(a) our dampened and demoralized spirits
(b) dark coloured ghosts
(c) unhappy moments
(d) the happy side of our personality
14. The sun, moon, trees old and young are the things that
(a) depress us (b) remove the pall of
gloom from our lives
(c) make us laugh (d) give us oxygen
15. What is ‘sprout a shady boon for sheep’?
(a) human beings (b)
creepers
(c) trees new and young (d) trees old and
young
16. Daffodils are
(a) yellow coloured flowers (b) red fruit of a tree
(c) name of a bird (d) name of
an insect
17. ‘Sheep’ could also be a reference to
(a) mountainous animals (b) human beings
(c) harmless creatures (d) animals of
prey
18. By ‘green world they live in’ means
(a) daffodils’ green surroundings (b) greenhouse effect
(c) green walls of the house (d) green forests
19. ‘Clear rills’ are the
(a) clean windows (b) streams
of clear water
(c) clear thoughts (d) clear
solutions
20. ‘Cooling covert’ means
(a) cool shelter of thickets (b) cooling effect of
A.C
(c) a cold drink (d)
cooling clothes
21. What makes for itself a cooling covert against the hot season?
(a) the sheep (b)
the daffodils
(c) the dogs
(d) the clear rills
22. The thick bushes in the mid-forest have abundant growth of
(a) watermelons (b)
muskmelons
(c) musk roses (d)
musk shells
 23. The poet talks about ‘grandeur’. Whose grandeur is he talking about?
(a) dooms of mighty dead (b) tombs of our
ancestors
(c) grand palaces (d) grand
towers
24. ‘Mighty dead’ refers to
(a) great royal ancestors (b) big dead
animals
(c) broken buildings (d) grand
canals and rivers
25. What are the things that are read or heard by us?
(a) plays and classical music (b) novels and songs
(c) lovely tales (d)
poetry and western music
26. The ‘endless fountain’ is an image created by the poet to
(a) denote the everlasting joy given by beautiful objects
(b) the continuous flow of water
(c) fountain of blood
(d) clear waterfall
27. ‘Immortal drink’ of the endless fountain is a reference to
(a) the continuous flow of sacred or holy water
(b) water of Ganges
(c) water from the Yamuna
(d) water from the tap
28. The ‘immortal drink’ pours on
(a) human beings (b) animals
(c) insects (d) birds
29. The ‘endless fountain’ gets its immortal drink from
(a) the river banks (b) the tap
(c) the waterfall (d) heaven’s brink
ANSWERS
1.(c) a joy forever
2. (a) increases
3.(b) never fade away
4. (a) will give us peace and calm
5.(a) pleasant and peaceful sleep
6. (c) healthy and peaceful
7.(c) wreathing a flowery band
8. (a) bind us to the earth
9.(a) sadness and depression
10.(c) lack or shortage of human beings with good values
11.(a) ill-health
12. (d) some shape of beauty
13. (a) our dampened and demoralized spirits
14.(b) remove the pall of gloom from our lives
15.(d) trees old and young
16. (a) yellow coloured flowers
17.(b) human beings
18. (a) daffodils’ green surroundings
19. (b) streams of clear water
20. (a) cool shelter of thickets
21.(d) the clear rills
22. (c) musk roses
23. (a) dooms of mighty dead
24. (a) great royal ancestors
25.(c) lovely tales
26. (a) denote the everlasting joy given by beautiful objects
27. (a) continuous flow of sacred or holy water
28. (a) human beings
29. (d) heaven’s brink