 English class Test 2

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow
A. Therefore, on every morrow are we wreathing

A flowery band to bind us to the earth.

Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth

Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,

Of all the unhealthy and o’er darkened ways

Made for our searching:

1.Which word from the options doesn't mean despondence?

i) glumnness. ii) dolefulness. Iii)happiness. iv)

downheartedness

2. On account of what do the humans suffer?

i) due to their in human acts ii)sickness and diseases iii)lack of

morals
iv) both i and ii

3. What is the message conveyed in these lines?

4. Which line from the stanza reflects the idea behind ‘evil ways to deceive
others’?

5. Mention the figure of speech in the given line

‘ noble nature’s’

6. Based on the poem choose the correct option with reference to the two
statements given below :

Statement 1: The earth without the beautiful things is a place full of despair and
unpleasantness

Statement 2: The ornate band created by human beings; ushers hope in their
lives.

i) Statement 1 is true but statement 2 is false

ii) Statement 1 is false that statement 2 is true
iii) Both statement 1 and statement 2 can be inferred
iv) both statement 1 and statement 2 cannot be inferred
B. And such too is the grandeur of the dooms,
We have imagines for the mighty dead
All lovely tales that we have hurt or read;
An endless fountain of immortal drink .
Pouring unto us from heaven's brink.
1) choose the option that displace the same poetic device as used in the first
line of the extract.
a) the grass was green and the flowers wear red
b) as sly as a fox
c) do good, have good
d) life for me ain’t been no crystal stair
2) what does the phrase the ‘ grandeur of the dooms’ mean?
3) ‘ mighty dead ‘refers to men who have __________.
a) performed brave and noble deeds
b) noble deeds
c)immortal drink
d) heard and read the tales
4) Answer in one word
Immortal drink hear means the beautiful things in our life falling from God’s
Heaven to __________ .
5) which of the following is an app title for the extract?
i)Peace ii) peace and silence iii)keep silence. iv) maintain
peace :an urge
6) According to the poetwhich is considered to be endless fountain?
Answer the following questions in 40to 50 words:
1. Why and how is grandeur associated with the mighty dead?
2. What is keats consider an endless fountain of drink and why does he calls
its drink immortal?
3. What is the message of the poem ‘A thing of beauty’?
4. How is a thing of beauty a joy forever?
5. List out the beautiful things on earth listed by the poet John Keats.