Poem Animals: MCQs and Extract Based Extra Questions Class 10 English Textbook ‘First Flight’

Animal Poem’s Extra Question MCQS


I. Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow: 

I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God.
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with
the mania of owning things,

Q. 1. Why do humans lie awake in the dark?

(A) Do not feel sleepy
(B) Do not feel guilty
(C) Worried
(D) Cry for their sins

Q. 2. What does the word ‘whine’ mean here?

(A) Pleased
(B) Angry
(C) High complaining cry
(D) Utter softly

Q. 3. Who are ‘they’ referred to here?

(A) Animals
(B) Human beings
(C) Small children
(D) Birds

Q. 4. Why does the poet feel sick?

(A) Humans running after money
(B) Always complaining
(C) Always criticizing others
(D) Sermonising themselves

Q. 5. Which literary device is used in the first line?

(A) Metaphor
(B) Alliteration
(C) Simile
(D) Onomatopoeia


Answers

Q.1. (D)
Q.2. (C)
Q.3. (A)
Q.4. (D)
Q.5. (B) – Alliteration in ‘long’ and ‘long’


II. Read the extract given below and complete the sentences/answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate options. [2013]

I think I could turn and live with animals,
they are
so placid and self-contain’d,
I stand and look at them long and long.

(a) The poet wants to live with the animals because they are ……
(i) calm
(ii) self-contained
(iii) satisfied
(iv) all of the above

(b) The poet feels more at home with animals than ………….
(i) birds and insects
(ii) human beings
(iii) natural things
(iv) all of the above

(c) The word which means ‘calm and quiet’ is
……………… .
(i) placid
(ii) complex
(iii) groan
(iv) contented


Answers

(a) (iv) all of the above
(b) (ii) human beings
(c) (i) placid


III. Read the extract to attempt the questions that follow. [CBSE 2015]

They do not sweat and whine about their
condition,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to
God,

1. Why do humans lie awake in the dark?

(a) Do not feel sleepy
(b) Feel guilty
(c) Worried
(d) Cry for their sins

2. What does the word ‘whine’ mean here?

(a) Pleased
(b) Angry
(c) High complaining cry
(d) Utter softly

3. They are referred to ………… here.

(a) Animals
(b) Human beings
(c) Small children
(d) Birds

4. Why does the poet feel sick?

(a) Human’s running after money
(b) Always complaining
(c) Always criticising others
(d) Sermonising themselves

5. What is the purpose of the given lines?

(a) To highlight the importance of moral virtues.
(b) To compare humans and animals.
(c) To highlight the virtues possessed by animals.
(d) To represent nostalgia regarding the good old days.


Answers

  1. (d)
  2. (c)
  3. (a)
  4. (d)
  5. (b)

IV. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their 
sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to 
God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with
the mania of owning things,

(A) ‘They’ in the above extract are:

(a) humans
(b) poets
(c) animals
(d) ancestors

(B) ‘They do not sweat and whine about their condition.’ This line suggests that the animals are:

(a) indifferent
(b) self-contented
(c) egoistic
(d) cold-hearted


(C) What quality of man is prevalent in the phrase ‘the mania of owning things’?

(a) lunacy
(b) misery
(c) contentment
(d) greed


(D) Which word is NOT related to the term ‘mania’?

(a) sanity
(b) lunacy
(c) wicked
(d) demented


(E) Pick the correct pair of words:
Dissatisfied: satisfied:: sick:_

(a) ill
(b) healthy
(c) ailment
(d) diseased


Answers

(A). c
(B). b
(C). d
(D). a
(E). b

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