Daybreak mcq questions and answers /mcq from daybreak class 11 /daybreak mcq /MCQ from daybreak by H.W. Longfellow
Daybreak mcq questions and answers /mcq from daybreak class 11 /daybreak mcq /MCQ from daybreak by H.W. Longfellow
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1) In the poem 'Daybreak' the wind crosses the churchyard with a -
a) smile
b) shout
c) cry
d) sigh
Ans-d) sigh
2) What does the word 'Daybreak', stand for-
a) morning
b) dawn
c) evening
d) noon
Ans-b) dawn
3) In the poem 'Daybreak' , the wind rose up from-
a) land
b) sea
c) river
d) rock
Ans-b) sea
4) The poem 'Daybreak' is written in-
a) six lovely couplets
b) eight lovely couplets
c) seven lovely couplets
d) nine lovely couplets
Ans-d) nine lovely couplets
5) The poet puts his own words into the lips of the -
a) sea
b) wind
c) ship
d) mariners
Ans-b) wind
6) In the poem 'Daybreak' , the poet Longfellow puts an emphasis on a spirit of -
a) liveliness
b) loneliness
c) selfishness
d) loveliness
Ans-a) liveliness
7) 'Daybreak' is a poem of-
a) optimism
b) pessimism
c) stoicism
d) elegy
Ans-a) optimism
8) 'Daybreak' is-
a) a nature poem
b) a satirical poem
c) an elegy
d) a historical poem
Ans-a) a nature poem
9) The harbinger of the 'Daybreak' is -
a) the wind
b) the wood-bird
c) the sea
d) the rock
Ans-a) the wind
10) The wind mentioned in the poem 'Daybreak' came up-
a) out of the sea
b) of corn field
c) of wood land
d) out from the lake
Ans-a) out of the sea
11) The poem 'Daybreak' by Longfellow taken from-
a) Voices of the Night
b) 'Birds of Passage : Flight the First'
c) The Golden Legend
d) The Divine Tragedy
Ans-a) Voices of the Night
12) The wind hailed the ships. Here 'ships' means-
a) the sea
b) the inanimate ship
c) mariners
d) the wood-bird
Ans-c) mariners
13) The wind _____ landward far away.
a) slowed
b) hurried
c) buried
d) blew
Ans-b) hurried
14) Leafy banners means-
a) banners made with leaves
b) banners with the decoration of leaves on them
c) leaves framing together banners
d) banners full with leaves
Ans-c) leaves framing together banners
15) The wind asked 'awake and sing' -Who is to sing?
a) The wind itself
b) The dawn
c) The wood-bird
d) The mariners
Ans-c) The wood-bird
16) It _______ to the fields of corn-
a) shouted
b) whispered
c) indicated
d) hailed
Ans-b) whispered
17) Make room for me -means-
a) give a place to sit down
b) give a room on rent
c) to give way
d) to leave room to live elsewhere
Ans-c) to give way
18) The wind cried to the mariners because-
a) the night had gone
b) the wood-bird was asleep
c) the flags were hanging from the trees
d) the ship had left
Ans-a) the night had gone
19) The crowing of the domestic cock is compared with-
a) chirping of the wood-bird
b) sweet song of the cuckoo
c) flute
d) piano
Ans-c) flute
20) Why would the fields of corn bow down their heads-
a) to welcome the wind
b) to show their aloofness
c) to show their interests
d) to greet the morning coming
Ans-d) to greet the morning coming
21) The wind tells the mists-
a) to settle on the shore
b) to lift their veils to enable the mariners to steer their ships
c) to shroud the gvaveyard
d) to move and make way for it
Ans-d) to move and make way for it
22) In the poem 'Daybreak' , the wind asks Chanticleer to -
a) sail
b) sleep
c) sing
d) blow clarion call
Ans-d) blow clarion call
23) The wind blows in from-
a) the sea
b) the seashore
c) the mists
d) the ships on the sea
Ans-a) the sea
24) The 'leafy banners' mentioned in the poem refer to -
a) corn fields waving in the wind
b) the waves of the sea
c) branches with leaves
d) green-coloured banners
Ans-c) branches with leaves
25) Chanticleer will blow his-
a) drum
b) pipe
c) guitar
d) clarion
Ans-d) clarion
26) The wind crosses the churchyard with a sigh and tells it to stay quiet because-
a) churchyards are noisy places
b) the dead are at rest there and it is not time for them to rise
c) it is time for the dead to rise from the churchyards
d) none of the above
Ans-b) the dead are at rest there and it is not time for them to rise
27) What did the wind whisper to the fields of corn?
a) to bow down heads in fear
b) to bow down heads in honour of the day to come
c) to sing a song
d) to show its love to the birds
Ans-b) to bow down heads in honour of the day to come
28) The wind addresses first-
a) the mariners
b) the sea
c) the mist
d) the wind
Ans-c) the mist
29) In the churchyard the wind-
a) Pass away sadly
b) took rest
c) stopped blowing
d) expressed happiness
Ans-a) Pass away sadly
30) What did the wind urge from the mists?-
a) to wake up
b) to give passage for the travellers
c) to give him passage to blow
d) to make room for it
Ans-c) to give him passage to blow
31) Birds are-
a) to awaken and sing
b) to awaken the buried
c) to awaken the children
d) to awaken the farmers
Ans-a) to awaken and sing
32) While crossing the churchyard the wind leaves a deep sigh to think that-
a) it cannot awaken the men
b) it cannot awaken the buried
c) it cannot awaken the mariners
d) it cannot awaken the children
Ans- b) it cannot awaken the buried
33) "O bell! proclaim the hour." - Which hour is referred to here?
a) dawn
b) twilight
c) evening\
d) night
Ans-a) dawn
34) London in the morning is more beautiful than-
a) a valley
b) a river
c) anything on this earth
d) a rock
Ans-c) anything on this earth
35) A wind came up out of the -
a) dawn
b) day
c) night
d) sea
Ans-d) sea
36) 'Make room for me' means-
a) leave a room to live in
b) give a room at rent
c) give passage to blow
d) give place to sit down
Ans-c) give passage to blow
37) The banners of the forest were-
a) the trees
b) the leaves of the trees
c) the wind
d) none
Ans-b) the leaves of the trees
38) The wood- bird would awake and-
a) sing
b) dance
c) fly away
d) sleep again
Ans- a) sing .
39) The crowing of the domestic cock is compared with-
a) murmur
b) shout
c) flute
d) trumpet
Ans- c) flute .
40) The urge of the wind to the mists is-
a) to give him passage to blow
b) to allow him to blow fast
c) to wake up
d) to fall asleep
Ans- a) to give him passage to blow .
41) While crossing the churchyard, the wind-
a) lay down
b) left a sigh
c) sat down
d) became sad
Ans-b) left a sigh .
42) The writer of the poem 'Daybreak' was-
a) H.W. Longfellow
b) John Keats
c) P.B. Shelley
d) Shakespeare
Ans- a) H.W. Longfellow .
43) In the poem 'Daybreak' the sea is covered with-
a) frost
b) fog
c) mists
d) sunlight
Ans- c) mists .
44) In the poem 'Daybreak' the wind hurried to -
a) the land
b) the fields of corn
c) the belfry-tower
d) none
Ans- a) the land .
45) In the poem 'Daybreak' the wind urges the fields of corn to bow down to -
a) produce a song
b) obstruct the wind to blow
c) attack others
d) hail the coming morning
Ans- d) hail the coming morning .
46) In the poem 'Daybreak' the wind touches the folded wings of the -
a) sea-bird
b) wood-bird
c) river-bird
d) cuckoo
Ans- b) wood-bird .
47) In the poem 'Daybreak' the wings of the wood-bird were-
a) folded
b) broken
c) weak
d) open
Ans- a) folded .
48) In the poem 'Daybreak' the wind sighs for-
a) the sea
b) the fog
c) the nights
d) the dead
Ans- d) the dead .
49) In the poem 'Daybreak' the wind asks the dead-
a) to sail on
b) to make room
c) to lie in quit
d) none
Ans- c) to lie in quit .
50) In the poem 'Daybreak' the wind impels the belfry-tower-
a) to ring is bell
b) to sing
c) to make room
d) to blow the clarion
Ans- a) to ring is bell .
51) In the poem 'Daybreak' the time of rising wind from the sea is-
a) dawn
b) night
c) morning
d) evening
Ans- a) dawn .
52) In the poem 'Daybreak' the wind hurried to the land to ask all-
a) to wake up
b) to perform their duties
c) not to disturb its blowing
d) none
Ans- a) to wake up .
53) The 'wood-bird' refers to-
a) woodpecker
b) sea-bird
c) Nightingle
d) forest bird
Ans- a) woodpecker .
54) H.W. Longfellow has used the wind as -
a) a harbinger of hope
b) a mere force to Nature
c) an evil force of Nature
d) none of these
Ans- a) a harbinger of hope .
55) Longfellow is here-
a) pessimistic
b) optimistic
c) morbid
d) none
Ans- b) optimistic .
56) The wind symbolizes-
a) death
b) daybreak
c) evening
d) twilight
Ans- c) evening .
57) 'Daybreak' is a poem reminding up to -
a) Alexander Pope
b) William Blake
c) John Keats
d) None
Ans-
58) The poem 'Daybreak' is rich in-
a) satiric tone
b) super naturalism
c) imagery
d) none
Ans- c) imagery .
59) In the poem 'Daybreak' Longfellow records-
a) the movement and speech of different objects
b) the movement and speech of the wind
c) a picture of dawn
d) a picture of corn fields
Ans- b) the movement and speech of the wind .
60) In the poem 'Daybreak' the wind urges the bell tower to ring its bell to -
a) keep watch on outsiders
b) mark the dawn
c) mark the morning
d) mark the twilight
Ans- b) mark the dawn .
61) In the poem 'Daybreak' the wind speaks like a human being. This is an example of-
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) personification
d) allusion
Ans- c) personification .
62) The poem Daybreak the wind sighed while crossing the -
a) forest
b) sea
c) corn fields
d) churchyard
Ans- d) churchyard .
63) In Longfellow's poem 'Daybreak' the wind is provided with the human ability to -
a) fight with other
b) communicate through speech
c) look after the forest
d) enjoy the natural beauty
Ans- b) communicate through speech .
64) 'Chanticleer' is a -
a) sea bird
b) domestic cock
c) crow
d) cuckoo
Ans- b) domestic cock .
65) 'Clarion' means-
a) low
b) nois
c) loud
d) trumpet
Ans- d) trumpet .
66) 'Churchyard' means-
a) Church ground
b) prayer hall
c) cemetry
d) Church bell
Ans- a) Church ground .
67) The wind told the churchyard to -
a) rise
b) rise quietly
c) lie quietly
d) shout
Ans- c) lie quietly .
68) In the poem 'Daybreak' the wind crossed the churchyard with a -
a) Smille
b) shour
c) cry
d) sigh
Ans- d) sigh .
69) How do you know the poet celebrates day?
a) the poem is written in daylight
b) He writes an ode to day
c) the wind announces the coming of day
d) Day indicates life
Ans- c) the wind announces the coming of day .
70) What is the function of the wind?
a) It comes as a messenger
b) It announces the arrival of the day
c) It carries a message from the sea
d) It prepares earth for the storm
Ans- b) It announces the arrival of the day .
71) What is the figure of speech used for the wind?
a) personification
b) hyperbole
c) antithesis
d) irony
Ans- a) personification .
72) Tick the verbs that indicate for you that the wind is a person.
a) crossed
b) whispered
c) came up
d) touched
Ans- b) whispered .
73) The wind is out to give the news of the new day because-
a) it first receives the news happily
b) God wants it to do so
c) it is unhappy
d) it is very interested
Ans- a) it first receives the news happily .
74) In 'Daybreak' the wing of the wood-bird are folded because-
a) it is wounded
b) it is asleep
c) it is afraid
d) it wants to protect itself from cold
Ans- b) it is asleep .
75) The wind of the sea is obstructed by the -
a) clouds
b) mists
c) waves
d) snow
Ans- b) mists .
76) The mariners in the poem 'Daybreak' are asked to-
a) sail on
b) take rest
c) hail the ships
d) take bath
Ans- a) sail on .
77) The wind in the poem 'Daybreak' hailed the ships because-
a) the night is gone
b) the night falls
c) the wood-bird chirps
d) the darkness has gone
Ans- a) the night is gone .
78) The wind in 'Daybreak' tells the wood - bird to-
a) unfold its wings
b) awake and sing
c) shout and cry
d) to remain silent
Ans- b) awake and sing .
79) 'Your clarion blow; the day is near.' - Who asks this?
a) The mariner
b) The chanticleer
c) The wind
d) The wood-bird
Ans- c) The wind .
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