9. SNAKE

1. The phrase ‘a king of exile’ in the poem ‘Snake’ stands for-

(A) the rat 
(B) the elephant 
(C) the snake 
(D) the lion

Answer ⇒  C

2. After hitting the snake with a log the speaker of the poem ‘Snake’ wants to –

(A) enjoy 
(B) expiate 
(C) celebrate 
(D) None of an

Answer ⇒  B

3. The snake came to the poet’s water through on……………day.

(A) hot 
(B) cold 
(C) rainy 
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒  A

4. In ………..according to the poem Snake’ black snake are considered innocent

(A) England 
(B) Sicily 
(C) France 
(D) Italy

Answer ⇒  B

5. The speaker in the poem ‘Snake’ hits the smke with-

(A) a hunter 
(B) a log 
(C) a rod 
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒  B

6. The speaker of the poem ‘Snake compares the smake with the sea-albatross of

(A) ‘The Ancient Mariner’ 
(B) ‘Eve of St. Agnes’ 
(C) ‘The Scholar Gipsy 
(D) ‘Lycidas’

Answer ⇒  A

7. Who was composed the poem ‘Snake’s ?

(A) D.H. Lawrence 
(B) T.S. Eliot 
(C) W.B. Yeats 
(D) W.H. Auden Ans

Answer ⇒  A

8. D.H. Lawrence was-

(A) a fiction writer 
(B) a poet 
(C) a short story-writer 
(D) All of these

Answer ⇒  D

9. in the poem ‘Snake’ Lawrence denounces the artificialities of ……….. life.

(A) ancient 
(B) medieval 
(C) modem 
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒  C

10. Who is the speaker in the poem, ‘Snake’ ?

(A) Donne 
(B) Whitman 
(C) Keats 
(D) D.H. Lawrence

Answer ⇒  D

11. D.H. Lawrence has written the poem-

(A) My Grand Mother’s House 
(B) Snake 
(C) An Epitaph 
(D) The Soldier

Answer ⇒  B

12. A snake appears on a trough of the …………… to sip water.

(A) doctor 
(B) teacher 
(C) poet 
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒  C

13. A ………….. came to D.H. Lawrence’s water trough.

(A) snake 
(B) Cow 
(C) goat 
(D) cat

Answer ⇒  A

14. The poet had gone to the water trough to drink ………

(A) tea 
(B) coffee
(C) water 
(D) milk

Answer ⇒  C

15. The poet compares the snake to a ……………. bird, albatross.

(A) river 
(B) sea
(C) pond 
(D) well

Answer ⇒  B

16. The snake seemed like a …. ……… in exile.

(A) saint 
(B) fakir 
(C)queen
(D) king

Answer ⇒  D

17. A …………… is mentioned in the poem ‘Snake’.

(A) mango tree 
(B) peepal tree 
(C) carbotree 
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒  C

18. The poet was wearing ………

(A) pant 
(B) pyjama 
(C) underwear 
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒  B

19. The snake met the poet near his water ………

(A) bucket 
(B) well 
(C) trough 
(D) pond

Answer ⇒  C

20. The speaker had a desire to talk to ……….

(A) cat 
(B) rat 
(C) scorpion 
(D) snake

Answer ⇒  D

21. The snake tooked at the poet ……….

(A) happily 
(B) confusingly 
(C) sadly 
(D) vaguely

Answer ⇒  D

22. ‘The voice of my education said to me He must be killed these line are taken from-

(A) The Soldier 
(B) Fire-Hymn 
(C) Snake 
(D) An Epitaph

Answer ⇒  C

23. ‘Hé lifted his head from his drinking, as cattle do’ is written by-

(A) T.S. Eliot 
(B) D.H. Lawrence 
(C) Rupert Brooke 
(D) John Keats

Answer ⇒  B