MCQ Questions for Class 10 English First Flight Poem 1 Dust of Snow
I. Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day had rued.
Question 1.
Of the many symbols the hemlock tree represents, choose the one that Frost drew upon in all likelihood, for this poem. symbol of
(A) longevity.
(B) togetherness.
(C) healing.
(D) protection.
Answer:
(C) healing.
Explanation:
Frost had tried to bring his aching heart to peace. In other words, he has used it as a symbol of healing for his aching heart.
Question 2.
Choose the option that lists the possible feelings of the poet prior to the experience shared in the poem.
(1) reassured
(2) disappointed
(3) curious
(4) demotivated
(5) thankful
(6) disheartened
(7) impulsive
(A) 1,3 & 7
(B) 2,4 & 6
(C) 5 & 7
(D) 1 & 3
Answer:
(B) 2,4 & 6
Explanation:
The poet was upset or saddened (disappointed), discouraged (demotivated) and dismayed and dejected (disheartened).
Question 3.
Identify the option that DOES NOT use the word ‘rue’ correctly.
(A) The film was a disaster and he rued his decision to act in it.
(B) I am sure she rued the day she listened to a fortune-teller.
(C) It wasn’t long before I rued my disobedience and my deceit.
(D) Others finally rue the one who is dishonest and heartless.
Answer:
(D) Others finally rue the one who is dishonest and heartless.
Explanation:
The meaning of ’rue’ is sorrow or regret. The ones who are dishonest or heartless are not sorrowed upon or regretted. They are rather hated.
Question 4.
Synecdoche is a poetic device that uses a part to represent the whole. E.g. That’s a great set of wheels! (Set of wheels has been used for car.) Pick an example of synecdoche from the poem.
(A) Has given my heart / A change of mood.
(B) The way a crow/ Shook down on me.
(C) The dust of snow / From a hemlock tree.
(D) And saved some part / Of a day I had rued.
Answer:
(A) Has given my heart / A change of mood.
Explanation:
The phrase ‘has given my heart’ indicate the change of mood from sorrow or disappointment to love or care.
Question 5.
Choose the option showing the reason NOT corresponding with “… a crow/ Shook down on me / The dust of snow”.
(A) The crow’s landing on the branch of the tree.
(B) The shivering of the crow, due to the cold.
(C) The readjustment of position of the crow on the branch.
(D) The cawing of the crow hidden in the foliage.
Answer:
(D) The cawing of the crow hidden in the foliage.
Explanation:
The dust of snow will upon the poet when the crow makes some movement like lands on branch of tree, shivers due to cold or readjusts its position on the branch. The mere cawing of crow does not make any movement and will nit correspond with “…a crow / Shook down on me / The dust of snow”.
II. The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree
Question 1.
Who shook down the Hemlock tree?
(A) Cuckoo
(B) Crow
(C) Mynah
(D) Parrot
Answer:
(B) Crow
Explanation:
The crow shook down the hemlock tree when the poet was passing underneath it.
Question 2.
Which tree did the crow shake?
(A) Banyan
(B) Mango
(C) Oak
(D) Hemlock
Answer:
(D) Hemlock
Explanation:
The closing line of the extract ‘From a Hemlock Tree’ indicates the name of the tree which was shook by the crow.
Question 3.
What fell on the poet?
(A) Dust of tree
(B) Dust of snow
(C) Dust of rain
(D) Dust of crow
Answer:
(B) Dust of snow
Explanation:
When the poet was passing under the hemlock tree, a crow made some movement and the powder of the snow indicated as ‘Dust of Snow’ accumulated on the tree and its branches fell upon the poet
Question 4.
Earlier the poet was in a mood.
(A) happy
(B) pleasant
(C) gloomy
(D) good
Answer:
(C) gloomy
Explanation:
Happy, pleasant and good represents the moods when the person is in a state of joy or enjoying something. Gloomy represents the mood when one is disappointed, feeling lonely and the like which are the 1 j feelings of the poet in the beginning of the poem.
Question 5.
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
(A) abab
(B) aabb
(C) abcabc
(D) no rhyme scheme
Answer:
(A) abab
Explanation:
The first and third lines rhyme (crow and snow) and the second and four lines rhyme (me and tree). So, the rhyme scheme is abab.
III. Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day had rued.
Question 1.
What was the effect of the fall of the dust of snow on the poet?
(A) It changed his mood
(B) Changed his luck
(C) Changed his car
(D) Changed his job
Answer:
(A) It changed his mood
Explanation:
When the dust of snow fell on the shoulder of the poet, it suddenly changed the mood of the poet to full of hope and motivated, not to waste the rest of the day over a petty moment of sorrow.
Question 2.
Under which tree was the poet sitting?
(A) Neem
(B) Mango
(C) Hemlock
(D) Banyan
Answer:
(C) Hemlock
Explanation:
The poet was sitting under a hemlock tree when the dust of snow fell on him.
Question 3.
What was saved for the poet?
(A) His whole day
(B) A few days
(C) Some part of the day
(D) The whole week
Answer:
(C) Some part of the day
Explanation:
The poet had already wasted a part of his day grieving over a moment of sorrow, but after the incident in the poem, he got motivated not to waste the rest of the day. So, some part of the day was saved for the poet.
Question 4.
Which word is the synonym of ‘feel remorse’ or ‘regret’ as used in the stanza?
(A) Change
(B) Rued
(C) Mood
(D) Saved
Answer:
(B) Rued
Explanation:
‘Change’ means modify, ‘Rued’ means regret or sorrow, ‘Mood’ is an emotion and ‘Saved’ means preserved.
Question 5.
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
(A) abab
(B) aabb
(C) abcabc
(D) no rhyme scheme
Answer:
(A) abab
Explanation:
The first and third lines rhyme (heart and part) and the second and four lines rhyme (mood and rued). So, the rhyme scheme is abab.
IV. The way a crow , Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day had rued.
Question 1.
Where was the crow sitting?
(A) on a banyan tree
(B) on a hemlock tree
(C) on a pine tree
(D) on a gulmohar tree
Answer:
(B) on a hemlock tree
Explanation:
The last line of the first stanza give the answer ‘From a hemlock tree’.
Question 2.
What did it shake on the poet?
(A) rubber ball
(B) fruit of a tree
(C) a small pebble
(D) dust of snow
Answer:
(D) dust of snow
Explanation:
The crow made some movement due to which the powdered snow referred to as ‘dust of snow’ fell on the shoulder of the poet sitting under the tree.
Question 3.
Give a rhyming word of’ crow’ from the passage.
(A) heart
(B) mood
(C) snow
(D) rued
Answer:
(C) snow
Question 4.
What was the poet’s state of mind at that time?
(A) good mood
(B) best mood
(C) not very good mood
(D) depressive mood
Answer:
(B) best mood
Explanation:
In the beginning of the poem, the poet was feeling demotivated, disappointed and depressed.
Question 5.
The rhyme scheme of these line is ………..
(A) aabb;abab
(B) abab; abab
(C) abbc;aabb
(D) aaba; aabc
Answer:
(B) abab; abab
Explanation:
The first and third lines of each stanza rhyme (crow and snow / heart and part) and the second and four lines of each stanza rhyme (me and tree / mood and rued). So, the rhyme scheme is abab; abab.