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<\/p>\nI. Read the following extracts and answer the questions\/complete the sentences that follow :
\nThe way a crow
\nShook down on me
\nThe dust of snow
\nFrom a hemlock tree<\/p>\n
Has given my heart
\nA change of mood
\nAnd saved some part
\nOf a day had rued.<\/p>\n
Question 1.<\/p>\n
(A) longevity.
\n(B) togetherness.
\n(C) healing.
\n(D) protection.
\nAnswer:
\n(C) healing.<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nFrost 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.<\/p>\n
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Question 2.<\/p>\n
(1) reassured
\n(2) disappointed
\n(3) curious
\n(4) demotivated
\n(5) thankful
\n(6) disheartened
\n(7) impulsive<\/p>\n
(A) 1,3 & 7
\n(B) 2,4 & 6
\n(C) 5 & 7
\n(D) 1 & 3
\nAnswer:
\n(B) 2,4 & 6<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nThe poet was upset or saddened (disappointed), discouraged (demotivated) and dismayed and dejected (disheartened).<\/p>\n
Question 3.<\/p>\n
(A) The film was a disaster and he rued his decision to act in it.
\n(B) I am sure she rued the day she listened to a fortune-teller.
\n(C) It wasn’t long before I rued my disobedience and my deceit.
\n(D) Others finally rue the one who is dishonest and heartless.
\nAnswer:
\n(D) Others finally rue the one who is dishonest and heartless.<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nThe meaning of \u2019rue’ is sorrow or regret. The ones who are dishonest or heartless are not sorrowed upon or regretted. They are rather hated.<\/p>\n
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Question 4.<\/p>\n
(A) Has given my heart \/ A change of mood.
\n(B) The way a crow\/ Shook down on me.
\n(C) The dust of snow \/ From a hemlock tree.
\n(D) And saved some part \/ Of a day I had rued.
\nAnswer:
\n(A) Has given my heart \/ A change of mood.<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nThe phrase ‘has given my heart’ indicate the change of mood from sorrow or disappointment to love or care.<\/p>\n
Question 5.<\/p>\n
(A) The crow’s landing on the branch of the tree.
\n(B) The shivering of the crow, due to the cold.
\n(C) The readjustment of position of the crow on the branch.
\n(D) The cawing of the crow hidden in the foliage.
\nAnswer:
\n(D) The cawing of the crow hidden in the foliage.<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nThe 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”.<\/p>\n
II. The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree<\/p>\n
Question 1.<\/p>\n
(A) Cuckoo
\n(B) Crow
\n(C) Mynah
\n(D) Parrot
\nAnswer:
\n(B) Crow<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nThe crow shook down the hemlock tree when the poet was passing underneath it.<\/p>\n
Question 2.<\/p>\n
(A) Banyan
\n(B) Mango
\n(C) Oak
\n(D) Hemlock
\nAnswer:
\n(D) Hemlock<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nThe closing line of the extract ‘From a Hemlock Tree’ indicates the name of the tree which was shook by the crow.<\/p>\n
Question 3.<\/p>\n
(A) Dust of tree
\n(B) Dust of snow
\n(C) Dust of rain
\n(D) Dust of crow
\nAnswer:
\n(B) Dust of snow<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nWhen 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<\/p>\n
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Question 4.<\/p>\n
(A) happy
\n(B) pleasant
\n(C) gloomy
\n(D) good
\nAnswer:
\n(C) gloomy<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nHappy, 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.<\/p>\n
Question 5.<\/p>\n
(A) abab
\n(B) aabb
\n(C) abcabc
\n(D) no rhyme scheme
\nAnswer:
\n(A) abab<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nThe first and third lines rhyme (crow and snow) and the second and four lines rhyme (me and tree). So, the rhyme scheme is abab.<\/p>\n
III. Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day had rued.<\/p>\n
Question 1.<\/p>\n
(A) It changed his mood
\n(B) Changed his luck
\n(C) Changed his car
\n(D) Changed his job
\nAnswer:
\n(A) It changed his mood<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nWhen 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.<\/p>\n
Question 2.<\/p>\n
(A) Neem
\n(B) Mango
\n(C) Hemlock
\n(D) Banyan
\nAnswer:
\n(C) Hemlock<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nThe poet was sitting under a hemlock tree when the dust of snow fell on him.<\/p>\n
Question 3.<\/p>\n
(A) His whole day
\n(B) A few days
\n(C) Some part of the day
\n(D) The whole week
\nAnswer:
\n(C) Some part of the day<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nThe 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.<\/p>\n
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Question 4.<\/p>\n
(A) Change
\n(B) Rued
\n(C) Mood
\n(D) Saved
\nAnswer:
\n(B) Rued<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\n‘Change’ means modify, ‘Rued’ means regret or sorrow, ‘Mood’ is an emotion and ‘Saved’ means preserved.<\/p>\n
Question 5.<\/p>\n
(A) abab
\n(B) aabb
\n(C) abcabc
\n(D) no rhyme scheme
\nAnswer:
\n(A) abab<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nThe first and third lines rhyme (heart and part) and the second and four lines rhyme (mood and rued). So, the rhyme scheme is abab.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Question 1.<\/p>\n
(A) on a banyan tree
\n(B) on a hemlock tree
\n(C) on a pine tree
\n(D) on a gulmohar tree
\nAnswer:
\n(B) on a hemlock tree<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nThe last line of the first stanza give the answer ‘From a hemlock tree’.<\/p>\n
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Question 2.<\/p>\n
(A) rubber ball
\n(B) fruit of a tree
\n(C) a small pebble
\n(D) dust of snow
\nAnswer:
\n(D) dust of snow<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nThe 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.<\/p>\n
Question 3.<\/p>\n
(A) heart
\n(B) mood
\n(C) snow
\n(D) rued
\nAnswer:
\n(C) snow<\/p>\n
Question 4.<\/p>\n
(A) good mood
\n(B) best mood
\n(C) not very good mood
\n(D) depressive mood
\nAnswer:
\n(B) best mood<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nIn the beginning of the poem, the poet was feeling demotivated, disappointed and depressed.<\/p>\n
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Question 5.<\/p>\n
(A) aabb;abab
\n(B) abab; abab
\n(C) abbc;aabb
\n(D) aaba; aabc
\nAnswer:
\n(B) abab; abab<\/p>\n
Explanation:
\nThe 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.<\/p>\n
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 …<\/p>\n