MCQ Questions of ‘Asleep in the Valley’ in class 12। Marks 1। SET-1
Asleep in the Valley Arthur Rimbaud
1. The Valley where the Soldier is lying dead is
A. big
B. small
C. long
D. deep
Ans:- B. small
2. The poem ‘Asleep in the Valley’ is
A. a sonnet
B. an ode
C. a song
D. a lyric
Ans:- A. a sonnet
3. The grass on the Valley appears
A. yellow
B. fresh
C. silvery
D. bright
Ans:- D. bright
4. The hollow is filled up by
A. water
B. heat
C. silence
D. light
Ans:- D. light
5. The soldiers head is supported by
A. a pillow of logwood
B. a pillow of fern
C. a pillow of thick grasses
D. none of these
Ans:- B. a pillow of fern
6. The bed of the soldier is made of
A. grass
B. fern
C. wood
D. none of these
Ans:- A. grass
7. The word ‘undergrowth’ means
A. shortsized
B. full-grown
C. bed
D. small plants and bushes
Ans:- D. small plants and bushes
8. A Slow stream flows through-
A. a green valley
B. a desert
C. two mountains
D. a forest
Ans:- A. a green valley
9. The soldiers pillow is made of
A. flowers
B. fern
C. grass
D. leaves
Ans:- B. fern
10. The dead soldier was
A. very young
B. not very young
C. middle aged
D. an aged person
Ans:- A. very young
11. A Slow stream flowing through the valley leaves
A. long golden stands on the bright grass
B. long stands of silver on the bright grass
C. long stands as bright as diamond, on the green grass
D. long stands of copper on the bright grass
Ans:- B. long stands of silver on the bright grass
12. In the poem ‘Asleep in the Valley’ the poet uses the expression ‘very young’
A. to emphasize that the soldier ‘sleeping’ peacefully has a robust health
B. to express the bitterness at how young men are sacrificed at the alter of war
C. to express his apprehension that the soldier may catch cold and also to urge nature to keep him warm
D. to highlight his theme that youth and beauty do not last
Ans:- B. to express the bitterness at how young men are sacrificed at the alter of war
13. What does the stream leave on the bright grass?
A. The stream leaves fresh slit on the bright grass.
B. The stream leaves long stands of gold on the bright grass.
C. The stream leaves long stands of silver on the bright grass.
D. The stream leaves long stands of lead on the bright grass.
Ans:- C. The stream leaves long stands of silver on the bright grass.
14. The stream leaves long strands of____ on the bright grass?
A. gold
B. Silver
C. platinum
D. bronze
Ans:- B. Silver
15. ‘The pillow’ of the soldier was made of
A. smooth basalt rocks on the mountains
B. the soft branch of a willow tree
C. the fern that grew over the soil
D. the sack filled with his ammunition
Ans:- C. the fern that grew over the soil
16. The sunrays fill the hollow with
A. brightness
B. silvery light
C. light
D. bright grass
Ans:- C. light
17. The head of the soldier was lying on the pillow of
A. fern
B. fur
C. cotton
D. brick
Ans:- A. fern
18. The sun rays full of light fill the
A. river
B. mountaintop
C. hollow
D. Pun
Ans:- C. hollow
19. In the expression ‘They fill the hollow full of light’ the poet uses
A. alliteration
B. metaphor
C. hyperbole
D. pun
Ans:- A. alliteration
20. ‘Asleep in the Valley’ is a poem about
A. nature
B. personal experience
C. war
D. social inequity
Ans:- C. war
21. The poem ‘Asleep in the Valley’ upholds
A. the futility and callousness of war
B. love for nature
C. all of these two
D. silver
Ans:- A. the futility and callousness of war
22. The stream in the valley is
A. slow
B. stagnant
C. fast-moving
D. forceful
Ans:- A. slow
23. Beneath the soldier's head lies a pillow of
A. flowers
B. fern
C. grass
D. leaves
Ans:- B. fern
24. ‘Asleep in the Valley’ is a
A. Petrarchan sonnet
B. Shakespearean sonnet
C. Spenserian sonnet
D. Hopkinian sonnet
Ans:- A. Petrarchan sonnet
25. The word 'undergrowth' suggests
A. a stream
B. a small valley
C. plenty of flowers
D. bushes and shrubs
Ans:- D. bushes and shrubs
26. The soldier in the valley
A. sings
B. plays
C. sleeps
D. fights
Ans:- C. sleeps
27. The picture of the valley
A. frightening
B. gloomy
C. beautiful
D. shocking
Ans:- C. beautiful
28. The word ‘hollow’ means
A. grassland
B. stream
C. valley
D. mountain
Ans:- C. valley
29. The word ‘bright’ means
A. dark
B. radiant
C. beautiful
D. heavy
Ans:- B. radiant
30. The word ‘stretched’ means
A. sprawling
B. small
C. long
D. heavy
Ans:- A. sprawling
31. The word ‘pale’ means
A. lack of warmth
B. pallid
C. frightened
D. joyful
Ans:- B. pallid
32. The bed of the soldier is______
A. sun-soaked
B. water-soaked
C. cold
D. ferny
Ans:- A. sun-soaked
33. The phrase, ‘a soldier very young’,suggests that
A. young soldier is bare-headed
B. nature is amiable to the soldier
C. plants grow in abundance in the valley
D. All of these
Ans:- D. All of these
34. Rimbaud was
A. an Indian poet
B. a French poet
C. an English poet
D. an American poet
Ans:- B. a French poet
35. The soldier while asleep appears____
A. cold
B. warm
C. moist
D. small
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