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Ode to the West Wind by Shelley

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Q:1) Which of the following scatters the dead leaves?

A:) Autumn

B:) Destroyer

C:) West wind

D:) Speaker’s dreams

Correct: C


Q:2) To whom did the speaker ask to ‘make me thy lyre’

A:) Spirit

B:) Mediterranean Sea

C:) Autumn

D:) West Wind

Correct: D


Q:3) Complete the line ‘If winter comes, can _______ be far behind’

A:) summer

B:) spring

C:) autumn

D:) west wind

Correct: B 


Q:4) Shelly’s ‘Ode to the West Wind’ is written in the form of _________.

A:) Iambic pentameter

B:) Anapestic

C:) Trochaic

D:) Dactylic

Correct: A   


Q:5) In ‘Ode to the West Wind’, the end sound of the _______ line is employed as the rhyme for the first and third lines in the next stanza.  

A:) middle

B:) first

C:) third

D:) couplet

Correct: A


Q:6) Each part of the poem ‘Ode to the West Wind’ ends with __________.

A:) terza rhyme

B:) couplet

C:) sestet

D:) quatrain

Correct: B


Q:7) Which has the power and role as ‘destroyer and preserver’?

A:) Spirit

B:) Mediterranean Sea

C:) Autumn

D:) West Wind

Correct: D


Q:8) Which of the following adjective has the author used to the seeds?

A:) Steep

B:) Hectic

C:) Dead

D:) winged

Correct: D


Q:9) In which part the line ‘Destroyer and Preserver; hear, oh hear’ has appeared in ‘Ode to the West Wind’

A:) 1

B:) 2

C:) 3

D:) 4

Correct: 1


Q:10)  Which of the following adjective has the author used to the leaves

A:) Steep

B:) Hectic

C:) Dead

D:) winged

Correct: C


Q:11) In this line ‘The blue Mediterranean, where he lay’, the  Mediterranean represents a sea which connected to the _________ Ocean.

A:) Indian

B:) Arctic

C:) Pacific

D:) Atlantic

Correct: D


Q:12)  ‘Ode to the West Wind’ follows the scheme ______________.

A:) ABA BCB CDC DED EE

B:) ABC BCD CDE DEF GG

C:) ABAB CDCD EFEF

D:) ABC ABC CDE CDE

Correct: A


Q:13) Complete the line ‘A heavy weight of _______ has chain'd and bow'd’

A:) hours

B:) spirit

C:) west wind

D:) leaves

Correct: A


Q:14) The poem ‘Ode to the West Wind’ ends optimistically. Choose the end line of this poem.

A:) O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being

B:) If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear

C:) Drive my dead thoughts over the universe

D:) If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

Correct:   D


Q:15) Which are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing ?

A:) Leaves

B:) Seeds

C:) Sweet buds

D:) Clouds

Correct: A


Q:16) Which is the angels of rain and lightning?

A:) Air

B:) Clouds

C:) Water

D:) Thunder

Correct: B


Q:17) In which part of the poem ‘Ode to the West Wind’ has the idea ‘wind blows the clouds in the sky’?

A:) 1

B:) 2

C:) 3

D:) 4

Correct: B


Q:18) In which part of the poem ‘Ode to the West Wind’, the speaker asks the wind to play upon him like a lyre?

A:) 2

B:) 3

C:) 4

D:) 5

Correct: D


Q:19)  The poem ‘Ode to the west wind’ begins _________. Choose the first line of the poem.

A:) O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being

B:) If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear

C:) Drive my dead thoughts over the universe

D:) If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

Correct: A


Q:20)  _______ the form which is used by Dante in his ‘Divine Comedy’. Shelley has used it in his ‘Ode to the West Wind’

A:) Rhyme Royal

B:) Terza Rima

C:) Heroic Couplet

D:) Mask (Masque)

Correct: B