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A Thing of Beauty, Question 1., The ‘immortal drink’ pours on, (a) human beings, (b) animals, (c) insects, (d) birds, Answer, Answer: (a) human beings, Question 2., The ‘endless fountain’ is an image created by the poet to, (a) denote the everlasting joy given by beautiful objects, (b) the continuous flow of water, (c) fountain of blood, (d) clear waterfall, Answer, Answer: (a) denote the everlasting joy given by beautiful objects, Question 3., ‘Mighty dead’ refers to, (a) great royal ancestors, (b) big dead animals, (c) broken buildings, (d) grand canals and rivers, Answer, Answer: (a) great royal ancestors, Question 4., The thick bushes in the mid-forest have abundant growth of, (a) watermelons, (b) muskmelons, (c) musk roses, (d) musk shells, Answer, Answer: (c) musk roses
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Question 5., ‘Cooling covert’ means, (a) cool shelter of thickets, (b) cooling effect of A.C, (c) a cold drink, (d) cooling clothes, Answer, Answer: (a) cool shelter of thickets, Question 6., By ‘green world they live in’ means, (a) daffodils’ green surroundings, (b) greenhouse effect, (c) green walls of the house, (d) green forests, Answer, Answer: (a) daffodils’ green surroundings, Question 7., Daffodils are, (a) white coloured flowers, (b) red fruit of a tree, (c) name of a bird, (d) name of an insect, Answer, Answer: (a) white coloured flowers, Question 8., The sun, moon, trees old and young are the things that, (a) depress us, (b) remove the pall of gloom from our lives, (c) make us laugh, (d) give us oxygen, Answer, Answer: (b) remove the pall of gloom from our lives, Question 9., What moves the ‘pall from our lives’?, (a) some strong winds, (b) strong bonds
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(c) strong friendships, (d) some shape of beauty, Answer, Answer: (d) some shape of beauty, Question 10., ‘inhuman dearth’ according to the poet, is a reference to, (a) lack or shortage of beauty, (b) lack of energy, (c) lack or shortage of human beings with good values, (d) lack of resources, Answer, Answer: (c) lack or shortage of human beings with good values, Question 11., The flowery band, according to the poet helps to, (a) bind us to the earth, (b) make us look beautiful, (c) give a present of flowers to friends, (d) to make a band covered with flowers, Answer, Answer: (a) bind us to the earth, Question 12., According to the poet, a thing of beauty keeps us, (a) angry, (b) naughty, (c) healthy and peaceful, (d) depressed, Answer, Answer: (c) healthy and peaceful, Question 13., Will keep a bower quiet for us’ means, (a) will give us peace and calm, (b) will stop unpleasant sounds, (c) will make our beds fit to sleep, (d) reduce noise pollution, Answer
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Answer: (a) will give us peace and calm, Question 14., The beauty of lovely things, (a) increases, (b) decreases, (c) gets divided, (d) always is short-lived, Answer, Answer: (a) increases, Question 15., What circumstances make man unhappy?, (a) chilly cold waves on mountains, (b) moisture of flowing rivers, (c) crowded places, (d) tendency of hopelessness, Answer, Answer: (d) tendency of hopelessness, Question 16., Why do we need a flowery band?, (a) to look beautiful, (b) to smile, (c) to be joyful, (d) to have strength and joy inspite of all sadness, Answer, Answer: (d) to have strength and joy inspite of all sadness, Question 17., Why are our spirits referred as dark?, (a) because of dark clouds, (b) because of spirits around, (c) because of shady trees, (d) because of sadness and disappointments, Answer, Answer: (d) because of sadness and disappointments
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Question 18., What does poet mean by Some shape of beauty?, (a) beauty has no shape, (b) beauty is abstract, (c) beautiful object that gives happiness, (d) All, Answer, Answer: (c) beautiful object that gives happiness, Question 19., What is the meaning of gloomy?, (a) all the unhealthy things, (b) dark spirits, (c) dull and depressive, (d) none, Answer, Answer: (c) dull and depressive, Question 20., Pick the words from the poem which mean stories, magnificence., (a) tales and grandeur, (b) old, and young, (c) green world and clear rills, (d) sweet dreams and health, Answer, Answer: (a) tales and grandeur, Question 21., What image does the poet use to convey that beauty is everlasting?, (a) a bower quiet for us, (b) Some shape of beauty, (c) endless fountain of joy, (d) sprouting a shady boon, Answer, Answer: (c) endless fountain of joy, Question 22., What does ‘brink’ mean?, (a) roof top, (b) a rocky space
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(c) mountain top, (d) an edge at the top, Answer, Answer: (d) an edge at the top, Question 23., What are ‘mighty dead’ in the poem?, (a) dead people, (b) dead relatives, (c) dead plants, (d) great respectworthy ancestors specially dead emperors, Answer, Answer: (d) great respectworthy ancestors specially dead emperors, Question 24., What is a bower?, (a) a river, (b) a stream, (c) a big tree, (d) a shady tree, Answer, Answer: (d) a shady tree, Question 25., Whose loveliness will keep on increasing?, (a) of rivers, (b) of mountains, (c) of nature, (d) of all beautiful things, Answer, Answer: (d) of all beautiful things, Question 26., Who said that a thing of beauty is a joy forever?, (a) John Millet, (b) Christopher, (c)a young shepherd, (d) John Keats, Answer
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Answer: (d) John Keats, Question 27., What is the concept of beauty?, (a) Beauty is a pleasure, (b) beauty is cause of all happiness, (c) beauty is nothing, (d) a quality which always gives happiness, Answer, Answer: (d) a quality which always gives happiness, Question 28., What does a thing of beauty is a joy forever mean?, (a) joy is in memory, (b) joy is precious, (c) joy is not sold, (d) it will keep giving happiness for a longer time, Answer, Answer: (d) it will keep giving happiness for a longer time, Question 29., What does a thing of beauty do for us?, (a) gives hope, (b) gives happiness, (c) removes pain and suffering, (d) All these, Answer, Answer: (d) All these, Question 30., How is a thing of beauty joy forever?, (a) because it is beautiful, (b) because it is nature, (c) because it is joyful, (d) because its beauty never ends and leaves a lasting impact, Answer, Answer: (d) because its beauty never ends and leaves a lasting impact
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Question 31., Which things cause suffering to human beings?, (a) lack of virtues and inhuman acts, (b) withering flowers, (c) blooming flowers, (d) flowing streams, Answer, Answer: (a) lack of virtues and inhuman acts, Question 32., Whom did the enchanted youth resolve to seek?, (a) God, (b) nature, (c) mentor, (d) Cynthia-the moon goddess, Answer, Answer: (d) Cynthia-the moon goddess, Question 33., Who is Endymion?, (a) a worker, (b) an office boy, (c) a young child, (d) a young shepherd, Answer, Answer: (d) a young shepherd, Question 34., Who is the poet of A thing Of Beauty?, (a) John Donne, (b) William Blakes, (c) William Wordsworth, (d) John Keats, Answer, Answer: (d) John Keats
