Mcq mock test set 1 from the poem "Slumber Did My Spirit Seal" for SLST 9-10

Mcq mock test set 1 from the poem "Slumber Did My Spirit Seal" for SLST.

1)  What is the tone of the first stanza?

a) joyful

b) sarcastic

c) Dreamlike and peaceful 

d) Aggressive

2) What transition occurs between the first and second stanza?

a)  From illusion to reality

b) From sleep to waking

c) From joy to anger

d) From day to night

3) What does the second stanza emphasise?

a) Her spiritual awakening

b) Her sensory enhancement

c) Her physical death and merging with nature

d) Her journey to heaven

4) What natural elements is the girl associated with in the second

stanza?

a) Rivers and oceans

b) Stars and moon

c) Rocks, stones, and trees  

d) Sun and clouds

 5) "She seemed a thing that could not feel" is an example of:

a) Irony

b) Alliteration

c) Symbolism

d) Paradox

6) Which poetic device is used in "Rolled round in earth's diurnal

course"?

a) Alliteration

b) Imagery

c) Onomatopoeia

d) Enjambment

7) What figure of speech is used in "A slumber did my spirit seal"?

a) Personification

b) Metaphor

c) Hyperbole

d) Simile

8) In which year was the poem first published?

a) 1807

b)  1815

c)  1800

d) 1820

9) What is the form of the poem?

a) Sonnet

b) Ode

c) Lyric

d) Ballad

10) How many stanzas does the poem contain?

a) One

B) Three

C) Two

d) Four

11) What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

a) AABB CCDD

b) ABAB CDCD

c) ABBA CDDC

d) ABCDEFGH

12) What is the meter of the poem?

a) Trochaic tetrameter

b) Iambic meter

c) Dactylic hexameter

d) Anapestic meter

13) What change does the poem portray in the speaker's perception?

a) From fear to hope

b) From doubt to belief

c) From fantasy to realism

 d) From peace to violence

14) Which line best represents the reality of death in the poem?

a) "I had no human fears"

b) "She seemed a thing that could not feel"

c) "No motion has she now, no force"

d) "With rocks, and stones, and trees"

15) What kind of lyric is the poem?

a) Pastoral lyric

b) Elegiac lyric

c) Patriotic lyric

d) Celebratory lyric

16) The tone in the second stanza can be best described as:

a) Reflective and mournful

b)  Humorous and light

c)  Angry and violent

d) Boastful and proud

17) What does "motion" signify in the second stanza? 

 a) Movement of time

 b) Movement or life force

 c) Timelessness and death

 d) Change of mood 

18) How does the time portrayed in the poem? 

a) As generous

b) As a destroyer 

c) As a healer 

d) as irrelevant 

19) The tone of acceptance in the second stanza aligns with which philosophical concepts? 

a) Idealism 

b) Stoicism

c) Nihilism

d) Hedonism

20) The use of "earth's diurnal course" is an example of :  

a) Hyperbole

b) Scientific reference

c) Personification 

d) Symbolic Imagery 

Answer Key: 

1) c 2) a 3) c 4) c 5) a 6) d 7) b 8) c 9) c 10) c 11) b 12) b 13) c 14) c 15) b 16) a 17) b 18) b 19) b 20) d