Extract Based Questions Test: Fire & Ice - Class 10 MCQ

Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

Choose the CORRECT statement about the given poem.

Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

The poem is a________, put across by the poet.

Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

Pick the option that is NOT TRUE about the poet according to the extract. The poet

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

According to the poet, what could be the possible causes of the world's destruction?

Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

What does 'ice' symbolise?

Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

According to the poet, fire refers to ____________.

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Which central idea does the poem convey?

The word 'perish' means ____________.

Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :

But if it had to perish twice

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great And would suffice

Q. What does ‘It’ here refer to?

Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :

But if it had to perish twice

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice

Q. Here the rhyming scheme used by the poet is ____________.

Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :

But if it had to perish twice

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great And would suffice

Q. The word ‘suffice’ means ____________.

Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :

Some say the world will end in fire Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favour fire.

But if it had to perish twice

I think I know enough of hate

to say that for destruction ice

Is also great.

Q. Who is the poet of this poem?

Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :

Some say the world will end in fire Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favour fire.

But if it had to perish twice

I think I know enough of hate

to say that for destruction ice

Is also great.

Q. The poet’s opinion is that the world will end in _______ .

Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :

Some say the world will end in fire Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favour fire.

But if it had to perish twice

I think I know enough of hate

to say that for destruction ice

Is also great.

Q. The people of the world think that the world will end in _______ .

Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :

Some say the world will end in fire Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favour fire.

But if it had to perish twice

I think I know enough of hate

to say that for destruction ice

Is also great.

Q. Find the word from the passage which means the same as ‘endless greed’.

Some say the world will end in fire
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
“Some say the world will end in fire”. Identify the poetic device.