MCQ's (with Solutions) - Song of The Rain

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Read the extracts given below and choose the correct option.

1. I am dotted silver threads dropped from heaven
 By the gods. Nature then takes me, to adorn
 Her fields and valleys.
 I am beautiful pearls, plucked from the
 Crown of Ishtar by the daughter of Dawn
 To embellish the gardens.

(a) The poetic device used in these lines is :
(i) Simile
(ii) Personification
(iii) Metaphor
(iv) (ii) & (iii)

(b) 'Dotted' here means :
(i) Spots
(ii) A sweet dish
(iii) Marked with dots
(iv) Dedicated

(c) 'To embellish the gardens' means :
(i) To set up a new garden
(ii) To dig up the gardens
(iii) To grow fruits in the gardens
(iv) To decorate the gardens

Ans : (a) (iv)
(b) (iii)
(c) (iv)

2. When I cry the hills laugh;
 When I humble myself the flowers rejoice,
 When I bow, all things are elated.
 The field and the cloud are lovers
 And between them, I am a messenger of mercy
 I quench the thirst of the one;
 I cure the ailment of the other.

(a) The poetic device used in these lines is :
(i) Simile
(ii) Alliteration
(iii) Metaphor
(iv) Personification

(b) 'Quench' means :
(i) to travel
(ii) to question
(iii) to satisfy thirst
(iv) to fetch something

(c) In the poem, the 'messenger of mercy' refers to :
(i) the sun
(ii) the moon
(iii) the trees
(iv) the rain

Ans : (a) (iv) (b) (iii) (c) (iv)

3. I emerge from the heart of the sea and
 Soar with the breeze. When I see a field in
 Need, I descend and embrace the flowers and
 The trees in a million little ways.
 I touch gently at the windows with my
 Soft fingers and my announcement is a
 Welcome song. All can hear, but only
 The sensitive can understand.

(a) The poetic device used in these lines is :
(i) Simile
(ii) Personification
(iii) Metaphor
(iv) Alliteration

(b) "I see a field in need" means :
(i) The field is for sale
(ii) The field needs sowing
(iii) The field needs watering
(iv) The field needs manure

(c) 'Soar with the breeze' refers to :
(i) clouds
(ii) birds
(iii) trees
(iv) rain

Ans : (a) (iii)
(b) (ii)
(c) (i)