Poem - Rain on the Roof Class 9 Worksheet English Chapter 1

Multiple Choice Questions

Q.1. Find the word from the poem Rain on the Roof which means a repeated part of a song or a poem.
(a) Refrain
(b) Fancies
(c) Shingles
(d) Patter

Q.2. What is the favourite activity of the poet during the rainy season?
(a) Eating snacks
(b) Lie on the bed and listen to the pitter-patter sound of the rain
(c) Roaming on the roof
(d) Listening to the music

Q.3. What does the poet attach the darkness with?
(a) Pleasant
(b) Sadness
(c) Soothing
(d) Joyful mood

Q.4. Which figure of speech has been used in the phrase darling dreamers?
(a) Anaphora
(b) Antithesis
(c) Anticlimax
(d) Alliteration

Q.5. Where is the rain making a noise?
(a) In the lanes
(b) On the roof
(c) In the garden
(d) In the room

Q.6. Which figure of speech has been used in the phrase starry spheres?
(a) Antithesis
(b) Apostrophe
(c) Alliteration
(d) Anaphora

Q.7. Whose memory comes to the poet when he listens to the rain?
(a) The memory of his dear friend
(b) The memory of his mother
(c) The memory of his beloved
(d) The memory of his father

Q.8. What does cottage-chamber mean?
(a) A separate building next to the cottage
(b) All of these
(c) Type of bed
(d) A room in the cottage

Q.9. What tinkles on the shingles?
(a) Raindrops
(b) Silver bangles
(c) Brass-bells
(d) Hailstones

Q.10. Select the correct meaning of refrain.
(a) The noise of the rain
(b) Stop making noise
(c) Sound of piano music
(d) Making refined efforts

Very Short Answer Questions

Q1: What do the humid shadows refer to?
Q2: What does the poet like to do when it rains?
Q3: What makes an echo in the poet’s heart?
Q4: Where do the raindrop patter?
Q5: Is the poet, Coates Kinney, a child now?

Short Answer Questions

Q1: How old do you think the poet is? Justify your answer.
Q2: 'And the melancholy darkness gently weeps in rainy tears.’ Explain the phrase ‘melancholy darkness’. What does it do?
Q3: What does the poet like to do when it rains?
Q4: What are the poet’s feelings as the rain falls on the shingles?
Q5: “And a thousand dreamy fancies into busy heart.” When do the ‘thousand dreamy fancies’ begin in the poet’s heart?

Long Answer Questions

Q1: How does the rain affect the poet? Describe.
Q2: In what way are the poems The Road Not Taken and Rain on the Roof evocative of the past?
Q3: How does the poet describe the falling rain in the poem ‘Rain on the Roof?
Q4: What happens when the poet listens to the patter of the rain? Do you think that rain is a narrative tool in the poet’s life?

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