REFERENCE TO CONTEXT - MCQs
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
1. "Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of prices, shall outlive this powerful rhyme"
(i) Here poetry as compared to monuments is
(a) long lasting
(b) short-lived
(c) as powerful as gilded monuments
2. "You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes."
(ii) The phrase 'lovers' eyes signify
(a) the loving eyes of a lover
(b) the poetry will be forgotten forever
(c) the poetry will survive all destruction
3. Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn
(iii) Here sword of Mars is referred to
(a) sword of mars, God of war
(b) fires of wars
(c) Destructive nature of war
4. "Living record of your memory."
(iv) Here living record refers to
(a) the sonnet the poet has written for his friend
(b) an existing statue of his friend
(c) his friend who lives in the poet's memory
Answer :
(i) (a)
(ii) (c)
(iii) (c)
(iv) (a)
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