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MCQ Practice Test & Solutions: Test: A Thing of Beauty- 2 (15 Questions)

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  • - Format: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
  • - Duration: 15 minutes
  • - Number of Questions: 15

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Test: A Thing of Beauty- 2 - Question 1
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Who is the poet of A thing Of Beauty?

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John Keats dedicated this poem to the late poet Thomas Chatterton. The poem begins with the line "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever". Endymion is written in rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter (also known as heroic couplets).

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Where did the poet and Endymion live?

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The poem is based on a Greek legend, in which Endymion, a beautiful young shepherd and poet who lived on Mount Latmos, had a vision of Cynthia, the Moon Goddess. The enchanted youth resolved to seek her out and so wandered away through the forest and down under the sea.

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Test: A Thing of Beauty- 2 - Question 3
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Which things cause suffering to human beings?

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In the poem, 'A Thing of Beauty', Keats hints at things that cause troubles and suffering to human beings. They include the dearth of people with a noble temperament, overcast days, and the unhealthy and miserable ways in which humanity is searching for a meaning of life.

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What is the message of the poem?

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The poem conveys the message that a thing of beauty is a joy forever. It transcends time. It will never fade away. Beauty has the power to remove darkness and negativity and helps us survive when there is a ‘dearth of noble nature’ or when one is surrounded by evil. It has a positive impact on one’s health. It helps one get sound sleep. Moreover, it highlights the fact that beauty is not only physical but also spiritual and seems to flow down from heaven as an ‘immortal drink’ made for man.

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What does a thing of beauty is a joy forever mean?

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The phrase “a thing of beauty is a joy forever” means a beautiful object, natural or artificial, makes a person happy for a long time even if its beautify fades, or put into different circumstances. It is always a source of enjoyment, happiness, and pleasure for a person or a group of people.

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Do we experience things of beauty only for a short time?

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No, we see a thing of beauty for a few minutes but it leaves a lasting impression on our mind. It stays in our imagination forever and thus becomes an endless source of joy. It never passes into nothingness.

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Whose loveliness will keep on increasing?

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A thing of beauty gives us eternal and everlasting happiness and leaves an indelible impression on our mind that we are able to relive the wonderful feeling we get from it each time we think about it. It never fades into nothingness and its loveliness increases with each passing moment.

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Why do we need sweet dreams, health and quiet breathing?

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We need sweet dreams, health, and quiet breathing in our lives because it can be healthy to our body and mind and providing us tranquility and mental peace in our lives.

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What does ‘brink’ mean?

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The word 'brink' means 'an edge at the top/ the point of onset'.

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What is the effect of immortal drink?

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The immortal drink gives us immense joy, a joy that is everlasting and one that will never come to an end.

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What is the meaning of gloomy?

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The word 'gloomy' means 'dull or depressed’.

Test: A Thing of Beauty- 2 - Question 12
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Which figure of speech is used in the words 'Some shape of beauty'?

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Metaphor is the correct choice because the word shape is used figuratively to denote a form or manifestation of beauty rather than as a literal physical shape.

A metaphor makes an implicit comparison by describing one thing in terms of another; here the phrase attributes a concrete quality (shape) to an abstract quality (beauty), which is a figurative use.

The phrase does not contain a simile because it lacks a comparative word such as like or as.

Although the letters 's' and 'sh' appear visually in some and shape, true alliteration depends on the initial sound; some begins with the /s/ sound while shape begins with the /ʃ/ sound, so this pair does not form a proper alliteration.

Therefore the correct option is C.

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Why do we need a flowery band?

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The flowery band that binds us to earth is beauty in one shape or the other. It removes all sufferings and sorrow that covers our mind and spirit. There is disappointment and dejection all around but the presence of some objects of beauty removes this sadness from our hearts.

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What removes pall from our life?

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In spite of all the problems and miseries that make man's life gloomy and cause him suffering and pain, he does not cease to love life because a thing of beauty removes all the sadness that covers his spirit.

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What does poet mean by Some shape of beauty?

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John Keats was a worshipper of beauty and he saw it as an everlasting source of joy and happiness. Through his poem he conveys that a thing of beauty removes the pall of sadness and sorrow and gives us joy and pleasure. The beauty of a thing goes on increasing and never passes into nothingness.

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