Class 10 || English Textbook || First Flight || Animals MCQ (31)

1. Who is the poet of the poem ‘‘Animals”?

(a) Leslie Norris

(b) Walt Whitman

(c) Carolyn Well

(d) Robert Frost 

Ans. (b) Walt Whitman

2. Who is not dissatisfied always?

(a) animals 

(b) humans 

(c) plants 

(d) All of the above

Ans: (a) animals

3. What qualities have the humans given up?

(a) innocence

(b) kindness  

(c) truthfulness 

(d) All of the above 

Ans. (d) All of the above.

4. Who, according to the poet, is better?

(a) human beings 

(b) plants 

(c) animals

(d) none

Ans. (c) Animals.

5. What do humans do that animals don’t?

(a) greed

(b) infuriate

(c) jealousy

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d) All of the above.

6. What is the attitude of the animals toward their sins?

(a) confused and unhappy.

(b) calm, peaceful and self-confident

(c) confused and bored

(d) none of the above

Ans. (b) Calm, peaceful and self-confident.

7. What is the meaning of “whine”? 

(a) a beverage 

(b) cry

(c) shout

(d) None

Ans. (b) Shout.

8. Why do humans lie awake in the dark?

(a) Do not feel sleepy

(b) Do not feel tired 

(c) Worried

(d) Cry for their sins

Ans. (d) Cry for their sins.

9. What does the word ‘whine’ mean here?

(a) Pleased

(b) Angry

(c) High complaining cry 

(d) Utter softly 

Ans. (c) High complaining cry.

10. Who are ‘they’ referred to here? 

(a) Animals 

(b) Human beings. 

(c) Plants

(d) Birds 

Ans. (a) Animals.

11. Why does the poet feel sick?

(a) Humans running after money 

(b) Always complaining

(c) Always criticising others. 

(d) Sermonising themselves 

Ans. (d) Sermonising themselves.

12. The poet wants to live with the animals because they are

(a) calm

(b) self-contained 

(c) satisfied

(d) all of the above 

Ans. (d) All of the above.

13. The poet feels more at home with animals than

(a) birds and insects 

(b) human beings

(c) natural things

(d) all of the above 

Ans. (b) Human beings.

14. The word which means ‘calm and quiet’ is

(a) placid

(b) cool

(c) groan 

(d) contented

Ans. (a) Placid.

15. Name the literary device used in the line "I think I could turn and live with animals"

(a) Assonance

(b) Alliteration

(c) Simile

(d) Metaphor

Ans: (a) Assonance

16. Who wrote the poem "Animals"?

(a) Robert Frost

(b) Leslie Norris

(c) Walt Whitman

(d) William Wordsworth

Ans: (c) Walt Whitman

17. What do humans do that animals don't?

(a) Jealous

(b) Restless

(c) Greed

(d) All of them 

Ans: (d) All of them 

18. What is the meaning of "placid" ?

(a) jealousy

(b) peaceful

(c) clumsy

(d) greedy

Ans: (b) peaceful

19. Why do humans lie awake in the dark ?

(a) Cry for their sins

(b) Worried

(c) Do not feel sleepy

(d) Feel guilty

Ans: (a) Cry for their sins

20. What shows that the poet loves animals ?

(a) He feed the animals.

(b) He stands and looks at the animals long and long.

(c) He looks at the animals for short time.

(d) None of the Above

Ans: (b) He stands and looks at the animals long and long.

21. What shows that the poet loves animals in the poem "Animals" ?

(a) He stands and looks at the animals long and long

(b) He feed the animals

(c) He looks at the animals for short time

(d) None of the Above

Ans: (a) He stands and looks at the animals long and long

22. What mania do human beings suffer from ?

(a) Mania of lust

(b) Mania of love

(c) Mania of possessing things

(d) None of the Above

Ans: (c) Mania of possessing things

23. What do animals bring to the poet ?

(a) Understanding

(b) Peace

(c) Token of mutual love

(d) Both (a) and (b)

Ans: (d) Both (a) and (b)

24. How do the animals appear to the poet?

(a) confused and peaceful

(b) calm, peaceful and self-confident

(c) confused and sad

(d) none of the above

Ans: (b) calm, peaceful and self-confident

25. What does the poet wish to live with?

(a) Dragons

(b) Animals

(c) Dinosaurs

(d) None of the Above

Ans: (b) Animals

26. What mania do human beings suffer from?

(a) Dragons

(b) Animals

(c) Dinosaurs

(d) None of the Above

Ans: (b) Animals

27. What mania do human beings suffer from?

(a) mania of love.

(b) mania of lust.

(c) mania of possessing things.

(d) none of the Above

Ans: (c) mania of possessing things.

28. What do the men make the poet sick for? 

(a) discussing their duty to God.

(b) discussing their wealth

(c) discussing their health.

(d) none of the Above

Ans: (a) discussing their duty to God.

29. What shows that the poet loves animals?

(a) He looks at the animals for short time.

(b) He stands and looks at the animals long and long.

(c) He feed the animals

(d) None of the Above

Ans: (b) He stands and looks at the animals long and long.

30. What is the attitude of human about those who lived thousands of years ago?

(a) They kneel

(b) They stand

(c) They fly

(d) None of the Above

Ans: (a) They kneel

31. Why do humans keep awake in the dark and weep for their sins while animals never do such things?

(a) Because animals have a clear conscience.

(b) Because humans have a clear conscience.

(c) All of the Above

(d) None of the Above

Ans: (b) Because humans have a clear conscience.