The Second Coming MCQ by W B Yeats / Class 11 English First Semester Question Answer Semester 1
The Second Coming MCQ by W B Yeats
(1) The poet of the poem, ‘The Second Coming’ is –
(A) William Butler Yeats
(B) Swami Vivekananda
(C) Oscar Wilde
(D) R. K. Narayan
Ans – (A) William Butler Yeats
(2) The rhyme scheme of the first four lines of the poem, ‘The Second Coming is –
(A) abba
(B) abab
(C) baab
(D) aabb
Ans – (D) aabb
(3) The speaker in ‘The Second Coming’ is a –
(A) statesman
(B) warrior
(C) prophet
(D) preacher
Ans – (D) preacher
(4) The falcon in the poem ‘The Second Coming’ symbolizes –
(A) control
(B) fear
(C) shock
(D) doubt
Ans – (A) control
(5) The structure used in the poem ‘The Second Coming’ is based on –
(A) Sonnet
(B) Epic
(C) Ballad
(D) Free Verse
Ans – (D) Free Verse
(6) The central symbolic image used in the poem ‘The Second Coming’ is a / an –
(A) Cat
(B) Mouse
(C) Falcon
(D) Eagle
Ans – (C) Falcon
(7) ‘The ceremony of innocence is drowned’ – here ‘the ceremony of innocence ’ indicates –
(A) Birth
(B) Marriage
(C) Childhood
(D) Death
Ans – (C) Childhood
(8) The Falcon in ‘The Second Coming’ symbolizes –
(A) Control
(B) Fear
(C) Shock
(D) Doubt
Ans – (A) Control
(8) In the poem, the phrase ‘full of passionate intensity’ refers to –
(A) The poet
(B) The Falcon
(C) The falconer
(D) The rough beast
Ans – (D) The rough beast
(9) In the poem ‘rough beast’ represents –
(A) Rebuilt
(B) Rebirth
(C) Destruction
(D) Disturbance
Ans – (D) Disturbance
(10) The speaker of the poem ‘The Second Coming’ observed the world around him with –
(A) Love
(B) Hate
(C) Joy
(D) Horror
Ans – (D) Horror
(11) ‘The falcon cannot hear the falconer’ – Here ‘the falconer’ is –
(A) The human
(B) The beast
(C) The wicked
(D) The ignoble
Ans – (A) The human
(12) Whom did the falcon fail to hear ?
(A) The call of its mate
(B) The call of its keeper
(C) The call of other birds
(D) The call of other animals
Ans – (B) The call of its keeper
(13) What, according to the poet, is surely at hand ?
(A) The Second Coming
(B) The blood-dimmed tide
(C) Mere anarchy
(D) The Ceremony of Innocence
Ans – (A) The Second Coming
(14) Where does the poet see the shape of a fearful creature with the body of a lion and the head of a man ?
(A) In the ocean-tide
(B) in the sky
(C) in a desert
(D) in the sea water
Ans – (C) in a desert
(15) With what does the poet compare the gaze of lion-bodied creature with a man’s head ?
(A) Fire
(B) The sharp weapon
(C) A fierce lion
(D) the sun
Ans – (D) the sun
(16) Where does the rough beast slouch towards ?
(A) Jerusalem
(B) Israel
(C) Bethlehem
(D) Jericho
Ans – (C) Bethlehem
(17) How long did the ‘stony sleep’ last ?
(A) Two centuries
(B) Twenty centuries
(C) Twelve centuries
(D) Twenty-one centuries
Ans – (B) Twenty centuries
(18) What is turning in the sky in the widening gyre ?
(A) The eagle
(B) the fighter plane
(C) the rough beast
(D) the falcon
Ans – (C) the rough beast
(19) When does the poet see the troubling sight ?
(A) after watching falcon
(B) after seeing the blood-dimmed tide
(C) after uttering the word “The Second Coming
(D) after observing the slouching beast
Ans – (C) after uttering the word “The Second Coming
(20) How does the poet describe the ‘rough beast’ ?
(A) having the body of lion with a man’s head
(B) having the body of lion with woman’s head
(C) having the body of a man with a lion’s head
(D) having the body of a man and a beast’s head
Ans – (A) having the body of lion with a man’s head
(21) ‘The Second Coming’ is a/an –
(A) Lyric poem
(B) Allegorical poem
(C) Sonnet
(D) All of these
Ans – (A) Lyric poem
(22) The title ‘The Second Coming’ signifies the –
(A) Return of Jesus Christ in future
(B) Return of the poet in future
(C) Return of the king in future
(D) All of these
Ans – (A) Return of Jesus Christ in future
(23) What does ‘gyre’ mean in ‘The Second Coming’ ?
(A) An ordinary motion
(B) Stagnant
(C) A circular or spiral motion
(D) None of these
Ans – (C) A circular or spiral motion
(24) The word ‘falcon’ symbolizes in the poem ‘The Second Coming’ –
(A) The Jews
(B) The English
(C) The Hindus
(D) The Christians
Ans – (D) The Christians
(25) The Falcon represents –
(A) The human race
(B) The political parties
(C) Supreme authority
(D) The Almighty
Ans – (A) The human race
(26) The phrase ‘falcon cannot hear the falconer’ suggests –
(A) Lack of power
(B) Lack of wisdom
(C) Lack of patience
(D) Breakdown of communication
Ans – (D) Breakdown of communication
(26) ‘Things fall apart…’-This suggests [ Textbook Exercise ]
(A) All things are centralized
(B) Everything is defused
(C) all things are bound together
(D) All things are shattered on the ground
Ans – (D) All things are shattered on the ground
(27) The worst people are passionate in the time of Turmoil because –
(A) they are mindless
(B) they admire Jesus Christ
(C) they became widely known
(D) they love chaos
Ans – (A) they are mindless
(28) What troubles the poet’s sight ?
(A) The image of falcon soaring higher in the sky
(B) The image of Christ.
(C) Ceremony of innocence being drowned
(D) A vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Ans – (D) A vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
(29) ‘Spiritus Mundi’ is the –
(A) Spirit of mankind
(B) Spirit of humanity
(C) spirit of the world or universe
(D) Evil spirit
Ans – (C) spirit of the world or universe
(30) The poet visualizes ‘Spiritus Mundi’ –
(A) In the desert
(B) On the hills
(C) flying in the sky
(D) On the sea-shore.
Ans – (A) In the desert
(31) ‘Spiritus Mundi’ had the body of a/an –
(A) Human
(B) lion
(C) Bird
(D) Ox
Ans – (B) lion
(32) ‘Spiritus Mundi’ had the head of a/an –
(A) Antelope
(B) snake
(C) Bird
(D) Man
Ans – (D) Man
(33) Creature used as symbol of chaos are –
(A) Falcon and falconer
(B) Sphinx and lion
(C) Lion and eagle
(D) Eagle and parrot
Ans – (C) Lion and eagle
(34) ‘Desert birds’ are the symbol of –
(A) Life
(B) Happiness
(C) Death
(D) Tears
Ans – (C) Death
(35) The humanity on earth has been ‘Vexed to nightmare’ by the coming of –
(A) Christ
(B) Falcon
(C) Sphinx
(D) Spiritus Mundi
Ans – (D) Spiritus Mundi
(36) The adjective used to describe the beast is –
(A) Stony
(B) Vexed
(C) Rough
(D) None of these
Ans – (C) Rough
(37) The ‘rough beast’ in the poem refers to –
(A) Christ
(B) Beelzebub
(C) Moloch
(D) Anti-Christ
Ans – (D) Anti-Christ
(38) The speaker suggests that ‘The Second Coming’ will be accompanied by –
(A) Joy
(B) Paralysis
(C) Harmony
(D) Turbulence
Ans – (D) Turbulence
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Practice Set
(1) The central symbolic image used in the poem ‘The Second Coming’ is a / an –
(A) Cat
(B) Mouse
(C) Falcon
(D) Eagle
(2) What, according to the poet, is surely at hand ?
(A) The Second Coming
(B) The blood-dimmed tide
(C) Mere anarchy
(D) The Ceremony of Innocence
(3) Where does the poet see the shape of a fearful creature with the body of a lion and the head of a man ?
(A) In the ocean-tide
(B) in the sky
(C) in a desert
(D) in the sea water
(4) What is turning in the sky in the widening gyre ?
(A) The eagle
(B) the fighter plane
(C) the rough beast
(D) the falcon
(5) The word ‘falcon’ symbolizes in the poem ‘The Second Coming’ –
(A) The Jews
(B) The English
(C) The Hindus
(D) The Christians
(6) The phrase ‘falcon cannot hear the falconer’ suggests –
(A) Lack of power
(B) Lack of wisdom
(C) Lack of patience
(D) Breakdown of communication
(7) The poet of the poem, ‘The Second Coming’ is –
(A) William Butler Yeats
(B) Swami Vivekananda
(C) Oscar Wilde
(D) R. K. Narayan
(8) The humanity on earth has been ‘Vexed to nightmare’ by the coming of –
(A) Christ
(B) Falcon
(C) Sphinx
(D) Spiritus Mundi