Ulysses – MCQ Question and Answer – Alfred Lord Tennyson – Class 12 Semester 3
Ulysses – MCQ Question and Answer
1 . The poem ‘Ulysses’ was composed by –
(A) T.S. Eliot
(B) W.B. Years
(C) Thomas Hardy
(D) Alfred Lord Tennyson
Ans – (D) Alfred Lord Tennyson
2 . The poem ‘Ulysses’ is a/an –
(A) Ode
(B) Ballad
(C) Dramatic monologue
(D) Epic
Ans – (C) Dramatic monologue
3 . Ulysses, the hero, refers to himself as an idle king of –
(A) Ecuador
(B) Egypt
(C) Ethiopia
(D) Ithaca
Ans – (D) Ithaca
4 . The speaker of the poem ‘Ulysses’ is –
(A) Telemachus
(B) Achilles
(C) Ulysses
(D) Theseus
Ans – (C) Ulysses
5 . In which war did Ulysses fight ?
(A) The Trojan war
(B) The Persian war
(C) The Corinthan war
(D) The Cretan war
Ans – (A) The Trojan war
6 . Ulysses compares life to a –
(A) Journey
(B) Hill
(C) Sea
(D) Ship
Ans – (A) Journey
7 . Ulysses describes the people of Ithaca as –
(A) Polite and submissive
(B) Savage and rugged
(C) Civilized and sober
(D) Strong and cooperative
Ans – (B) Savage and rugged
8 . Ulysses is always roaming with –
(A) Hungry heart
(B) Hungry
(C) Hungry mariners
(D) Hungry desires
Ans – (A) Hungry heart
9 . The name of the Ulysses’s son was –
(A) Telemachus
(B) Achilles
(C) Ulysses
(D) Theseus
Ans – (A) Telemachus
10 . The king of Ithaca was –
(A) Theseus
(B) Achilles
(C) Ulysses
(D) Tennyson
Ans – (C) Ulysses
11 . Ulysses transferred his kingship of Ithaca to his –
(A) Mariners
(B) Son
(C) Wife
(D) Minister
Ans – (B) Son
12. Whom does Ulysses call ‘most blamless’ ?
(A) Theseus
(B) Achilles
(C) Telemachus
(D) Tennyson
Ans – (C) Telemachus
13 . Ulysses was acting as the king of Ithaca for –
(A) Two years
(B) Three years
(C) Four Years
(D) Five years
Ans – (B) Three years
14 . ‘You and I are old’ – here ‘You and I’ refers to –
(A) Ulysses and his wife
(B) Ulysses and his co-mariners
(C) Ulysses and Telemachus
(D) Ulysses and the great Roman heroes
Ans – (B) Ulysses and his co-mariners
15 . Ulysses called upon his mariners to –
(A) Help his son Telemachus rule Ithaca
(B) Join the feast to celebrate his homecoming
(C) Get ready for another perilous journey
(D) Sleep and rest well
Ans – (C) Get ready for another perilous journey
16 . Ulysses embodies the concept of heroism through –
(A) Duty and loyalty
(B) Conquest and victory
(C) Discovery and exploration
(D) Domesticity and stability
Ans – (C) Discovery and exploration
17 . Ulysses’s attitude to his heroic past experiences is –
(A) Sorrowful
(B) Proud
(C) Casual
(D) Nostalgic
Ans – (D) Nostalgic
18 . How does Ulysses view old age in the poem “Ulysses”?
(A) As a time of regret
(B) As a time of peace
(C) As an opportunity to show his courage and determination
(D) As a time of contemplation
Ans – (C) As an opportunity to show his courage and determination
19 . Ulysses cannot rest from –
(A) Travel
(B) Dreaming
(C) War
(D) Discharging duties to his family
Ans – (A) Travel
20 . Ulysses have suffered greatly and also –
(A) Enjoyed greatly
(B) Revelled in feast
(C) Assisted his mariners
(D) Experienced the bitter experiences of life
Ans – (A) Enjoyed greatly
Ulysses – MCQ Question and Answer – Alfred Lord Tennyson – Class 12 Semester 3
21 . According to Ulysses, all experience is –
(A) Unattainable
(B) Achievable
(C) Disgusting
(D) Distinguishable
Ans – (A) Unattainable
22 . Ulysses drank delight of battles with his –
(A) foes
(B) Son
(C) Peers
(D) Opponents
Ans – (C) Peers
23 . According to Ulysses, every hour of life is saved from –
(A) domestic life
(B) Eternal silence
(C) Leisure
(D) Pursuit of pleasure
Ans – (B) Eternal silence
24 . Ulysses hopes that his son Telemachus will pay to meet adoration to his –
(A) subjects
(B) wife
(C) Household gods
(D) Trusted friends
Ans – (C) Household gods
25 . like himself Ulysses’s wife was also a / an –
(A) Young
(B) Old
(C) Weak
(D) Queen
Ans – (B) Old
26 . Ulysses on his adventures had been to –
(A) One country
(B) Two countries
(C) Three countries
(D) Various countries
Ans – (D) Various countries
27 . The adventures of Ulysses have made him –
(A) Satisfied
(B) Unsatisfied
(C) Well-known
(D) Hunger
Ans – (C) Well-known
28 . The position of Hyadas in the sky predicts –
(A) Rain
(B) Adventures
(C) Sailing
(D) Kingdom
Ans – (A) Rain
29 . In the poem Ulysses’s experience is compared to –
(A) Hill
(B) Hungry heart
(C) Household gods
(D) An Arch
Ans – (D) An Arch
30 . The adventures have caused Ulysses –
(A) Joy
(B) Suffering
(C) Both joy and suffering
(D) Unfaithful
Ans – (C) Both joy and suffering
31 . Ulysses acknowledges that he and his mariners are –
(A) Old
(B) Young
(C) Companion
(D) Adventures
Ans – (A) Old
32 . The Kingdom of Ulysses referred to in the poem is –
(A) Rough
(B) Bough and rugged
(C) Joy and suffering
(D) Well-known
Ans – (B) Bough and rugged
33 . By travelling with a hungry heart Ulysses has known –
(A) Himself
(B) His kingdom
(C) Himself and outside the world
(D) The kings of other countries
Ans – (C) Himself and outside the world
Ulysses – MCQ Question and Answer – Alfred Lord Tennyson – Class 12 Semester 3
34 . In the poem ‘Ulysses’ the word ‘gulfs’ refers to –
(A) The Kingdom
(B) The sea
(C) The queen
(D) The mariners
Ans – (B) The sea
35. Ulysses describes the island of Ithaca –
(A) Barren crags
(B) Barren island
(C) Beauty of nature
(D) Adventures
Ans – (A) Barren crags
36 . Who will take over Ulysses’s Kingdom while he embarks on his journey ? –
(A) The poet himself
(B) The mariners
(C) His son, Telemachus
(D) People of his kingdom
Ans – (C) His son, Telemachus
37. Why does Ulysses want to leave Ithaca ?
(A) To go for sailing
(B) To continue exploring and seeking knowledge
(C) To live alone
(D) To live with his mariners
Ans – (B) To continue exploring and seeking knowledge
38 . Whom does Ulysses call by expression ‘come, my friends’ ?
(A) His followers
(B) His mariners
(C) The people of his kingdom
(D) His wife and son
Ans – (B) His mariners
39 . Which famous Greek epic hero is Ulysses best on –
(A) Odysseys
(B) Ethiopia
(C) Ithaca
(D) Egypt
Ans – (A) Odysseys
40 . “This is my son, mine own Telemachus,/To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle”-In this line ‘sceptre’ stands for –
(A) The spirit of adventure
(B) The royal power
(C) A deadly weapon
(D) His love for son
Ans – (B) The royal power
41 . ‘He works his work, I mine.’ Who are ‘he’ and ‘I’ referring to in the line ?
(A) Ulysses, Telemachus
(B) Telemachus, Ulysses
(C) God, Telemachus
(D) Ulysses, the poet
Ans – (B) Telemachus, Ulysses
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Practice Set
(1) Ulysses, the hero, refers to himself as an idle king of –
(A) Ecuador
(B) Egypt
(C) Ethiopia
(D) Ithaca
(2) Ulysses compares life to a –
(A) Journey
(B) Hill
(C) Sea
(D) Ship
(3) Ulysses describes the people of Ithaca as –
(A) Polite and submissive
(B) Savage and rugged
(C) Civilized and sober
(D) Strong and cooperative
(4) The name of the Ulysses’s son was –
(A) Telemachus
(B) Achilles
(C) Ulysses
(D) Theseus
(5) The king of Ithaca was –
(A) Theseus
(B) Achilles
(C) Ulysses
(D) Tennyson
(6) Ulysses transferred his kingship of Ithaca to his –
(A) Mariners
(B) Son
(C) Wife
(D) Minister
(7) Ulysses was acting as the king of Ithaca for –
(A) Two years
(B) Three years
(C) Four Years
(D) Five years
(8) ‘You and I are old’ – here ‘You and I’ refers to –
(A) Ulysses and his wife
(B) Ulysses and his co-mariners
(C) Ulysses and Telemachus
(D) Ulysses and the great Roman heroes
(9) Ulysses on his adventures had been to –
(A) One country
(B) Two countries
(C) Three countries
(D) Various countries
(10) The Kingdom of Ulysses referred to in the poem is –
(A) Rough
(B) Bough and rugged
(C) Joy and suffering
(D) Well-known