THE DAFFODILS - MCQs

English 9th Chapter "THE DAFFODILS" Multiple Choice Questions

1. “I wandered lonely as a cloud” Here I refer to __________.
   
   1. the reader
   2. the cloud
   3. the daffodils
   4. the poet
2. Continuous as the stars that shine, and twinkle on the milky way, in the above lines, the daffodils have been compared to ___________.
   
   1. the clouds
   2. the other flowers
   3. the stars
   4. milky way
3. “They stretched in never- ending line along the margin of a bay” Here “they” refers to ___________.
   
   1. the stars
   2. the daffodils
   3. the clouds
   4. the hills
4. The daffodils were growing ___________.
   
   1. along the margin of a bay
   2. by the side of a pool
   3. by the riverside
   4. in a garden
5. The poet saw ___________ daffodils.
   
   1. a few
   2. white
   3. blue
   4. a large number of
6. “A poet could not but be gay in such a jocund company!” Here “jocund company” refers to the ___________.
   
   1. friends of the poet
   2. waves
   3. daffodils
   4. stars
7. When the poet was looking at the daffodils, ___________.
   
   1. he felt sad to see them
   2. he was totally lost in their beauty
   3. he thought they were ugly
   4. he felt like dancing
8. “What wealth the show to me had brought”. By ‘wealth’ the poet moans _________.
   
   1. happiness
   2. gold
   3. pleasure
   4. money
9. A host of golden daffodils, a ‘host’ means ___________.
   
   1. a small number
   2. one who entertains
   3. a guest
   4. a large number
10. “Never-ending line” means ___________.
    
    1. a curved line
    2. a short line
    3. a continuous line
    4. line of stars
11. “Ten thousand saw I at a glance Tossing their heads in sprightly dance” Here sprightly dance means ___________.
    
    1. a slow dance
    2. lively dance
    3. dance of the spirits
    4. religious dance
12. “solitude” means ________.
    
    1. being atone
    2. being together
    3. being in trouble
    4. being sad
13. “glee” means _________.
    
    1. Joy
    2. sadness
    3. gloom
    4. happiness
14. “A poet could not but be gay” means _________.
    
    1. the poet could not sleep
    2. the poet was very sad
    3. the poet was happy
    4. the poet could not be happy
15. William Wordsworth was __________.
    
    1. Irish
    2. English
    3. Scottish
    4. Welsh
16. William Wordsworth was a poet of __________.
    
    1. nature
    2. romance
    3. beauty
    4. loves
17. William Wordsworth was born in __________.
    
    1. 1850
    2. 1772
    3. 1852
    4. 1770
18. William Wordsworth died in __________.
    
    1. 1770
    2. 1772
    3. 1850
    4. 1852
19. bliss means __________.
    
    1. great love
    2. great joy
    3. great blessing
    4. great loneliness
20. William Wordsworth was a poet of natural objects and ___________ people.
    
    1. country
    2. common
    3. aristocratic
    4. gentry