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TEST – 2
This question paper contains MCQs on three short poems from common wealth
literature each poem has 30 plus textual questions.
1.In which collection does the poem The Dying Eagle published?
a. selected poems of Edwin jhon pratt
b. selected poems of 1777
c. collection of poems 1965
d. collections of poems 1975
2.who edited the collection of selected poems of E J Pratt?
a.peter Buitenhuis
b.Thomas Jacob
c.Brutus Theres
d.peter tennyson
3.when was the selected poems of E J Pratt published?
a.1988
b.1965
c.1996
d.1968
4. what is the full name of E J Pratt?
a.Edward Jhon Pratt
b.Edward jerki pratt
c.Edwin Jhon Pratt
d.Egar James Pratt
5.How many times did E J Pratt received the governor general award for poetry?
a.3 times
b.4 times
c.5 times
d.8 times
6.what type poem is The Dying Eagle?
a.narrative poem
b.dramatic monologue
c.free verse
d.blank verse
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7.where did the author E J Pratt born?
a.southwales
b.Queensland
c.london
d.Newfoundland canada
8.what is theme of the poem The Dying Eagle?
a.nothing is nomore
b.nothing gain atlast
c.The unavoidable of death and ignorance
d.death is premanent
9.what is the tone of the poem The Dying Eagle?
a.reflective and somber
b.sad and hate
c.love and happiness
d.death and sorrow
10.what is the condition of the eagle in the beginning of the poem The Dying
Eagle?
a.weak and death
b.strong and bold
c.old and bedraggled
d.energetic and flying
11.what cause the distress to the eagle in the poem The Dying Eagle?
a.aging
b.discomfort
c.not having food
d.the sight of a flying dragon like creature
12.How does the eagle wings described in the poem?
a.dull and dusty
b.clean and smooth
c. feathersless
d wounded
13.how does the wings of eagle described in the poem?
a.sprawled down to the edge of his tail
b.strong and majestic
c smooth and big
d.dull and poor
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14.what does the eagle symbolizes in the poem The Dying Eagle?
a.dishonour
b.dirty
c pride and power
d hateful creature
15.what does the eagle do when the sunset is near?
a.sits weak on the crag and thinking about his lost powers
b.proud about his power and territory
c.watching the sunset
d.eating his prey
16.which part is considered as a ruling area of the eagle in the poem The Dying
Eagle?
a.forest and the sky
b.mountain and sky
c.land and the sky
d.crags only
17.how does the eagle felt when he saw the new creature?
a.loved
b.hated
c.angry
d.discomfort
18.what is the eagles reaction to the invaders superior speed?
a.feels humiliated
b.atonished
c.loved
d.angry
19.what does the phrase" the unhorizoned eyes " tells about the eagle?
a.blurred eyes
b.wounded eye
c.mindless
d lost his direction and focus
20.the term nerveless claws symbolizes .....
a.structure of eagle claws
b.strong claws
c.loss of strength
d.bloodless claws
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21.which part of the world is eagle's domain as mentioned in the poem The Dying
Eagle?
a.horizon
b crags and sky
c.mountain range
d.ocean
22.what does the phrase" space was his empire" refers to........
a.eagles dominance over his territory
b.king of heaven
c.space is limitless for him
d. none
23.what was the eagles final condition in the poem?
a.defeated and brooding
b.won the territory
c.strong and forceful
d.admire himself
24.why was the eagle angry with the invaders?
a.strange bird fight with him
b.hit him with his tail
c.the new creature doesn't respect him
d.showed interest on him and belittle his condition
25.what is the attitude of the poet towards the eagle in the poem?
a.honour
b.angry
c.sympathy
d.pity
26.the phrase "iron had entered his soul" mean?
a.iron rod stuck into eagles heart
b.eagle ready to die
c.after eagle death buried under the mud
d.eagle's emotionally and spiritually defeated
27."He was old yet it was not his age which made him roost on the crags like a
............"
a.dust plunged worm
b.leaves pile
c.rain-drenched raven
d.snow drenched pigeon
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28.how was the flight of eagle while confronted the invader?
a.swift and strategic
b.slow and calm
c.crawl
d.astoinshed
29.what does it mean the term "mighty symphony of wings"?
a. sound of eagle
b.sound of scratching the surface
c.sound of trees
d.sound of the Flock returning
30.what sense the eagle lost almost in the poem end?
a.deaf
b.dumb
c vision
d.handicapped
31.how was the eagle's wings described?
a. strong and shining
b.weak and featherless
c.wounded
d.dull and dirty
32.what time of day is it when the eagle is sitting on the crag?
a.an hour before sunset
b.half an hour before sunset
c.evening
d morning
33.which place is considered as eagle's throne?
a.tree
b.sky
c a crag
d.ocean
34. what capture the eagles attention?
a.golden flash
b.green flash
c.red flash
d.silver flash
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35.what did the eagle try to identify by taking the orbit flight?
a.his age
b.the type of bird
c.strength
d.weakness
36.what ancient bird is it assumed by the eagle?
a pterodactyl
b.dragon
c.heron
d partridge
37.how did the flight of strange bird?
a.slow and hard
b.slow and smooth
c.hard and rapid
d.rapid and smooth
38.how does the eagle describe the shadow of the invader?
a.like a bat
b.like a falcon
c.like a sparrow
d.like a vulture
39.what does the eagle thought about the invader w might be ?
a.lizard
b.heron
c a dragon
d.partridge
40.what happened to the eagle shoulder and claws?
a.they became weak and neverless
b.they became useless
c.they became wounded
d.strong
41.what does the eagle brood over?
a.over his condition
b.about his appearance
c his lost empire
d.claws
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42.In the poem The Dying Eagle the eagle represents...........
a.traditionalism
b.transcendantalism
c.modernism
d.spiritualism
43.In the poem The Dying Eagle the strange bird represents...........
a.tradition
b.modernism
c spiritual
d.emotion
44. the flight of the strange bird compares to ?
a.a train
b.a bus
c.an aeroplane
d.helicopter
45. in which month did the eagle sat on the branch of Oak like a rain drenched
raven?
a October
b.november
c.december
d.september
46.patridge? Heron? Falcon? Eagle? Game or Foe?
who asked these questions?
a.strange bird
b.eagle
c.speaker
b.audience
47.what is fledgling spin?
a.newborn bird learn to fly
b.toddler to speak
c.man to work
d.women to work
48.what is pterodactyl?
a flying cockroachs
b.flying reptiles
c.flying snake
d.flying fish
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49.And shot little runnels of dust where his talons drug recessess in the granite
what is talons?
a.feathers
b.wings
c.tail
d.claws
50.what is the meaning of undulations?
a.movemnt
b.up and down movement
c.flying movement
d.eating movement
51.what darkening the vitriol blue of the mountain lakes?
a.shadowbof strange creature
b.sunset
c.rainy clouds
d.mountains.
52.which author awarded Christopher Brennan Award?
a. Judith Arundel wright
b. Philip Sydney
c. William Keats
d. Shelley
53.what was the first book of poetry by judith?
A. The first image
B. The last image
C.The moving image
D.The final image
54.How many times she nominated for Nobel prize in literature ?
A. 3 times(1964,1965,1967)
B. 3 times(1964,1965,1968)
C. 4 times(1964,1965,1966,1967)
D.4 times(1964,1965,1966,1968)
55.what are the streams of education Judith studied at University of sydney?
A.philosophy, English, Psychology,and Maths
B.philosophy, English, Psychology,and history
C. philosophy, English, Theology and history
D. philosophy, English, Theology and Maths
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56.when did Judith first book of poetry published?
A. 1946
B.1956
C.1976
D.1978
57.where did Judith worked as a research officer?
A university of southwales
B. University of Queensland
C. Hogwarts university
D Harvard University
58.Name the literary magazine Judith worked with Clem christesen?
A.christian literary magazine
B.Gems literary magazine
C Meanjin
D.christopher
59.Name the first short stories collection of Judith published in 1966?
A Nature lover
B The Nature of love
C. Birds lover
D Animal lover
60.which award Judith wright received for poetry as a second Australian ?
A kings gold medal for poetry,1991
B Queens gold medal for poetry,1991
C prince gold medal for poetry,1991
D princess gold medal for poetry,1991
61.Judith losses one of her five sensory in her mid-20s?
A blind
B deaf
C dumb
D paralysed
62.Judith wright poetry prize for New and Emerging poets was established in 2007
by?
A overland magazine
B overboard magazine
C overlook magazine
D london look magazine
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63.who is the author of poem at cooloolah?
A. Judith wright
B. E J Pratt
C. A D Hope
D. christan
64.when did the poem at cooloolah got published?
A 7 july 1954
B 7 oct 1954
C 8 july 1955
D 8 july 1955
65.In which collection of poetry Atcooloolah got first published?
A Two fires
B.The Bulletin magazine
C maginine
D Dexcilin
66. Through The poem At cooloolah the speaker voiced against the europeans for
whom?
A Africans
B.Australians
C European peoples
D none
67.what is the structure of the poem At cooloolah?
A 7 stanza ,24 lines
B 6 stanzab24 lines
C 5 stanza, 34 lines
D 4 stanza, 34 lines
68.The blue crane fishing cooloolah’s twilight,
White shores of sand,plumed reed and paperbark”.
Idenyify the figure of the speech?
A imagery
B. Metaphor
C personification
D simile
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69.what is the blue crane symbolizes?
A indigenous people connection to the land
B fishing by the crane
C.nature of the lake
D.indigenous people
69.And walking on clean sand among the prints
Of birds and animals,Iam challenged by a driftwood spear”
What is the figure of speech used here?
A simile
B metaphor
C.personificatio
D. Enjambment
70.” For earth is spirit ;the invader’s feet will tangle”
What is the figure of speech used here?
A simile
B metaphor
C.personification
D. Enjambment
71”.But I am stranger,come of conquering people”
Why she mentioned herself as a stranger?
A she is indigenous kind
B she is away from the nature
C her native is Britain
D.she hate the land of indigenous
73.Those dark skinned people who once named the lake as………..
A calibre
B cooloolah
C The blue lake
D Blue crane
74.who does fishing in cooloolah at twilight?
a.the blue crane
b.swan
c.parrot
d. flamingo
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75. what does the bird blue crane symbolizes in the poem At cooloolah?
a.toil and indigenous people
b.bird and nature
c.nature and continuity
d.love and curse
76.the poem At cooloolah are otherwise title .as………
a.coolu
b.lake cool
c.coolalah lake
d.At lake cooloolah
77……….. suggests the birds natural rhythm undisturbed by the colonizers
a.fishings
b.boating
c.swimming
d.drowning
78.who had fished there for longer than our centuries?
a. swan or the indigenous people
b.sparrow or the indigenous people
c.the blue crane or the indigenous people
d.none
79.who is the heir of the lake and evening as mentioned in the poem At cooloolah?
a.parrot
b.swan
c flamingo
d.theblue crane
80.whose colour did the crane or indigeneous people wear till he die?
a.rainbow colour
b.sea or ocean colour
c.the nature’s colour
d.land colour
81.why did the speaker feels uneasy?
A her awareness about her ancestor history
b.feels dizzy
c.hated the environment
d.hate to be around indigenous people
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82.what does the phrase “an old murder’s sake” mean?
a.indigenous people
b.old man
c.violent colonizers
d.none
83.why can’t the speaker enjoy the nature’s beauty wholeheartedly even though
she loved it?
a.she doesn’t like it
b.she aware that she is blood of murder
c .the area blocked by nets
d. none
84.This line “knew that no land is lost or won by wars”tells about indigenous
people …………
a.understanding and love
b.blood shed
c.understanding and connectivity of land
d.none of these
85.The phrase “Earth is spirit “emphasised the Indigenous belief that land is.
…………….
a.alive and sacred
b.holy
c.spiritual
d.all these answers
86.what does mean the invaders feet will tangle in nets?
a.white will struggle on colonized land because it’s not their land
b.colonizers will not feel good eventhough their centuries past
c.colonizers will struggle physically and spiritually
d.all the above
87 the ghostly warrior symbolizes …………..
a.unresolved past and the spirits lost due to colonization
b.ghost
c.warrior
d.colonizers
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88.”plumed reed and paperbark,” cooloolah’s twilight, crimson archipelagos”
What is the figure of speech used here?
a.metaphor
b.similie
c.personification
d.alliteration
89.”The invader’s feet will tangle in nets there”
Identify the figure of speech in above lines
a.metaphor
b.similie
c.personification
d.alliteration
90.who was beckoned by a ghost?
a.the indigenous people
b.speaker
c speakers grandfather
d.the blue crane
91.how does the ghost appear infront of speakers grandfather in the poem At
cooloolah?
a.armed black accoutred warrior
b.white dress with armed
c red dress with armed
d.silver coated dress with armed
92.where did the black accoutred warrior sank?
a.into water
b.into mite
c.into sand
d.into bare plain
93.how does the poet describes the cooloolah’s natural beauty?
a.and paperbark
b.all these answers
c.whiteshores of sand
d.plumed reed
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94.who was riding at noon and when?
a.speaker and 90 years ago
b.indigenous people and 90 years ago
c.grandfather and 90 years ago
d. none
95. what is only thing for moral justificationt according to poem At cooloolah?
a.love and understanding
b.pain and habitual attitude
c.tit for tat
d.punishment
96.the phrase white shores symbolizes …………
a.indigeneous people
b.european settler
c.ghost
d.speaker
97.97.what is the other name poem The meaning of Africa?
a.the continent that lie within us
b.the continent that lie inside us
c.continent that lie within us
d.colour of africa
98.when did the poem the meaning of Africa written?
A late 1950sto early 1960
b.mid- 1959 to 1960
c1950s to 1967
d.late 1960 to early 1970
99.what is the born name of Abioseh Nicol?
a.samuel
b.david sylvester
c.davidson sylvester hector willoughby Nicol
d.nicholas davidson hector willy
100.”Africa, you were one just a name to me” Identify the figure of speech here
a.apotrophe
b.similie
c.personification
d.metaphor
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101.the poet describes the africa as…………. Continent.
a.green
b.white
c.red
d.black
102.the white people describes the africa as…………
a.green
b.white
c.red
d.black
103.Africa is described as a lover of ………….
a. love
b.black
c.freedom
d.heart
104.why did the europeans faces turned in guilty?
a.it remained the bad behaviour and imperial attitude towards the Africans
b.because they feel ashamed
c.they are proud of wrong doings
d.none
105.the red dust settles down on the green leaves” - Symbolizes?
a.freedom
b.dampened hope
c.trust
d.belief
106. what does the author find when he goes up in country?
a.house
b.boat
c.truck
d.ancestral spirit
107 what does the author describes in this line”.ennobled by the thin layer of
plaster and covered with thin slanting corrugated zinc?
A traditional boat
B traditional house
C traditional truck
d.traditional hut
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108.what kind of transportation seen by the poet in the poem?
a. areo car
b. double tucker.bus
c. four-cylinder kit car
d. dumptruck
109.the phrase the lord is my shepherd symbolizes
a.jesus is saviour
b.jesus rescue us
c.poor people’s pride in their lowliness
d.poor people’s love in their loneliness
110. what does the poet saw while moving thecenter of africa ?
a.house
b.dry lands
c.huts with falling roofs
d.ancestors
111.what does the speaker ultimately find africa to represent?
a.happiness
b.contentment
c.fulfilment
d.all the above
112..what does the speaker reflect on their relation to moon and the trees in the
poem The meaning of Africa?
a.night and light
b.live and laughter
c.love and laughter
d.nature
113.which direction of africa holds sandy desert?
a.south
b.north
c west
d east
114.what are the flower and creepers mentioned in the poem?
a.rose and aloevera
b.hisbiscus and Bougainville
c.daisy and dahlia
d.sunflower
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115.africa is the land of ……..trees
a.coconut
b.palm
c.banyan
d.peepal
116.”oh,I got tired of cold northern sun” what is the figure of the speech used
here?
a.personification
b.metaphore
c.simile
d alliteration
117.what is the initial perspective about africa by author?
a.land of freedom and abundant life
b.dusty land
c waste land
d.deserted land
118.how does the lorry driver rode the overloaded lorry?
a.smooth
b.slow
c.reckless
d snail as slow
119.how are the faces of the people described in the poem?
a.weather beaten and patient
b.bright and attractive
c.active and playful
d.handsome and adorable
120.what is the colour of road described in the poem?
a.red
b yellow
c.brown
d.black
121.the palm tree symbolizes ……….in the poem
a.pride and strength
b.disgrace
c.dishonour
d.unproductive one
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122which flower blooms shamelessly in the poem?
a.rose
b.sunflower
c.daisy
d.hibiscus
123.a small bird singing in…….tree
a.mango
b.coconut
c banyan
d.palm
124.where did the author sail down in the poem the meaning of africa?
a.guinea cost
b.wales
c.queensland
d.south
