MCQ- Poem-1 Dust of Snow, Book- First Flight (Prose), Class-10th, HBSE

Updated on 13/08/2022


Poem-1 Dust of Snow


1. What did the crow shake down on the poet ?

(A) stone 

(B) snow  

(C) leaves  

(D) branches

Answer (B) snow


2. What did the crow do to the hemlock tree ?

(A) cut the tree

(B) broke the tree

(C) shook the tree  

(D) pulled the tree

Answer (C) shook the tree


3.  Where was the poet at that time ?

(A)   under the tree

(B)   on the tree

(C)   in the tree

(D)   behind the tree

Answer (A)  under the tree


4.  Who is the poet of 'Dust of Snow' ?

(A)  Robin Frost

(B)   David Frost

(C)   Albert Frost

(D)   Robert Frost

Answer (D)   Robert Frost


5.  Where was the crow sitting ?

(A)  under a hemlock tree

(B)   in a hemlock tree

(C)   behind a hemlock tree

(D)   on a mango tree 

Answer (B)   in a hemlock tree


6.  In what mood was the poet before falling of snow ?

(A)  in unpleasant mood

(B)   in happy mood

(C)   in romantic mood

(D)   in singing mood

Answer (A)  in unpleasant mood


7.  What was the effect of the dust of snow on the poet ?

(A)  it changed his luck

(B)   it changed his mood

(C)   it changed his colour

(D)   it changed his job 

Answer (B)   it changed his mood


 8.  What was saved for the poet ?

(A)  some part of the week

(B)   some part of the day

(C)   some part of the year

(D)   some part of the month 

Answer (B)   some part of the day


 9.  Who shook down the hemlock tree?

(A)  a peacock

(B)   a hen

(C)   a crow

(D)   a horse

Answer (C)   a crow


10.  What type of plant is a hemlock tree?

(A)  a plant with pink flowers

(B)   a plant with red flowers

(C)   a plant with white flowers

(D)   a plant with blue flowers 

Answer (C)   a plant with white flowers


11.  What was the mood of the poet in the beginning of the poem?

(A)  happy

(B)   pleasant

(C)   sorrowful

(D)   joyful

Answer (C)   sorrowful


12.  Name the poetic device used in the line “Has given my heart”

(A)  simile

(B)   metaphor

(C)   personification

(D)   alliteration

Answer (D)   alliteration


13.  Name the poetic device used in the line “saved some part”

(A)  simile

(B)   metaphor

(C)   personification

(D)   alliteration

Answer (D)   alliteration


14.  What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

(A)  abab cdcd

(B)   abba cddc

(C)   abcd abcd

(D)   abab bcbc

Answer (A) abab cdcd


15.  Meaning of 'Dust of Snow'

(A)  fine stone of snow

(B)   melt snow 

(C)   fine particles of snow

(D)   solid snow

Answer (A) fine particles of snow