Updated on 08/08/2023
Poem-2 The Laburnum Top
1. Who is the poet of the poem ‘The Laburnum Top’?
(A) Shirley Toulson
(B) Ted Hughes
(C) Robert Frost
(D) Elizabeth
Answer
(B) Ted Hughes
2. How is the top of laburnum?
(A) still
(B) calm
(C) quiet
(D) all of the above
Answer
(D) all of the above
3. What time and month is mentioned in the poem?
(A) December
(B) October
(C) September
(D) November
Answer
(C) September
4. How are the leaves of the tree?
(A) red
(B) yellow
(C) green
(D) brown
Answer
(B) yellow
5. Which bird is mentioned in 'The Laburnum Top'?
(A) gold peacock
(B) gold parrot
(C) gold pigeon
(D) goldfinch
Answer
(D) goldfinch
6. The goldfinch has been compared with-
(A) chameleon
(B) earthworm
(C) lizard
(D) snake
Answer
(C) lizard
7. What happens to the tree when the goldfinch’s family chirps?
(A) it starts like engine
(B) there is thrilling
(C) both
(D) none
Answer
(C) both
8. Poetic device in 'September sunlight'
(A) simile
(B) metaphor
(C) personification
(D) alliteration
Answer
(D) alliteration
9. Poetic device in 'sleek as a lizard'
(A) metaphor
(B) simile
(C) alliteration
(D) anaphora
Answer
(B) simile
10. Meaning of 'quite'
(A) completely
(B) stillness
(C) calmness
(D) quietness
Answer
(A) completely
11. What happened to Goldfinch in the last?
(A) she was dead
(B) she flew away
(C) she was silent
(D) she was singing
Answer
(B) she flew away
12. Why was Goldfinch's body barely visible?
(A) due to her dark colourd yellow body
(B) due to her dark colourd black body
(C) due to her dark colourd white body
(D) due to her dark colourd gray body