This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > English > Poems > A Tiger In The Zoo > Class 10 English Poem Chapter 3 A Tiger In The Zoo – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 English Poem Chapter 3 A Tiger In The Zoo Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where should the tiger be snarling? A) At the jungle's edge. B) At the cage's edge. C) Inside the cage. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the jungle's edge. 2. How are the pads of tiger? A) Velvet. B) Rough. C) Hard. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Velvet. 3. The poem draws a contrast between ..... and ..... A) Animals, human beings. B) Tiger in a zoo, tiger in a forest. C) Tiger in a zoo, humans. D) Humans, tiger in forest. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tiger in a zoo, tiger in a forest. 4. What does the word "stalks" suggest in the poem? A) Slow, measured movement. B) Quick and aggressive attack. C) Leisurely walk. D) Lazy movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slow, measured movement. 5. How are the eyes of the tiger? A) Brilliant. B) Sad. C) Sleepy. D) Dull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brilliant. 6. The main contrasting idea suggested by the extract is that of ..... A) Strength and weakness. B) Nature and culture. C) Beasts and mortals. D) Confinement and freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Confinement and freedom. 7. The land becomes unfit for cultivation and is known is A) Bad land. B) Fallow land. C) Waste land. D) Both 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bad land. 8. Name the poetic device used in the line "In his quiet rage" . A) Consonance. B) Oxymoron. C) Metaphor. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 9. Pick the option that DOES NOT use 'lurking' correctly to fill in the blank. A) The thug was in the alley late evening, for unsuspecting passers-by. B) The hyena was in its den after a good meal. C) The detective cautioned her team about the dangers likely to impact the case. D) The prejudices beneath the surface create misunderstandings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The hyena was in its den after a good meal. 10. What are patrolling at night? A) Cars. B) Tigers. C) Deer. D) All of the given alternatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cars. 11. What has been personified in the poem? A) Tiger. B) Forest. C) Zoo. D) All of the given alternatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tiger. 12. What was the colour of the dress in Peggy'e drawing? A) Blue. B) Green. C) White. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Green. 13. What are the two contrasting ideas in the poem 'A Tiger in the Zoo'? A) Life in jungle VS life in captivity. B) Life in Zoo VS life in natural habitat. C) Tamed Tiger VS Wild Tiger. D) Both Life in Jungle / in zoo vs Life in capitivity /natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both Life in Jungle / in zoo vs Life in capitivity /natural. 14. Why does the tiger in the poem 'A Tiger in the Zoo) go near the water hole? A) To drink water. B) To take a bath. C) To search his prey/victim. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To search his prey/victim. 15. At what does the tiger look at in night? A) Patrolling cars. B) His House. C) Stars. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stars. 16. In the poem 'A Tiger in the Zoo', the tiger ignores the visitors because ..... A) He does not find them interesting. B) He hates to entertain them. C) They do not offer him food. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He hates to entertain them. 17. The meaning of the phrase 'fits and starts' means ..... A) Rarely. B) Occasionally. C) Regularly. D) Hardly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occasionally. 18. What did Mr. Petronski's letter say? A) His daughter would not come to school any more. B) To appreciate the school. C) Regarding poor performance of his child. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His daughter would not come to school any more. 19. Where should the tiger hide to himself? A) In the house. B) Behind the trees. C) In the shadows. D) In the jungle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the shadows. 20. Name the poetic device used in the line "Baring his white fangs, his claws" . A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 21. Which literary device is used in the line "His strength behind bars" ? A) Alliteration. B) Metafar. C) Irony. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 22. What message does the poet want to give? A) Tiger is a dangerous animal. B) Animals want to live freely. C) Tiger has big fangs and claws. D) Humans should visit zoo frequently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animals want to live freely. 23. What does the tiger hunt near the water hole? A) Elephant. B) Deer. C) Wolf. D) Lions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deer. 24. Who passes near the water hole? A) Fat deer. B) Fat pig. C) Fat buffalo. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fat deer. 25. How does the caged tiger react to the visitors? A) With a sad face. B) With a happy face. C) Proudly. D) He ignores them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He ignores them. 26. The fact that the tiger is 'stalking the length of his cage' tells us that he is A) Reverent. B) Reckless. C) Resilient. D) Restless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Restless. 27. According to the poet, Leslie Norris, why has the tiger lost his strength? A) He has become weak & old. B) He has been starving. C) He is put behind bars. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is put behind bars. 28. By "ignoring visitors" , what is the poet trying to say? A) Tiger knows his power is restricted. B) There is no use of showing rage. C) He is less terrorising because of the cage. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 29. Name the poetic devices used in stanza 1. A) Personification, Imagery, Oxymoron, metaphor, consonance, assonance. B) Simile, Personification, metaphor, onomatopoeia. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification, Imagery, Oxymoron, metaphor, consonance, assonance. 30. Laterite has been derived from the ..... word 'later' which means ..... A) Latin, brick. B) Latic, brick. C) Greek, brick. D) German, brick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latin, brick. 31. Who is the poet of the poem 'A Tiger in the Zoo'? A) Leslie gorris. B) Robert Frost. C) Leslie Norris. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leslie Norris. 32. What was just as bad as what Peggy had done? A) Maddie staying silent while Peggy teased Wanda. B) Maddie not stopping Peggy. C) Maddie teasing Wanda. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maddie staying silent while Peggy teased Wanda. 33. Why does the poet describe the tiger as "ignoring visitors" ? A) He is focused on escaping. B) He is tired. C) He is not well. D) He is not interested in humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is not interested in humans. 34. The pads of the tiger is compared to velvet. The literary device used here is A) Simile. B) Metafar. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metafar. 35. What did the tiger in the zoo represents A) Emphasizes on forest. B) Emphasizes on freedom. C) Emphasizes on zoo. D) Emphasizes on tiger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emphasizes on freedom. 36. Where does the tiger hunt the deer? A) In the cage. B) Near the water hole. C) Near the cage. D) All of the given alternatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Near the water hole. 37. What contrast is central to the poem "A Tiger in the Zoo" ? A) Power vs. weakness. B) City vs. village. C) Nature vs. humans. D) Freedom vs. captivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Freedom vs. captivity. 38. Which natural resource has limited reserves? A) Mineral oil. B) Wind Energy. C) Tidal Energy. D) Solar Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mineral oil. 39. What message is the poet trying to convey through the poem? A) Wild animals are dangerous. B) Animals deserve their natural habitat. C) Zoos are better than forests. D) Tigers are extinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animals deserve their natural habitat. 40. What does the word lurking means? A) Quenching thirst. B) Waiting secretly. C) Jumping. D) Being sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waiting secretly. 41. The words "slosh" , "thud" are examples of the onomatopoeic words phonetically-resembling the sound that they describe. Choose the option thatfits the given description. A) Baring. B) Snarling. C) Terrorising. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snarling. 42. What is the tiger's attitude towards visitors? A) Hating. B) Loving. C) Threatening. D) Ignoring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ignoring. 43. How does the tiger feel in the cage? A) He was in angry mood. B) He was in happy mood. C) He was in sad mood. D) He was in surprised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was in angry mood. 44. Why does a tiger hunt? A) For showcasing the power. B) For satisfaction. C) For food. D) For pleasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For food. 45. How does the poet portray the tiger in its natural habitat? A) Roaring inside the cage. B) Moving stealthily through tall grass. C) Sleeping under trees. D) Watching TV in the zoo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moving stealthily through tall grass. 46. The poem 'A Tiger in the Zoo' completes a full circle What is the circle? A) From home to zoo and back to home. B) From zoo to home and back to zoo. C) From jungle to zoo and back to jungle. D) From zoo to jungle and back to zoo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From zoo to jungle and back to zoo. 47. What tone is used by the poet when talking about the tiger in the zoo? A) Joyful and humorous. B) Angry and violent. C) Sympathetic and reflective. D) Casual and indifferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic and reflective. 48. Who felt herself coward after Wanda left the school? A) Maddie. B) Peggy. C) Miss Mason. D) Miss Petronski. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maddie. 49. What describes 'tiger in a cell'? A) Baring his white fangs. B) Snarling around houses. C) Locked in concrete cell. D) Shadow, long grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baring his white fangs. 50. Name the poetic device used in the line "He stalks in his vivid stripes" . A) Assonance. B) Metafar. C) Consonance. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 51. Name the poetic device used in the line "On pads of velvet quiet" . A) Metafar. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metafar. 52. Which line expresses the poet's sympathy toward the tiger? A) Locked in a concrete cell. B) He hears the last voice at night. C) He stalks in his vivid stripes. D) He should be lurking in shadow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He should be lurking in shadow. 53. Pick the phrase that DOES NOT suggest that the forest in the extract is lush. A) Lurking in shadow. B) Plump deer. C) Long grass. D) The water hole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lurking in shadow. 54. 'He should be snarling around houses, At the jungle's edge, Baring his white fangs, his claws, Terrorising the village!'-which are the rhyming words of the lines of the poem 'A Tiger in the Zoo'? A) Edge-village. B) Claws-houses. C) Edge-claws-village. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edge-village. 55. According to the poet where should the tiger be? A) In the zoo. B) In the jungle. C) In the village. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the jungle. 56. Where is the tiger's strength locked? A) Behind the jungle. B) Behind the bars. C) Behind his nature. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behind the bars. 57. 'His strength behind bars' name the three poetic devices used in this line. A) Alliteration, Similie, Imagery. B) Personification, Metonymy & Alliteration. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification, Metonymy & Alliteration. 58. Baring his white fangs his claws what is the poetic device A) Consonance. B) Oxymoron. C) Personification. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 59. What describes "tiger in a jungle" ? A) Locked in concrete cell. B) Sliding through long grass. C) His strength behind bars. D) Ignoring visistors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sliding through long grass. 60. Which poetic device is used in '' IN HIS QUIET RAGE" ? A) SIMILE. B) METAPHOR. C) ALLITERATION. D) OXYMORON. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) OXYMORON. 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