This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > English > Poem Geography Lesson > Class 8 English Chapter Poem 2 Geography Lesson – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Chapter Poem 2 Geography Lesson Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What lesson does the poet learn from observing the Earth from a height of six miles? A) The futility of human endeavors. B) The smallness of human conflicts. C) The beauty of the Earth's landscapes. D) The importance of geographical features. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The smallness of human conflicts. 2. Which of these lines from the poem gives us an idea (or indication) about the country where the poet's teacher lived? A) Where the green leaves of the orange trees burn. B) To where the ocean's glass-clear and blue. C) Where it was never drab or cold. D) To all those places my teacher taught me to love. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where it was never drab or cold. 3. What is the primary theme of the poem "Geography Lesson" ? A) The natural beauty of the Earth. B) The insignificance of human settlements from a distance. C) The complexity and interconnectedness of human life and geography. D) The isolation of cities from each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The complexity and interconnectedness of human life and geography. 4. Which of the following lines is an image? A) Known from maps. B) Narrow and grey. C) Sweet-scented jasmine. D) Why he never left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrow and grey. 5. "But a lesson he never knew he taught, Is with me to this day."What lesson did the poet learn from his teacher? A) That there are places where the ocean is glass-clear and blue. B) The Life is short and one must find ways to fulfill dreams. C) That one should study Geography to know about distant places. D) That one should never plan in advance about future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Life is short and one must find ways to fulfill dreams. 6. According to the poem, what does the speaker learn about geography? A) Geography is not just about maps and borders, but also about the human experience and emotions associated with different places. B) The speaker learns nothing about geography. C) Geography has nothing to do with human emotions. D) Geography is only about maps and borders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geography is not just about maps and borders, but also about the human experience and emotions associated with different places. 7. How does the poet describe the rivers in 'Geography Lesson'? A) As winding and free-flowing. B) As straight and narrow. C) As dry and barren. D) As polluted and dirty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As winding and free-flowing. 8. How does the central message of the poem relate to the experiences of the speaker? A) Analyzing the rhyme scheme and meter of the poem. B) Reflecting the speaker's feelings, thoughts, and emotions. C) Discussing the historical context of the poem. D) Describing the physical appearance of the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflecting the speaker's feelings, thoughts, and emotions. 9. The moral of the poem is A) All of us should live in harmony. B) All should build their houses near rivers. C) All should build walls and fight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of us should live in harmony. 10. "And green leaves burning on an orange tree."What kind of impression does this create of the place? A) Cold and dull. B) Colourless and grey. C) Vibrant and tropical. D) Far away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vibrant and tropical. 11. What attracted man? A) Water and oceans. B) Land and forests. C) Land & Water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land & Water. 12. What lesson did the teacher unknowingly teach? A) Map drawing. B) Geography skills. C) TIME MANAGEMENT. D) Love of certain places. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Love of certain places. 13. Why do you think land and water attracted man? A) Shows how smartly man has used the resources. B) Shows greed of man to use land and water resources for his selfish purposes. C) Shows the fast development of man. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shows greed of man to use land and water resources for his selfish purposes. 14. Where was Zulfikar Ghose born? A) Islamabad. B) Karachi. C) Slalkot. D) Lahore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slalkot. 15. From a higher altitude, how do the poet's observations of the land affect his understanding of human conflicts? A) Conflicts seem trivial and unnecessary. B) Conflicts appear justified and unavoidable. C) Conflicts seem to be natural and inherent. D) Conflicts are not visible from such heights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflicts seem trivial and unnecessary. 16. What is a Tsunami A) A heat wave. B) A large wave. C) An earthquake under the sea. D) A normal wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A large wave. 17. What lessons can be learned from the central message of the poem? A) The poem has no central message. B) The central message is about outer space exploration. C) The central message is about cooking recipes. D) Lessons, morals, or insights that the reader can learn from the poem's central message. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lessons, morals, or insights that the reader can learn from the poem's central message. 18. Tilly Smith was a Geography teacher A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. What does the poet observe from the jet? A) The beauty of nature. B) The history of mankind. C) The chaos of cities. D) The logic of geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The logic of geography. 20. At what height does the poet realize the earth is round? A) Five thousand feet. B) One mile. C) Six miles. D) Ten thousand feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Six miles. 21. What perspective does the poet use to view the city in 'Geography Lesson'? A) From a satellite. B) From an airplane. C) From a mountaintop. D) From a skyscraper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From an airplane. 22. Then halfway through his final termHe took ill and never returned, What had happened to the teacher? A) He ran away to his dream place. B) He travelled the world. C) He had fallen sick and passed away. D) He did not want to return to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had fallen sick and passed away. 23. What is the central message of the poem 'Geography Lesson' by Brian Patten? A) The poem is about the history of geography. B) Impact of human actions on the environment and the need for conservation. C) The central message is about the importance of technology in modern geography. D) The poem discusses the benefits of urbanization and industrialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impact of human actions on the environment and the need for conservation. 24. Which literary device is predominantly used in the poem 'Geography Lesson'? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 25. At what height did it become clear that there was more water than land? A) At the thousand feet. B) At six miles above the ground. C) At the time of take off. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At six miles above the ground. 26. Where does the speaker travel to? A) Mountains with snow. B) Places with green leaves burning. C) House with sweet jasmine. D) Valleys with flowing rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Places with green leaves burning. 27. When the jet is at ten thousand feet, the poet understands that A) The earth is round. B) Why the cities developed near rivers. C) Why the people fight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Why the cities developed near rivers. 28. Build walls across the city means ..... A) To create differences between ourselves. B) To build bad relations with neighbours. C) To build the borders of states and countries. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To create differences between ourselves. 29. What does the phrase 'scaled six inches to the mile' imply? A) The city is small. B) The city is large. C) The city is well-planned. D) The city is chaotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The city is small. 30. What emotions does the poem evoke in relation to the central message? A) Confusion, indifference, and apathy. B) The emotions evoked in the poem may include nostalgia, longing, and a sense of loss in relation to the central message. C) Happiness, excitement, and contentment. D) Anger, frustration, and annoyance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The emotions evoked in the poem may include nostalgia, longing, and a sense of loss in relation to the central message. 31. What does the fading away of the teacher's name symbolize? A) The intentional memories. B) The transient nature of life. C) The impact of time on knowledge. D) The death of teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The transient nature of life. 32. What does the poet imply about human conflict? A) It is inevitable. B) It is understandable. C) It is unnecessary. D) It is historical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is unnecessary. 33. In "Geography Lesson, " what is the poet's perspective on the view of the city from the jet? A) The city looks chaotic and unplanned. B) The city looks well-organized and neat. C) The city looks colorful and vibrant. D) The city looks deserted and abandoned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The city looks chaotic and unplanned. 34. Which set of lines supports the theme of identity and place? A) "We have one face, but live on two islands:" (lines 6-7). B) "South, Puerto Rico part of a larger archipelago" (lines 11-12). C) "sprayed out like granules of salt across the Caribbean." (lines 13-14). D) "wishing, sometimes, the other would simply disappear." (lines 17-18). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "We have one face, but live on two islands:" (lines 6-7). 35. What is the significance of redrawn maps? A) Impermanence of life. B) Student's dislike for geography. C) Need of better map. D) The teacher's love for geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impermanence of life. 36. When was the poet of this poem born and dead? A) Born-1946Dead-He is still alive!. B) Born-1946Dead-2024. C) Born-1964Dead-2023. D) Born-1946Dead-1992. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Born-1946Dead-He is still alive!. 37. What, according the poet, is not clear to him from the height of six miles above the ground? A) Why the earth is round. B) WHy rivers are important. C) Why people fight or hate each other. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why people fight or hate each other. 38. What does the poet compare the view from the jet to? A) A painting. B) A map. C) A story. D) A dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A map. 39. What does the poet find ironic about the way humans have divided the Earth? A) The divisions are based on arbitrary lines. B) The divisions are well thought out and logical. C) The divisions are necessary for peace. D) The divisions make the Earth look more beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The divisions are based on arbitrary lines. 40. What emotion does the speaker convey towards the teacher? A) Disappointment. B) Indifference. C) Gratitude. D) Anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gratitude. 41. Almas's father realised that a tsunami was going to hit the island A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. Which of the following pairs is a rhyme? A) Never returned/ orange trees burned. B) It faded away/ knew he taught. C) Green leaves burn/ glass-clear and blue. D) Taught me to love/ never knew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never returned/ orange trees burned. 43. According to the poem, what does the poet realize about the geographical features of the Earth from the plane? A) The Earth is mostly covered in water. B) The Earth is flat and featureless. C) The Earth has irregular shapes and forms. D) The Earth is made up of regular patterns and shapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Earth is mostly covered in water. 44. Who is the author of poem "Geography Lesson" A) John Keats. B) William Blake. C) Zulfikar Ghose. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zulfikar Ghose. 45. What logic of geography is seen clearly? A) That water attracted man. B) The land and water attracted man. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The land and water attracted man. 46. Haphazard means without plan or order. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 47. The poet got the answer to all his questions. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 48. What does the poet find difficult to understand? A) Why valleys are populated. B) Why rivers flow. C) Why people hate each other. D) Why cities are built. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why people hate each other. 49. How does the poem's structure reveal the internal conflict of the speaker? A) The questions highlight the speaker's struggle to understand where he belongs. B) The short stanzas highlight the pain the speaker feels when he is both at home in New York City and abroad. C) The contrast between North and South highlights the speaker's desire to return to Puerto Rico. D) The repetition pattern highlights the attempts of the speaker to convince himself he is happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The questions highlight the speaker's struggle to understand where he belongs. 50. "In his mind's eye he could see"What does this line tell about the poet's teacher? A) He failed to make a mark in the world. B) He had a vivid (strong) imagination. C) He felt trapped/restricted in his job. D) He lived a simple and unexciting life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had a vivid (strong) imagination. 51. What does the poet realize about the city from a higher altitude in 'Geography Lesson'? A) The city is chaotic and disorganized. B) The city is well-planned and logical. C) The city is full of natural beauty. D) The city is isolated and lonely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The city is well-planned and logical. 52. What happens to the teacher's name? A) Fades away. B) Vanishes completely. C) Turns into a different name. D) Gets engraved. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fades away. 53. What do you think is the lesson his geography teacher has taught him? A) To stay in his comfort zone. B) To become a teacher. C) To take risk and travel whenever it is possible. D) To be kind to others. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To take risk and travel whenever it is possible. 54. When the jet rose six miles high, the earth looked round A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. How does the speaker express gratitude to the teacher? A) By naming specific places. B) Through actions inspired by the teacher. C) By remembering the teacher's name. D) By writing poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through actions inspired by the teacher. 56. What is the title of Zulfikar Ghose's autobiography? A) Confessions of a Native-Alien. B) Reflections of an Essayist. C) Life of a Poet. D) Journey of a Novelist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confessions of a Native-Alien. 57. What does the poet suggest about the future of the world in 'Geography Lesson'? A) It will be more connected and unified. B) It will face environmental challenges. C) It will become more divided. D) It will remain unchanged. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It will be more connected and unified. 58. According to the poet, why couldn't his teacher visit the places he wanted to? A) He died before he could plan his travel. B) He was never fit enough to travel. C) He did not know how to reach those places. D) He was too content to leave the place he lived in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He died before he could plan his travel. 59. What is the significance of the refrain in the poem? A) It emphasizes the height of the jet. B) It highlights the poet's confusion. C) It marks the different stages of the journey. D) It describes the beauty of the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It marks the different stages of the journey. 60. What literary device is used in 'When the jet sprang into the sky'? A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 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