This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > English > Poem Macavity The Mystery Cat > Class 8 English Chapter Poem 3 Macavity The Mystery Cat – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Chapter Poem 3 Macavity The Mystery Cat Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The poet compares Macavity to A) Nepolean. B) Bismarck. C) Charles. D) Samudragupta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nepolean. 2. Macavity is described as a fiend in what shape? A) Human. B) Feline. C) Canine. D) Avian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feline. 3. "He's the bafflement of ..... " A) Flying Squad. B) Scotland Yard. C) Scotyard Squad. D) Flying yard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scotland Yard. 4. Macavity is the settlement of- A) Bcotyard. B) Mcotyard. C) Scotyard. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scotyard. 5. What laws does he break? A) Every animal law. B) Every human law, the law of gravity. C) Every law. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Every human law, the law of gravity. 6. How are his whiskers? A) Combed. B) Small. C) Uncombed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uncombed. 7. When the authorities go to find him he is either "resting, or a-licking of his thumbs, " or some unusual activity. Which activity does the "Mystery Cat" engage in? A) "Doing complicated long division sums". B) "Planning a daring caper". C) Fluffing his tail". D) Planning a dinner party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Doing complicated long division sums". 8. What is Macavity's nickname related to his criminal activities? A) The Mastermind. B) The Hidden Paw. C) The Silent Thief. D) The Invisible Bandit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Hidden Paw. 9. "His brow is deeply lined with ..... " A) Thought. B) Sleep. C) Suspicion. D) Caution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thought. 10. What was the mystery cat called?a. Hidden eyesb. Hidden pawc. Hidden ears A) A. Hidden eyes. B) B. Hidden Paw. C) C. Hidden ears. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. Hidden Paw. 11. How does Macavity move his head? A) Quickly. B) Keeps it still. C) Sways from side to side. D) Jerkingly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sways from side to side. 12. What is Macavity's physical appearance described as? A) Short and stout. B) Tall and thin. C) Large and muscular. D) Small and fluffy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tall and thin. 13. What kind of criminal is Macavity described as? A) Ordinary pickpocket. B) Inexperienced novice. C) Master criminal. D) Petty thief. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Master criminal. 14. What does he cheat at? A) Cards. B) Chess. C) Soccer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cards. 15. ..... is form collection called Old Possum's Book of partical cats' Eliot's A) The mystery cat. B) Song of Myself. C) The Soldier. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mystery cat. 16. Who wrote the poem ' Macavity the Mystery Cat' A) John Keats. B) Tom Krause. C) Alfred Tennyson. D) T S Eliot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) T S Eliot. 17. Macavity, also called the "Mystery Cat", goes by a more unusual name. Who is this master criminal that has inspired a poem? A) "Hooded Claw". B) "Hidden Paw". C) "Mungojerrie". D) "Griddlebone". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Hidden Paw". 18. Macavity is a ..... A) Dog. B) Lion. C) Cat. D) Rat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cat. 19. What animal is Macavity compared to? A) Bear. B) Snake. C) Dog. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snake. 20. T.S Eliot got Nobel Prize for literature in- A) 1946. B) 1936. C) 1938. D) 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1948. 21. Who finds Macavity lazy and half asleep. A) T.S Eliot. B) D.H Lawrence. C) Kamala Das. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T.S Eliot. 22. What animal's movement is Macavity compared to? A) Lizard. B) Bird. C) Snake. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snake. 23. Macavity-The mystery cat is written by A) Rupert Brooke. B) John Donne. C) Kamala Das. D) T.S Eliot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) T.S Eliot. 24. At the end of the poem an allusion is used to compare Macavity to a famous person. What is the allusion? A) The "Moriarty of Crime". B) The "Biggs of Crime". C) The "Crippen of Crime". D) The "Napoleon of Crime". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The "Napoleon of Crime". 25. How does the poet describe him? A) Hidden paw. B) Master criminal. C) Monster of depravity. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 26. Who is the poet of the poem Macavity? A) Sarojini Naidu. B) Robert Frost. C) T.S.Eliot. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) T.S.Eliot. 27. What does the word 'levitation' mean? A) The action of rising or causing something to rise and hover in the air, typically by means of supposed magical powers. B) Wave or flutter in the wind. C) The ability or tendency of something to float in water or other fluid. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The action of rising or causing something to rise and hover in the air, typically by means of supposed magical powers. 28. 'For he's the master criminal was can defy the ..... A) A. Law. B) B. Situation. C) C. Problem. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Law. 29. A master criminal is one who ..... A) A prisoner for 20 years. B) Someone who plays cards. C) Evades arrest and escapes from the scene of crime. D) Master of all jacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evades arrest and escapes from the scene of crime. 30. Macavity is outwardly A) Miserble. B) Respectable. C) Appealing. D) Healthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respectable. 31. Depravity means ..... A) Love. B) Submissive. C) Moral corruption; wickedness. D) Respectful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moral corruption; wickedness. 32. What is the refrain of the poem? A) (They say he cheats at cards.). B) He's always wide awake. C) Macavity:The Mystery Cat. D) Macavity's not there!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macavity's not there!. 33. Which of the following lines shows personification? A) He's very tall and thin. B) He's called the Hidden Paw. C) He's engaged in doing complicated long division sums. D) He's always wide awake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He's engaged in doing complicated long division sums. 34. What is Macavity's alibi when a crime is discovered? A) He has an alibi. B) He was at the scene. C) He was sleeping. D) He was out of town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He has an alibi. 35. How would you identify Macavity when you see him? A) Ginger colour. B) Tall height. C) Thin looking. D) Sunken eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sunken eyes. 36. At the end of the poem the Macavity is given a moniker. What nickname is he called? A) The "Crippen of Crime". B) The "Napoleon of Crime". C) The "Biggs of Crime". D) The "Moriarty of Crime". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The "Napoleon of Crime". 37. Who stares at his powers of levitation? A) A fakir. B) A human. C) A tiger. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A fakir. 38. Which of the following was NOT thought to be done by Macavity? A) Breaking down doors/barns. B) Cheats at cards. C) Stealing jewelry. D) Breaking glass in the garden/greenhouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breaking down doors/barns. 39. Which phrase describes Macavity's consistency in evading capture? A) "Macavity's not there!". B) "Caught in the act". C) "Nowhere to run". D) "Always a step behind". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Macavity's not there!". 40. TRUE / FALSE When there is a deed, Macavity is always there. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 41. What does the poem suggest about Macavity's whiskers? A) Neatly combed. B) Uncombed and messy. C) Short and trimmed. D) Dyed in color. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uncombed and messy. 42. Which literary device is used in the line '' Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity" A) Onomatopoeia. B) Repetition. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 43. T.S Eliot died in A) 1955. B) 1965. C) 1915. D) 1935. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1965. 44. What may you see him? A) School. B) Square. C) Store. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Square. 45. Which extraordinary law does Macavity break according to the poem? A) The law of physics. B) The law of chemistry. C) The law of gravity. D) The law of nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The law of gravity. 46. Which of the following lines shows an example of metaphor? A) There's no one like Macavity!. B) His movements like a snake. C) For he is a monster of depravity. D) He's broken every human law. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For he is a monster of depravity. 47. Macavity is compared to which historical figure? A) Napoleon. B) Julius Caesar. C) Alexander the Great. D) Genghis Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Napoleon. 48. Who is the author of "Macavity:The Mystery Cat" ? A) Emily Dickinson. B) W.B. Yeats. C) T.S. Eliot. D) Robert Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) T.S. Eliot. 49. Macavity is foot prints are not found is any ..... of Scotland yard. A) File. B) Book. C) Copy. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) File. 50. Who has composed the poem, 'Macavity:The Mystery cat'? A) T.S. Eliot. B) W.B. Yeats. C) W.H. Auden. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T.S. Eliot. 51. 'He's broken every human law, human law, he breaks ..... A) A. Law of Gravitation. B) B. Laws of exponents. C) C. Law of Dominance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Law of Gravitation. 52. What is notable about Macavity's brow? A) Smooth and unlined. B) Deeply lined with thought. C) Covered with fur. D) Scarred. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deeply lined with thought. 53. Macavity is called A) The Naughty paw. B) The exposed paw. C) The mysterious paw. D) The hidden paw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The hidden paw. 54. T.S Eliot was born in A) 1888. B) 1876. C) 1891. D) 1885. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1888. 55. Which of the following phrases has been used to describe T.S. Eliot? A) A lover of nature and spirituality. B) A recluse. C) A daring innovator. D) A dark and mysterious soul. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A daring innovator. 56. Astray means ..... A) In a correct place. B) In a wrong place or position. C) Helping a stray animal. D) A stray animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a wrong place or position. 57. Which human law has Macavity broken? A) None. B) A few. C) Every human law. D) Only the law of gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Every human law. 58. What is Macavity's head described as? A) Flat and small. B) Highly domed. C) Narrow and sharp. D) Long and pointed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Highly domed. 59. Macavity powers of leviation would make a stare. A) Saint. B) Davil. C) Fakir. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fakir. 60. ..... is a master of criminal. A) Macavitv. B) Monkey. C) Racavity. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monkey. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 English Chapter Poem 3 Macavity The Mystery Cat Quiz 1Class 8 English Chapter Poem 3 Macavity The Mystery Cat Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books