This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > English > Poem On The Grasshopper And Cricket > Class 8 English Chapter Poem 8 On The Grasshopper And Cricket – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Chapter Poem 8 On The Grasshopper And Cricket Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who's voice is being heard in winter in the poem? A) Grasshopper. B) River. C) Cricket. D) Birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cricket. 2. What does he do when he feels tired out? A) Sleeps in the bird's nest. B) Takes rest under some wild plants. C) Take rest in holes. D) Stops singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Takes rest under some wild plants. 3. Who is the poet of the poem 'The Grasshopper and the Cricket? A) William Wordsworth. B) Robert Frost. C) John Keats. D) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Keats. 4. Where do the birds go and hide in the hot summer? A) Cooling trees. B) Pleasant weed. C) Along the shore. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooling trees. 5. What is the setting of the poem "On the grasshopper and the cricket" ? A) A forest. B) A city. C) A meadow. D) A mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A meadow. 6. Who is the author of the poem "On the grasshopper and the cricket" ? A) Emily Dickinson. B) John Keats. C) William Wordsworth. D) Robert Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Keats. 7. B) What happens in winters? A) Compelete silence spreads everywhere. B) People to work more and more. C) Cold waves start blowing. D) The earth gets frozen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compelete silence spreads everywhere. 8. A)What does the very first line mean? A) Musical sound produced by one or the other insect goes on all the year round. B) The greenery of earth will remain forever. C) Birds of all types spread music on the earth. D) The music of earth gets intensified day by day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Musical sound produced by one or the other insect goes on all the year round. 9. Who does the poem describe as "one in drowsiness half lost" ? A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 10. 'And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead'These lines are examples for ..... A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Enjambment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjambment. 11. Why do people mistake cricket's voice as grasshopper's? A) Due to hotness of summer. B) Due to cool winter. C) Due to drowsiness. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Due to drowsiness. 12. Who is tired in summer? A) Birds. B) Cricket. C) Butterfly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birds. 13. In lines 9 through 14, how does the speaker link the Cricket to the Grasshopper? A) C. B) A. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 14. Which poetic device is used in the given phrase of the poem, "frost has wrought" ? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 15. Grasshopper takes rest under the ..... A) Cooling trees. B) Pleasant weed. C) Along the shores. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pleasant weed. 16. During summer, the birds: A) Sing louder. B) Become faint and quiet. C) Become noisy. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Become faint and quiet. 17. What is the central message conveyed through the poem 'On the grasshopper and the cricket'? A) The harmony of nature. B) The chaos of urban life. C) The inevitability of change. D) The insignificance of insects. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The harmony of nature. 18. What role do insects play in the ecosystem as described in the poem? A) They are a nuisance. B) They have no significant role. C) They contribute to the beauty of nature. D) They are harmful to plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They contribute to the beauty of nature. 19. The speaker means that the birds are ..... A) D. B) A. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 20. How does the poet use imagery to depict the grasshopper and the cricket? A) By describing their colors and patterns in the natural environment. B) By comparing their sizes and shapes in the natural environment. C) By detailing their diet and habitat in the natural environment. D) By describing their sounds and movements in the natural environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By describing their sounds and movements in the natural environment. 21. What is the significance of the grasshopper's song in the poem? A) The grasshopper's song represents the silence and stillness of nature. B) The grasshopper's song represents the joy and vitality of summer. C) The grasshopper's song signifies the sadness and despair of summer. D) The grasshopper's song symbolizes the coming of winter and the end of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The grasshopper's song represents the joy and vitality of summer. 22. Who breaks the silence on the winter evening? A) The song of birds. B) The song of the cricket. C) The song of the cockroach. D) The song of the grass hopper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The song of the cricket. 23. The two seasons in this poem are A) Summer and autumn. B) Winter and spring. C) Spring and autumn. D) Summer and winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Summer and winter. 24. In the poem, what does the grasshopper represent? A) A symbol of winter and its cold, lifeless nature. B) Representing the calm and peacefulness of the countryside. C) Hot summer season and its lively, vibrant nature. D) Signifying the hustle and bustle of city life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hot summer season and its lively, vibrant nature. 25. The poet expresses his view, in this poem, that: A) The pleasures of life. B) The nature is always dull. C) The music of birds. D) The nature is always inspiring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The nature is always inspiring. 26. Where does the grasshopper take rest? A) Under trees. B) Beneath some pleasant weeds. C) In a tree. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beneath some pleasant weeds. 27. What is the impact of the repetition of the word "hedge" in line 4 of the poem? A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 28. What is the main poetic device used in the line 'The poetry of earth is ceasing never'? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 29. ..... are we going to select for the hockey team? A) Whom. B) Who. C) Where. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whom. 30. The word 'delights' means ..... A) Happiness. B) Sleepiness. C) Drowsiness. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Happiness. 31. Poetic device used in this sentence:From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead; A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 32. What does the word 'drowsiness' in the above passage mean? A) Feeling sleepy. B) Feeling bad. C) Feeling exalted. D) Feeling cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling sleepy. 33. What do the grasshopper and the cricket represent to Keats? A) They are the poets of summer and winter, respectively. B) They are means of destruction. C) They are saving and spending. D) They are optimism and pessimism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are the poets of summer and winter, respectively. 34. What is the strange characteristic of the cricket? A) His song expresses his delight which on decreasing. B) His song expresses his delight which goes on increasing. C) He sings sweetly. D) He can sing non stop for four five days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His song expresses his delight which goes on increasing. 35. The first part of the poem is set in ..... and next in ..... A) Winter, summer. B) Summer, winter. C) Autumn, summer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summer, winter. 36. Who is the speaker in the poem "On the grasshopper and the cricket" ? A) A musician. B) A farmer. C) A scientist. D) A poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A poet. 37. Where do birds take shelter in summer? A) In the cool shade of trees. B) In big holes. C) In cages. D) In houses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the cool shade of trees. 38. The poetry of earth is ceasing never, What does the poet mean by ceasing never? A) Never stops. B) Always continuing. C) Coming to an end. D) Pausing occasionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never stops. 39. How many lines are in a sestet? A) 2. B) 8. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 40. Explain the contrast between the grasshopper and the cricket in the poem. A) The grasshopper is a nocturnal insect, while the cricket is diurnal. B) The grasshopper is known for its melodious chirping, while the cricket is silent. C) The grasshopper is associated with winter and cold, while the cricket is associated with summer and warmth. D) The grasshopper is associated with summer and warmth, while the cricket is associated with winter and cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The grasshopper is associated with summer and warmth, while the cricket is associated with winter and cold. 41. What is meant by the phrase 'the poetry of earth'? A) The poet's description of the earth in his poem. B) The beauty of the summer. C) The never ending musical notes of birds and insects. D) The music of the rainy season. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The never ending musical notes of birds and insects. 42. Which season is depicted as the most vibrant in the poem? A) Summer. B) Autumn. C) Winter. D) Spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summer. 43. According to the poem, the Grasshopper is most like ..... A) A. B) B. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 44. "On the Grasshopper and the Cricket" is A) An elegy. B) A ballad. C) An ode. D) A sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A sonnet. 45. 'about the new-mown mead'. In this line mown and mead are examples for ..... A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 46. D) What is the strange characteristic of the cricket? A) He sings sweetly. B) His song expresses his delight which goes on increasing. C) He can sing non-stop for four-five days. D) His song expresses his sadness which goes on increasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His song expresses his delight which goes on increasing. 47. The grasshopper is a symbol of: A) Autumn. B) Winter. C) Summer. D) Spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Summer. 48. Poetry of earth means ..... A) Songs of nature. B) Song of cloud. C) Songs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Songs of nature. 49. What does the cricket symbolize in the context of the poem? A) Fear. B) Sadness. C) Joy. D) Hope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joy. 50. What happens in winters? A) Complete silence spreads everywhere. B) People begin to work more and more. C) Cold waves start blowing. D) The earth gets frozen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete silence spreads everywhere. 51. The Italian sonnet is characterized by A) Fourteen lines, split into two sections (8 lines and 6 lines). B) Elevated language celebrating a person or thing. C) Many figures of speech. D) A free expression of ideas, without a set rhythm or rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fourteen lines, split into two sections (8 lines and 6 lines). 52. Which insect comes in summer? A) Cricket. B) Grasshopper. C) Butterfly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grasshopper. 53. Which line signals a major change in the focus of the poem? A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 54. You can infer from the first eight lines of the poem that the poet A) Admires the grasshopper's spirit. B) Is afraid of grasshoppers. C) Prefers grasshoppers to crickets. D) Likes all natural creatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Admires the grasshopper's spirit. 55. C) Who breaks the silence on a winter evening? A) The song of the cricket. B) The song of the grasshopper. C) The song of the birds. D) The song of the cockroach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The song of the cricket. 56. In this poem, Keats A) Explains why he prefers spring to fall. B) Describes two unpleasant creatures. C) Comments on life, nature, and death. D) Cautions people to put away their money for a cold winter night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comments on life, nature, and death. 57. ..... will you come to school? A) Whom. B) Where. C) When. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When. 58. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem "On the grasshopper and the cricket" ? A) ABCABC. B) ABAB. C) ABBA. D) AABB. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) AABB. 59. The main theme of the poem: A) Stars. B) Animals. C) Human beings. D) Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nature. 60. According to the poet, the earth is filled with A) Death and destruction. B) Wild creatures. C) Sorrow. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetry. Next →Related QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 English Chapter Poem 8 On The Grasshopper And Cricket Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books