This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > English > Poem The Last Bargain > Class 8 English Chapter Poem 4 The Last Bargain – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Chapter Poem 4 The Last Bargain Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tagore went to London to study ..... , but returned degree-less. A) Law. B) Poetry. C) Physics. D) Art. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Law. 2. Why did the speaker reject his offer? A) He did not find freedom in it. B) He was not willing to do other's work. C) He felt Sick. D) He wanted even more than that. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He did not find freedom in it. 3. What did the child offer to hire him with? A) Nothing. B) Money. C) Power. D) Smile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nothing. 4. The second stanza of the poem talks about which part of the day? A) Morning. B) Afternoon. C) Night. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afternoon. 5. What does the expression 'his power counted for naught' mean. A) The king was known for his power and wealth. B) The king's power attracted the speaker. C) The king's power couldn't attract the speaker. D) The speaker got influenced by the king. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The king's power couldn't attract the speaker. 6. Tagore conferred the title of 'Mahatma' on MK Gandhi. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Who is the poet of 'The Last Bargain'? A) Robert Frost. B) William Wordsworth. C) Emily Dickinson. D) Rabindranath Tagore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rabindranath Tagore. 8. What did the old man want to hire the poet with? A) Smile. B) Gold. C) Power. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gold. 9. Which evidence from the poem supports the answer to Part A? A) "'I will hire you with my money." ' (line 8). B) " she went back alone into the dark." (line 12). C) " houses stood with shut doors." (line 5). D) . "'I hire you with nothing." ' (line 15). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) . "'I hire you with nothing." ' (line 15). 10. Who offers the speaker the first bargain in the poem? A) A king. B) A fair maid. C) An old man. D) A child. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A king. 11. Why was the man wandering along the crooked lanes? A) He has forgotten the road. B) He was looking for an employer. C) He was looking for a friend. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was looking for an employer. 12. What is the significance of the child's offer of "nothing" ? A) It represents the insignificance of material possessions. B) It symbolizes the importance of genuine human connection. C) It highlights the child's lack of understanding. D) It emphasizes the speaker's desperation for work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It symbolizes the importance of genuine human connection. 13. "The king, sword in the hand" suggests ..... ? A) Wealth. B) Love. C) More power than wealth. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More power than wealth. 14. What does the speaker ultimately seek? A) A wealthy employer. B) A beautiful partner. C) Everlasting happiness. D) A powerful job. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Everlasting happiness. 15. What is the central theme of the poem "The Last Bargain" ? A) The importance of material possessions. B) The pursuit of power and wealth. C) The value of true freedom and happiness. D) The fleeting nature of joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The value of true freedom and happiness. 16. What did the fair maid offer the man? A) Love. B) Wealth. C) Nothing. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love. 17. The word 'naught' means A) Naughty. B) Everything. C) Nothing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing. 18. What does the speaker think about the King's power? A) It is very attractive. B) It is everlasting. C) It is not worth much. D) It is necessary for happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is not worth much. 19. Why does the poet accept childs offer? A) It made him a free man. B) It made him a noble man. C) It made him selfish. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It made him a free man. 20. The speaker in the poem 'The Last Bargain' is seeking power. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. The King in the poem is referred to as? A) Rich. B) Powerful. C) Kind. D) Humble. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Powerful. 22. What did the child offer the speaker? A) Nothing. B) A job. C) A smile. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nothing. 23. Identify the poetic device: "Sword in hand the King came in his chariot" ? A) Symbolism. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 24. Towards the end of the poem, the child was able to hire the poet with? A) Gold. B) Nothing. C) Power. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nothing. 25. Which evidence from the poem best supports the answer to the meaning of hire? A) " glistened on the sand " (line 13). B) " playing with shells." (line 14). C) " raised his head " (line 15). D) " seemed to know me " (line 15). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) " seemed to know me " (line 15). 26. Why did the man accept the child's offer? A) Because he wanted to serve the child. B) Because he couldn't reject his ( child's) offer. C) Because he loved the child very much. D) Because it promised him joy as well as freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because it promised him joy as well as freedom. 27. The poet did not accept the king's offer because he wanted ..... ? A) More power. B) More money. C) Freedom. D) Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freedom. 28. 5) What was the child playing with? * A) Sand. B) Shells. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shells. 29. What does the speaker feel about the maid's smile? A) It is genuine. B) It is sorrowful. C) It is beautiful. D) It is inviting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is sorrowful. 30. The word 'aflower' means: A) Blooming with flowers. B) Without flowers. C) A garland. D) A bouquet of flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blooming with flowers. 31. The poet died on ..... A) 8 May. B) 10 August. C) 10 July. D) 7 August. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7 August. 32. What was the speaker asking for? A) A job. B) Food. C) A gold coin. D) Sea-shells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A job. 33. Select the poet who composed this poem 'The Last Bargain.' A) R. K. Ramanujan. B) Rabindranath Tagore. C) Ram Mohan Roy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rabindranath Tagore. 34. What does the word hire mean as it is used in the last stanza of "The Last Bargain" ? A) To make an insincere offer that will soon be forgotten. B) To form an agreement that is based on an exchange of goods. C) To form a relationship that is based on a feeling of understanding. D) To make a quick promise that will be ignored when interest is gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To form a relationship that is based on a feeling of understanding. 35. Who Wrote The Poem '' The Last Bargain" ? A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) William Wordsworth. C) T.S Eliot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore. 36. This last bargain turns out to be the best bargain, the one that frees the seeker from seeking satisfaction from earthly things. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. Which conjunction best emphasizes the contrast between the child's offer and the previous offers in the line "Whereas the others offered material things, the child offered nothing." ? A) Although. B) Since. C) So. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Although. 38. ..... held in Jorasanko Thakur Bari is a cultural arts festival. A) Aban rows. B) Agricultural fair. C) Kathakali. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aban rows. 39. What is the main theme of 'The Last Bargain'? A) The importance of wealth. B) The power of love. C) The search for freedom. D) The beauty of nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The search for freedom. 40. Who came first to hire him A) Maid. B) King. C) Child. D) None of the abovr. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King. 41. What did the child offer to the poet? A) Wealth. B) Power. C) Nothing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing. 42. What was the speaker's last Bargain? A) With a king who offered him power. B) With a fair maid who would offer him beauty. C) A child who would pay him nothing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A child who would pay him nothing. 43. The speaker turned down the king's offer because- A) He didn't want to be dominated by the king. B) He didn't like the king. C) He thought that the king was ruthless. D) He was not interested in power. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was not interested in power. 44. With what emotion did he accept the child's offer? A) Sacrifice. B) Happiness. C) Sadness. D) Boredom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Happiness. 45. Whose offer did he accept? A) King. B) Old man. C) Young maiden. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the Above. 46. Which evidence from the poem best supports the answer to about the last stanza affecting the meaning of the poem? A) " glistened on the sand " (line 13). B) " sea waves broke " (line 13). C) "A child sat " (line 14). D) "From thenceforward " (line 16). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "A child sat " (line 14). 47. Tagore wrote novels and short stories with powerful female characters. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. What did the rich man offer the speaker? A) Gold. B) A job. C) A chariot. D) A smile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gold. 49. Which word in the above stanza means" shone" ? A) Struck. B) Glistened. C) Seemed. D) Raised. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glistened. 50. Rabindranath Tagore was fondly called 'Gurudev'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. Who came first to hire the poet? A) The fair maid. B) The old man. C) The king. D) The child. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The king. 52. Meaning of aflower A) Filled with flowers. B) Without flowers. C) With only one flower. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Filled with flowers. 53. Rabindra Bharati University is a central university. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 54. The word 'dark' in the third stanza of the poem symbolizes: A) Black. B) Darkness. C) Hopelessness and despair. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hopelessness and despair. 55. What literary device is used in 'Sword in hand the King came in his chariot'? A) Personification. B) Metafar. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 56. What did the old man have on his shoulder? A) Bag of gold. B) School bag. C) Bag full of gadgets. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bag of gold. 57. Which part of the day been described here? A) Afternoon. B) Night. C) Evening. D) Morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evening. 58. Who was looking for work A) King. B) Old man. C) Maid. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker. 59. The king was ready to hire the speaker- A) With his arms. B) With his kingdom. C) With his wealth. D) With his power. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With his power. 60. The old man wanted to hire the poet at what cost? A) Gold. B) Power. C) Jewellery. D) Smile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gold. 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