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 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Chapter Poem 4 The Last Bargain Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who said, "I will hire you with my power, "? A) Fair maid. B) King. C) A child. D) An old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King. 2. Which world in the poem means-'thought'? A) Wandered. B) Crooked. C) Weighed. D) Pondered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pondered. 3. What does the speaker in the poem primarily seek? A) Wealth. B) Freedom. C) Power. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freedom. 4. Which was the last and best bargain? A) The one made by the lady which offered him love and beauty. B) The one made by the king which offered him power. C) The one made by the old man which offered great wealth. D) The one made by the child which offered him nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The one made by the child which offered him nothing. 5. Whose offer did the poet accept? A) Child. B) King. C) Fair maid. D) Old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Child. 6. What does the line 'Sword in hand' suggest? A) Fighting spirit. B) Power. C) Wealth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Power. 7. Which word in the above poem means 'shone'? A) Glistened. B) Struck. C) Seemed. D) Raised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glistened. 8. The child was ready to hire the speaker but- A) He had nothing to offer him. B) He was busy playing with seashells. C) He had only sea-shells to offer him. D) He was afraid of his father. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had nothing to offer him. 9. 3) What do you mean by 'turned away'? A) Refused. B) Reminded. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refused. 10. The child was ready to hire the man but- A) He didn't need his (man's) services in near future. B) He had only sea-shells to offer him. C) He had nothing to offer him. D) He was afraid of his father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had nothing to offer him. 11. The poet encounters a ..... at the end of the poem. A) A lady dancing on the road. B) A dog wagging his tail. C) A man eating his lunch. D) A child playing on the shore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A child playing on the shore. 12. What do you mean by the word "naught" ? A) Nothing. B) Knot. C) Naughty. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nothing. 13. The poet was in search of ..... A) A wife. B) A good maid. C) True happiness. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True happiness. 14. Tagore's conversation with Einstein has been recorded as 'On the ..... of ..... '. A) Naturalism, realism. B) Realism, nature. C) Reality, nature. D) Nature, reality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nature, reality. 15. Who came to hire him in the evening A) King. B) Old man. C) Child. D) Maid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maid. 16. Which conjunction best describes the relationship between the King's offer and the speaker's dissatisfaction? A) And. B) But. C) Because. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 17. What message does the poet try to convey to us through the poem? A) Power is the most important thing in this world. B) That Money makes the world go round. C) Freedom and happiness are of greater essence than wealth, power and love. D) Love is the only thing that completes a man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freedom and happiness are of greater essence than wealth, power and love. 18. What did the old man offer? A) A bag of gold. B) A bag of silver. C) A bag of love. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A bag of gold. 19. Vishwa Bharti University (Vibu) Ice is that State-University. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. Which word in the stanza means" thought ''? A) Wandered. B) Crooked. C) Weighed. D) Pondered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pondered. 21. What is a Bargain? A) An agreement between two parties. B) An employment. C) A payment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An agreement between two parties. 22. Where was the man walking when the old man met him? A) Crooked lane. B) On the Beach. C) In the garden. D) Stone Paved Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crooked lane. 23. Put the bargains he struck in orders. A) Power, beauty, and wealth. B) Beauty, wealth, and power. C) Power, wealth, and beauty. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Power, wealth, and beauty. 24. What offer did the Old man make to him? A) To hire him and pay him in gold. B) To hire him and pay to him in silver. C) To hire him and give him power. D) To hire him and give him sea-sheller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To hire him and pay him in gold. 25. What did the child offer to hire peot with A) Power. B) Money. C) Nothing. D) Smile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing. 26. Where was the narrator walking in the morning A) Seashore. B) Sand. C) Crooked lane. D) Stone paved road. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stone paved road. 27. What does the expression. 'The garden hedge was all aflower mean? A) The garden hedge looked ugly. B) The garden hedge was laden with flowers. C) The garden hedge was full of insects. D) The garden hedge was without flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The garden hedge was laden with flowers. 28. 'In the heat of the mid day, the houses stood with ..... A) Open windows. B) Open doors. C) Shut windows. D) Shut doors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shut doors. 29. What was the child doing? A) He was swimming. B) He was sleeping. C) He was playing with shells on the sea shore. D) He was building a sandcastle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was playing with shells on the sea shore. 30. These lines occur in the poem A) The school boy. B) The last Bargain. C) The geography lesson. D) The Ant and the cricket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The last Bargain. 31. Which word best describes the tone of paragraph 27 of the passage from The Black Pearl? A) Tense. B) Desperate. C) Consoling. D) Eager. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tense. 32. What did the beautiful maid offer the speaker? A) A smile. B) Gold. C) Power. D) A job. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A smile. 33. Why did the old man weigh his coins one by one? A) To pay the King. B) To show off his wealth. C) To give the coins as charity. D) To play with them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To show off his wealth. 34. The man rejected all the offers except of the child because A) They were giving him less than what he wanted. B) The things offered to him were mortal and not everlasting. C) He didn't want to bind himself with any promise. D) He knew that the worth of freedom is more than power, beauty, and money. E) 2, 3 and 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 2, 3 and 4. 35. What made the girl shed tears? A) The speaker scolded her. B) The speaker rejected her offer. C) The speaker laughed at her. D) The speaker left her alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker rejected her offer. 36. Which word in the above poem means 'shine'? A) Waywardly. B) Glistened. C) Seemed. D) Pondered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glistened. 37. What did he want? A) He wanted a kind employer. B) He wanted to spend the money on the needy. C) He wanted to sell his service to some body on payment. D) He wanted to earn huge amount of money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wanted to sell his service to some body on payment. 38. 2) Money was offered by ..... * A) Old man. B) Maid. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Old man. 39. The king wanted to hire him with his A) Gold. B) Power. C) Smile. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Power. 40. Why was the speaker wandering along the lanes? A) To pass his time. B) To Search his lost wrist watch. C) To enjoy wandering. D) To look for a job. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To look for a job. 41. What was the speaker's reaction to the rich man's offer? A) He turned it down. B) He was excited. C) He accepted it. D) He was confused. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He turned it down. 42. 1) What did the king offer to the man? * A) Wealth. B) Powder. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Powder. 43. The word "aflower" in the second stanza means? A) Covered with flowers. B) Without flowers. C) With withered flower. D) With falling flower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Covered with flowers. 44. The houses were shut because? A) It was cold outside. B) It was raining outside. C) It was sunny outside. D) It was hot outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was hot outside. 45. Who was able to hire the poet ultimately? A) The fair maid. B) The king. C) The child. D) The old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The child. 46. Why does the speaker reject the King's offer of power? A) He wants to serve a more powerful figure. B) He fears the King's power. C) He desires more power. D) He believes power will not bring him happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He believes power will not bring him happiness. 47. What did the man want in the real sense? A) Freedom. B) Wealth. C) Name. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freedom. 48. Tagore repudiated his knighthood as a protest against ..... A) Kakori train robry. B) Jallianwala A massacre. C) World War I. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jallianwala A massacre. 49. What does line 9 of "The Last Bargain" reveal about the speaker? A) The speaker is insulted by the offer. B) The speaker is not able to express his wishes. C) The speaker is not interested in gaining wealth. D) The speaker is becoming frustrated with others. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The speaker is not interested in gaining wealth. 50. Who came to the speaker in the mid-day. A) A girl. B) An old man. C) A woman. D) A boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An old man. 51. What is the child's offer to the speaker? A) A small sum of money. B) A place to stay. C) Nothing. D) The opportunity to play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing. 52. What did the child give him as an employer? A) The child gave him nothing in return. B) The child made him dig the ground. C) The child gave him a smile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The child gave him nothing in return. 53. What does the speaker value more than wealth or power? A) Friendship. B) Happiness. C) Freedom. D) Success. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freedom. 54. Where was the speaker walking? A) On the streets. B) On the stone-paved road. C) On the highways. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the stone-paved road. 55. A ..... is an agreement in which both parties promise to do something for each other. A) Arguing. B) Conversation. C) Bargain. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bargain. 56. " ..... in hand the King came in his chariot" A) Wealth. B) Gold. C) Sword. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sword. 57. How does the word choice in the last stanza of "The Last Bargain" most affect the meaning of the poem? A) By emphasizing the speaker's appreciation of simplicity. B) By indicating the speaker's conflicted thoughts. C) By suggesting that the speaker is thinking about the future. D) By revealing that the speaker is dazzled by beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By emphasizing the speaker's appreciation of simplicity. 58. Who is the narrator of the poem A) Maid. B) Poet. C) King. D) Child. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poet. 59. What did the King offer the speaker? A) Freedom. B) Happiness. C) Wealth. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Power. 60. What is in the king's hand? A) Sword. B) A bag of gold. C) Nothing. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sword. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 English Chapter Poem 4 The Last Bargain Quiz 1Class 8 English Chapter Poem 4 The Last Bargain Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books