This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > English > Poem When I Set Out For Lyonnesse > Class 8 English Chapter Poem 7 When I Set Out For Lyonnesse – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Chapter Poem 7 When I Set Out For Lyonnesse Quiz 1 (40 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is lyonnese A) A place in Rajasthan. B) An imaginary place. C) A historical place. D) A place in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An imaginary place. 2. B) What was the poet uncertain about? A) What situation he would have to face there during his stay in Lyonnesse. B) Whether he would return home safely. C) Whether he would compose a poem there. D) How the church people would treat him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What situation he would have to face there during his stay in Lyonnesse. 3. What was the weather like when the poet set out? A) It was raining heavily. B) It was very hot. C) It was very cold. D) It was neither too cold nor too hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was very cold. 4. Iv) What brought the real glow on his face when he returned/ A) The poem that he composed there. B) The success that he achieved there. C) The love and affection that he got from the church people. D) The money that he earned there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The success that he achieved there. 5. In which state was the poet when he was travelling A) Snory. B) Happy. C) Exited. D) Gloomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gloomy. 6. What was the second thing that people noticed in the poet A) Sadness. B) Glow in his eyes. C) Happiness. D) Crumpled piece of paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crumpled piece of paper. 7. The poet visited Lyonnesse which is a / an ..... A) Hill station. B) Sacred city. C) Industrial city. D) Rural place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sacred city. 8. Iii) what was his fear before he had set out? A) He might fail to do the needful. B) He might be attached by church people. C) He might return disappointed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He might fail to do the needful. 9. D) Who is the poet of above line? A) Thomas Hardy. B) Edward Lear. C) Alexander Pope. D) T.S.Eliot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Hardy. 10. What is the meaning of fathomless A) Very high. B) Under the ground. C) Depth that can be measured. D) Depth that can't be measured. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Depth that can't be measured. 11. What was his only companion? A) Starlight. B) Moon. C) Sky. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Starlight. 12. What brought the real glow on his face when he returned? A) The poem that he composed there. B) The success that he achieved there. C) The love and affection that he got from the church people. D) The money that he earned there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The success that he achieved there. 13. What could no 'prophet declare' or 'wizard guess'? A) Where the speaker was going. B) What was about to happen to the speaker at Lyonnesse. C) How far the destination was. D) Where Lyonnesse was located. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What was about to happen to the speaker at Lyonnesse. 14. According to the author, where was the Lyonnesse A) 200 miles away. B) 20 miles away. C) 100 miles away. D) Near his house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100 miles away. 15. How far away was the speaker's destination? A) 100 miles. B) 200 miles. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100 miles. 16. C) Who was prophet? A) One who spreads ill-will. B) On who lives in a magic world. C) One who achieves great success. D) A messenger of God. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A messenger of God. 17. What does the word 'sojourn' in the above stanza mean? A) Happiness. B) Rest. C) Achievement. D) Short stay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short stay. 18. In the line "my radiance rare and fathomless" what is the meaning of radiance A) Frost. B) Stay. C) Dared. D) Glow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glow. 19. What was the purpose of Hardy's visit to Lyonnesse? A) To tour the place. B) To meet on to his relatives living there. C) To donate some money to a church. D) To supervise the renovation work of a church. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To supervise the renovation work of a church. 20. What is the meaning of sojourn A) Sad. B) Historical place. C) Any place. D) Stay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stay. 21. In which season did he set out? A) Spring. B) Winter. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winter. 22. A) What was the purpose of Hardy's visit to Lyonnesse? A) To tour the place. B) To donate some money to a church. C) To supervise the renovation work of a church. D) To meet on to his relatives living there. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To supervise the renovation work of a church. 23. Who is the poet of the poem WHEN I SET OUT FOR LYONNESSE? A) Thomas snakes. B) Thomas hardy. C) Thomas harry. D) Thamos hardy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas hardy. 24. Which word in the stanza means 'frost'? A) Spray. B) Rhyme. C) Lonesomeness. D) Bechance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 25. The lines "When I set out for Lyonnesse A hundred miles away" are repeated in which stanza? A) I. B) II. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I. 26. What was the first thing that people noticed in the poet A) He was enjoying the journey. B) He was very happy. C) A new glow in his eyes. D) He was going to be rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A new glow in his eyes. 27. What was the poet uncertain about? A) Whether he would compose a poem there. B) What situation he would have to face there during his stay in Lyonnesse. C) How the church people would treat him. D) Whether he would return home safely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What situation he would have to face there during his stay in Lyonnesse. 28. What does the word 'fathomless' in the stanza mean? A) Great. B) Beyond the measurement. C) Not very deep. D) Successful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beyond the measurement. 29. What was he worried about before he had set out? A) He might fail to do the needful. B) He might be attached by church people. C) He might return disappointed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He might fail to do the needful. 30. What is the meaning of RIME A) Song. B) Stay. C) Glow. D) Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frost. 31. Is there is a place called LYONNESSE in real world? A) I don't know. B) No. C) Maybe. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 32. Is LYONNESSE an imaginary place? A) No. B) Maybe. C) Yes. D) Not given. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes. 33. Why did the poet go to Lyonnesse? A) To worship in thechurch. B) To supervise the renovation work of the church. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To supervise the renovation work of the church. 34. Lyonnesse was the birthplace of whom A) Sir Tristram. B) Anne Frank. C) Thomas Hardy. D) Ruskin Bond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Tristram. 35. Who could have not guessed what happened in Lyonnesse? A) Poet. B) Prophet. C) Wizard. D) Both b & c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both b & c. 36. What was the weather in the poem as described by the poet? A) Cold. B) Hot. C) Sunny. D) Warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold. 37. According to legend, who was born in Lyonnesse? A) Sir Tristram. B) Sir Gawain. C) King Arthur. D) Sir Lancelot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Tristram. 38. Ii) The purpose of visiting this place was to ..... A) Meet a distant relative living there. B) Supervise the renovation work of the church. C) Tour to that place. D) Donate some money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supervise the renovation work of the church. 39. I) The poet visited Lyonnesse which is a / an ..... A) Rural place. B) Industrial city. C) Sacred city. D) Hill station. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sacred city. 40. Why did Thomas Hardy visited to parish A) To meet his friends. B) For important work. C) Restoration of Church. D) To enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restoration of Church. Related QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 8 Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books