This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > English > Poem A Legend Of The Northland > Class 9 English Poem Chapter 5 A Legend Of The Northland – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 English Poem Chapter 5 A Legend Of The Northland Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The little woman baked a cake for Saint Peter. Then why did she not give it to him? A) She thought it was too big to give away. B) She thought it was too small for the holy man. C) She thought the holy man won't like it. D) She thought the cake was not tasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She thought it was too big to give away. 2. In Alliteration the A) The consonant sounds are repeated. B) The initial consonant sounds are repeated. C) The entire word is repeated. D) Vowel sounds are repeated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The initial consonant sounds are repeated. 3. Where is Northland situated? A) It is near Scotland. B) It is in Holland. C) It is an island of New Zealand. D) It is an island of Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is an island of New Zealand. 4. Post second world war, India's freedom was ..... A) Already achieved. B) Still long fetched. C) Imminent. D) Not possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imminent. 5. What was the woman unworthy of? A) Of being a human being. B) Of being in a position to help Saint Peter. C) Of being a bird. D) Of having the luxury of food, shelter and a family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of being a human being. 6. Why does the poet call darkness melancholy? A) It makes him nostalgia. B) It has an echo in his heart. C) It makes him happy. D) It makes him sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It makes him sad. 7. How many times did the little woman bake the cake? A) 4. B) 5. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 8. What did Saint Peter ask the lady for? A) A piece of cake. B) A glass of water. C) Bread. D) A cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A cake. 9. 'Black as a coal in the flame.' Which literary device is used in the line? A) Metafar. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 10. Which of the following defines a 'legend'? A) A celebrity. B) A traditional story regarded as historical but not authenticated. C) A song. D) A thrilling story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A traditional story regarded as historical but not authenticated. 11. "Indians will build their own India" was declared by? A) A.P.J Abdul Kalam. B) Khalil gibran. C) Manmohan Singh. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 12. Where did the little woman keep the baked cakes? A) The shelf. B) The fridge. C) The fireplace. D) The stove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The shelf. 13. What is a Ballad A) A stanza of 4 lines. B) A song narrating a legnd in long stanzas. C) A short stanza. D) A long Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A short stanza. 14. Why did the woman find it difficult to give away the first cake she baked? A) Because it was too small. B) Because she wanted to give him a bigger one. C) Because she felt it was too large. D) Because she wanted to give him more than one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because she felt it was too large. 15. Who was fainting? A) The littile women when she was turning into a bird. B) The people of Northland due to hard and dreadfull forst and no sunlight. C) Saint Peter. D) You. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saint Peter. 16. How did Saint Peter punish the old lady? A) Turned her into a bird. B) Took away her possessions. C) Sent her to a faraway land. D) Ignored her completely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turned her into a bird. 17. When do people go for sledging? A) In summers. B) During vacations. C) When snow falls. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When snow falls. 18. When 2 or more lines start with same word in a poem it is called an Anaphora. Do you find Amphora in the poem? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 19. What does the word "patter" means? A) Repeatation. B) Fall. C) Sound. D) Tap. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tap. 20. At who's door did Saint Peter Knock? A) At the bird 's wood house door. B) At the Church. C) At the little women's door. D) At the house of a girl in southland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the little women's door. 21. What is the moral of the poem 'A Legend of the Northland' A) To always help out hungry people to avoid being turned into something else. B) To be satisfied with our possessions and not be greedy. C) To live our life without any regrets. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be satisfied with our possessions and not be greedy. 22. 'Away, away in the Northland.' Which literary device is used in the line? A) Metafar. B) Refrain. C) Repetition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 23. What did Saint ask the old lady for? A) For delicious food. B) For a piece of cake. C) For shelter. D) To stay at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For a piece of cake. 24. Who was on fast? A) The saint was on fast. B) The little woman was on fast. C) The big lady was on fast. D) The woodpecker was on fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The saint was on fast. 25. Who is the poetess of the poem? A) Phoebe Cary. B) William Wordsworth. C) Robert Frost. D) William Butler Yeats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phoebe Cary. 26. 'Away, away in the Northland'.Find literary device: A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 27. Which bird did the Saint's curse change the woman into? A) Parrot. B) Crow. C) Woodpecker. D) Sparrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Woodpecker. 28. What did APJ Abdul Kalam inherit from his parents? A) Their handsome looks. B) Intelligence and Creativity. C) Self Discipline and kindness. D) Generosity and stealing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self Discipline and kindness. 29. Who was Saint Peter feeling weak? A) Because he was fasting. B) Because he was having a hectic day. C) Because he was running. D) Because he was sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he was fasting. 30. True/False:Children look like kittens. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 31. We use the literary device, Personification to A) To emphasize the qualities of a person. B) To compare two persons. C) To give human qualities to inamimate or abstract objects. D) To give human qualities to non humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To give human qualities to inamimate or abstract objects. 32. 'And being faint with fasting, For the day was almost done.' Who was fasting? A) St. Peter. B) Not mentioned in the poem. C) Poet. D) Lady baking cakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) St. Peter. 33. Which country does 'A Legend of the Northland' belong? A) England. B) Scotland. C) Northland. D) Switzerland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Northland. 34. Why made Saint Peter angry? A) Impatience. B) Innocence of the lady. C) Selfishness of the lady. D) Curiosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Selfishness of the lady. 35. What message does this poem convey? A) Be greedy. B) Don't help the poor. C) Don't be greedy and help the poor and hungry people. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Don't be greedy and help the poor and hungry people. 36. What was A.P.J Abdul Kalam's house was made of? A) Straw. B) Limestone. C) Bricks. D) Both (b) and (c). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (b) and (c). 37. Name Abdul Kalam's brother-in-law's name. A) Jalaluddin. B) Shamouniz. C) Samsuddin. D) Bahladan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jalaluddin. 38. How did he punish her? A) He blessed her. B) He cursed her and made her a lioness. C) He cursed her and made her a woodpecker. D) He blessed her and made her a woodpecker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He cursed her and made her a woodpecker. 39. What angered Saint Peter? A) He was made to wait too long. B) He was hungry. C) His hunger and the woman's selfish nature. D) The extreme weather and the delay in getting food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His hunger and the woman's selfish nature. 40. How do the children wearing furry clothes look? A) They look like foxes. B) They look like fawns. C) They look like little pups. D) They look like bear's cubs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They look like bear's cubs. 41. How do children look in their furry clothes? A) Like small kittens. B) Like bear cubs. C) Like small wolves. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Like bear cubs. 42. Why the words like away, boring and rolled have been repeated? A) To make it lyrical. B) To enhance their impact. C) To add rhythm. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To add rhythm. 43. Why did Saint Peter come to the cottage? A) Because he wanted to preach to the woman. B) Because he was tried from travelling and wanted some rest. C) Because he was hungry and wanted some food. D) Because it was too cold outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he was hungry and wanted some food. 44. A Legend of the Northland is a ..... A) Story. B) Novel. C) Ballad. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ballad. 45. What is Northland? A) A town. B) Countries of the northern hemisphere. C) Countries in the total north. D) A country. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Countries in the total north. 46. The lady was turned into which of the following bird? A) Dove. B) Woodpecker. C) Crow. D) Pigeon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Woodpecker. 47. Where did the story of this poem occur? A) Switzerland. B) Scotland. C) Northland. D) Netherland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Northland. 48. What did the little woman have on her head? A) Scarlet cap. B) Scarlet band. C) Butterfly clip. D) Flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scarlet cap. 49. Where does the old lady live now? A) In the forest. B) In a cottage. C) In the trees. D) In the mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the trees. 50. Why do you think the woman was made into a woodpecker? A) So that she would bore into trees. B) So that she would not bake any more. C) So that she would no longer be selfish. D) So that she would get her food with difficulty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So that she would get her food with difficulty. 51. How do we know that Saint Peter was very patient with the woman? A) He waited till she had baked 4 cakes. B) He lost his cool only when she dilly dallied a lot. C) He controlled his anger. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He lost his cool only when she dilly dallied a lot. 52. How did APJ Abdul Kalam describe his father? A) Immoderately. B) Ornate. C) Austere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Austere. 53. Is this a true story? A) Yes, it is a true story. B) It is a legend. C) No, it is a fictional story. D) It is based on a true story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, it is a fictional story. 54. This poem is a ..... A) Sonnet. B) Ballad. C) Song. D) Blank verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ballad. 55. Identify the setting of the poem. A) Dense forest of south pole. B) South pole and winter season. C) North Pole and winter season. D) Bakery of west pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North Pole and winter season. 56. This poem 'A Legend of the Northland" is a ..... A) Sonnet. B) Ballad. C) Song. D) Blank verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ballad. 57. Which bird did the St.'s curse change the woman into? A) A parrot. B) A sparrow. C) A woodpecker. D) A crow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A woodpecker. 58. Who was the author of the Lesson "A Legend of the Northland" ? A) Phoebe Cary. B) William Butler Yeats. C) Edward Lear. D) Jerome K. Jerome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phoebe Cary. 59. The poetic device used in the following line is enjambment because For she said, "My cakes that seem too smallWhen I eat of them myselfAre yet too large to give away." A) There is a comparision between two things. B) The sentence is continued without any pause beyond the end of the line. C) The meaning is continued in the next line. D) Its too long. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sentence is continued without any pause beyond the end of the line. 60. Which literary device has been used in this poem? A) Irony. B) Alliteration. C) Personiication. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. Next →Related QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 9 QuizzesClass 9 English Poem Chapter 5 A Legend Of The Northland Quiz 2Class 9 English Poem Chapter 5 A Legend Of The Northland Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books