This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > English > Poem On Killing A Tree > Class 9 English Poem Chapter 8 On Killing A Tree – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 English Poem Chapter 8 On Killing A Tree Quiz 2 (52 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does the poet describe the process of killing a tree in the poem 'On Killing A Tree'? A) The poet describes the process of killing a tree as a beautiful and nurturing act. B) The poet describes the process of killing a tree as a random and accidental act. C) The poet describes the process of killing a tree as a quick and effortless act. D) The poet describes the process of killing a tree as a slow and deliberate act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The poet describes the process of killing a tree as a slow and deliberate act. 2. In this poem, tree is personified as ..... A) Evil. B) Human. C) Birds. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human. 3. The tone of the poem is ..... A) Funny. B) Light. C) Ironic (or sarcastic). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ironic (or sarcastic). 4. What does a tree consume to grow? A) Sky. B) Earth. C) Insects. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth. 5. While reading the poem we came across many words where poem seemed to signify tree as human being.Choose from the options. A) It takes much time to kill a tree. B) The bleeding bark will heal. C) And out of its leprous hide. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 6. The meaning of Stroke is: A) Hitting Of a drum. B) Hitting Of a stick. C) Hitting Of a stone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hitting Of a stick. 7. Explaining the impact of human actions on nature:How does the poet highlight the destructive nature of human actions on the environment? A) By ignoring the impact of human actions on the environment. B) By describing the slow death and decay of the tree after being cut, and how the tree fights back by sending out shoots and suckers. C) By praising the beauty of the tree and its surroundings. D) By highlighting the benefits of cutting down trees for human use. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By describing the slow death and decay of the tree after being cut, and how the tree fights back by sending out shoots and suckers. 8. What finally killed the tree? A) Scorching and chopping. B) Uprooting. C) Irresponsible behaviour. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scorching and chopping. 9. Identify the literary device used in the line 'It takes much time to kill a tree.' A) Simile. B) Metafar. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 10. What does the poet compare the tree to in the poem? A) A type of insect. B) A type of flower. C) A piece of furniture. D) A living being. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A living being. 11. "The bleeding bark will heal" .The figure of speech used in above line is ..... A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metafar. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metafar. 12. Which of the following is not a metaphorical reference used in the poem? A) Earth cave. B) Miniature boughs. C) Leprous hide. D) Bleeding bark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Miniature boughs. 13. How does the tree die? A) When they don't get water. B) When we cut it with a knife or a jab. C) When they don't get manure. D) When there roots are uprooted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When there roots are uprooted. 14. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem 'On Killing A Tree'? A) AABB. B) Abab. C) ABBA. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None. 15. Which among the following is true regarding the structure of the poem? A) It follows the rhyme scheme abcd. B) It qualifies as a free verse. C) It qualifies as a limerick. D) It follows the rhyme scheme aabc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It qualifies as a free verse. 16. Analyzing poetic devices in the poem:How does the poet use personification to convey the message in the poem? A) The poet uses personification to give human qualities to the river. B) The poet uses personification to give human qualities to the sky. C) The poet uses personification to give human qualities to the tree. D) The poet uses personification to give human qualities to the rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The poet uses personification to give human qualities to the tree. 17. What is the theme of the poem 'The Snake Trying'? A) The poem inspires the readers to cultivate a sympathetic and loving attitude towards all living beings. B) The poet inculcates in reader a sense of justice that it is unfair to hurt innocent snake without any provocation. C) The poem is a plea to all human beings to preserve the diversity of nature. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. What is the message conveyed by the poet of the poem 'The Snake Trying'? A) All the creatures of nature have equal right to have peaceful life. B) All the creatures should be treated with kindness and compassion. C) To maintain an ecological balance, there should be a harmonious co existence between human beings and animals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. 'On Killing a Tree' is a/an A) Romantic poem. B) Ironical poem. C) Love poem. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ironical poem. 20. The tree grows humongous by- A) Absorbing nutrients. B) Water sprinkling. C) Making firm hold on the crust. D) Standing in sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absorbing nutrients. 21. What is the poet's intention behind writing this poem? A) The poet wants us to empathize with the trees and see them as living organisms. B) The poet has written a manual, detailing the process of killing a tree. C) The poet is trying to educate us regarding the importance of trees. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The poet wants us to empathize with the trees and see them as living organisms. 22. According to the poet how can one kill a tree? A) By hacking and chopping it. B) By scorching it in the sun. C) By pulling out the roots. D) By jabbing it with a knife. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By pulling out the roots. 23. What emotions does the poem 'On Killing A Tree' evoke in the reader? A) Excitement, anticipation, and curiosity. B) Indifference, apathy, and detachment. C) Happiness, growth, and rejuvenation. D) Sadness, loss, and destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sadness, loss, and destruction. 24. What ca kill a tree? A) Hacking. B) Chopping. C) Hacking and chopping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 25. What are people aware of A) Sun. B) Air. C) Water. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. What do growing trees absorb? A) Sunlight. B) Water. C) Air. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 27. What does a tree absorb in the process of growing? A) Sunlight. B) Air. C) Water. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 28. The phrase 'bleeding bark' is not ..... A) Year spanning. B) A metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Year spanning. 29. Discuss the use of imagery in the poem and its impact on the reader. A) Imagery in the poem has no impact on the reader. B) Imagery in the poem creates vivid mental pictures for the reader, evoking emotions and enhancing the overall impact of the poem. C) Imagery in the poem is irrelevant to the overall impact. D) The use of imagery in the poem is confusing for the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery in the poem creates vivid mental pictures for the reader, evoking emotions and enhancing the overall impact of the poem. 30. What killed the tree? A) Scorching and chopping. B) Floods. C) Irresponsible behaviors. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scorching and chopping. 31. What is the overall message conveyed in the poem 'On Killing A Tree'? A) The poem conveys the message that it is difficult to kill a tree. B) The poem conveys the message that trees are immortal. C) The poem conveys the message that killing a tree is easy. D) The poem conveys the message that trees are harmful to the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The poem conveys the message that it is difficult to kill a tree. 32. The title of the poem is ..... A) An accurate representation of the poem's main idea. B) Ironical. C) Persuading humans to cut trees. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ironical. 33. "Sprouting leaves ..... " -the word 'Sprouting' means ..... A) Germinating. B) Drying. C) Growing. D) Developing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Growing. 34. Who wrote the poem "On Killing a tree" ? A) Gieve Patel. B) William Wordsworth. C) Robert Frost. D) Rudyard Kipling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gieve Patel. 35. What is the simple message of the poem? A) Cut trees. B) Save trees. C) Use their branches. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Save trees. 36. What is the meaning of 'snapped out' in the poem? A) Separated out. B) Dispersed out. C) Scattered out. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Separated out. 37. What does the poet mean by 'leprous hide'? A) Leaves. B) Bark. C) Roots. D) Branches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bark. 38. Once the roots are uprooted, it will get exposed to the sun and the air. As a result, the roots start dying due to the heat. The roots become brown and the soft surface becomes hard and dry. After some time, it loses its shape and starts twisting. Finally, the tree will die. A) Stanza 2. B) Stanza 4. C) Stanza 1. D) Stanza 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza 4. 39. Who wrote this peom A) Helen keller. B) Gieve patel. C) Ghalil Gibran. D) Willaim shakespear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gieve patel. 40. What must be pulled out in order to kill the tree? A) The Tree's Life Force. B) The Tree's Leaves. C) The Tree Trunk. D) The Tree's Roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Tree's Roots. 41. How can a tree be killed? A) By cutting it down with an axe. B) By burning it. C) By uprooting it. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By uprooting it. 42. What does the poet explain in the first stanza? A) How to kill a tree. B) The cruelty of mankind. C) Uses of Trees. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 43. Explain the metaphor used in the line 'It is only a matter of time.' A) It implies that time is a living being with its own consciousness and intentions. B) Time is compared to a force or factor that will inevitably lead to a certain outcome. C) It means that time is a physical object that can be manipulated. D) The line is suggesting that time is an illusion and does not really exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time is compared to a force or factor that will inevitably lead to a certain outcome. 44. To kill a tree completely, its roots need to be taken out of the deep soil where it is hiding inside the Earth. The root is the strength of the tree. It gives support to the tree and its most vulnerable as well as the sensitive part. It needs to be snapped out entirely from deep inside the Earth. A) Stanza 1. B) Room3. C) Stanza 4. D) Stanza 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Room3. 45. What does the tree symbolize in the poem 'On Killing A Tree'? A) Destruction and the power of human intervention. B) Beauty and serenity. C) Growth and development. D) Resilience and the indomitable spirit of nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resilience and the indomitable spirit of nature. 46. What is needed to kill a tree? A) Hacking. B) Choking. C) A simple jab. D) Pulling out the roots entirely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pulling out the roots entirely. 47. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? A) Abab. B) CDCD. C) No rhyme scheme-free verse. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No rhyme scheme-free verse. 48. What are the subtopics covered in the poem 'On Killing A Tree'? A) Love, relationships, heartbreak, longing. B) Nature, growth, beauty, symbolism. C) History, culture, tradition, heritage. D) Methods, resilience, consequences, emotional impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Methods, resilience, consequences, emotional impact. 49. What does Leprous hide mean? A) Grown up branches. B) Discolored bark. C) Weak roots. D) Powerful tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discolored bark. 50. Name the poet of 'On killing a tree'. A) Ruskin Bond. B) William Wordsworth. C) William Blake. D) Gieve Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gieve Patel. 51. Which literary device is used in 'anchoring earth' and 'leprous hide'? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metafar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metafar. 52. Which statement about the. Tree is true? A) The tree was laying towards a river which has a lot of crocodiles. B) The tree was there before a hundred years. C) That tree was planted by a child. D) The bleeding barks of the tree will heal the tree of the tree is getting any damage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The bleeding barks of the tree will heal the tree of the tree is getting any damage. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 9 QuizzesClass 9 English Poem Chapter 8 On Killing A Tree Quiz 1 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books