This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > English > Poem Rain On The Roof > Class 9 English Poem Chapter 3 Rain On The Roof – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 English Poem Chapter 3 Rain On The Roof Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Darkness has been termed as melancholy here because A) The overcast sky reminds him of his mother. B) The spell of rain makes him nostalgic. C) He loves the sound of the rain and remembers his mother. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 2. What are the tears of the darkness? A) Raindrops. B) Snow. C) Hailstorm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raindrops. 3. How does the poet describe the sound of rain? A) The sound of rain is described as soothing and rhythmic. B) The sound of rain is harsh and jarring. C) The sound of rain is compared to loud thunder. D) The poet describes the sound of rain as silent and still. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sound of rain is described as soothing and rhythmic. 4. What does the mind of the poet fancy? A) Old thoughts. B) Old memories. C) Both 1&2. D) His house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both 1&2. 5. Which figure of speech is used in 'patter' and 'tinkle'? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 6. What personal experiences can you relate to the feelings expressed in the poem? A) I have felt a deep sense of nostalgia when remembering moments spent with a friend who moved to another city. B) I have never felt nostalgic about anything in my life. C) I always feel happy when I think about my childhood. D) I prefer to forget past friendships rather than remember them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have felt a deep sense of nostalgia when remembering moments spent with a friend who moved to another city. 7. What creates an echo in the heart? A) Rhythm of the rain drops. B) Lying in the cottage bedroom. C) A thousand dreamy fancies. D) Tinkle on the shingles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tinkle on the shingles. 8. Every tinkle on the shinglesWhat does the poet mean by tinkle? A) The soft musical sound of the rain. B) The harsh pouring rain. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The soft musical sound of the rain. 9. What is the main theme of 'Rain on the Roof'? A) Nostalgia and emotional connection to memories. B) The struggles of urban living and its challenges. C) The importance of friendship and social connections. D) The beauty of nature and its impact on life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nostalgia and emotional connection to memories. 10. What are the helping words present continues tense A) Is. B) Are. C) Am. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 11. What is the figure of speech used in the given line- "Now in memory comes my mother" A) PERSONIFICATION. B) ALLITERATION. C) ASSONANCE. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ALLITERATION. 12. Kejia waits for her father to go away from home, because A) She hated him. B) She was afraid of him. C) She wants him to work hard and become more successful. D) She wants to be with her mother alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was afraid of him. 13. How does the poem reflect on memories of childhood? A) The poem reflects on memories of childhood by evoking nostalgia through vivid imagery and sensory details that capture the innocence and joy of early years. B) The poem highlights the importance of technology in modern life. C) The poem describes the struggles of adulthood. D) The poem focuses on the challenges of teenage years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The poem reflects on memories of childhood by evoking nostalgia through vivid imagery and sensory details that capture the innocence and joy of early years. 14. Who is the poet in the poem Rain on the Roof A) Caates Kinney. B) Phoebe Cary. C) Katherine Mansfield. D) Robert Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caates Kinney. 15. In the line, "Oh, I kept the first for another day!" "the first" refers to A) The road. B) The narrators choice. C) Death. D) Fate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The road. 16. To regard the darling dreamers A) Metafar. B) REPETITION. C) Similie. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. 17. The phrase'humid shadows' refers to the A) The mother. B) Mind of the poet. C) The dark clouds. D) The Chaos of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dark clouds. 18. What is the meaning of the word 'shingles'? A) Thundering clouds. B) A cozy cottage. C) Sound of the raindrops. D) Rectangular shaped wooden tiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rectangular shaped wooden tiles. 19. What is 'patter'? A) Sound of the poet. B) Sound of wind. C) Sound of rainfall. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sound of rainfall. 20. Sunlight weeps in rainy tears A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. What all are winnowed by the wind god? A) Everything that is big and strong. B) Everything that is weak and crumbling. C) Anything that is in this world. D) Anything that is not natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everything that is weak and crumbling. 22. What does 'woof' mean? A) Dreams. B) Memories. C) Woven cloth. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Woven cloth. 23. The sound of raindrops is very loud as A) The raindrops fall swiftly. B) Raindrops are heavy. C) Raindrops are light. D) Raindrops are falling on shingles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Raindrops are falling on shingles. 24. Darling dreamers refer to A) The children in the world. B) The poet. C) The poet and his siblings. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The poet and his siblings. 25. Who broke the doors of the window? A) A boy. B) Children. C) A naughty boy. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 26. What poetic device is used in "melancholy darkness" ? A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Transferred Epithet. D) Metafar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transferred Epithet. 27. What does 'refrain' refer to in the poem? A) To stay away. B) A repeated song. C) The rain. D) The repeated sound of the rain that sounds like a song. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The repeated sound of the rain that sounds like a song. 28. As she used in years agone, A) PERSONIFICATION. B) REPETITION. C) ASSONANCE. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. 29. 'Over all the starry spheres' which poetic device is used? A) Similie. B) Metafar. C) ONOMATOPOEIA. D) ALLITERATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALLITERATION. 30. How does the mother look at the children? A) With fondness. B) With pity. C) With sadness. D) With hatred. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With fondness. 31. The poetic device in the line, 'Gently weeps in rainy tears' is A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Repetition. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 32. What makes an echo in the poet's mind? A) His poverty. B) His success. C) The music of pattering rain. D) All these things. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The music of pattering rain. 33. Woof here means the sound of a dog A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 34. What is the tone of the poem, and how is it established? A) The tone of the poem is neutral, established through straightforward language and simple themes. B) The tone of the poem is aggressive, established through harsh imagery and confrontational language. C) The tone of the poem is joyful, established through bright imagery and cheerful language. D) The tone of the poem is melancholic, established through dark imagery and somber language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The tone of the poem is melancholic, established through dark imagery and somber language. 35. What is the rhyming scheme in the first four lines? A) Free verse. B) Abac. C) Abab. D) Abcb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abcb. 36. Weave their air-threads into woof A) REPETITION. B) PERSONIFICATION. C) ALLITERATION. D) NON OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ALLITERATION. 37. What does the poet want to do on a rainy day? A) To help his mother. B) To get up early. C) To lie iin his bed. D) To study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To lie iin his bed. 38. Word meaning ERE A) Dream. B) Listen. C) Before. D) Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 39. The writer of the story'the little girl' is A) Katherine Mansfield. B) James Joyce. C) Jane Austen. D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Katherine Mansfield. 40. What do you mean by shingles? A) The backyard. B) The roof of a house. C) The garden. D) The living room. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The roof of a house. 41. Air threads means A) Invisible threads of memories, dreams and fancies. B) Very thin silk threads. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invisible threads of memories, dreams and fancies. 42. What are the main themes presented in the poem? A) Love, nature, loss, and the passage of time. B) Happiness, conflict, tradition, and the quest for knowledge. C) Fear, ambition, technology, and the struggle for power. D) Friendship, adventure, betrayal, and the search for identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love, nature, loss, and the passage of time. 43. What haunts the poet in the poem? A) His friends. B) Sounds of rainfall. C) His mother's memory. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His mother's memory. 44. "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood" means A) The speaker stood by a path leading into the woods. B) The speaker stood at a dead end road. C) The speaker stood at a fork in the road. D) The speaker stood by three roads. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The speaker stood at a fork in the road. 45. In the line- "You tore the pages of the books" , who is 'you' referring to? A) The pages of books. B) The wind. C) The Poet. D) The books. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The wind. 46. What does the poet enjoy listening to? A) Film music. B) Pattering sound of raindrops. C) Old songs. D) The classical music of the piano. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pattering sound of raindrops. 47. Explain the significance of the roof in the poem. A) The roof represents a barrier to creativity. B) The roof signifies protection and emotional security. C) The roof is a metaphor for financial stability. D) The roof symbolizes isolation and loneliness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The roof signifies protection and emotional security. 48. What is considered as a bliss by the poet? A) Dancing in the rain. B) Pressing the pillow and listening to the patter of rain. C) Looking outside the window. D) Looking at the starry night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pressing the pillow and listening to the patter of rain. 49. Poetic device used in PATTER OF THE RAIN is A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metafar. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 50. According to the poet, who will be our friend if we are strong? A) Wind. B) Snow. C) Fire. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wind. 51. What is the bliss means in the poem? A) Angry. B) Loving. C) Sadness. D) Happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Happiness. 52. Which incident did make Kejia's father furious one day? A) His important papers were missing. B) He was insulted in his office. C) His servants misbehaved him. D) Kejia's upset facial expressions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His important papers were missing. 53. Poetic device used in Every tinkle on the shingles is A) REPETITION. B) RHYME. C) ONOMATOPOEIA. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ONOMATOPOEIA. 54. Darling dreamers are the children A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. What does this poem talk about? A) About rain. B) Rain falling. C) Rainfall and disturbance. D) Healing powers of the rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Healing powers of the rain. 56. What is bliss in the poem for the poet? A) His memories. B) His mother. C) Listening to the sound of rainfall. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Listening to the sound of rainfall. 57. What are the humid shadows doing in the sphere?(a) steeping(b) resting(c) floating in the air(d) doing nothing A) Floating in the air. B) Resting. C) Doing nothing. D) Steeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Floating in the air. 58. Is the poet's mother still alive now? A) Yes. B) No. C) May be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 59. How does the setting of the poem influence its message? A) The setting only affects the poem's length. B) The setting is irrelevant to the poem's themes. C) The setting influences the poem's message by providing context that shapes emotions and themes. D) The setting has no impact on the poem's meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The setting influences the poem's message by providing context that shapes emotions and themes. 60. How was one road different from the other? A) One was greener. B) One was more inviting. C) One seem less used. D) All of the above. 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