This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > English > Poem The Snake Trying > Class 9 English Poem Chapter 9 The Snake Trying – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 English Poem Chapter 9 The Snake Trying Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the poet of the poem 'The Snake Trying'? A) Gieve Patel. B) Edward Lear. C) William Wordsworth. D) W.W.E. Ross. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) W.W.E. Ross. 2. Where did the snake disappear? A) In the sand. B) Among the reeds. C) Into the bushes. D) Into the water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Among the reeds. 3. What are the qualities of the snake in the poem? A) Tedious. B) Scared. C) Aggresive. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scared. 4. What is the poetic device used in this poem? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 5. According to the poet, the snake is harmless and it cannot cause any harm even to ..... A) Children. B) Adults. C) Other animals. D) Birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Children. 6. Is this poem written in free verse A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 7. What is the style of the poem? A) Free verse with unequal lines. B) Sonnet. C) Five lines in every stanza. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse with unequal lines. 8. The poet of the poem "The Snake Trying" is ..... A) WWF Ross. B) WWE Ross. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WWE Ross. 9. What does the poet think of snakes? A) Iii. source of entertainment. B) I. harmless animals until disturbed. C) Ii. source of joy. D) Iv. dangerous even when undisturbed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. harmless animals until disturbed. 10. The poem advocates that one should appreciate the grace of those beautiful creatures of nature. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. The attitude of the poet towards the snake is that of ..... A) Hatred. B) Belittling. C) Ridicule. D) Appreciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appreciation. 12. Identify the term that snakes generally considered as. A) Source of joy. B) Source of entertainment. C) Fear of factor. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fear of factor. 13. What was the snake trying to save itself from? A) From mongoose. B) From other animals. C) From a man with a stick. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From a man with a stick. 14. The snake is presented as a ..... A) Victim. B) Foe. C) Predator. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Victim. 15. Which literary device is used in the poem "The Snake Trying" A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. In what words does the poet express the beaauty of the snake? A) Beautiful and graceful. B) Pretty. C) Smart. D) Handsome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beautiful and graceful. 17. The poet does not find the snake ..... A) Beautiful and graceful. B) Angry and aggressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Angry and aggressive. 18. List the type of the poem 'The Snake Trying'. A) Petrarchan Sonnet. B) Free Verse. C) None of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Verse. 19. Explain the theme of the poem. A) Stop cruelty towards animals. B) Animals are dangerous. C) Hate animals. D) Be away from animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stop cruelty towards animals. 20. What does the poet wish for the snake? A) Ii. to escape unhurt. B) I. to be tied up. C) Iii. to be captured. D) Iv. to be destroyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ii. to escape unhurt. 21. What appeal does the poet make to the readers in this poem? A) Iii. treat snakes in a kind manner. B) I. keep snakes as pets. C) Ii. stay away from snakes. D) Iv. destroy snakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iii. treat snakes in a kind manner. 22. Where did the snake lie until observed? A) In a tree. B) On the water. C) On the sand. D) In the mud. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the sand. 23. In the poem "The Snake Trying', what kind of reeds the snake gets vanished into? A) Yellow and tall. B) Slim and yellow. C) Green and slim. D) Green and thick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Green and slim. 24. Who were the poet's parents? A) Albert Ross. B) Ralph and Ella Louise Ross. C) Belle Ross. D) Peter Ross. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ralph and Ella Louise Ross. 25. The snake flees from the ..... A) Mongoose. B) Crocodile. C) The eagle. D) Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man. 26. The Snake is trying to escape from ..... A) The pursuing stick. B) The little boy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The pursuing stick. 27. 'He is harmless' which literary device is used in this line A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Repetation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 28. When was the Poet Born? A) July 14 1894. B) July 24 1894. C) June 24 1894. D) June 14 1894. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) June 14 1894. 29. What is the literary device used in this poem? A) Allegory. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 30. In the poet's views, the snakes are? A) Harmful to us. B) Not harmful to us. C) Enemy to us. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not harmful to us. 31. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem "The Snake Trying" ? A) AA, BB. B) Blank verse. C) Free verse. D) Off, off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free verse. 32. The poet attributes human traits to the ..... A) Reeds. B) Water. C) Leaves. D) Snake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snake. 33. He glides through the water awayfrom the stroke, O let him go A) Consonance. B) Alliteration. C) Span. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Span. 34. Who is the Snake harmful too? A) Men,. B) Women. C) Children. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 35. WWE Ross was also called as: A) The first modern Japanese Poet. B) The first modern Indian Poet. C) The first modern Canadian poet. D) None Of Thee Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The first modern Canadian poet. 36. What does the snake glide through? A) Mud. B) Ice. C) Water. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 37. The poem "The Snake Trying" portrays the snake as a A) Fearless creature. B) A happy soul. C) Harmless creature. D) Violent creature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harmless creature. 38. " ..... until observed and chased away ..... " 'Chased away by whom? A) Snake. B) The man holding the stick. C) Poet. D) Children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The man holding the stick. 39. The 'pursuing stick' is an example of: A) Simile. B) Metafar. C) Personification. D) Transferred Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transferred Epithet. 40. What is the full name of the poet? A) WWE Ross. B) William James Eustace Ross. C) Wje Ross. D) William Wrighton Eustace Ross. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Wrighton Eustace Ross. 41. Through the poem, the poet is trying to ..... A) Be empathetic towards the snake. B) Be sympathetic towards mankind. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be empathetic towards the snake. 42. I wandered lonely as a cloud.Which of the following figures of speech has been used in the above sentence. A) Synecdoche. B) Transferred Epithet. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 43. The snake twists and turns his body to create beautiful patterns. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 44. What is the message conveyed by the poet in the poem A) There should be harmonious co-existence between humans and animals. B) All creatures should be treated with respect. C) All the creatures of nature have the equal right to have peaceful life. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 45. Which of these is not a Personification A) The snake trying to escape the pursuing stick,. B) How beautiful and graceful are his shapes. C) He lay until observed and chased away, and now he vanishes in the ripples among the green slim reeds. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He lay until observed and chased away, and now he vanishes in the ripples among the green slim reeds. 46. The colour of the snake is ..... A) Dark green. B) Green. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Green. 47. Where was the poet born? A) Pembroke, Ontario. B) Ontario. C) Peterborough, Ontario. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peterborough, Ontario. 48. What are the snakes generally considered? A) Source of joy. B) Source of entertainment. C) Fear factor. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fear factor. 49. The snake has a ..... body A) I. thin, huge. B) Ii. thick, small. C) Iii. thin, long. D) Iv. thick, huge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iii. thin, long. 50. What was the poet's Nationality? A) Australian. B) Canadian. C) Indian. D) American. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canadian. 51. 'he vanishes in the ripples'The word 'ripples' means ..... A) I. small thorny bushes. B) Ii. series of waves on the surface of the water. C) Iii. many plants on the surface of the water. D) Iv. cluster of small plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ii. series of waves on the surface of the water. 52. The adjectives used by the poet to describe the snake are ..... and ..... A) Beautiful and thin. B) Thin, slim. C) Attractive, slender. D) Beautiful, graceful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beautiful, graceful. 53. He vanishes in the ripples among the green slim reeds. What is the meaning of 'vanishes' A) Long grass. B) Waves. C) Disappears. D) Escapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disappears. 54. Define transferred epithet A) It is when an adjective usually used to describe one thing is transferred to another. B) Giving an object or animal human characteristics to create interesting imagery.". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is when an adjective usually used to describe one thing is transferred to another. 55. What are the snakes generally considerd? A) Source of joy. B) Source of entertainment. C) Fear factor. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fear factor. 56. There is ..... rhyme scheme in the poem. A) No. B) A. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 57. Name the thing that snake trying to save itself. A) From mongoose. B) From other animals. C) From a man with a stick. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From a man with a stick. 58. The poetic device in 'pursuing stick' is ..... A) Metafar. B) Oxymoron. C) Allusion. D) Transferred epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transferred epithet. 59. Small and green he is harmless even to children.Identify the poetic devices used. A) Visual Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Both of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of the above. 60. 'Into the reeds to hide''reeds' mean ..... A) I. plants that grow in water. B) Ii. plants that grow in the dessert. C) Iii. plants that grow in the valleys. D) Iv. plants that grow in the mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I. plants that grow in water. Next →Related QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 9 QuizzesClass 9 English Poem Chapter 9 The Snake Trying Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books