This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The grandmother has been portrayed as a very religious lady. What details in the story create this impression? A) She fed chapattis to stray dogs. B) She fed bread crumbs to birds. C) She used to spend most of her time around the spinning wheel. D) She recalled her morning prayers at the temple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She recalled her morning prayers at the temple. 2. Name the poetic device:She was like the winter landscape in the mountains, an expanse of pure white serenity. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. In the portrait, the author's grandfather looked A) Eighty years old. B) Ninety years old. C) At least a hundred years old. D) Fifty years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At least a hundred years old. 4. Which figure of speech is used in the line- "It's silence silences" A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Oxymoron. D) Transferred epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 5. What did the grandmother do at the railway station? A) Cried and hugged the narrator. B) Prayed silently and kissed his forehead. C) Waved goodbye cheerfully. D) Gave him a gift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prayed silently and kissed his forehead. 6. Describe how the author's grandmother reacted when he went to study abroad. A) She was upset and did not speak to him. B) She was very supportive and encouraged him. C) She was indifferent and did not care. D) She was excited and celebrated his decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was upset and did not speak to him. 7. The meaning of the word 'stale' in the following sentence is:'She gave me the same stale food that she gave to the animals.' A) Rotting. B) Fresh and healthy. C) No longer fresh. D) Tasty and delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No longer fresh. 8. What was often revolting to the narrator? A) The taste of chapattis. B) The noise of the village. C) The thought of moving to the city. D) The idea of his grandmother being young. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The idea of his grandmother being young. 9. Who is Isabel Archer's aunt? A) Mrs. Touchett. B) Mrs. Merle. C) Mrs. Osmond. D) Mrs. Gilbert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mrs. Touchett. 10. Who were scattered on the floor of the room where the grandmother lay dead? A) Beads of rosary. B) The relatives. C) Sparrows. D) Cats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sparrows. 11. The pure white serenity of narrator's grandmother breathed of ..... A) Peace. B) Contenmnet. C) Peace and contentment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peace and contentment. 12. What did the grandmother do on the day the narrator returned home? A) She prayed as usual. B) She sang and celebrated. C) She ignored him. D) She was upset. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She sang and celebrated. 13. Who is Pansy Osmond? A) Isabel's friend. B) Gilbert Osmond's daughter. C) Mrs. Touchett's niece. D) Ralph Touchett's sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gilbert Osmond's daughter. 14. When grandmother's end was near, she decided to ..... A) Talk to everyone. B) Talk to the author. C) Talk to none. D) Talk to the women in the neighbourhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Talk to none. 15. Which material was the frame of the photograph made of? A) Cardboard. B) Wood. C) Steel. D) Plastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardboard. 16. What did the grandmother do every morning? A) Go for a walk. B) Read novels. C) Wake the author and prepare him for school. D) Cook breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wake the author and prepare him for school. 17. The author says that he is familiar with the grandmother for these many years A) 5. B) 15. C) 19. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 20. 18. "The sea holidayWas her past ..... "Whose past was the sea holiday? A) Poet's. B) Her sister's. C) Her mother's. D) Allnof the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her mother's. 19. How did the sparrows express their sorrow when the author's grandmother passed away? A) They chirruped a lot. B) They did not express their sorrow. C) They did not come that day. D) They did not take notice of the bread crumbs and flew away without eating them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They did not take notice of the bread crumbs and flew away without eating them. 20. The laburnum tree A) Is personified. B) Is glorified. C) Is highlighted as a nature. D) Is specified. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is personified. 21. What was the happiest half hour of grandmother's day? A) When she said her prayers. B) When she fed the sparrows. C) When she took bath. D) When she sang scriptures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When she fed the sparrows. 22. What is the significance of the portrait in the story? A) It symbolizes the lady's vanity and pride. B) It represents the lady's hidden desires and aspirations. C) It reflects the lady's declining health and aging. D) It serves as a reminder of the lady's past accomplishments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It symbolizes the lady's vanity and pride. 23. The author's grandmother went to school with him A) So that she could also learn. B) To be with him constantly. C) To read scriptures in the temple. D) To teach in the school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To read scriptures in the temple. 24. What did the author's grandmother do when she was taken ill? A) Asked for more food. B) Went for a walk. C) Started singing loudly. D) Stopped praying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stopped praying. 25. How many years have passed since the photograph was taken? A) Twenty or thirty years. B) Four years. C) Twelve years. D) Fifty years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twenty or thirty years. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 1Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 2Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 3Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 4Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 5Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 6Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 7Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 8Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 9Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 1 The Portrait Of A Lady Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books