This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 English Chapter Poem 1 The Ant And The Cricket ā Quiz 4 š Homepage š Download PDF Books š Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Chapter Poem 1 The Ant And The Cricket Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Quoth the cricket", What does quoth mean? A) Reminded. B) Answered. C) Disagreed. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Said. 2. What does the cricket do during summer time? A) He sang through the summer and enjoyed. B) He worked hard. C) He collected food for himself. D) He built his house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He sang through the summer and enjoyed. 3. What is the archaic word used A) Quoth. B) Cricket. C) Not I. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quoth. 4. Synonym of quoth A) Tell. B) Eat. C) Drink. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Said. 5. What are the qualities of an ant? A) Lazy. B) Fun loving. C) Love to sing. D) Excellent builders. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Excellent builders. 6. What did the cricket find when he realized winter had come? A) A sunny day. B) A warm bed. C) A full cupboard. D) An empty cupboard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An empty cupboard. 7. What does the poet call the cricket? A) Intelligent. B) Silly. C) Gay. D) Free. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silly. 8. What principle do the ants follow regarding lending? A) They lend freely. B) They lend to friends. C) They borrow often. D) They never borrow or lend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They never borrow or lend. 9. What did the ant advise cricket to do all winter? A) Sing. B) Dance. C) Sleep. D) Rest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dance. 10. What does the cricket do at the beginning of the poem? A) Builds a shelter. B) Sings and enjoys nature. C) Hides from the cold. D) Stores food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sings and enjoys nature. 11. What does the cricket realize too late? A) He should have made friends. B) He should have stored food. C) He should have sung more. D) He should have danced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He should have stored food. 12. The cricket wished A) To borrow shelter in the rain. B) To borrow shelter in the summer. C) To borrow shelter in the winter. D) To borrow shelter in the autumn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To borrow shelter in the rain. 13. What does the cricket mean by 'I'll repay it tomorrow'? A) He will dance. B) He will forget. C) He will sing again. D) He will return the favor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He will return the favor. 14. From where is this fable adapted? A) Aesop's fables. B) Panchatantra. C) Grandma's stories. D) From a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aesop's fables. 15. What does the ant suggest the cricket do during winter? A) Find food. B) Dance the winter away. C) Build a shelter. D) Sing louder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dance the winter away. 16. What were the hardships of the winter months that the cricket faced? A) The snow-covered ground did not have even a speck of food. B) Flowers did not bloom so there was no nectar for the cricket. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). 17. What principle does the ant follow? A) Save nothing. B) Never borrow never lend. C) Sang day and night. D) No principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never borrow never lend. 18. Where did the cricket go to seek help? A) To a farmer. B) To an ant. C) To God. D) To a flower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To an ant. 19. What did the cricket seek from the ant? A) Handful of grain. B) Salt and pepper. C) Shelter. D) Both 1 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both 1 and 3. 20. The ant is A) Very funny. B) Miser but hardworking. C) Heartless. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Miser but hardworking. 21. This is a A) Fable. B) Poem. C) Haikamm. D) Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fable. 22. What does the ant ask the cricket when he comes for help? A) Why he didn't save food. B) Why he is singing. C) Why he is wet. D) Why he is cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why he didn't save food. 23. What does the phrase 'lifted the wicket' mean? A) Start the conversation. B) Interrupt the conversation. C) Acknowledge the conversation. D) End the conversation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) End the conversation. 24. What did the cricket do after the ant turned it out of the door? A) Borrow. B) Lend. C) Sing. D) Dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dance. 25. What was the ant described as in the poem? A) Lazy. B) Generous. C) Cruel. D) Miserly. 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