This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 English Chapter Poem 5 The School Boy ā Quiz 2 š Homepage š Download PDF Books š Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Chapter Poem 5 The School Boy Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The word winds means A) Fans. B) Blows. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blows. 2. He is unwilling to go to school because A) He will miss the joys of the summer mornings. B) He will miss the delicious dishes prepared by his mother. C) His classmates will tease him. D) His teachers will beat him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He will miss the joys of the summer mornings. 3. The school boy is happy around nature A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Tender plants refers to A) The young plants. B) The young children. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The young children. 5. An example of rhetorical question from the poem is A) And the skylark sings with me. B) In sighing and dismay. C) How shall the summer arise in joy, Or the summer fruits appear?. D) Nor in my book can I take delight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How shall the summer arise in joy, Or the summer fruits appear?. 6. On summer morning, the poet sings with A) The skylark. B) The canary. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The skylark. 7. Does the boy like going to school? A) No. B) Yes. C) Sometimes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 8. What does the speaker suggest about the relationship between education and happiness? A) Education has no impact on happiness. B) Education can lead to increased stress and anxiety. C) Happiness is solely determined by wealth. D) Education is closely linked to happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Education is closely linked to happiness. 9. How does the school boy feel when he goes to school in the summer morning? A) Joyful and enthusiastic. B) Anxious and worried. C) Joyless and unhappy. D) Motivated and cheerful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joyless and unhappy. 10. The birds sing in A) Summer. B) Winter. C) Rainy season. D) Autumn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summer. 11. What makes the boy sad? A) Getting up in the morning. B) Working at home. C) Going to school. D) Not able have a comfortable sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Going to school. 12. What does the phrase "Under a cruel eye outworn" suggest about the boy's experience in school? A) The teacher is encouraging. B) The environment is oppressive. C) The lessons are interesting. D) The classmates are supportive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The environment is oppressive. 13. 'Summer morn ' is an example of A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Metafar. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 14. The word strip'd means A) Deprived. B) Uprooted. C) Cut. D) Watered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deprived. 15. WHO IS THE POET OF THE POEM "THE SCHOOL BOY" ? A) R.S. THOMAS. B) WILLIAM BLAKE. C) MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS. D) H.P.S Ahluwalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WILLIAM BLAKE. 16. Who is being compared to a caged bird? A) The school boy. B) The plants. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The school boy. 17. Why does the school boy's morning hours pass unhappily? A) Because he has to go to school. B) None of the above. C) Because he doesn't like nature. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he has to go to school. 18. THE POETIC DEVICE IN THE PHRASE 'SKYLARK SINGS' A) ALLITERATION. B) SIMILE. C) Metafar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ALLITERATION. 19. Learning's bower is an example of which poetic device? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metafar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metafar. 20. Why does the boy not want to go to school? A) He doesn't want to study. B) He doesn't want to wake up early. C) He finds teachers' lectures boring. D) He is not feeling well. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He finds teachers' lectures boring. 21. SPRING REFERS TO A) OLD AGE. B) YOUTH. C) CHILDHOOD. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CHILDHOOD. 22. What is the school boy's mood as described in the first two stanzas? A) Delighted in nature but dismayed by school. B) Excited about school and learning. C) Confused and indifferent. D) Content with his daily routine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delighted in nature but dismayed by school. 23. What does the word anxious means here ..... A) Carefree. B) Playful. C) Happy. D) Worried. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Worried. 24. The poet in the poem is A) Overjoyed. B) Unhhapi. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unhhapi. 25. The poet of the poem is A) R.L. Stevenson. B) William Blake. C) John Keats. D) William Wordsworth. 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