Class 8 English Chapter Poem 5 The School Boy Quiz 4 (25 MCQs)

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1. WAS THE SCHOOL BOY HAPPY WITH THE MODERN EDUCATION?
2. 5) Going to school drives away all his ..... *
3. The speaker wants to
4. What kind of education system does the boy wish to have?
5. What does the poet compare a child in school to?
6. '' The little ones spend the day" Who are the little ones in this line?
7. The boy compares himself to a
8. 3) The boy compares himself to a ..... *
9. A cruel eye outworn (stanza 2) refers to
10. 'Distant 'means
11. WHAT IS THE RHYME SCHEME APPLIED IN THIS POEM?
12. THE WORD 'DROOPING SYMBOLISES
13. What inference can be made about the speaker's past experiences with school?
14. Who sings along with the school boy?
15. What does the poet compare the absence of a happy childhood to?
16. What does the poet advise the parents to do?
17. Bower means
18. Why does the boy didn't like going to school?
19. What is the main theme presented in the first stanza?
20. Does the boy not want to study?
21. Why does the boy compare himself to the caged bird?
22. What does the speaker imply about childhood in the first two stanzas?
23. Give the meaning for 'drooping'. *
24. THE DREARY SHOWER REFERS TO THE UNINSPIRING .....
25. "The little ones spend the day, in ..... and ..... "