“Fog” MCQs with Answers from CBSE Class 10 English First Flight Book Poem 8
Fog MCQs – MCQs of Class 10 English Poem 8, Fog by Carl Sandburg have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 10 can prepare the MCQs of Poem 8- Fog from the NCERT First Flight book. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take a free test of the MCQs of Fog. These MCQ Questions have been selected based on the latest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.
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1. Choose the option with qualities of the cat that Carl Sandburg applies to the fog?
1) Cats are independent animals, they don’t follow the rules, and they slip and slide in and out of our lives as they please.
2) Cats are distrustful of strangers and can be jealous and moody.
3) Cats are stealthy, moving in slow motion at times, and they appear to be moving in a mysterious fashion.
4) Cats often communicate with a combination of distinctive sounds and body language.
5) Cats like to move on at their own pace, and before you know it, they’ve disappeared.
A. Only 1
B. 2, 3 and 4
C. 1, 3 and 5
D. Only 4
2. Pick the option that includes an image of the cat on its haunches.
A. Option (1)
B. Option (2)
C. Option (3)
D. Option (4)
3. Choose the option that DOES NOT list the movement of the fog.
A. Option (1)
B. Option (2)
C. Option (3)
D. Option (4)
4. The poet has used short lines to compose the given poem. Choose the option that lists the most appropriate explanation for the same.
A. By keeping the lines short, the poet keeps the liberty in stepping away from the rule, traditional form, logic, or fact in order to produce a desired effect.
B. By keeping the lines short, the poet wants the reader to omit some parts of a sentence, which gives the reader a chance to fill in the gaps while reading it out.
C. By keeping the lines short, the poet wants to introduce ambiguity or contradiction into an otherwise straightforward sentence.
D. By keeping the lines short, the poet is controlling the pace to make the reader slow down, thereby reflecting the slow rolling in of the fog.
5. Who is the poet of “Fog”?
A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Hart Crane
C. Thomas Campbell
D. Carl Sandburg
6. Which of the following adjectives convey the manner in which the fog arrives?
A. harshly and roughly
B. calmly and slowly
C. violently and angrily
D. excitedly
7. Which of the following words is not a synonym of “Harbour”?
A. Divest
B. Port
C. Dock
D. Anchorage
8. Which of the following words is not a synonym of “Fog”?
A. Mist
B. Haze
C. Brume
D. Stupor
9. Which of the following is a cat breed?
A. Golden Retriever
B. Pitbull
C. Maine Coon
D. German shepherd
10. The poem “Fog” is a
A. Sonnet
B.Ode
C. Limerick
D. Free verse poem
11. Which of the following is an expression we say to people when we want them to speak but they aren’t speaking?
A. Curiosity killed the cat
B. Not have a cat in hell’s chance
C. Work like a dog
D. Cat got your tongue?
12. Which of the following is a negative description of a rich and powerful person?
A. Fat cat
B. Not have a cat in hell’s chance
C. Look like something the cat dragged in
D. Let sleeping dogs lie
13. Complete the sentence. Don’t tell anyone, don’t let the cat out of the _____________.
A. ball
B. bag
C. bat
D. bell
14. Complete the sentence. Mind your own business, curiosity ___ the cat.
A. kissed
B. killed
C. kind
D. kicked
15. Which of the following words convey the central theme of the poem?
A. The ethereal, enigmatic nature of fog
B. Fog’s effect on the senses
C. Notion that fog has the power to hide the world’s reality
D. All of the above
16. Name the poet of the poem “Fog”.
A. Carl Sandburg
B. Robert Frost
C. Carolyn Wells
D. Walt Whitman
17. What has the poet compared the fog with?
A. dog
B. cat
C. woman
D. none of the above
18. Where does the fog arrive?
A. city
B. harbour
C. village
D. both A and B
19. How does the fog arrive and depart?
A. by announcing its arrival
B. silently
C. loudly
D. both A and C
20. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
A. ababab
B. aababa
C. aabaab
D. no rhyme scheme
21. What has been personified in the poem?
A. fog
B. city
C. cat
D. harbour
22. The feet of the fog are like __ feet.
A. cat
B. lion
C. tiger
D. dog
23. What does the fog do while it looks over the city and the harbour?
A. sits
B. moves
C. stands
D. dances
24. After sitting, the fog ___
A. Disappears
B. sits there only
C. moves on
D. gets dense
25. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem ‘Fog’?
A. aabbccdd
B. abcd
C. aabc aabc
D. no rhyme scheme
ANSWER KEY
| 1 | C | 16 | A |
| 2 | B | 17 | B |
| 3 | C | 18 | D |
| 4 | D | 19 | B |
| 5 | D | 20 | D |
| 6 | B | 21 | A |
| 7 | A | 22 | A |
| 8 | D | 23 | A |
| 9 | C | 24 | C |
| 10 | D | 25 | D |
| 11 | D | ||
| 12 | A | ||
| 13 | B | ||
| 14 | B | ||
| 15 | D |
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