The Sick Rose MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) - William Blake - WB HS

 Class-XI

Poetry

Chapter- 3

The Sick Rose

-William Blake

The Sick Rose MCQ

MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

1) What does innocence go side by side with

a) experience

b) beauty

c) truth

d) poetry.

Ans: a) experience.

2) Why is the rose sick?

a) because it has not understood what is happening to it

b) because it has not been water well

c) because it has a disease

d) because it has outlived its life.

Ans: a) because it has not understood what is happening to it.

3) How does black present the worm?

a) as evil

b) as dark and turbulent

c) as a passionate lover

d) as a pest.

Ans: a) as evil.

4) Who is the speaker?

a) William Blake

b) poet persona

c) voice of experience

d) the worm.

Ans: b) poet persona.

5) The night when the worm comes to destroy the rose is

a) calm and tranquil

b) rainy

c) chilli

d) stormy

Ans: d) stormy.

6) The love is ‘secret’ because

a) they want to keep it a secret

b) the worm doesn’t know about it

c) the rose doesn’t know about it

d) their love is under threat

Ans: c) the rose doesn’t know about it.

7) To the rose the worm is

a) visible

b) loving

c) invisible

d) noble

Ans: c) invisible.

8) The Rose’s joy is

a) aquamarine

b) scarlet

c) crimson

d) vermilion

Ans: c) crimson.

9) “And his dark secret love / Does thy life destroy” – What does ‘dark’ stand for?

a) innocence

b) experience

c) dawn

d) night

Ans: b) experience.

10) The invisible worm flies in the

a) afternoon

b) morning

c) evening

d) night

Ans: d) night.

11) In the poem “The Sick Rose”, the poet addresses the

a) rose

b) worm

c) storm

d) night

Ans: a) rose.

12) The rose’s life is destroyed by

a) the worm’s secret love

b) the worm’s dark secret love

c) the worm’s love

d) the worm’s lady love.

Ans: b) the worm’s dark secret love.

13) The poem "The Sick Rose" is written by 

a) William Wordsworth

b) William Blake

c) Octavio Paz

d) Robert Browning

Ans: b) William Blake

14) The poem  "The Sick Rose" is taken from 

a) Songs of innocence

b) Songs of experience

c) Poetical sketches

d) Selected poems

Ans: b) Songs of experience 

15) "The Sick Rose" was first published in 

a) " Songs of Innocence " in  1789

b) Blacke's " The Songs of Los " 1802

c) " Songs of Experience " in 1794

d) " Songs of Experience" in 1789

Ans: c) " Songs of Experience " in 1794 

16) The poem " The Sick Rose " opens with the Speaker addressing the 

a) Rose

b) Love

c) Sickness

d) Worm

Ans: a) Rose

17) The world " invisible " describes

a) the worm

b) the rose

c) the bed

d) the experience

Ans: a) the worm

18) The word " invisible " means

a) unseen

b) seen

c) secret

d) incomplete

Ans: a) unseen

19) Here " sick " means

a) ill 

b) unpleasant

c) weary 

d) tired

Ans: a) ill 

20) The rose symbolises

a) spiritual salvation

b) loss of innocence

c) enternal beauty

d) evil force

Ans: b) loss of innocence

21) " Art " means

a) are

b) was

c) is

d) where

Ans: a) are

22) The worm is 

A. visible

B. invisible

C. beautiful

D. colourful

Ans: b) invisible

23) The rose is here

a) sad

b) sick

c) crying

d) weak

Ans: b) sick

24) The night when the worm comes to destroy the rose is 

a) calm and tranquil

b) rainy 

c) chilly 

d) stormy

Ans: d) stormy

25) The invisible wrom files in the

a) afternoon 

b) morning

c) evening

d) night

Ans: d) night

26) " Has found out thy bed " here the world " thy " refers to

a) the worm

b) the night

c) the rose

d) none of these

Ans: c) the rose

27) In the poem " The Sick Rose " , the word " thy " refers to 

a) Rose

b) Worm

c) Storm 

c) Night

Ans: a) Rose

28) The Rose's joy is 

a) aquamarine

b) scarlet

c) crimson 

d) vermilion

Ans: c) crimson

29) The dark secret love destroy the life of 

a) the worm 

b) the rose

c) the poet

d) any lover

Ans: b) the rose

30) The rose is corrupted by

a) a supernatural spirit

b) the secretive love

c) Satan 

d) the villain 

Ans: b) the secretive love

31) The rose is

a) joyful 

b) seduced

c) contant

d) saturated

Ans: b) seduced

32) " His dark secret love " refers to 

a) ideal love

b) loveless sex

c) romantic love

d) none of these

Ans: d) none of these

33) " Dark " here suggest 

a) evil

b) without light

c) black

d) deep

Ans: a) evil

34) " Secrets " means

a) known 

b) hidden from others

c) private 

d) profound

Ans: b) hidden from others

35) " Destroy " here suggest 

a) demolish

b) ruin

c) damage

d) deploy

Ans: b) ruin