Now the leaves are falling fast Objective Questions

1. Now the leaves are falling ……

(A) rapidly

(B) fast

(C) slow

(D) again

Ans (B) fast

2. Who has written the poem ‘Now the leaves are falling fast?

(A) John Donne

(B) John Keats

(C) W H Auden 

(D) D H Lawrence

Ans (C) W H Auden 

3. W H Auden won the ………. prize in 1948.

(A) Pulitzer

(B) Man Booker

(C) Nobel 

(D) Sahitya Academy

Ans (A) Pulitzer

4. The line ‘And the Prams go rolling on’ is from ……….

(A) Snake 

(B) Ode to Autumn

(C) Fire-hymn

(D) Now the leaves are falling fast

Ans (D) Now the leaves are falling fast

5. The line Traveller’s in their last distress’ is taken from ……….

(A) Song of Myself

(B) Now the leaves are falling fast

(C) Kamala Das 

(D) John Donne

Ans (B) Now the leaves are falling fast

6. Whispering neighbours pluck us from the real ……….

(A) happiness 

(B) delight

(C) world

(D) love

Ans (B) delight

7. What does the poem ‘now the leaves are falling fast enact?

(A) frustration

(B) depression

(C) optimism

(D) pessimism

Ans (A) frustration

8. And the nightingale is dumb and the ……… will not come.

(A) trolls

(B) pram

(C) angel

(D) distress

Ans (C) angel

9. For which creation was WH Auden awarded The Pulitzer Prize’ ?

(A) The orators

(B) The dance of death

(C) The age of anxiety

(D) Look stranger

Ans (C) The age of anxiety

10. ……………. neighbour seizes our soul.

(A) Close

(B) Whispering

(C) jealous

(D) new

Ans (B) Whispering

11. Troll is an ugly creature in ……………… mythology.

(A) Greek

(B) Roman

(C) Scandinavian

(D) Mesopotamian

Ans (C) Scandinavian

12. Nurse’s to the graves are gone is from ………

(A) An Epitaph

(B) Ode to Autumn

(C) Now the leaves are falling fast

(D) The Soldier

Ans (C) Now the leaves are falling fast

13. The poem ‘Now the leaves are falling fast is all about.

(A) planet

(B) earth

(C) universe

(D) humanity

Ans (D) humanity

14. Who is dumb in the poem?

(A) cuckoo

(B) parrot

(C) trolls  

(D) nightingale

Ans (D) nightingale

15. And the nightingale is dumb’ is from the poem ………….

(A) Sweetest love I do not goe

(B) Ode to Autumn

(C) Now the leaves are falling fast

(D) The Soldier

Ans (C) Now the leaves are falling fast

16. The line “And the nightingale is dump” is taken from……….

(A) Fire Hymn

(B) Ode to Autumn

(C) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

(D) Tempest

Ans (C) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

17. ……. persons are travellers.

(A) Young

(B) New

(C) Dull

(D) Old.

Ans (A) Young

18. The falling of………refer to the speedy arrival of death.

(A) leaves

(B) rain

(C) dust

(D) lay

Ans (A) leaves

19. The poem, “Now the Leaves Are Falling Fast” is written by……

(A) Walt Whitman

(B) W.H. Auden

(C) T.S. Eliot

(D) Kamala Das

Ans (B) W.H. Auden

20. The leaves are falling………

(A) fast

(B) soon

(C) good

(D) slow

Ans (A) fast

21. Trees shed their leaves in…….

(A) winter

(B) autumn

(C) rain

(D) summer

Ans (B) autumn

22. The prams are……

(A) dancing

(B) swimging

(C) rolling

(D) drying

Ans (C) rolling

23. Human life is no better than…….

(A) death

(B) meditation

(C) revolution

(D) expedition

Ans (A) death

24. The………has become dumb to see the leafless trees.

(A) Springdale

(B) Lovetail

(C) Crowtail

(D) Nightingale

Ans (D) Nightingale

25. …………waterfall could bless the travellers passing through that way

(A) White

(B) Purple

(C) Green

(D) Brown.

Ans (A) White

26. “And the nightingale is dumb” is from:

(A) Fire Hymn

(B) Ode to Autumn

(C) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

(D) Epitaph

Ans (C) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

27. Who ‘run scolding for their food in Now the Leaves are Falling Fast?

(A) Trolls

(B) Lions

(C) Animals

(D) Birds

Ans (C) Animals

28. Now the Leaves are Falling Fast’ talks about the…………. of human life.

(A) frustrations

(B) happiness

(C) confusions

(D) knowledge

Ans (A) frustrations

29. WH Auden composed……….

(A) An Epitaph

(B) Soldier

(C) The Snake

(D) Now the leaves are falling fast

Ans (D) Now the leaves are falling fast

30. Prams go……on.

(A) making sound

(B) rolling

(C) lying

(D) speaking

Ans (B) rolling

31. The Whispering Neighbours’ means:

(A) messenger of death

(B) ideal friend

(C) good teacher

(D) none

Ans (A) messenger of death

32. White water fall could bless the……….

(A) travellers

(B) players

(C) politicians

(D) none

Ans (A) travellers

33. WH Auden is a……… poet.

(A) classical

(B) war

(C) romantic

(D) modern

Ans (D) modern

34. And the active hands must…………lonely on the separate knees.

(A) die

(B) pluck

(C) freeze

(D) snatch

Ans (C) freeze

35. Who disturb the ‘real delight of the ageing persons?

(A) Nurse’s flowers

(B) Starving people

(C) Whispering neighbours

(D) Cold

Ans (C) Whispering neighbours

36. Nurse stands for…….

(A) a plant

(B) a fruit

(C) a tree

(D) none of these

Ans (C) a tree

37. Whispering neighbours’ stand for……………

(A) agents of life insurance.

(B) agents of heaven

(C) agents of the SBI

(D) agents of death

Ans (D) agents of death

38. Now the leaves are falling fast is a………. poem

(A) a pessimistic

(B) optimistic

(C) a pessimistic cum-optimistic

(D) none

Ans (C) a pessimistic cum-optimistic