An Epitaph Objective Questions

1. ‘An Epitaph’ is written by…………..

(a.) John Keats

(b.) Rupert Brooke

(c.) John Donne

(d.) Walter De La Mare

Ans (d.) Walter De La Mare

2. Walter De La Mare was born in ………… .

(a.) 1872

(b.) 1873

(c.) 1874  

(d.) 1875

Ans (b.) 1873

3. Walter De La Mare died in ……………

(a.) 1953

(b.) 1955

(c.) 1956

(d.) 1957

Ans (c.) 1956

4. Walter De La Mare belongs to ……….

(a.) America

(b.) England

(c.) Japan

(d.) France

Ans (d.) France

5. Walter De La Mare makes us aware of the………..

(a.) poverty

(b.) inhuman conditions of modern life

(c.) dreams

(d.) London life

Ans (c.) dreams

6. Walter De La Mare was awarded…………. in 1953.

(a.) noble prize

(b.) order of merit

(c.) Pulitzer prize

(d.) commonwealth award

Ans (d.) commonwealth award

7. In the poem, the beautiful lady belongs to a/an …………. country.

(a.) east

(b.) west

(c.) north

(d.) south

Ans (b.) west

8. Which one of the following is the famous work of Walter De La Mare?

(a.) the princess

(b.) Lamia

(c.) peacock pie

(d.) othello

Ans (c.) peacock pie

9. ‘Light of step and heart was she’- is the line from.

(a.) Song of myself

(b.) Fire-hymn

(c.) Ode to Autumn

(d.) An Epitaph

Ans (b.) Fire-hymn

10. The line, 1 think she was the most beautiful lady’ is from.

(a.) Snake

(b.) Fire-hymn

(c.) Ode to Autumn

(d.) An Epitaph

Ans (d.) An Epitaph

11. Walter De La Mare was awarded ‘order of merit’ in…………

(a.) 1950

(b.) 1951

(c.) 1952

(d.) 1953

Ans (d.) 1953

12. Who was 1light of step and heart’ ?

(a.) a beautiful lady

(b.) an ugly lady

(c.) an old lady

(d.) a mad lady

Ans (a.) a beautiful lady