Snake Objective Questions

1. Who has written the poem ‘Snake’?

(a.) John Donne

(b.) Kamala Das

(c.) D H Lawrence

(d.) Walt Whitman

Ans (c.) D H Lawrence

2. D H Lawrence belongs to ……..

(a.) America

(b.) England

(c.) France

(d.) Germany

Ans (b.) England

3. Was it cowardice,that I dared not kill him ? is from ………. .

(a.) Song of myself

(b.) Snake

(c.) The soldier

(d.) Fire-hymn

Ans (b.) Snake

4. Who Came to the water-trough of the poet?

(a.) a beggar

(b.) a boy

(c.) a snake

(d.) a bird

Ans (c.) a snake

5. Who was the second comer at the water-trough?

(a.) snake

(b.) a boy

(c.) the speaker /the poet

(d.) a mongoose

Ans (c.) the speaker /the poet

6. What was the colour of the snake?

(a.) yellow black

(b.) black

(c.) gold

(d.) yellow brown

Ans (d.) yellow brown

7. Where from had the snake come?

(a.) a pond

(b.) a house

(c.) a fissure

(d.) a field

Ans (c.) a fissure

8. While drinking water the snake lifted his head like a ……. .

(a.) bird

(b.) man

(c.) cattle

(d.) squirrel

Ans (c.) cattle

9. The snake looked at the poet ………… .

(a.) Happily

(b.) Confusingly

(c.) Sadly

(d.) Vaguely

Ans (d.) Vaguely

10. What is Etna?

(a.) a volcano

(b.) a desert

(c.) a lake

(d.) a sea

Ans (a.) a volcano

11. Which month has been mentioned in the poem?

(a.) May

(b.) June

(c.) July

(d.) August

Ans (c.) July

12. In Sicily black snakes are supposed to be innocent whereas the ………. to be venomous.

(a.) red

(b.) green

(c.) white

(d.) golden

Ans (d.) golden

13. What did the poet first thought to see that yellow brown snake.

(a.) to hit

(b.) to catch

(c.) to kill

(d.) to save

Ans (c.) to kill

14. Which tree has been mentioned in the poem?

(a.) coconut

(b.) sandal

(c.) carobtree

(d.) banyan

Ans (c.) carobtree

15. What did the poet throw on the snake?

(a.) a stone

(b.) a clumsy log

(c.) his shoe

(d.) a stick

Ans (b.) a clumsy log

16. The poet compares the snake to ………. .

(a.) Falcon

(b.) Emu

(c.) Ostrich

(d.) Albatross

Ans (d.) Albatross