MCQS, ICSE, THE PATRIOT

 The following are some important MCQ questions from 'The Patriot' :

Q1. The poem 'The Patriot' was written by : 

a. Robert Browning

b. Robert Frost

c. Roald Dahl

d. Maya Angelou

Q2. The poem 'The Patriot' is the form of 

a. Dramatic monologue

b. Oxymoron 

c. Elegy 

d. Poetic justice

Q3. The people will be paid for their 'misdeeds' by whom?

a. God

b. People throwing stones at him

c. Children

d. Palsied few

Q4.In the poem, 'The Patriot,' who was sitting at the window set?

a. Diseased ones

b. Young men

c. Children 

d. Patriot 

Q5. "myrtle mixed," which literary device is used here?

a. Alliteration

b. Personification

c. Simile

d. Metaphor

Q5. What does "roses" signify in the poem?

a. Love

b. Hatred

c. Compassion

d. Both a & c

 

Q6. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem 'The Patriot'?

a. aabab

b. ababa

c. abcab

d. abbab

Q7. Name the figure of speech used in:

"It was roses, roses all the way."

a. Simile b. Metaphor

c. Personification

d. Alliteration

Q8.Name the literary device used in:

"You see my harvest, what I reap."

 

a. Metaphor b. Simile

c. Personification

d. Alliteration

Q9. What does "sun" signify in the poem?

a. Power and dominance

b. Danger

c. Heat d. A gift from people

Q10. Why had the people gathered a year before?

 

a. To welcome the Patriot

b. To execute him

c. To put him to prison d. Both b & c

Q11. Why have the people gathered the next year?

a. Executing the Patriot b. Awarding him

c. Welcoming him

d. For celebrating the festival with him 

Q.12. . Where had the people gathered a year ago ?

 

a. At their houses' rooftops

b. At Shambles gate

c. At the scaffold

d. Both b & c

Q13. Where have the people gathered the next year?

a. At their houses' rooftops

b. At Shambles gate

c. At the scaffold

d. Both b & c

Q14. What were the people doing on their rooftops? 

a. Dancing and singing

b. Throwing stones at each other

c. Gathered to see the patriot

d. Throwing stones at the patriot

Q15. The auditory image in the poem is 

a. Dancing

b. Singing

c. Ringing the church's bells

d. Throwing stones at the patriot

Q16. Who was sitting at the window set the next year? 

a.Prisoners

b. Diseased ones

c. Children

d. Nobody

Q17.The theme of the poem 'The Patriot' is

a. Bravery and devotion

b. Love

c. Hatred

d. Fickleness of thoughts

Q18.Rain acts as a negative agent as it creates 

a. A scene of cheerfulness

b. A scene of misery

c. Works in changing the mood of the poem

d. Both b & c

Q19. Which one of the following signifies the way of life?

a. Path

b. Rain 

c. Roses

d. Sun

Q20. Name the literary device used in 

"The houses roofs seemed to heave and sway

."

a. Personification

b. Alliteration

c. Metaphor

d. Irony

2.Q. It was roses, roses, all the way - which figure of speech is this?

simile

alliteration

metaphor

imagery

Q. What does the word Myrtle signify in the poem?

bravery

love

respect

worship

Q. The people will be paid for their misdeeds by -------

Men 

God 

Thief 

Fate

Q. ________ are sitting at the window set.

answer

palsied few

alternatives

diseased

Q. Theme of the poem ____ & ______

fickle mindedness

Hatred

Devotion

Bravery