CBSE Class 10 English Dust of Snow MCQs Set 04

Question. Who is the poet of the poem “Dust of Snow”?
(a) Leslie Norris
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Carolyn Wells
(d) Robin Klein
Answer: (b) Robert Frost

Question. Why does the poet call it “dust of snow”?
(a) snow particles were too tiny
(b) they came over him like dust
(c) they felt like dust
(d) they looked like dust
Answer: (a) snow particles were too tiny

Question. The poet says, “Of a day I had rued”. What is the meaning of “rued”?
(a) ruined
(b) held in regret
(c) ruled
(d) conquered
Answer: (b) held in regret

Question. What uplifted his mood?
(a) falling of snow on his shoulder
(b) the crow
(c) hemlock tree
(d) All of the options
Answer: (a) falling of snow on his shoulder

Question. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
(a) baba cdcd
(b) abab cdcd
(c) abab cddc
(d) abba cdcd
Answer: (b) abab cdcd

Question. Name the poetic device used in the line “Has given my heart”
(a) alliteration
(b) metaphor
(c) oxymoron
(d) similie
Answer: (a) alliteration

Question. Name the poetic device used in the line “And saved some part”
(a) alliteration
(b) metaphor
(c) oxymoron
(d) similie
Answer: (a) alliteration

Question. What does “Dust of Snow” represent?
(a) healing power of nature
(b) particles of snow
(c) cool weather
(d) None of the options
Answer: (a) healing power of nature

Question. What are the two negative creatures that Frost used as carriers of positivity?
(a) snow, dust
(b) hemlock tree, snow
(c) snow, crow
(d) hemlock tree, crow
Answer: (d) hemlock tree, crow

Question. The crow and Hemlock tree symbolize ____
(a) sorrow
(b) happiness
(c) celebration
(d) death
Answer: (a) sorrow

Question. How did the dust of snow affect the poet?
(a) It made him energetic
(b) It changed his mood
(c) It made him superior
(d) None of the options
Answer: (b) It changed his mood

Question. What was the mood of the poet in the beginning of the poem?
(a) Sad mood
(b) Happy mood
(c) Confuse mood
(d) None of the options
Answer: (a) Sad mood

Question. What did crow shake on the poet?
(a) dust of tree
(b) dust of garden
(c) dust of snow
(d) dust of land
Answer: (c) dust of snow

Question. What did the poet think of the day before the dust of snow fell on him?
(a) He was energetic
(b) He was rude
(c) He was lucky
(d) His day was ruined.
Answer: (d) His day was ruined.

Question. How does the poet’s mood get changed?
(a) When he started running
(b) When started laughing
(c) When dust of snow fall on him
(d) None of the options
Answer: (c) When dust of snow fall on him

Question. Whose part of the day has been saved?
(a) Crow’s part of the day
(b) Tree’s part of the day
(c) Poet’s part of the day
(d) None of the options
Answer: (c) Poet’s part of the day

Question. Where was the crow?
(a) Peepal Tree
(b) Hemlock Tree
(c) Deodar Cedar
(d) Banyan Tree
Answer: (b) Hemlock Tree

Question. What was saved for the poet?
(a) crow
(b) tree
(c) some part of the day
(d) snow
Answer: (c) some part of the day

Question. What does crow generally symbolise?
(a) Happiness
(b) Good fortune
(c) Bad omen
(d) Life
Answer: (c) Bad omen

Question. what fell on the poet?
(a) dust of snow
(b) dust of crow
(c) dust of rain
(d) dust of tree
Answer: (a) dust of snow

Question. The dust of snow falls on the poet from the
(a) Coconut tree
(b) Shade of a house
(c) Hemlock tree
(d) Sky
Answer: (c) Hemlock tree

Question. Snow dust falls on the poet because of the
(a) Bad weather
(b) Snowfall
(c) Crow
(d) Rough wind
Answer: (c) Crow