CBSE Class 10 English The Ball Poem MCQs Set 03

Question. Who is the poet of the poem ‘The Ball Poem’?
(a) Sylvia Plath
(b) W.B Yeats
(c) Robert Frost
(d) John Berryman.
Answer: (d) John Berryman.

Question. What is the boy playing with?
(a) bat
(b) ball
(c) car
(d) bus
Answer: (b) ball

Question. Where does the ball go?
(a) drain
(b) well
(c) house
(d) water
Answer: (d) water

Question. What does a ball cost?
(a) 5 dimes
(b) 10 dimes
(c) 1 dime
(d) 4 dimes
Answer: (c) 1 dime

Question. How does the child react at the loss?
(a) stands rigid
(b) trembles
(c) stares
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. According to the poet, what is the child learning?
(a) to bear loss
(b) to take care of things
(c) to be responsible
(d) to be careful
Answer: (a) to bear loss

Question. Does the poet condole the boy?
(a) can’t say
(b) yes
(c) no
(d) All of the options
Answer: (c) no

Question. Why does the poet decide not to condole the boy?
(a) He is busy
(b) He is indifferent
(c) It will be of no use
(d) He is happy
Answer: (c) It will be of no use

Question. Name the literary device used in “Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then Merrily over - there it is in the water!”
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c) Alliteration
(d) Anaphora
Answer: (d) Anaphora

Question. Name the literary device used in “And no one buys a ball back.”
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c) Alliteration
(d) Anaphora
Answer: (c) Alliteration

Question. Why are the boy’s eyes desperate?
(a) Because he has lost his ball.
(b) Because he has lost his money.
(c) Because he has lost his gloves
(d) None of the options
Answer: (a) Because he has lost his ball.

Question. What does ‘in the world of possessions’ means?
(a) Love
(b) Lust
(c) Materialistic things
(d) None of the options
Answer: (c) Materialistic things

Question. Where was the boy staring down?
(a) the sea
(b) the ocean
(c) the harbour
(d) the lake
Answer: (c) the harbour

Question. Who would not intrude the boy?
(a) The Ball
(b) The Poet
(c) The Gloves
(d) None of the options
Answer: (b) The Poet

Question. Why is money called external?
(a) We need to earn money through hard-worker.
(b) We can replace the lost things with its help.
(c) It is made from artificial way.
(d) None of the options
Answer: (b) We can replace the lost things with its help.

Question. What was the reaction of the boy at the loss of his ball?
(a) Sad
(b) Confused
(c) Happy
(d) None of the options
Answer: (a) Sad

Question. What has the boy lost in the water?
(a) his ball
(b) his bat
(c) his wicket
(d) his gloves
Answer: (a) his ball

Question. Later the ball went into the –
(a) Garden
(b) River
(c) Street
(d) House
Answer: (b) River

Question. The boy lost his ball at the –
(a) Street
(b) Water
(c) Forest
(d) Garden
Answer: (a) Street

Question. Here the ball symbolizes _____ in the poem.
(a) Hope
(b) Simple toy far play
(c) Dreams
(d) Memories of childhood
Answer: (c) Memories of childhood

Question. Now the boy should understand the responsibility of _____ of his things.
(a) Taking care
(b) Giving value
(c) Loving
(d) Giving worth
Answer: (a) Taking care