CBSE Class 10 English Dust of Snow MCQs Set B

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

Question. The hemlock tree is cosidered to be
a) a medicinal plant
b) a poisnous plant
c) a holy plant
d) a rare plant

Answer: B

Question. The poet stood under which tree?
a) Pine
b) Hemlock
c) Fir
d) Goldilock

Answer: B

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

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

Answer: C

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

Answer: A

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

Question. The poem is set on a?
a) hot summer day
b) pleasant spring day
c) cold wintry day
d) dry autumn day

Answer: C

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

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

Answer: C

(A) The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.

Question. Of the many symbols the hemlock tree represents, choose the one that Frostdrew upon in all likelihood, for this poem.
Symbol of
a) longevity.
b) togetherness.
c) healing.
d) protection.

Answer: C

Question. Choose the option that lists the possible feelings of the poet prior to the experience shared in the poem.
1) reassured
2) disappointed
3) curious
4) demotivated
5) thankful
6) disheartened
7) impulsive
a) 1, 3 &7
b) 2, 4 & 6
c) 5 & 7
d) 1 & 3

Answer: B

Question. Identify the option that DOES NOT use the word ‘rue’ correctly.
a) The film was a disaster and he rued his decision to act in it.
b) I am sure she rued the day she listened to a fortune-teller.
c) It wasn’t long before I rued my disobedience and my deceit.
d) Others finally rue the one who is dishonest and heartless.

Answer: D

Question. Synecdoche is a poetic device that uses a part to represent the whole. E.g. That’s a great set of wheels! (Set of wheels has been used for car.)
Pick an example of synecdoche from the poem.
a) Has given my heart / A change of mood
b) The way a crow/ Shook down on me
c) The dust of snow / From a hemlock tree
d) And saved some part / Of a day I had rued

Answer: A

Question. Choose the option showing the reason NOT corresponding with “… a crow / Shook down on me / The dust of snow”.
a) The crow’s landing on the branch of the tree.
b) The shivering of the crow, due to the cold.
c) The readjustment of position of the crow on the branch.
d) The cawing of the crow hidden in the foliage.

Answer: D