CBSE Class 10 English Dust of Snow MCQs Set 03

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

Question: The message of the poem is
a) Stay away from Hemlock trees
b) Stay away from crows
c) Nature heals us no matter how bad our day was
d) We must save nature
Answer: c

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: Hemlock is a –
a) Poisonous tree
b) Cottage
c) None of a bird
d) Snowfall
Answer: a

Question: What uplifted his mood?
a) falling of snow on his shoulder
b) the crow
c) hemlock tree
d) all of the above
Answer: a

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

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

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

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

Question: The poet is in a –
a) Cheerful mood
b) Pleasant mood
c) Gloomy mood
d) Marry mood
Answer: c

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

Question: The crow is generally considered as
a) a sign of good luck
b) a naughty bird
c) a friend of man
d) a sign of bad luck
Answer: d

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

Question: Who shook down the hemlock tree?
a) a crow
b) a cuckoo
c) a mynah
d) a squirrel
Answer: a

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 these
Answer: c

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

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

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