CBSE Class 8 English When I set out for Lyonnesse MCQs

Question. The word ‘sojourn’ means the same as
(a) silence
(b) shake
(c) solar
(d) stay.

Answer:  D

Question. Who is the poet of the poem “When I set out for Lyonnesse”?
(a) T.S. Eliot
(b) Thomas Hardy
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Firdaus Kanga

Answer:  B

Question. What did the poet return from Lyonnesse with?
(a) Magic in his face
(b) Disappointment
(c) Memorable moments
(d) Magic in his eyes

Answer:  D

Question. What did the second stanza tell about the poet?
(a) Poets boredom
(b) Poets curiosity
(c) Poets foolishness
(d) Poets loneliness

Answer:  B

Question. “What would ——- at Lyonnesse”
(a) Become
(b) Returned
(c) Bechance
(d) All of these

Answer:  C

Question. Who could have not guessed what happened in Lyonnesse?
(a) The poet
(b) Prophet
(c) Wisest wizard
(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer:  D

Question. What is the meaning of ‘Lonesomeness’?
(a) Lonely
(b) Isolated
(c) Loneliness
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. How far was Lyonnesse?
(a) A hundred miles away
(b) Two hundred miles away
(c) Four hundred miles away
(d) Very near

Answer:  A

Question. Who returned from Lyonnesse with magic in his eyes?
(a) All the people
(b) The prophet
(c) The poet
(d) No one

Answer:  C

Question. “When i —– out for Lyonnesse”
(a) Set
(b) Go
(c) Reached
(d) Went

Answer:  A

Question. The lines “When I set out for Lyonnesse A hundred miles away” are repeated in which stanza?
(a) I
(b) II
(c) III
(d) None of the above

Answer:  A

Question. Why did the poet visit there?
(a) To attend a meeting
(b) To supervise the restoration of school
(c) To visit his birth place
(d) To supervise the restoration of church

Answer:  D

Question. How far was Lyonnesse when the poet set out for?
(a) two hundred miles
(b) Hundred miles
(c) Fifty miles
(d) None of these

Answer:  B

Question. “My —– rare and fathomless.”
(a) Radiance
(b) Smile
(c) Excitement
(d) None of these

Answer:  A

Question. Why did people remain silent then and there?
(a) Because they were surprised
(b) Because they were shocked
(c) Because they were surprised and shocked
(d) None of these

Answer:  C

Question. What did he return with?
(a) Magic in his eyes
(b) Radiance
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above

Answer:  C

Question. “The rime was on the spray” What do you mean by the word “rime”?
(a) Rhyme
(b) Frost
(c) Leaves
(d) Trees

Answer:  B

Question. Why did he go to Lyonnesse?
(a) To supervise Church restoration
(b)To supervise hotel restoration
(c) To celebrate New Year
(d) On a vacation

Answer:  A

Question. The lines “What would bechance at Lyonnesse While I should sojourn there” are being repeated in which stanza?
(a) I
(b) II
(c) III
(d) None of the above

Answer:  B

Question. What enlightened his loneliness?
(a) Starlight
(b) Magic in his eyes
(c) Radiance
(d) All of the Above

Answer:  A 

What would bechance at Lyonnesse
While I should sojourn there,
No prophet durst declare;
Nor did the wisest wizard guess
What would bechance at Lyonnesse
While I should sojourn there

Question. Which word in the stanza means ‘stay or stop’.
(a) durst
(b) wizard
(c) sojourn
(d) bechance

Answer:  C

Question. What happened at Lyonnesse?
(a) Something different
(b) Something strange
(c) Something attractive
(d) Something increasing

Answer:  B

Question. For whom ‘I’ is used?
(a) Thomas Hardy — the poet
(b) T.S. Eliot — the poet
(c) John Keats — the poet
(d) William Blake — the poet

Answer:  A 

Question. Name the poem.
(a) Geography Lesson
(b) The School Boy
(c) The Last Bargain
(d) When I set out for Lyonnesse

Answer:  D

When I set out for Lyonnesse
A hundred miles away,
The rime was on the spray ;
And starlight lit my lonesomeness

Question. Lyonnesse is
(a) a beautiful river
(b) a beautiful hill
(c) a country in the legends
(d) an imaginary name.

Answer:  C

Question. The poet of the poem is
(a) Thomas Hardy
(b) R.N. Tagore
(c) Edward Lear
(d) William Blake.

Answer:  A

Question. The leaves were covered by
(a) ice
(b) frost
(c) dust
(d) dirt.

Answer:  B

Question. The poet felt
(a) happy
(b) angry
(c) depressed
(d) excited.

Answer:  C