CBSE Class 9 English The Snake Trying MCQs

Question. Who is the poet of the poem ‘The Snake Trying’?
(a) Edward Lear
(b) W.W.E. Ross
(c) Gieve Patel
(d) William Wordsworth

Answer :   B

Question. What is the literary device used in this poem?
(a) allegory
(b) alliteration
(c) personification
(d) None

Answer :   C

Question. The snake was trying to escape from being bitten by a –
(a) Sword
(b) Axe
(c) Knife
(d) Stick

Answer:    D

Question. What Is the nature of the green snake who is trying to escape?
(a) harmless
(b) furious
(c) harmful
(d) annoyed

Answer :    A

Question. Who wrote the poem ‘The Snake Trying’?
(a) Gieve Pater
(b) Robert Frost
(c) William Yeast
(d) W.W.E Ross

Answer :    D

Question. What is the snake trying to escape from in the poem ‘The Snake Trying’?
(a) The pursuing sticks
(b) The forest
(c) The enemy
(d) The rat

Answer :    A

Question. What is the meaning of ‘pursuing’ in the poem ‘The Snake Trying’?
(a) Following
(b) Modelling
(c) Moving forward
(d) Injuring

Answer :    A

Question. Who is the poet of this poem?
(a) W.W.E.Ross
(b) W.W
(c) W.H
(d) W.E.L.

Answer :  A

Question. What is the snake trying to escape?
(a) stone
(b) bullet
(c) mud
(d) stick

Answer :   D

Question. Where did the snake go and disappear?
(a) in the ripples of water among green reeds
(b) in the bushes
(c) in a hole
(d) none

Answer :   A

Question. Who chased the snake?
(a) mancorrect
(b) Mongoose
(c) crocodile
(d) eagle

Answer :   A

Question. What does the snake glide through?
(a) mud
(b) ice
(c) water
(d) all of the above

Answer :   C

Question. What is the theme of the poem?
(a) stop cruelty towards animals
(b) hate animals
(c) be away from animals
(d) animals are dangerous

Answer :   A

Question. Who is the Snake harmful too?
(a) men
(b) Women
(c) children
(d) none of the above

Answer :   D

Question. What was the snake trying to save itself from?
(a) from mongoose
(b) from other animals
(c) from a man with a stick
(d) all

Answer :   C

Question. Small ——– snakes are harmless to the children.
(a) Green
(b) Brown
(c) Grey
(d) Black

Answer:   A

Question- What are the snakes generally considerd?
(a) source of joy
(b) source of entertainment
(c) fear factor
(d) none

Answer :   C

Question- What appeal does the poet make to the readers in this poem?
(a) stay away from snakes
(b) kill snakes
(c) treat snakes in a kind manner
(d) None

Answer :   C

Question. What is our opinion about most of the snakes?
(a) fearsome symbols of death
(b) faithful friends
(c) loyal to the human being
(d) not harmful to us

Answer:   A

Question. What does the poet think of snakes?
(a) source of joy
(b) fear factor
(c) dangerous
(d) harmless animals untill disturbed

Answer :   D

Question- In what words does the poet express the beaauty of the snake?
(a) beautiful and graceful
(b) pretty
(c) smart
(d) handsome

Answer :   A

Question. Who is the poet of this poem?
(a) W.W.E.Ross
(b) W.W
(c) W.H
(d) W.E.L.

Answer :   A

Question. Where did the snake lie until observed?
(a) in a tree
(b) on the water
(c) on the sand
(d) in the mud

Answer :   C

Question. Where does the snake vanish?
(a) in the water
(b) in the reeds
(c) in a house
(d) none of the above

Answer :   B

Question. Reeds mean –
(a) Watery plants
(b) Long trees
(c) Bushy plants
(d) Small grass

Answer:  A

Question. In the poet’s views, the snakes are
(a) harmful to us
(b) not harmful to us
(c) enemy to us
(d) all of the above

Answer :    B

Question.“he lay until observed..”- Who lays until observed?
(a) Poet
(b) Snake
(c) The stranger with pursuing stick
(d) None of the above

Answer :    B

Question. In the last stanza of the poem ‘‘The Snake Trying’, the snake vanishes. What does this mean?
(a) Killed
(b) Disappeared
(c) Buried
(d) None of the above

Answer :   B

Question. What does ‘ripples’ mean in the poem ‘The Snake Trying’?
(a) Series of waves on water surface
(b) Combination of small plants
(c) Small tiles joined to make a beam
(d) None of the above

Answer :   A

Question. Where did the snake go and disappear?
(a) in the ripples of water among green reeds
(b) in the bushes
(c) in a hole
(d) none

Answer :   A