Poem - The Listeners – Walter de la Mare TNPSC Group 2 2A Questions

General English - Unit VII: Literary Works - Figures of Speech, Appreciation and Analysis of Poetry, Lines of Significance (15 Q)

Poem - The Listeners – Walter de la Mare MCQ Questions


1.
Who is the poet of “The Listeners”?
A.
William Wordsworth
B.
Robert Frost
C.
Walter de la Mare
D.
Sarojini Naidu
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ANSWER :
C. Walter de la Mare
2.
What is the setting of the poem?
A.
City street
B.
Mountain cave
C.
Moonlit forest
D.
Battlefield
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ANSWER :
C. Moonlit forest
3.
What literary device is used in “phantom listeners”?
A.
Metaphor
B.
Simile
C.
Personification
D.
Alliteration
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ANSWER :
C. Personification
4.
What does “Is there anybody there?” symbolize?
A.
Fear of animals
B.
Desire for connection
C.
Battle cry
D.
Questioning reality
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ANSWER :
B. Desire for connection
5.
Which line indicates the eerie silence in the poem?
A.
A bird flew up
B.
His horse champed the grasses
C.
Smote upon the door
D.
No head from the leaf-fringed sill
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ANSWER :
D. No head from the leaf-fringed sill
6.
What is the Traveller doing?
A.
Escaping war
B.
Searching for food
C.
Knocking on a door
D.
Singing in the woods
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ANSWER :
C. Knocking on a door