Class 12 English Poetry Ch-5 An Epitaph MCQs

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1. The poet suggests that physical beauty is —
   • (A) permanent
   • (B) rare
   • (C) short-lived/transitory
   • (D) everlasting
2. Walter de la Mare was born in the year— [BSEB, 2019A, 2020A]
   • (A) 1853
   • (B) 1867
   • (C) 1873
   • (D) 1889
3. In the poem ‘An Epitaph’, ‘vanishes’ means —
   • (A) appears
   • (B) dies/disappears
   • (C) lives
   • (D) shines
4. Walter de la Mare has written the poem —
   • (A) The soldier
   • (B) Fire-Hymn
   • (C) Snake
   • (D) An Epitaph
5. Who was the ‘Light of step and heart’?
   • (A) a beautiful lady
   • (B) an old man
   • (C) a small child
   • (D) a beggar
6. Walter de la Mare belonged to the …… century. [BSEB, 2023A]
   • (A) 19th
   • (B) 20th
   • (C) 18th
   • (D) 17th
7. “And when I crumble, who will remember this lady of the West Country?” — In this line, ‘crumble’ means — [BSEB, 2018A]
   • (A) to die
   • (B) to live
   • (C) to walk
   • (D) to sleep
8. In Walter de la Mare’s songs, there is a note of:
   • (A) surprise
   • (B) excitement
   • (C) melancholy
   • (D) hope
9. The lady mentioned in the poem belonged to the —
   • (A) North Country
   • (B) East Country
   • (C) West Country
   • (D) South Country
10. ……… wrote a number of children-poems. [BSEB, 2025A]
    • (A) T.S. Eliot
    • (B) W.B. Yeats
    • (C) D.H. Lawrence
    • (D) Walter de la Mare
11. “But beauty vanishes; beauty passes” — Here ‘passes’ implies —
    • (A) moves
    • (B) ends/fades
    • (C) stays
    • (D) grows
12. The line, ‘I think she was the most beautiful lady’ is from—
    • (A) Snake
    • (B) Fire Hymn
    • (C) To Autumn
    • (D) An Epitaph
13. Who wrote the piece, ‘Why I am Not a Christian?’? [2021A, I.Sc.]
    • (A) Bertrand Russell
    • (B) Shiga Naoya
    • (C) Dorothy L. Sayers
    • (D) Pearl S. Buck
14. Walter de la Mare received the ‘Order of Merit’ in the year ……… .
    • (A) 1951
    • (B) 1952
    • (C) 1953
    • (D) 1954
15. Walter de la Mare Knew a ……… who is now dead.
    • (A) girl
    • (B) lady
    • (C) boy
    • (D) None of these
16. In which poem does the poet express his sad feeling for a beautiful lady? [BSEB, 2021A]
    • (A) To Autumn
    • (B) The Soldier
    • (C) An Epitaph
    • (D) Fire-Hymn
17. Walter de la Mare lost his father at the age of —
    • (A) four
    • (B) five
    • (C) six
    • (D) seven
18. The poet thinks that ……… is not everlasting.
    • (A) beauty
    • (B) cruelty
    • (C) ugliness
    • (D) love
19. “When I crumble, who will remember” is taken from: [BSEB, 2024A]
    • (A) Fire-Hymn
    • (B) The Soldier
    • (C) An Epitaph
    • (D) Ode to Autumn
20. Walter de la Mare’s works often show a world of ……… .
    • (A) reality
    • (B) dreams and imagination
    • (C) politics
    • (D) war
21. ….. was honoured with the order of Merit in 1953. [BSEB, 2022A]
    • (A) John Donne
    • (B) William Wordsworth
    • (C) Walter de la Mare
    • (D) Percy Bysshe Shelley
22. The lady, who is died, lies in the —
    • (A) garden
    • (B) grave
    • (C) field
    • (D) house
23. Walter de la Mare makes us aware of the— [BSEB, 2019A, 2020A]
    • (A) inhuman conditions of modern life
    • (B) poverty
    • (C) dreams
    • (D) London life
24. Which of the following is a famous work by Walter de la Mare?
    • (A) Songs for Children
    • (B) Leaves of Grass
    • (C) The Waste Land
    • (D) Lyrical Ballads
25. ‘However, rare-rare it be; And when I crumble ………’ is taken from—
    • (A) Fire-Hymn
    • (B) Ode to Autumn
    • (C) Snake
    • (D) An Epitaph
26. “And when I crumble, who will remember” is written by:
    • (A) John Keats
    • (B) John Donne
    • (C) Rupert Brooke
    • (D) Walter de la Mare
27. Walter de la Mare received the ‘Order of Merit’ from —
    • (A) Queen Elizabeth II
    • (B) Queen Victoria
    • (C) King George V
    • (D) Queen Elizabeth I
28. ‘Light of step and heart was she’ is taken from—
    • (A) Fire-Hymn
    • (B) Snake
    • (C) An Epitaph
    • (D) The soldier
29. What is an ‘Epitaph’?
    • (A) a song for the dead
    • (B) an inscription on a tomb
    • (C) a praise for a king
    • (D) a story about a lady
30. The tone of the poem ‘An Epitaph’ is —
    • (A) Joyful
    • (B) Humorous
    • (C) Melancholy (Sad)
    • (D) Aggressive
31. Walter de la Mare was a famous ……… poet.
    • (A) Victorian
    • (B) Modern
    • (C) Romantic
    • (D) Elizabethan
32. The lady mentioned in ‘An Epitaph’ lies in a ……… .
    • (A) garden
    • (B) house
    • (C) grave
    • (D) park
33. The poet feels that after his death, nobody will ……… the lady.
    • (A) love
    • (B) hate
    • (C) remember
    • (D) forget
34. Walter de la Mare was born in the village of ……… in Kent, England.
    • (A) Charlton
    • (B) Hyde Park
    • (C) Buckingham
    • (D) Oxford
35. The poet expresses his sad feeling for a lady who is now ……… .
    • (A) alive
    • (B) dead
    • (C) young
    • (D) sleeping
36. Walter de la Mare is known as a ……… poet.
    • (A) War
    • (B) Children’s
    • (C) Nature
    • (D) Metaphysical
37. According to the poet, beauty is ……… .
    • (A) eternal
    • (B) short-lived
    • (C) useless
    • (D) never-ending
38. “An Epitaph” is a poem about a lady who is ……… .
    • (A) forgotten by the world
    • (B) famous everywhere
    • (C) still alive
    • (D) a queen
39. The poet thinks that the lady was the most ……… lady ever born.
    • (A) cruel
    • (B) beautiful
    • (C) ugly
    • (D) smart
40. ‘And when I crumble, who will remember’ is written by—
    • (A) John Keats
    • (B) John Donne
    • (C) Rupert Brooke
    • (D) Walter de la Mare

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