Class 12 English Poetry Ch-3 Now the Leaves are Falling Fast MCQs Exam 2027

Topic 1: About the Poet (W.H. Auden)

1. W.H. Auden has written the poem—

   (A) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

   (B) Song of Myself

   (C) Snake

   (D) Fire-Hymn

2. W.H. Auden was a …… poet of the 20th century.

   (A) Romantic

   (B) Modern

   (C) Victorian

   (D) Elizabethan

3. In which year did W.H. Auden leave England to settle in the United States?

   (A) 1937

   (B) 1939

   (C) 1948

   (D) 1950

4. W.H. Auden was born in the year ……

   (A) 1905

   (B) 1907

   (C) 1910

   (D) 1915

5. Auden’s work is divided into British and …… phases.

   (A) Indian

   (B) American

   (C) French

   (D) Russian

6. W.H. Auden was a—

   (A) Poet

   (B) Verse dramatist

   (C) Critic and Editor

   (D) All of these

7. Auden won the Pulitzer prize for his collection of poems.

   (A) The Age of Consciousness

   (B) The Age of Love

   (C) The Age of Anxiety

   (D) The Age of Hatred

8. W.H. Auden won the …… Prize in 1948.

   (A) Pulitzer

   (B) Man Booker

   (C) Nobel

   (D) Sahitya Akademi

9. Auden died in the year ……

   (A) 1970

   (B) 1973

   (C) 1975

   (D) 1980

10. For Auden, poetry was a …… [BSEB, 2023A]

    (A) light game

    (B) interesting game

    (C) serious game

    (D) troublesome game

11. For W.H. Auden, poetry was a ‘serious game’. This line shows his …… towards art.

    (A) Carelessness

    (B) Dedication/Seriousness

    (C) Hatred

    (D) Fun

12. Which of the following is NOT a work of W.H. Auden?

    (A) The Orators

    (B) The Dance of Death

    (C) The Age of Anxiety

    (D) Leaves of Grass

13. ‘Now the Leaves are Falling Fast’ is written by:

    (A) W.H. Auden

    (B) Rupert Brooke

    (C) T.S. Eliot

    (D) Kamala Das

14. ‘Now the leaves are Falling Fast’ is written by — [BSEB, 2018C]

    (A) W.H. Auden

    (B) D.H. Lawrence

    (C) T.S. Eliot

    (D) W.B. Yeats

Topic 2: Poem Theme & Nature

15. ‘Now the Leaves are Falling Fast’ is—

    (A) a lyric

    (B) an ode

    (C) a sonnet

    (D) an elegy

16. The poem ‘Now the Leaves Are Falling Fast’ explores the theme of—

    (A) Human suffering and frustration

    (B) Nature’s beauty

    (C) War and Peace

    (D) Childhood memories

17. The poem ‘Now the Leaves Are Falling Fast’ enacts the …… inherent in human life.

    (A) Joy

    (B) Frustration

    (C) Peace

    (D) Success

18. ‘Now the Leaves are Falling Fast’ talks about the ……… of human life. [BSEB, 2021A]

    (A) frustrations

    (B) happiness

    (C) confusions

    (D) knowledge

19. ‘Now the leaves are falling fast’ is a ……………. poem.

    (A) pessimistic-cum-optimistic

    (B) happy

    (C) religious

    (D) romantic

20. Trees shed their leaves in —

    (A) rain

    (B) summer

    (C) winter

    (D) autumn

21. “The leaves are falling fast” suggests :

    (A) Arrival of old age/death

    (B) Happiness

    (C) Rebirth

    (D) Summer season

22. “Now the leaves are falling fast” suggests ………………..

    (A) Frustrations

    (B) Happiness

    (C) Journey

    (D) Growth

23. ‘Now the leaves are falling fast’ suggests the arrival of:

    (A) Old age/Death

    (B) Youth

    (C) Childhood

    (D) Happiness

24. The falling of ………… refer to the speedy arrival of death.

    (A) leaves

    (B) stones

    (C) snows

    (D) None of these

Topic 3: Lines from the Poem & Explanations

25. ‘Nurses to the grave are gone’ is from—

    (A) An Epitaph

    (B) Fire-Hymn

    (C) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

    (D) The Soldier

26. The line ‘And the prams go rolling on’ is from —

    (A) Snake

    (B) To Autumn

    (C) Now the Leaves Are Falling Fast

    (D) Fire Hymn

27. ‘Travellers in their last distress’ is from : [BSEB, 2024A]

    (A) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

    (B) An Epitaph

    (C) Ode to Autumn

    (D) The Soldier

28. The line “And the nightingale is dumb” is from:

    (A) Now the leaves are falling fast

    (B) Ode to Autumn

    (C) Song of Myself

    (D) Snake

29. The line ‘And the nightingale is dumb’ is taken from— [BSEB, 2019A, 2020A]

    (A) Fire Hymn

    (B) Ode to Autumn

    (C) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

    (D) Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe

30. ‘And the angel will not come’ is from :

    (A) An Epitaph

    (B) The Soldier

    (C) Ode to Autumn

    (D) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

31. ‘Whispering neighbours, left and right’ is a line from the poem—

    (A) An Epitaph

    (B) Song of Myself

    (C) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

    (D) Snake

32. ‘Nurse’s flowers will not last’ is a line written by—

    (A) John keats

    (B) John Donne

    (C) Walt whitman

    (D) W.H. Auden

33. And the active hands must ………… Lonely on the separate knees. [BSEB, 2020A]

    (A) die

    (B) pluck

    (C) freeze

    (D) snatch

34. And the nightingale is dumb And the ………… will not come.

    (A) trolls

    (B) prams

    (C) angle

    (D) distress

35. Whose white waterfall could bless Travellers in their last …… [BSEB, 2022A]

    (A) distress

    (B) sadness

    (C) happiness

    (D) tears

36. ………… waterfall could bless the travellers passing through that way.

    (A) Yellow

    (B) White

    (C) Red

    (D) Grey

37. The line ‘Nurses to the graves are gone’ suggests—

    (A) Rebirth

    (B) The inevitability of death

    (C) Happiness

    (D) Long life

Topic 4: Symbols, Metaphors & Imagery

38. ‘Cold, impossible, ahead’ refers to the—

    (A) Sun

    (B) Moon

    (C) Mountain top/Waterfall

    (D) Rain

39. ‘Starving through the leafless wood’ — here ‘wood’ refers to—

    (A) Furniture

    (B) Forest/Trees

    (C) House

    (D) Prams

40. The phrase ‘separate knees’ in the poem suggests—

    (A) Unity

    (B) Loneliness/Isolation

    (C) Hard work

    (D) Walking

41. The ‘white waterfall’ in the poem is located at the …… of the mountain.

    (A) Foot

    (B) Lovely head

    (C) Bottom

    (D) Side

42. Human life is no better than — [BSEB, 2023A]

    (A) life

    (B) death

    (C) journey

    (D) none of these

43. The death messengers are ‘left and right’—what do they do?

    (A) Bless the soul

    (B) Pluck us from real delight

    (C) Provide comfort

    (D) None of these

44. ‘Whispering neighbours’ is a metaphor used for—

    (A) Relatives

    (B) Friends

    (C) Agents of death

    (D) Enemies

45. The travellers are we ………… beings, moving towards our death.

    (A) human

    (B) animal

    (C) urban

    (D) rural

46. ‘Pluck us from the real delight’ — here ‘real delight’ means—

    (A) Real happiness of life

    (B) Money

    (C) Food

    (D) Travel

47. The prams are —

    (A) running

    (B) standing

    (C) lying

    (D) rolling

48. The ………… of death are the whispering neighbour.

    (A) messenger

    (B) friends

    (C) enemies

    (D) god

49. Who is the “Whispering neighbours” mentioned in the poem ‘Now the leaves are falling fast’?

    (A) Friends

    (B) Relatives

    (C) Messengers of death

    (D) Enemies

50. ‘Trolls’ mentioned in the poem are mythological creatures from— [BSEB, 2021A]

    (A) Scandinavian

    (B) Indian

    (C) Russian

    (D) None of these

51. Who ‘run scolding for their food :’ in ‘Now the Leaves are Falling Fast’? [BSEB, 2021A]

    (A) Trolls

    (B) Lions

    (C) Animals

    (D) Birds

52. Who is dumb in ‘Now the Leaves are Falling Fast’?

    (A) Angel

    (B) Poet

    (C) Trees

    (D) Nightingale

53. The ………… has become dumb to see the leafless trees.

    (A) hen

    (B) sparrow

    (C) nightingale

    (D) peacock

54. What does the poet mean by ‘Nurse’s flowers’?

    (A) Flowers in a hospital

    (B) Small plants growing under big trees

    (C) Artificial flowers

    (D) Flowers given to nurses

Topic 5: Mixed/External Works

55. ‘Leaves of Grass’ is a collection of poems by—

    (A) John Donne

    (B) W.H. Auden

    (C) T. S. Eliot

    (D) Walt Whitman