Class 12 English Poetry Ch-7 Macavity: The Mystery Cat MCQs Exam 2027

Topic 1: Poet Profile (T.S. Eliot & His Works)

1. T.S. Eliot was born in —

   (A) 1888

   (B) 1890

   (C) 1900

   (D) 1915

2. Who was born in the U.S.A. but eventually settled in England? [BSEB, 2025A]

   (A) T.S. Eliot

   (B) John Donne

   (C) Walt Whitman

   (D) John Keats

3. T.S. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in — [BSEB, 2019A]

   (A) 1947

   (B) 1948

   (C) 1949

   (D) 1950

4. T.S. Eliot is a …….. poet. [BSEB, 2025A]

   (A) 20th Century

   (B) 17th Century

   (C) 18th Century

   (D) 16th Century

5. T.S. Eliot belongs to the — [BSEB, 2018A]

   (A) 18th century

   (B) 19th century

   (C) 20th century

   (D) 17th century

6. T.S. Eliot was a ……… poet and a critic. [BSEB, 2020A]

   (A) Modernist

   (B) Romantic

   (C) Victorian

   (D) Metaphysical

7. T.S. Eliot was a poet, a critic and a …….. [BSEB, 2020A]

   (A) dramatist

   (B) novelist

   (C) scientist

   (D) doctor

8. ‘Ash Wednesday’ is written by : [BSEB, 2018C]

   (A) W.B. Yeats

   (B) Thomas Dekker

   (C) T.S. Eliot

   (D) S.T. Coleridge

9. ‘The Waste Land’ has been composed by ……….. [BSEB, 2019A, 2020A]

   (A) T.S. Eliot

   (B) W.H. Auden

   (C) S.T. Coleridge

   (D) John Donne

10. Which of the following is written by T.S. Eliot? [BSEB, 2019A]

    (A) The Waste Land

    (B) Leaves of Grass

    (C) My Grandmother’s House

    (D) Song of Myself

11. Who wrote ‘Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats’? [BSEB, 2019A]

    (A) W.B. Yeats

    (B) T.S. Eliot

    (C) D.H. Lawrence

    (D) W.H. Auden

12. ‘Macavity : The Mystery Cat’ has been taken from— [BSEB, 2021A]

    (A) Old Alan’s Book of Cats

    (B) Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats

    (C) Young Arthur’s Cats

    (D) Young Mathew’s Dogs and Cats

13. T.S. Eliot has written the poem—

    (A) Fire-Hymn

    (B) Snake

    (C) Macavity: The Mystery Cat

    (D) The Soldier

Topic 2: Physical Appearance of Macavity

14. Macavity is a —

    (A) dog

    (B) rat

    (C) tiger

    (D) cat

15. Macavity is a …….. cat.

    (A) white

    (B) ginger

    (C) black

    (D) brown

16. ………. is tall and thin.

    (A) Macavity

    (B) Lacavity

    (C) Sacavity

    (D) Racavity

17. Macavity’s eyes are …….. [BSEB, 2024A]

    (A) bulging

    (B) sunken in

    (C) bright

    (D) blue

18. Macavity’s coat is …….. from neglect. [BSEB, 2024A]

    (A) clean

    (B) dusty

    (C) shiny

    (D) colorful

19. His whiskers are ……..

    (A) uncombed

    (B) clean

    (C) long

    (D) missing

20. “His brow is deeply lined with thoughts, ….” Whose brow is the poet talking about? [BSEB, 2022A]

    (A) Macavity’s

    (B) Himself

    (C) His neighbour’s

    (D) His father’s

21. Macavity sways his head from side to side like a …….. [BSEB, 2024A]

    (A) dog

    (B) snake

    (C) monkey

    (D) lion

22. Macavity moves like a —

    (A) scorpion

    (B) snake

    (C) tiger

    (D) None of these

23. He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake; is from :

    (A) The Soldier

    (B) Fire-Hymn

    (C) Ode to Autumn

    (D) Macavity : The Mystery Cat

Topic 3: Macavity’s Character & Titles

24. Macavity is called — [BSEB, 2023A, 2025A]

    (A) the Hidden Paw

    (B) the Mysterious Paw

    (C) the Exposed Paw

    (D) the Naughty Paw

25. Macavity is called: [BSEB, 2023A]

    (A) The Hidden Paw

    (B) The Mysterious Cat

    (C) The Exposed Paw

    (D) The Naughty Cat

26. Macavity is a …………… cat.

    (A) Mystery

    (B) Simple

    (C) Domestic

    (D) Friendly

27. Macavity is full of …….. [BSEB, 2018A]

    (A) happiness

    (B) sadness

    (C) selfishness

    (D) deceitfulness

28. Macavity was a cat of ………. [BSEB, 2018C]

    (A) laziness

    (B) deceitfulness

    (C) simplicity

    (D) shyness

29. Macavity is a ……… of deceitfulness. [BSEB, 2020A]

    (A) monster

    (B) giant

    (C) demon

    (D) fiend

30. Macavity is a fiend in ………. shape. [BSEB, 2018C]

    (A) bird

    (B) human

    (C) feline

    (D) insect

31. The poet calls Macavity ‘a fiend in feline shape’ because — [BSEB, 2021A]

    (A) he is a cat

    (B) he is a devil in the form of a cat

    (C) he is very tall

    (D) he is a monster

32. “For he’s a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity.” is from : [BSEB, 2024A]

    (A) Snake

    (B) Fire-Hymn

    (C) Macavity: The Mystery Cat

    (D) The Soldier

33. Macavity is an — [BSEB, 2018A]

    (A) outlaw

    (B) criminals

    (C) looter

    (D) diplomat

34. Macavity is described as being ‘outwardly respectable’ because — [BSEB, 2022A]

    (A) he wears a suit

    (B) he cheats at cards

    (C) he is never caught at the scene of crime

    (D) he is a law-abiding citizen

35. According to T.S. Eliot, Macavity is an/a—

    (A) master criminal

    (B) convicted criminal

    (C) ordinary criminal

    (D) american criminal

36. ………. is a master of criminal.

    (A) Macavity

    (B) Lacavity

    (C) Racavity

    (D) None of these

37. According to Eliot, Macavity is the ……. of crime. [BSEB, 2023A]

    (A) Hitler

    (B) Napoleon

    (C) Alexander

    (D) Osama

38. The poet compares Macavity to —

    (A) Charles

    (B) Samudra Gupta

    (C) Bismark

    (D) Napoleon

Topic 4: Crimes & Actions

39. Macavity’s footprints are not found in any file of …….. [BSEB, 2022A]

    (A) Scotland Yard

    (B) FBI

    (C) CID

    (D) Interpol

40. Macavity is the …….. of Scotland Yard. [BSEB, 2023A]

    (A) despair

    (B) bafflement

    (C) frustration

    (D) nightmare

41. Macavity is the …….. of the Flying Squad. [BSEB, 2023A]

    (A) help

    (B) despair

    (C) friend

    (D) leader

42. “And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard.” It is from : [BSEB, 2024A]

    (A) The Soldier

    (B) Fire-Hymn

    (C) Ode to Autumn

    (D) Macavity : The Mystery Cat

43. Macavity is the bafflement of —

    (A) Bcotyard

    (B) Mcotyard

    (C) Scotland Yard

    (D) None of these

44. Macavity is said to be mysterious because : [BSEB, 2024A]

    (A) the Scotland Yard is baffled by him

    (B) he has a hidden paw

    (C) no one understands his ways

    (D) he has hidden powers

45. ‘He’s broken every human law’ is taken from—

    (A) The Soldier

    (B) Fire-Hymn

    (C) An Epitaph

    (D) Macavity: The Mystery Cat

46. Macavity breaks the law of ……..

    (A) Gravity

    (B) Magnetism

    (C) Nature

    (D) Motion

47. His powers of …….. would make a fakir stare.

    (A) walking

    (B) running

    (C) levitation

    (D) jumping

48. ‘And when the foreign office find a Treaty’s gone astray’ is written by—

    (A) Walt Whitman

    (B) Rupert Brooke

    (C) T.S. Eliot

    (D) Kamala Das

49. “Or when the milk is missing, or another Peke’s been shifted, ….” is from : [BSEB, 2022A]

    (A) Macavity — The Mystery Cat

    (B) Snake

    (C) Fire Hymn

    (D) The Soldier

50. If a jewel-case is rifled, or the milk is missing, it is the work of ……..

    (A) The poet

    (B) The neighbors

    (C) Macavity

    (D) The police

51. When you reach the scene of the crime, Macavity is ……..

    (A) sleeping there

    (B) eating there

    (C) not there

    (D) playing there

Topic 5: Behavior & Other Characters

52. Who finds Macavity lazy and half asleep? [BSEB, 2021A]

    (A) Kamala Das

    (B) D.H. Lawrence

    (C) T.S. Eliot

    (D) William Blake

53. Macavity seems to be half-asleep, but in actuality he is :

    (A) half asleep

    (B) in deep sleep

    (C) seeing dreams

    (D) wide awake

54. “And when you think he’s half asleep, he’s always …….. “

    (A) snoring

    (B) dreaming

    (C) wide awake

    (D) dead

55. Mungojerrie and Griddlebone are also—

    (A) dogs

    (B) monkeys

    (C) birds

    (D) cats

56. Macavity is full of —

    (A) happiness

    (B) sadness

    (C) selfishness

    (D) deceitfulness

57. The poem “Macavity: The Mystery Cat” is …….. in tone.

    (A) Humorous/Light-hearted

    (B) Tragic

    (C) Sad

    (D) Religious

58. “He’s the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair.” Who is ‘He’?

    (A) The Poet

    (B) Macavity

    (C) Mungojerrie

    (D) Napoleon

Topic 6: General Knowledge & Textual Lines (Remaining till 70)

59. Macavity is a …………….

    (A) Dog

    (B) Cat

    (C) Rat

    (D) Tiger

60. T. S. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in: [BSEB, 2019A]

    (A) 1948

    (B) 1950

    (C) 1952

    (D) 1954

61. Macavity is called …………….

    (A) The Hidden Paw

    (B) The Mysterious Paw

    (C) The Exposed Paw

    (D) The Naughty Paw

62. “He breaks the law of gravity” means Macavity:

    (A) Can run fast

    (B) Can float in the air

    (C) Can jump high

    (D) Can disappear

63. Which city’s police force is mentioned in the poem?

    (A) London

    (B) New York

    (C) Paris

    (D) Delhi

64. Macavity is never caught because he is:

    (A) Too small

    (B) Very fast

    (C) Clever and always disappears

    (D) Innocent

65. ‘Old Possum’ was the nickname of:

    (A) W.H. Auden

    (B) T.S. Eliot

    (C) Rupert Brooke

    (D) John Keats

66. Macavity is a cat of ……… shape.

    (A) Human

    (B) Feline

    (C) Canine

    (D) Bovine

67. Who is the Napoleon of Crime?

    (A) Mungojerrie

    (B) Griddlebone

    (C) Macavity

    (D) T.S. Eliot

68. Macavity’s footprints are not found in:

    (A) Any file of Scotland Yard

    (B) Any house

    (C) The garden

    (D) The street

69. T.S. Eliot was a 20th century:

    (A) Poet

    (B) Critic

    (C) Dramatist

    (D) All of these

70. “Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity.” This line shows:

    (A) Hatred

    (B) Uniqueness of Macavity

    (C) Laziness

    (D) Sadness