B Wordsworth – MCQ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS – ISC CLASS 11 AND 12 ENGLISH

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1. Which houses would the beggars visit everyday to earn some money?

1. Houses by the railways
2. Houses of a rich neighbourhood
3. Houses in Miguel Street
4. Houses belonging to any random neighbourhood

2. Which beggar would come at twelve?

1. An old woman smoking a pipe
2. An Indian
3. A blind man along with a boy
4. Two children

3. What would the beggar who came at ten get?

1. Two chapatis
2. A cent
3. A tin of rice
4. Some clothes

4. How had the author described the strangest caller?

1. A man wearing a white jacket and dhoti
2. A man wearing a hat, a white shirt, and black trousers
3. A woman wearing a torn red dress
4. A young boy wearing shorts and a clean blue shirt

5. What did the strangest caller ask for?

1. He asked for some new clothes and some money
2. He wanted to befriend the speaker
3. He wanted some food to eat
4. He wanted to watch the bees

6. What did Black Wordsworth introduce himself as?

1. A poet
2. A pianist
3. A painter
4. A vagabond

7. What did B. Wordsworth want to sell?

1. His poem
2. His hat
3. His collection of bees
4. His coat

8. Which of the themes is NOT portrayed by the story?

1. Despair
2. Love for nature
3. Friendship
4. Romantic love

9. “It is the poet’s tragedy.”- Who said this and to who?

1. B. Wordsworth to the young boy
2. The boy to B. Wordsworth
3. B. Wordsworth to the boy’s mother
4. The boy to his mother

10. “You like your mother?”- What did the boy reply to this?

1. He replied saying that he was not close to his mother
2. He liked her except for the times when she beat him
3. He did not like her mother at all
4. The boy said that he did not want to answer the question

11. Where did the boy meet the poet for the second time?

1. He came to sell his poems at the boy’s house
2. He came to the boy’s place to watch bees
3. The boy met him at the corner of Miguel Street
4. The boy saw the poet in his neighbourhood

12. “I have been waiting for you for a long time.”- Why was the poet waiting for the boy?

1. He wanted to tell the boy that the mangoes of his yard were ripe and very juicy, and to invite him to eat some of them
2. The poet wanted to tell the boy that his poems were all sold
3. The poet was waiting to tell the boy that he has given up writing poems
4. The poet was missing the young boy, that’s why he was waiting for him

13. Where did the poet live?

1. Miguel Street
2. Alberto Street
3. In a small house next to the boy’s house
4. On the streets

14. What trees were present in B. Wordsworth’s yard?

1. A mango tree, a coconut tree, and a teak tree
2. A banyan tree, a banana tree, and a mango tree
3. A mango tree, a plum tree, and a coconut tree
4. A mango tree, a banana tree, and a pine tree

15. What was the mother’s reaction when the boy came back from the poet’s yard?

1. She was glad that her son had spent some quality time with someone
2. She was angry and asked the boy why he did not get fruits for her
3. She was angry and she beat the boy up as she did not know that the boy was going to the man’s place.
4. She did not care much about her son

16. What does ‘patronise’ mean in the story?

1. Support
2. Dislike
3. Eat
4. Speak

17. What did the boy do after his mother beat him up?

1. He got angry and argued back
2. He apologized and went to his room
3. He started crying and went to his friend’s house
4. He started crying and went to B. Wordsworth’s house

18. What secret did B. Wordsworth share with the boy?

1. He said that he was buying a café 
2. He said that he was writing the greatest poem in the world
3. He said that he had lots of wealth
4. He said that he is giving up writing poems

19. Why did the poet write one line each month?

1. He wanted to distil the experiences of a whole month into the single line
2. He was too lazy to write more
3. He was having a writer’s block
4. He could not think of more than one line each month

20. How does the poet earn money?

1. He taught children how to play a piano
2. He used to sing calypsoes in the calypso season
3. He used to do farming and gardening
4. He would beg

Answers:

1. C) Houses in Miguel Street.
2. A) An old woman smoking a pipe.
3. C) A tin of rice.
4. B) A man wearing a hat, a white shirt, and black trousers.
5. D) He wanted to watch the bees.
6. A) A poet.
7. A) His poem.
8. D) Romantic love.
9. A) B. Wordsworth to the young boy.
10. B) He liked her except for the times when she beat him.
11. C) The boy met him at the corner of Miguel Street.
12. A) He wanted to tell the boy that the mangoes of his yard were ripe and very juicy, and to invite him to eat some of them.
13. B) Alberto Street.
14. C) A mango tree, a plum tree, and a coconut tree.
15. C) She was angry and she beat the boy up as she did not know that the boy was going to the man’s place.
16. A) Support
17. D) He started crying and went to B. Wordsworth’s house.
18. B) He said that he was writing the greatest poem in the world.
19. A) He wanted to distil the experiences of a whole month into the single line.
20. B) He used to sing calypsoes in the calypso season.