THE COLD WITHIN – MCQ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS – ICSE CLASS 9 AND 10 ENGLISH

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1. What did each man have to fight the cold?

1. A stick of wood
2. A pair of socks
3. A candle
4. A blanket

2. Why did the first man did not hand over the piece of wood?

1. He wanted to keep the piece for himself
2. He lost the piece of wood
3. He was a racist, and saw that there was a black man in the group
4. He wanted to burn the wood and enjoy warmth alone

3. Why did the second man did not hand over the wood stick?

1. He did not want to warm the idle rich
2. He did not want to warm the lazy, and ambitionless poor
3. He saw that one person from the group did not go to his church
4. He was selfish

4. “In bleak and bitter cold.”- Why did the poet use the phrase ‘bitter cold’?

1. To make the reader understand about the cold climate
2. To elicit a feeling of dread in the reader’s mind
3. To elicit a feeling of helplessness
4. To elicit a feeling of unhappiness and agony

5. How many people were trapped in the cold?

1. Nine
2. Seven
3. Four
4. Six

6. Who is the poet?

1. Roald Dahl
2. Jack London
3. Kate Chopin
4. James Patrick Kinney

7. Why did the black man not light his stick?

1. He wanted to get back at the white man
2. He had hatred for rich people and did not want to warm the rich man
3. He was selfish
4. He did light his wood stick

8. How did the humans die?

1. They killed each other
2. They died from an animal attack
3. They died from the cold within
4. They died of an accident

9. What is the overall rhyming scheme of the poem?

1. ABAB…
2. AABB…
3. ABCD…
4. ABCB…

10. How many quatrains does the poem have?

1. Eight
2. Six
3. Four
4. Two

11. “Saw one not of his church”- Identify the figure of speech.

1. Metaphor
2. Metonymy
3. Anaphora
4. Irony

12. Which of these is common amongst the humans?

1. Love for each other
2. Discriminatory
3. Helplessness
4. Racism

13. “In bleak and bitter cold”- Identify the figure of speech

1. Metaphor
2. Metonymy
3. Alliteration
4. Pun

14. “Giving only to those who gave

Was how he played the game.”- What does the poet mean by ‘game’ in this context?

1. Friendship
2. Human life
3. A game to play with friends
4. The game of fate

15. “Giving only to those who gave

Was how he played the game.”- Identify the poetic device.

1. Metaphor
2. Personification
3. Simile
4. Alliteration

16. “Their logs held in death’s still hands”- Identify the poetic device.

1. Metaphor
2. Personification
3. Transferred epithet
4. Alliteration

17. “They didn’t die from the cold without

They died from the cold within.”- Identify the poetic device.

1. Metaphor
2. Antithesis
3. Pun
4. Alliteration

18. What is the central theme of the poem?

1. Love towards fellow humans
2. Love for animals
3. Discrimination
4. Deforestation

19. What is the meaning of ‘tattered’ in the poem?

1. New and fresh
2. Broken
3. Colourful
4. Old and torn

20. How could the humans have survived the cold?

1. By giving the sticks of wood that each of them had and burn them to get warmth
2. By using the blankets
3. By cooking something on the wood
4. By trying to locate a way out

Answers:

1. A) A stick of wood.
2. C) He was a racist, and saw that there was a black man in the group.
3. C) He saw that one person from the group did not go to his church.
4. B) To elicit a feeling of dread in the reader’s mind.
5. D) Six.
6. D) James Patrick Kinney.
7. A) He wanted to get back at the white man.
8. C) They died from the cold within.
9. D) ABCB…
10. A) Eight.
11. B) Metonymy.
12. B) Discriminatory.
13. C) Alliteration.
14. B) Human life.
15. A) Metaphor.
16. B) Personification.
17. B) Antithesis.
18. C) Discrimination.
19. D) Old and torn.
20. A) By giving the sticks of wood that each of them had and burn them to get warmth.