WE ARE THE MUSIC MAKERS – MCQ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS – ISC CLASS 11 AND 12 ENGLISH

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1. The poem “We are the Music Makers” belongs to which collection?

1. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads
2. The Star Child
3. The Tempest
4. Music and Moonlight – Poems and Songs

2. What is the poem primarily about?

1. The life and struggles of an artist
2. Two lovers madly in love with each other
3. The life of a teacher
4. Nature and its miracles

3. “We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams”- What art form is the poet talking about here?

1. Music
2. Drama
3. The poet is addressing to artists from all art forms
4. The poet is not talking about any art form per see

4. How has the poet described artists in the first stanza?

1. Artists are mostly soul searching. They roam around the lone sea-breakers and sit by desolate streams
2. Artists are mostly found socialising with people in order to know more about them
3. Artists want to stay at their homes in isolation
4. Artists are moody and often egoistic

5. “World losers” and “world forsakers”- What did the poet want to explain by using these phrases?

1. The easy and glamorous lives of artists
2. The struggles and the tough life of an artist
3. The artist’s love for people and the world
4. An artist’s personal life

6. What does the phrase “the pale moon” signify?

1. A full moon night
2. Very little amount that artists gain from their artworks in order to sustain
3. The issues that an artist faces in life
4. The weather

7. “Wandering by lone sea-breakers”- Identify the figure of speech.

1. Antithesis
2. Alliteration.
3. Hyperbole
4. Imagery

8. What is the one figure of speech that the poet has used all over the poem significantly?

1. Metaphor
2. Antithesis
3. Imagery
4. Hyperbole

9. Why did the poet refer artists as “movers and shakers”?

1. Artists often end up “moving” and altering ones’ belief system
2. Artists tend to show a world beyond societal norms, and bring dynamicity to a stagnant world
3. Artists help you see a fantasy world
4. Artists always show you the reality, and remind you the norms

10. How do artists help rebuild cities and civilizations?

1. By offering a glimpse of a fantasy world
2. By providing people with bookish knowledge
3. By developing a sense of radical thoughts and perspectives
4. By developing a sense of discipline and hard work

11. What is Nineveh?

1. Ancient city of Upper Mesopotamia
2. Ancient food item
3. A king
4. A position in the Church

12. Where was Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy born?

1. Leeds, England
2. Southampton, England
3. Worcester, England
4. London, England

13. “Built Nineveh with our sighing”- Why did the poet use the term “sighing”?

1. To address the torture and suffering that the enslaved people faced while building the monuments
2. To address the bad luck of most artists
3. To address the lack of recognition of the artists
4. To address the suffering of the world in general

14. What does the term “mirth” mean?

1. Intelligence
2. High spirits
3. Pessimism
4. Love

15. According to the poet, what are artists capable of doing?

1. Make norms for the society
2. Make people less realistic and more emotional
3. Stay stuck to old belief systems
4. Overthrow the old world, and bring up new prophecy

16. What did the artists build with their mirth?

1. Nineveh
2. Thebes
3. Babel
4. Athens

17. What does the word “dreamer” mean in the context of this poem?

1. Someone who has the capability to come up with new ideas and change the world
2. Someone who day dreams, and stays in the fantasy world
3. A lazy individual
4. An individual who stays far from reality, and is delusional

ANSWERS

1. Ans: D) Music and Moonlight – Poems and Songs.
2.  Ans: A) The life and struggles of an artist.
3. Ans: C) The poet is addressing to artists from all art forms.
4. Ans: A) Artists are mostly soul searching. They roam around the lone sea-breakers and sit by desolate streams.
5. Ans: B) The struggles and the tough life of an artist.
6. Ans: B) Very little amount that artists gain from their artworks in order to sustain.
7. Ans: D) Imagery.
8. Ans: A) Metaphor.
9. Ans: B) Artists tend to show a world beyond societal norms, and bring dynamicity to a stagnant world.
10. Ans: C) By developing a sense of radical thoughts and perspectives.
11. Ans: B) Ancient city of Upper Mesopotamia.
12. Ans: A) London, England.
13. Ans: A) To address the torture and suffering that the enslaved people faced while building the monuments.
14. Ans: B) High spirits.
15. Ans: D) Overthrow the old world, and bring up new prophecy.
16. Ans: C) Babel.
17. Ans: A) Someone who has the capability to come up with new ideas and change the world.

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