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The Voice of the Rain

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the poet who wrote the poem Voice of the Rain?

a)

Kamala Das

b)

AK Ramanujan

c)

Walt Whitman

d)

Shelley

2.

The poem is in the form of a conversation between the rain and the ...........

a)

cloud

b)

sky

c)

poet

d)

stranger

3.

The rain replies that it is the poem of .........

a)

Nature

b)

Earth

c)

Sky

d)

Vapour

4.

Impalpable means

a)

unable to see

b)

unable to play

c)

unable to be felt

d)

able to see

5.

'thou' in the poem means

a)

they

b)

their

c)

you

d)

your

6.

'whence' in the poem means

a)

from which; from where

b)

when

c)

no particular meaning

d)

once

7.

The figure of speech employed in 'I am the Poem of Earth' is

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole

8.

vaguely means

a)

openly

b)

distinctly

c)

not clearly

d)

clearly

9.

''I rise impalpable out of the land '' .What is 'I' here?

a)

The poet

b)

The weather

c)

The nature

d)

The rain

10.

•vapour rises eternally from the deep water bodies and earth’s land .It reaches heaven (the sky) and changes its look to form clouds that can change shapes. This process is scientifically called....

a)

humidity

b)

photosynthesis

c)

clarification

d)

condensation

11.
What does the poet ask to the soft - falling shower?
a)
What do you do?
b)
What is your name?
c)
Who are you?
d)
How are you doing?
12.
What does the rain reply to the poet's question 'Who are you'?
a)
she is rain
b)
she is poem of earth
c)
she is rain from mountains
d)
she is poem of mountains
13.
Why does the rain tell the poet that she cannot be touched?
a)
because she is water
b)
because she rises in the form of water vapour
c)
because she is in the form of clouds
d)
None of the above
14.
From which two places does the rain rise in the form of water vapour?
a)
land and bottomless sea
b)
land and ocean
c)
mountains and land
d)
None of the above
15.
What happens to the earth when the rain falls back on the surface of earth?
a)
it provides water
b)
it beautifies and purifies the earth
c)
it helps in greenary
d)
it provides water to flora and fauna
16.
How does the rain help the seeds inside the earth?
a)
provides water
b)
provides life and helps them grow
c)
provides life
d)
None of the above
17.
What does the poet compare the rain with?
a)
Song
b)
Heaven
c)
Beauty
d)
Flowers
18.
Why does the poet compare the rain with a song?
a)
because she beautifies the earth
b)
because she provides life on earth
c)
as they both share a common journey
d)
None of the above
19.
If the poet has used a Metaphor in the poem, what is it?
a)
I am the Poem of Earth
b)
voice of the rain
c)
Soft-falling shower
d)
None of the above
20.
What Hyperbole was used in the poem?
a)
I am the Poem of Earth
b)
Soft-falling shower
c)
Bottomless sea
d)
voice of the rain
21.
What does the word 'Descend' mean?
a)
not clear
b)
come down
c)
to wash
d)
hidden
22.
Why does the rain descend to the earth?
a)
to wash the drought and provide water
b)
she provides life on earth
c)
it beautify and purify the earth
d)
it provides life
23.
What does 'Reck’d or unreck’d' mean?
a)
enrichment or no enrichment
b)
cared for or not cared for
c)
to purify or not
d)
to wash or not to wash
24.
Where does the song return in the poem?
a)
to its originator, i.e. singer
b)
to the poet
c)
to earth
d)
to ocean