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THE LAKE ISLE OF INNSIFREE

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the poet hear night and day in the core of his heart?

a)

The cries of his children telling him to come back home.

b)

The cries of birds and animals to come and live with them in the forest.

c)

The cries of his countrymen to fight for his country

d)

The sound of the lake water lapping against the shore of Innisfree.

2.

What beautiful sight will he get to see there?

a)

The glimmer of midnight stars.

b)

The linnets flying about in the evening.

c)

The purple glow of the noon.

d)

All the above.

3.

What does the poet hope to get there?

a)

Peace

b)

Wealth

c)

Friends

d)

Name and fame

4.

Which place does the poet want to visit?

a)

the lake

b)

the mountains

c)

the beach

d)

a place of natural beauty-Innisfree Island where he spent his childhood

5.

What kind of a house did the poet want to have at Innisfree?

a)

a well-furnished

b)

a big house

c)

a house made of wood and clay

d)

None

6.

What kind of scene did the poet witness at night at Innisfree?

a)

dark

b)

gloomy

c)

charming and glimmering

d)

None

7.

What is the full name of the poet W.BYeats?

a)

William Butler Yeats

b)

William Blake Yeats

c)

William Burmingham Yeats

d)

None

8.

What sounds does Yeats yearn to hear?

a)

sound of bees

b)

airplanes

c)

automobiles

d)

All the above

9.

"Lake water lapping with low sounds." what image do these words draw in the mind?

a)

sound of a flowing stream

b)

the low soft sound of the lake’s water washing the shore

c)

flowing stream

d)

none

10.

Where will the poet have peace?

a)

in his home

b)

in heaven

c)

in Innisfree land

d)

near the lake