WorksheetsWhen I set out for Lyonnesse
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who is the poet of this poem?
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Thomas Hardy
c. John Keats
d. Edward Lear
What was the purpose of Hardy's visit to Lyonnesse?
a. to tour the place
b. to meet on to his relatives living there
c. to donate some money to a church
d. to supervise the renovation work of a church.
Which word in the stanza means 'frost'?
a. lonesomeness
b. spray
c. rime
d. bechance
What was the poet uncertain about?
a. how the church people would treat him
b. whether he would compose a poem there
c. whether he would return home safely
d. what situation he would have to face there during his stay in Lyonnesse.
The poet visited Lyonnesse which is a / an...
a. industrial city
b. sacred city
c. hill station
d. rural place
What was he worried about before he had set out?
a. he might fail to do the needful
b. he might be attached by church people
c. he might return disappointed
d. none of the above
What brought the real glow on his face when he returned?
a. the poem that he composed there
b. the success that he achieved there
c. the love and affection that he got from the church people
d. the money that he earned there
What does the word 'fathomless' in the stanza mean?
a. not very deep
b. successful
c. great
d. beyond the measurement
How far was the speaker's destination?
a. 150 miles
b. 200 miles
c. 300 miles
d. 100 miles
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
a. ABBAAB
b. ABABAAB
c. AABBAB
d. ABCAAB
Who could have not guessed what happened in Lyonnesse?
a. Poet
b. Prophet
c. Wizard
d. Both b & c
Who is a prophet?
a. One who predicts the future
b. One who tells about the past
c. a magician
d. a messenger from God
The crumpled piece of paper contained the (a) .
After returning from parish people noticed two things about Hardy - a crumbled piece of paper sticking out of his pocket and (a)
