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The Lake Isle of Innisfree

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHO IS THE POET OF THIS POEM ?

a)

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

b)

W.B YEATS

c)

JAMES WILLIAMS

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

2.

WHICH PLACE DOES THE POET WANT TO VISIT ?

a)

THE LAKE

b)

THE MOUNTAINS

c)

THE BEACH

d)

A PLACE OF NATURAL BEAUTY

3.

WHERE WAS THE POET'S CHILDHOOD TIME SPENT ?

a)

IN A TOWN

b)

IN A VILLAGE

c)

ON MOUNTAINS

d)

AT INNISFREE ISLAND

4.

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)

A HUT

5.

WHAT DID THE POET WANT TO CREATE FOR HONEYBEES ?

a)

TREES

b)

HIVES

c)

FLOWERS

d)

NONE

6.

HOW DID THE POET WANT TO LIVE AT INNISFREE ?

a)

WITH FRIENDS

b)

WITH PARENTS

c)

WITH SIBLINGS AND CHILDREN

d)

ALL ALONE

7.

NAME THE PLANTS THE POET WANTED TO GROW AT INNISFREE ?

a)

GULMOHAR TREE

b)

PINE TREE

c)

BEAN PLANT

d)

APPLE TREES

8.

WHAT KIND OF SCENE IS THERE AT NIGHT AT INNISFREE ?

a)

DARK

b)

GLOOMY

c)

CHARMING AND GLIMMERING

d)

NONE

9.

WHAT KIND OF SOUNDS DID THE POET HEAR AT INNIFREE ?

a)

HORRIBLE

b)

NOISE

c)

PLEASING, BUZZING MUSIC LIKE SOUNDS OF BEES

d)

NONE

10.

WRITE FULL NAME OF THE POET W.BYEATS ?

a)

WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

b)

WILLIAM BLAKE YEATS

c)

WILLIAM BURMINGHAM YEATS

d)

NONE

11.

WHY DID THE POET WANT TO GO TO INNISFREE ?

a)

HE WANTED TO RELIVE HIS PAST

b)

TO ENRICH HIS SPIRIT AND FEEL LIGHT AWAY FROM THE NOISE OF THE CITY

c)

TO HAVE CHANGE OF MOOD

d)

TO EXPLORE SOMETHING NEW

12.

WHAT KIND OF SEEN IS DESCRIBED AT INNISFREE DURING NOON TIME ?

a)

GOLDEN HUE

b)

BRIGHT GREEN AND YELLOW LIGHTS

c)

PURPLE GLOW CAN BE SEEN

d)

NONE

13.

WHAT SOUNDS DOES YEATS YEARNED TO HEAR ?

a)

SOUND OF BEES

b)

AEROPLANES

c)

AUTOMOBILES

d)

MOBILE PHONES

14.

HOW MANY ROWS OF BEANS DOES THE POET WANT TO PLANT ?

a)

7 ROWS

b)

8 ROWS

c)

9 ROWS

d)

10 ROWS

15.

WHAT SOUNDS DOES THE POET HEAR EVEN WHEN HE IS AWAY FROM INNISFREE ?

a)

SOUNDS OF CARS

b)

NOISE OF THE CITY

c)

SOUNDS OF LAKE WATER

d)

ALL

16.

WHAT KIND OF PLACES WAS INNISFREE ?

a)

A CROWDY

b)

A PLACE FULL OF NATURAL BEAUTY, CALM, SERENE AND SOULFUL

c)

A MUDDY PLACE AWAY FROM THE CITY

d)

A PLACE FULL OF NOISE

17.

NAME THE THREE THINGS THAT THE POET WOULD LIKE TO DO AT INNISFREE ?

a)

PLANT 9 BEAN TREES

b)

MAKE HIVES FOR HONEY BEES

c)

MAKE A HOUSE OF CLAY AND WATTELS

d)

ALL

18.

"EVENINGS FULL OF THE LINNET'S WINGS" WHAT DO THESE WORDS MEAN ?

a)

THE NOISE OF FLYING INSECTS

b)

LINETS FLYING IN THE EVENING SKY

c)

BUZZING BEES

d)

NOISE OF INSECTS IN THE EVENING

19.

LAKE WATER LAPPING WITH LOW SOUNDS WHAT IMAGE DO THESE WORDS DRAW IN THE MIND ?

a)

FLOWING STREAM

b)

SOUND OF FLOWING STREAM

c)

LOW SOFT SOUND OF LAKE'S WATER WASHING THE SHORE

d)

NONE

20.

What is the poetic form of "The Lake Isle of Innisfree?"

a)

Lyric

b)

Sonnet

c)

Ballad

d)

None

21.

The rods or stakes interwoven with twigs or tree branches for making fences or walls are called...…….

a)

Hive

b)

Wattles

c)

Glade

d)

None

22.

What is the figure of speech used in "A hive for the honeybee?"

a)

Alliteration

b)

Repetition

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

23.

Figure of speech used in "I hear lake water lapping with low sound by the shore"

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

24.

What is the theme of the poem "The lake Isle of Innisfree?"

a)

Nature

b)

Civilization

c)

War

d)

None

25.

Where is Innisfree?

a)

England

b)

Canada

c)

Ireland

d)

Italy

26.

Yeats was_____poet by nationality.

a)

an English

b)

an Irish

c)

an American

d)

a German

27.

The life of which place is full of tension & chaos

a)

School

b)

College

c)

City

d)

All of the above

28.

What does the port hope to get in Innisfree?

a)

Friends

b)

Wealth

c)

Peace

d)

All of the above

29.

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

a)

Sound of lake water striking the shore

b)

cries of his children

c)

cries of his countrymen

d)

cries of birds & animals

30.

Q11- Why did the poet want to go to Innisfree?

a)

A) he wanted to relive his past

b)

B) to enrich his spirit and feel light away from the noise of the city

c)

C) to have a change of mood

d)

D) to explore something new

31.

What is a 'glade'?

a)

honeybee's hive

b)

a weapon

c)

an open space

d)

none of the above

32.

Name the figure of speech in the line, "And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow".

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

All of the above

33.

What do 'the pavements grey' symbolize?

a)

city

b)

busy life

c)

urbanization

d)

all of the above

34.

what is the rhyme scheme followed in the poem?

a)

abcd

b)

aabb

c)

abba

d)

abab

35.

What figure of speech is used in the libe 'dropping from the veils of the morning'?

a)

Alliteration

b)

oxymoron

c)

Personification

d)

onomatopoeia

36.

Where is Innisfree?

a)

Mayo

b)

Cork

c)

Sligo

d)

Athlone

37.

What thing will the poet not do on the Innisfree land?

a)

(a) build a restaurant

b)

(b) build a small cabin

c)

(c) plant nine bean rows

d)

(d) build a hive for the honeybee

38.

Which place does the poet want to visit?

a)

(a) the lake

b)

(b) the mountains

c)

(c) the beach

d)

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

39.

Which insects and bird's names have been used in the poem?

a)

grasshopper, eagle

b)

Cricket, Linnet, bee

c)

caterpillar, woodpecker

40.

The two figures of speech used in the expression ‘Veils of the morning’ are ______ and _____.

a)

a.metaphor , alliteration

b)

b.metaphor , personification

c)

c.simile  , personification

d)

d. transferred epithet , imagery

41.

The poem represents the poet’s longing for-

a)

a. Love and hope

b)

b.Hate and anger

c)

c.Peace and tranquility

d)

d.Knowledge and achievements

42.

______________ line suggests that the poet lives in a city.

a)

While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey  

b)

And evenings full of linnet wings

c)

And live alone in the bee-loud glade

d)

Nine bean-rows will I have there