MCQ Chapter 2.4 Kumarbharati English Class 10 Maharashtra Board The Pulley 1. What is the central theme of the poem?Mechanics and inventionsWealth and prosperityRelationship between God and manNature and its beautyQuestion 1 of 202. Who is the poet of "The Pulley"?John MiltonGeorge HerbertWilliam BlakeRobert FrostQuestion 2 of 203. What metaphor is central to the poem?MirrorPulleyTreeLadderQuestion 3 of 204. What did God have when He first created man?A bag of toolsA bowl of waterA glass of blessingsA book of wisdomQuestion 4 of 205. Which of the following was NOT initially bestowed upon man by God?BeautyWisdomStrengthRestQuestion 5 of 206. Why did God withhold 'rest'?He forgotHe wanted man to stay busyTo keep man from worshipping the giftsIt was not readyQuestion 6 of 207. What does 'contract into a span' imply?To explode into spaceTo gather into a small spaceTo stretch farTo hide awayQuestion 7 of 208. Which gift did God consider a 'jewel'?WisdomBeautyStrengthRestQuestion 8 of 209. How does God plan to draw man back to Him?By rewarding himThrough restlessnessThrough punishmentsBy showing miraclesQuestion 9 of 2010. What poetic device is used in “repining restlessness”?MetaphorSimileAlliterationIronyQuestion 10 of 2011. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?aabbcabcbaababaabbccQuestion 11 of 2012. What figure of speech is found in “rest in Nature, not the God of Nature”?PersonificationMetaphorParadoxOnomatopoeiaQuestion 12 of 2013. What does “perceiving that alone of all His treasures rest in the bottom lay” suggest?God dropped rest by accidentGod noticed rest was leftRest was in manGod lost restQuestion 13 of 2014. Which line is an example of pun?Rest in the bottom layMay toss him to my breastThen beauty flowedSo both should losers beQuestion 14 of 2015. What poetic device is used in “contract into a span”?SimileInversionHyperboleOnomatopoeiaQuestion 15 of 2016. “May toss him to my breast” suggests:God pushing man awayGod embracing man eventuallyGod ignoring manMan defeating GodQuestion 16 of 2017. According to the poem, if man had received rest, he would have:Become a godWorshipped the giftsBecome lazyBecome angryQuestion 17 of 2018. “Having a glass of blessings” implies:A literal glassA divine container of giftsA mirrorA treasure chestQuestion 18 of 2019. What does the word ‘bestow’ mean in the poem?StealDestroyGive as a giftHideQuestion 19 of 2020. What kind of poem is “The Pulley”?HumorousRomanticMetaphysicalSatiricalQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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