Composed Upon Westminster Bridge - MCQs
Composed Upon Westminster Bridge MCQs
1. "Upon Westminster Bridge" is written by:
(i) William H. Davies
(ii) Octavio Paz
(iii) William Wordsworth
(iv) William Blake
Answer: (iii)
2. "Upon Westminster Bridge" was composed on:
(i) September 3, 1802
(ii) September 13, 1802
(iii) September 3, 1803
(iv) September 3, 1801
Answer: (i)
3. The poem uses which sonnet form?
(i) Shakespearean
(ii) Italian
(iii) European
(iv) American
Answer: (ii)
4. "Upon Westminster Bridge" is a:
(i) Sonnet
(ii) Ballad
(iii) Ode
(iv) Lyric
Answer: (i)
5. In the poem, the poet views the city:
(i) In the morning
(ii) At noon
(iii) In the evening
(iv) At night
Answer: (i)
6. The poet sees London as:
(i) Part of Nature
(ii) The nerve-centre of commerce
(iii) Alienated from Nature
(iv) Isolated
Answer: (i)
7. "Earth has not anything to show more fair" than:
(i) The Westminster Bridge
(ii) London
(iii) The open skies
(iv) Heaven
Answer: (ii)
8. The person who passes without enjoying the beauty of the London morning is:
(i) Dull
(ii) Innovative
(iii) Imaginative
(iv) Busy
Answer: (i)
9. "Dull would he be of soul." Here dull means:
(i) Boring
(ii) Unintelligent
(iii) Insensitive
(iv) Monotonous
Answer: (iii)
10. "A sight so touching" is described so as:
(i) The sight can be touched
(ii) The sight is tough
(iii) The sight touches ones heart
(iv) None of these
Answer: (iii)
11. How does the poet refer to the Sun and the River in the poem?
(i) As phenomena
(ii) As elements of nature
(iii) As animate beings
(iv) As gods
Answer: (ii)
12. The sight that Wordsworth saw appeared to him as:
(i) Mysterious
(ii) Magical
(iii) Menacing
(iv) Majestic
Answer: (iv)
13. In the poem, the word majesty means:
(i) Royal power
(ii) Impressive beauty
(iii) Kingship
(iv) Height
Answer: (ii)
14. "Never did ______ more beautifully steep." Fill in the blank:
(i) London
(ii) The Thames
(iii) Sun
(iv) The Earth
Answer: (iii)
15. The city wears the beauty of the morning like:
(i) A necklace
(ii) A temple
(iii) A garment
(iv) A tower
Answer: (iii)
16. "This City now doth, like a garment, wear" The word garment refers to:
(i) The city of London
(ii) The beauty of the morning
(iii) The fields
(iv) The ships and buildings
Answer: (ii)
17. The city of London has been compared to:
(i) A peaceful cathedral
(ii) A quiet village
(iii) A mighty heart
(iv) A sleeping beauty
Answer: (iii)
18. The beauty of the morning seemed:
(i) Silent
(ii) Lonely
(iii) Smoky
(iv) Soundless
Answer: (iv)
19. The poet was crossing the Westminster Bridge:
(i) In the afternoon
(ii) In the morning
(iii) In the evening
(iv) At night
Answer: (ii)
20. All the man-made structures are open:
(i) Under the sky
(ii) In polluted air
(iii) In the field
(iv) Unto the fields and to the sky
Answer: (iv)
21. In the poem, Londons view is:
(i) Hazy
(ii) Foggy
(iii) Clear
(iv) Cloudy
Answer: (iii)
22. In the early morning, the air of London is:
(i) Foggy
(ii) Full of smoke
(iii) Polluted
(iv) Smokeless
Answer: (iv)
23. Everything looks bright and glittering because of the:
(i) Rain
(ii) Fog
(iii) Smokeless air
(iv) Scorching heat of the sun
Answer: (iii)
24. According to Wordsworth, the sun steeped:
(i) Ships, towers, and domes
(ii) River, bridge, and temple
(iii) Valley, rock, and hill
(iv) Sea, river, and houses
Answer: (iii)
25. "Open unto the fields, and to the sky" Here the poet refers to:
(i) The countryside
(ii) A city
(iii) The earth
(iv) Human soul
Answer: (iii)
