Class 9 English Beehive MCQ The Snake Trying

Question : What is the theme of the poem?
(a) stop cruelty towards animals
(b) hate animals
(c) be away from animals
(d) animals are dangerous

Question : Who is the Snake harmful too?
(a)men
(b)Women
(c)children
(d)none of the above

Question : What was the snake trying to save itself from?
(a) from mongoose
(b) from other animals
(c) from a man with a stick
(d) all

Question : Small ——– snakes are harmless to the children.
(a) Green
(b) Brown
(c) Grey
(d) Black

Question : What are the snakes generally considerd?
(a) source of joy
(b) source of entertainment
(c) fear factor
(d) none

Question : What appeal does the poet make to the readers in this poem?
(a) stay away from snakes
(b) kill snakes
(c) treat snakes in a kind manner
(d) None

Question : What is our opinion about most of the snakes?
(a) fearsome symbols of death
(b) faithful friends
(c) loyal to the human being
(d) not harmful to us

Question : What does the poet think of snakes?
(a)source of joy
(b)fear factor
(c)dangerous
(d)harmless animals untill disturbed

Question : In what words does the poet express the beaauty of the snake?
(a) beautiful and graceful
(b) pretty
(c) smart
(d) handsome

Question : Who is the poet of this poem?
(a) W.W.E.Ross
(b) W.W
(c) W.H
(d) W.E.L.

Question : Where did the snake lie until observed?
(a) in a tree
(b) on the water
(c) on the sand
(d) in the mud

Question : Where does the snake vanish?
(a) in the water
(b) in the reeds
(c) in a house
(d) none of the above

Question : Reeds mean –
(a) Watery plants
(b) Long trees
(c) Bushy plants
(d) Small grass

Question : In the poet’s views, the snakes are
(a) harmful to us
(b) not harmful to us
(c) enemy to us
(d) all of the above

Question :“he lay until observed..”- Who lays until observed?
(a) Poet
(b) Snake
(c) The stranger with pursuing stick
(d) None of the above

Question : In the last stanza of the poem ‘‘The Snake Trying’, the snake vanishes. What does this mean?
(a) Killed
(b) Disappeared
(c) Buried
(d) None of the above

Question : What does ‘ripples’ mean in the poem ‘The Snake Trying’?
(a) Series of waves on water surface
(b) Combination of small plants
(c) Small tiles joined to make a beam
(d) None of the above

Question : Where did the snake go and disappear?
(a) in the ripples of water among green reeds
(b) in the bushes
(c) in a hole
(d) none