Poem 4 – The Ant and the Cricket
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Poem 4 – The Ant and the cricket Questions s
1.The poem The Ant and the Cricket is adopted from ?
A. Aesop’s fables
B. Radhakrishnan books
C. Rudyard Kipling short poems
D. Kamal Dhas
2. Which among the following is a short story in which animals behave like humans and convey a message ?
A. Sonnet
B. Couplets
C. Fable
D. Free Verse
3.This poem ‘The Ant and the Cricket’ teaches us the importance of ?
A. Hardwork and planning
B. Compliments and support
C. Love and Care
D. Patriotism
4.” A silly young cricket, accustomed to sing
Through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring,”
Here , Cricket is mentioned as which animal ?
A. Grasshopper
B. Snake
C. Frog
D. Turtle
5. “A silly young cricket, accustomed to sing
Through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring, ”
The character ” cricket ” is a ?
A. Fun loving
B. Very serious person
C. Have saving mentality
D. Very angry always
6.” A silly young cricket, accustomed to sing
Through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring,”
Why cricket enjoys during summer and spring ?
A. As his schedule is less
B. He is with his friend Ant
C. Their is enough food available
D. None of the above
7. A silly young cricket, accustomed to sing
Through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring,
In these lines , meaning of “Gay” is
A. Planning
B. Journey
C. Season
D. Joyful
8. ” Began to complain when he found that, at home,
His cupboard was empty, and winter was come ”
The main problem of Cricket is ?
A. He won’t adjust with others and always complain others
B. He don’t have any saving mentality for future purposes
C. He does not know how to live
D. He is angry always with his family
9. ” Not a crumb to be found
Not a flower could he see,
Not a leaf on a tree. ”
The season said in this lines is ?
A. Spring
B. Winter
C. Autumn
D. Summer
10. “Oh! what will become,” says the cricket, “of me?”
At last by starvation and famine made bold, ”
The situation of cricket mentioned in this line is ?
A. Cricket is happy about winter
B. Cricket is worried about winter
C. Starvation occurs during winter but cricket alone got his food .
D. Winter migrated to other places during winter time due to famine
11. ” Away he set off to a miserly ant,
To see if, to keep him alive, he would grant
Him shelter from rain,
And a mouthful of grain. “
The character of ant mentioned here in this lines is ?
A. He is hesitant to spend money
B. He is generous
C. He is just like cricket
D. He is very humble and rich
12. “Away he set off to a miserly ant,
To see if, to keep him alive, he would grant
Him shelter from rain,
And a mouthful of grain.”
Why is cricket came to ant ?
A. Because of hungry
B. To play and enjoy
C. To have a competition
D. None of the above
13.” Him shelter from rain,
And a mouthful of grain.
He wished only to borrow;
He’d repay it tomorrow;
If not, he must die of starvation and sorrow.”
What did cricket ask to ant ?
A. Protection and Food
B. Money and dress
C. Things to make food
D. Some money to buy grains
14. ” Says the ant to the cricket,
“I’m your servant and friend,
But we ants never borrow;
we ants never lend. ”
Here in this lines ant want cricket as his ?
A. Family man
B. Friend and servant
C. Relative
D. Friend , servant and relative
15. ” Says the ant to the cricket,
“I’m your servant and friend,
But we ants never borrow;
we ants never lend.”
Why ant never lend and borrow ?
A. He is a miserly
B. He is a poor
C. He like to invest money for returns
D. None of the above
16. ” But tell me, dear cricket,
did you lay nothing by
When the weather was warm?”
Quoth the cricket, ”
What did the ant ask to cricket ?
A. Why you came here to my home
B. What was he doing during winter time
C. What was he doing throughout summer and spring
D. Why can’t you lend money to me
17. “My heart was so light
That I sang day and night,
For all nature looked gay.”
The season mentioned in this lines is ?
A. Summer and Winter
B. Winter and Autumn
C. Spring and Autumn
D. Summer and spring
18. “Go then,” says the ant, “and dance the winter away.”
What did the ant asked to cricket ?
A. To dance with ant
B. To stay with ant
C. To work during winter
D. To enjoy the winter season as like as summer and spring
19. ” Thus ending, he hastily lifted the wicket,
And out of the door turned the poor little cricket.”
What did the ant do atlast ?
A. Lifted the wicket of cricket
B. Pushed the poor cricket out of his home
C. Gave some grain and asked cricket to work hard
D. None of the above
20.” Folks call this a fable. I’ll warrant it true:
Some crickets have four legs, and some have two.”
Here ” some have two ” mentions about ?
A. Animals
B. Plants
C. Human beings
D. Birds
21. “Folks call this a fable. I’ll warrant it true:
Some crickets have four legs, and some have two.”
“Some have Four legs ” mentioned about ?
A. Animals
B. Plants
C. Human beings
D. Birds
22. “Folks call this a fable. I’ll warrant it true:
Some crickets have four legs, and some have two.”
What did the poet want to say in these lines ?
A. He don’t want to take this story as funny animal story
B. He want readers to take this story as fun story
C. He want readers to experience this fable
D. He concluded his empathy towards cricket
23. ” Not a crumb to be found
On the snow-covered ground; ”
The meaning of crumb is ?
A. Grain
B. Bread
C. Rice
D. Potato
24. “When the weather was warm?”
Quoth the cricket,
“Not I! ”
The meaning of ” Quoth” is ?
A. Replied
B. Asked
C. Said
D. Questioned
25. The synonym of Hastily is ?
A. Hurriedly
B. Gently
C. Humbly
D. Angrily
26. My heart was so light
that I sang day and night,
For all nature looked gay.
“You sang , Sir , you say”?
The rhyming scheme used in this lines is ?
A. aabb
B. abcc
C. aabc
D. aaba
27. “He wished only to borrow;
He’d repay it tomorrow;”
The rhyming words used in this lines is ?
A.only, to
B. Borrow and tomorrow
C. To , It
D. Wished, repay
28. The meaning of ” Accustomed ” is ?
A. Follow
B. Experience
C. Sorrow
D. Used to
29. “At last by starvation and famine made bold,
All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold,
Why cricket is dripping with wet ?
A. As he has no shelter
B. It is rainy outside
C. It is very hot
D. He got fever
30. ” All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold,Away he set off to a miserly ant, ”
Whom did cricket approach for help ?
A. His friend
B. His servant
C. Ant
D. Frog
31. “My heart was so light
that I sang day and night, ”
Whose heart was light ?
A. Cricket
B. Author
C. Ant
D. Readers
32. For all nature looked gay. ” “For all nature looked gay”.
Why nature looked gay ?.
A. It was winter time
B. It was autumn time
C. It was spring time
D. It was very rainy
33. The figure of speech mentioned in the whole poem is ?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Anaphora
34. “Some crickets have four legs, and some have two“,
The figure of speech used in this line is
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Anaphora
35. ” Through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring, ”
The figure of speech used in this line is ?
A. Alliteration
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Hyperbole
36.” My heart was so light
That I sang day and night,
For all nature looked gay.”
“For all nature looked gay”.
“ You sang, Sir, you say? ” .
The figure of speech mentioned in this line is ?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Anaphora
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