1. The poem “Asleep in the Valley” is a/an –
(a) Ode
(b) Haiku
(c) Sonnet
(d) Dramatic monologue.
Ans: (c) sonnet
2. What kind of poem is “Asleep in the Valley” –
(a) lyrical
(b) satirical
(c) rhetorical
(d) epic
Ans: (b) satirical
3. “Asleep in the Valley” is a –
(a) Petrarchan sonnet
(b) Shakespearean sonnet
(c) Spenserian sonnet
(d) Hopkinian sonnet.
Ans: (a) Petrarchan sonnet
4. “Asleep in the Valley” is a poem on –
(a) nature
(b) love
(c) God
(d) war.
Ans: (d) war.
5. The poem “Asleep in the Valley” reflects —
(a) the pity of war
(b) the glory of war
(c) the beauty of the valley
(d) the beauty of the soldier.
Ans: (a) the pity of war
6. The soldier was lying –
(a) on his back
(b) on his chest
(c) with open eyes
(d) open-mouthed.
Ans: (d) open- mouthed.
7. The word ‘green’ in the poem signifies –
(a) monotony
(b) youth and life
(c) boredom
(d) lifelines.
Ans: (b) youth and life
8. The soldier seems to be –
(a) indifferent
(b) cheerful
(c) at peace
(d) happy.
Ans: (d) happy
9. The humming insect did not disturb the soldier as –
(a) he was dead
(b) he was peaceful
(c) he was a nature lover
(d) he was violent.
Ans: (a) he was dead
10. The soldier’s pillow is made of –
(a) flowers
(b) fern
(c) grass
(d) leaves.
Ans: (b) fern
11. The soldier lies in the valley because he is a –
(a) winner of the war
(b) casualty of war
(c) sleeping person
(d) tired person.
Ans: (b) casualty of war
12. The valley referred to in the poem “Asleep in the Valley” is small
(a) yellow
(b) red
(c) green
(d) grey.
Ans: (c) green
13. The sun’s rays fill the ———– full of light.
(a) blank
(b) empty
(v) hollow
(d) valley.
Ans: (c) hollow
14. The valley referred to in this poem is –
(a) full of greenery
(b) full of darkness
(c) full of flowers
(d) full of trees.
Ans: (a) full of greenery.
15. The young soldier looks –
(a) bright
(b) pink
(c) pale
(d) wear.
Ans: (c) pale.
16. The last line of the poem gives the readers –
(a) shere amusement
(b) shere shock
(c) shere pleasure
(d) shere anger
Ans: (b) shere shock.
17. “…They fill the hollow full of light.” Here ‘hollow’ refers to –
(a) the valley
(b) the open mouth of the soldier
(c) holes caused by bullets
(d) none of the above.
Ans: (a) the valley
17. The two red holes depict –
(a) arrow piercing
(b) blood clots
(c) stab marks
(d) bullet wounds.
Ans: (d) bullet wounds.
18. The bullets wounds have left two red holes –
(a) on the chest of the soldier
(b) on the side of the soldier
(c) on the skull of the soldier
(d) on the feet of the soldier
Ans: (b) on the side of the soldier
19. One of the soldier’s hands is –
(a) on his chest
(b) on his belly
(c) on his chin
(d) by his side.
Ans: (a) on his chest.
20. The poet describes the bed of the soldier as –
(a) warm and drenched
(b) warm and green
(c) damp and clean
(d) warm, green and sun-soaked.
Ans: (d) warm, green and sun-soaked.
21. The poem is about –
(a) a sleeper in the valley
(b) sleepy Valley
(c) silent Valley
(d) deep valley.
Ans: (a) a sleeper in the valley.
22. The theme of the poem is –
(a) the futility of war
(b) the celebration of peace
(c) the brotherhood of man
(d) the valiyd of soldiers.
Ans: (a) the futility of war.
23. Thesoldier’s bed was warm because –
(a) it was drenched in rain
(b) it was sun-soaked
(c) it was damp
(d) it was green.
Ans: (b) it was sun-soaked.
24. The poet requests Nature –
(a) to lull the soldier to sleep
(b) to disturb the soldier’s sleep
(v) to keep the soldier warm
(d) to make the soldier catch cold
Ans: (c) to keep the soldier warm
25. The sleep of the soldier should not be disturbed –
(a) by the flowing stream
(b) by the flow of sunrays from the mountain top
(c) by the humming insects
(d) by the cold of the grass bed
Ans: (c) by the humming insects
26. The smile of the soldier is –
(a) cold
(b) warm
(c) innocent
(d) none of these.
Ans: (c) innocent
27. The feet of the soldier were kept –
(a) in the heap of flowers
(b) in thick bushes
(c) in the pile of sand on the river bank
(d) on the green grass of the valley.
Ans: (a) in the heap of flowers.
28. The soldier in the poem ”Asleep in the Valley ” is
(a) young
(b) very young
(c) middle aged
(d) old
Ans: (b) very young.
29. The stream in the poem “Asleep in the Valley” is
(a) slow
(b) fast
(c) narrow
(d) wide
Ans: (a) slow
30. The smile of the dead soldier is like
(a) an infant’s
(b) a young boy’s
(c) an old man’s
(d) a young girl’s
Ans: (a) an infant’s
