The Laburnum Top MCQ practice

• Chapter: The Laburnum Top
• Author: Ted Hughes
• Number of Questions: 10
• Target: Class 11th Exam

Let’s Start

1. How does the poet describe the top of the Laburnum tree ?

1. Still and Silent
2. Moving and Angry like
3. Noisy
4. None of the above

2. What happens to the leaves of the Laburnum tree ?

1. They are green
2. Turn yellow
3. Leaves fell down
4. New leaves growing

3. What poetic device is used in the line ‘ it is the engine of her family’ ?

1. metaphor
2. alliteration
3. personification
4. None of these

4. When did the Laburnum tree become alive ?

1. In the month of March
2. By the arrival monsoon season
3. By the arrival of the Goldfinch bird
4. None of these

5. Why did the Goldfinch bird come towards the tree ?

1. To feed her young ones
2. To make a nest
3. To find worms
4. None of the above

6. Which of these words used in the poem is an instance of onomatopoeia ?

1. Chitterings
2. Tremor
3. Flirts out
4. Twitching

7. How did the bird enter the nest from the end of the branch ?

1. Like a Lizard
2. Like a snake
3. Both A and B
4. None of these

8. What time of the day does the poem talk of ?

1. morning
2. afternoon
3. evening
4. night

9. What happened after the bird fed her young ones ?

1. She slept
2. She flew away
3. She repaired the nest
4. She scolded the chicks

10. Where did the bird vanish after feeding her young ones ?

1. To the other branch
2. To the top of the tree
3. Behind the yellow leaves
4. Into the sky