The laburnum top - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Chirrup,chattering,trillings, whistle-chirrup, whispering. Which poetic device refers to sound words?

Metaphor

Antithesis

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

"September sunlight" - Which literary device has been used by the poet?

Simile

Alliteration

Litotes

Antithesis

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Then with eerie delicate whistle-chirrup whisperings. Who has been described here?

cuckoo

chicks

goldfinch

sparrow

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which description most suits the Laburnum tree most?

The tree is silent and still. It has leaves that are yellowing and seeds have fallen.

The tree is silent but thrilled. It has leaves that are yellowing and seeds have fallen.

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The line ‘A few leaves yellowing and all its seeds fallen' suggests the meaning of ageing and decay.

True

False

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The poem is written by____________

William Wordsworth

William Blake

Ted Hughes

William Shakespeare

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The sound produced by the bird is compared to the sound of a ___________

motor Engine

Alarm

Bell

Engine

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the meaning of the word abrupt

Slow

rapid and sudden

quick

none of these

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The poem LABURNUM TOP presents relationship between........

Poet and the tree

Tree and the goldfinch

Tree and the autumn season

None

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

'It is the engine of her family' - The literary device used is ......

simile

personification

alliteration

metaphor

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

'Infinite' refers to ..................

countless leaves

countless yellow flowers in the tree

boundless sky

limitless chitterings

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does the word 'empty' signify?

with no leaves

with no other company

being without life

being without food

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The silence and stillness of the tree is shattered by

the arrival of the goldfinch

the wind blowing hard

the noise of a machine

the lizard of the laburnum tree

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The expression 'barred face ' means

the bird seems to be behind the bars

a face that is partially visible

a stripped face

a painted face

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why was Goldfinch's body barely visible?

due to her dark coloured yellow body

because she was small

because of the height of the tree

because she was brown in colour

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What happened to the bird in the end of the poem?

she flew away

she stayed at the tree

she went to other tree

she went to bring some food for her younger ones

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How was the tree in the end when the bird flew away?

It was still alive

Nothing changed in the looks

it was death-like again

None of the above

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What Transferred Epithet was used in the poem 'The Laburnum Top'?

her barred face identity mask

engine of her family

Sleek as a lizard

September sunlight

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does the phrase “her barred face identity mask” mean?

because she was brown in colour

due to her dark coloured yellow body

bird’s face became her identity and symbol of recognition

None of the above

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

yellow colour in the poem symbolises

yellow leaves

autumn season

beauty of flowers

all the above

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

'The sleek as a lizard' the poetic device is

metaphor

personification

onomatopoeia

simile

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