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MCQ Question from Fable
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| Question Type | MCQ |
| Marks | 01 |
| Topic | Fable |
| Author | R W Emerson |
Nice. I have divided all the MCQs into three parts. Take a break after each part and try to write them on a piece of paper and check how much you score after each part.
MCQ Questions from Fable: Set 1
1. A prig is a person who puts on the appearance of being-
- A) morally correct
- B) morally loose
- C) physically strong
- D totally wrong
2.’The former’ refers to-
- A) the poet
- B) the mountain
- C) the squirrel
- D) the prig
3. ‘The latter points to-
- A) 10 a.m.
- B) the poet
- C) the weather
- D) the squirrel
4. The squirrel had a quarrel with-
- A) little prig
- B) mountain
- C) weather
- D) sphere
5. The mountain is-
- A) very wise
- B) quite lively
- C) very big
- D) very pretty
6. The quarrel was between-
- A) the forest and the squirrel
- B) a nut and the squirrel
- C) talent and wisdom
- D) the mountain and the squirrel
7. The word ‘prig’ means-
- A) one who is proud
- B) one who is humble
- C) one who is morally correct
- D) none of these
8. ‘Bun’ is the other name for the-
- A) mountain
- B sphere
- C) year
- D squirrel
9. ‘Bun’ refers to the-
- A) none
- B) mountain
- C) squirrel
- D) bunny
10. About the vastness of the mountain the squirrel had-
- A) confusion
- B) no doubt
- C) fear
- D) no confidence
11. You are doubtless very big”-Here ‘you’ refers to-
- A) poem
- B) mountain
- C) squirrel
- D) quarrel
12. Litle Prig’ refers to-
- A) the mountain
- B) the squirrel
- C) the forest
- D) a nut
13. We need to take all sorts of things and-
- A) mountain
- B) forest
- C) weather
- D) a year and a sphere
14. What is not disgraceful for the squirrel ?-
- A) to eat nuts
- B) to be active
- C) to carry forests
- D) to occupy his place
15. You are not so small as I/And not half so spry”-The person spoken to is-
- A) squirrel
- B) mountain
- C) weather
- D) wind
16. The word ‘deny means-
- A) admit
- B) confess
- C) refuse to state
- D) disagree
17. ‘Sphere literally refers to-
- A) the outer part of the earth
- B) the outer limit of the sea
- C) the outer limit of the space
- D) all the above
18. The things which are to be taken together to make up a year and a sphere are-
- A) time and space
- B) squirrel and mountain
- C) all sorts of things and weather
- D) good and evil
19. The squirrel is grateful to the mountain because the mountain-
- A) lavishes food on him
- B) houses him
- C) makes a track
- D) loves him
20. The squirrel track that the mountain makes is-
- A) small
- B) long
- C) pretty
- D) broad
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MCQ Questions from Fable: Set 2
21. The word ‘track’ denotes-
- A) a tunnel
- B) a trail/ path
- C) a burrow
- D) a nest
22. The thing that distinguishes everything in the universe is-
- A) size
- B) length
- C) shape
- D) talent
23. Talent’ means-
- A) aptitude
- B) inclination
- C genius
- D) all of these
24. All is put-
- A) blindly
- B) sprightly
- C) equally
- D) wisely
25. Unlike the squirrel, the mountain can-
- A) carry forests on its back
- B) crack a nut
- C) move about happily
- D) make a sphere
26. Unlike the mountain the squirrel can-
- A) make a fountain
- B) make a squirrel track
- C) crack a nut
- D) carry forests on its back
27. The mountain can not crack a/an-
- A) almond
- B) monkey nut
- C) coconut
- D) nut
28. Pretty’ means-
- A) nice-looking
- B) ugly
- C) short
- D) sly
29. The poem Fable’ is written by-
- A) Ralph Waldo Emerson
- B) Judith Wright
- C) Ruskin Bond
- D) Ralph Spenser
30. The mountain is not even so spry as the squirrel.
- A) two-third
- B) one-third
- C) one-fourth
- D) half
31. The squirrel can not carry on its back.
- A) mountains
- B) hills
- C) forests
- D) people
32. In the expression “I’ll not deny..” the squirrel does not deny the fact that-
- A) the mountain is very big
- B) the mountain makes a very pretty squirrel track
- C) the squirrel is very small
- D) the mountain is more powerful than the squirrel
33. The word ‘spry means-
- A) full of anger
- B) full of sorrow
- C) full of life and energy
- D) full of happiness
34. Thematically, the poem is all about the matter of-
- A) psychic dilemma
- B) self-justification
- C) existential justice
- D) strategic rejoinder
35. The tone of the poem is-
- A) humorous
- B) satirical
- C) farcical
- D) sarcastic
36. Bun replied that the is doubtless very big.-
- A) forest
- B) squirrel
- C) mountain
- D) weather
37. All sorts of things and must be taken in together. –
- A) sun
- B) weather
- C) Bun
- D) mountain
38. The name of the poem is-
- A) Fable
- B) Bun and Squirrel
- C) A Moral Story
- D) Quarrel of Squirrel and Mountain
39. Little Prig’ refers to
- a) mountain
- (b) the squirrel
- C) the forest
- d) the tiger
40. The mountain is-
- a) very wise
- (b) quite lively
- (c) very big
- d) very pretty
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MCQ Questions from Fable: Set 3
41. The quarrel was between-
- a) the forest and the squirrel
- (b) a deer and the squirrel
- (c) talent and wisdom
- (d) the mountain and the squirrel
42. Unlike the squirrel, the mountain can-
- (a) carry forests on its back
- b) crack a nut
- c) move about happily
- d) make a sphere.
43. Those who quarrelled included squirrel and the-
- a) hill
- (b) mountain
- c) prig
- d) weather
44. The word ‘former’ refers to-
- a) mountain
- (b) squirrel
- (c) prig
- (d) sphere
45. Between the squirrel and the mountain, there was a-
- a) battle
- (b) fight
- c) quarrel
- d) friendship
46. Bun’ is the other name of the
- a) squirrel
- (b) mountain
- (c) year
- d) sphere
47. Here the Little Prig is-
- a) the squirrel
- b) the mountain
- (c) the forest
- d) the nut
48. Little Prig is uttered by-
- a) year
- (b) bird
- (c) mountain
- (d) squirrel
49. The squirrel admits that the mountain is-
- a) little
- (b small
- (C) big
- (d) short
50. About the bigness of the mountain the squirrel is-
- (a) doubtful
- b) suspiCious
- (c) without doubt
- (d) with doubt
51. Weather is put together to make up a-
- a) mountain
- (b forest
- (C) squirrel track
- d) year
52. Sphere is made up of
- a) mountain
- (b) all sorts of things
- (C) nuts
- d) nothing
53. By Occupying his place on the earth the squirrel is-
- a) ashamed
- b shameful
- (c) disgraced
- (d) not ashamed
54. Squirrel track is made by the
- a) squirrel
- (b) Forest
- (C) mountain
- d) talents
55. On its back the mountain carries-
- a) palace
- b) forest
- (c) squirrel
- d) sphere
56. According to squirrel everything is put-
- a) accordingly
- (b) foolishly
- c) beautifully
- d) wisely
57. The squirrel does not think it a disgrace to occupy the-
- (a) nest
- (b) place
- c) palace
- d) hole
58. The squirrel track on the mountain is-
- (a) not beautiful
- (b) uncomfortable
- c) comfortable
- d) pretty
59. The mountain is not so-
- (a) big as the squirrel
- (b) huge as the squirrel
- (C) small as the squirrel
- (d) strong as the squirrel
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60. The mountain is incapable of
- (a) carrying a forest
- (b) making track
- c) quarrelling
- d) cracking a nut
61. Talents of people are-
- (a) different
- (b) equal
- (c) unique
- (d) rare
62. The squirrel can not
- a) crack a nut
- (b) make squirrel track
- (c) carry a nut
- (d) speak
Answers to the MCQ Questions from Fable-
| 1 A | 2 B | 3 D | 4 B |
| 5 C | 6 D | 7 C | 8 D |
| 9 C | 10 B | 11 B | 12 B |
| 13 C | 14 D | 15 B | 16 C |
| 17 C | 18 C | 19 C | 20 C |
| 21 B | 22 D | 23 D | 24 D |
| 25 A | 26 C | 27 D | 28 A |
| 29 A | 30 D | 31 A | 32 B |
| 33 C | 34 C | 35 B | 36 C |
| 37 B | 38 A | 39 B | 40 C |
| 41 D | 42 A | 43 B | 44 A |
| 45 C | 46 A | 47 A | 48 C |
| 49 C | 50 C | 51 D | 52 B |
| 53 D | 54 C | 55 B | 56 D |
| 57 B | 58 D | 59 C | 60 D |
| 61 A | 62 B |
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