Textual Questions Daybreak by (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Textual Questions Daybreak by (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Tick the right choice
1. The wind blows in from
 (a) the sea
 (b) the seashore
(c) the mist
(d) the ships on the sea
Answer: (a) the sea

2.the ‘leafy banners’ mentioned  in the poem refers to
 (a)cornfields waving the wind.
 (b)the waves of the sea.
(c) branches with leaves.
(d) green –coloured  banners
Answer: (c) branches with leaves.

3. The lines “O chanticleer, Your clarion blow; the day is near” refers to
 (a) the crowing of the rooster at dawn.
 (b) a man blowing a trumpet in an orchestra.
(c) a rooster blowing a trumpet in an orchestra.
(d) a rooster and a man in an orchestra.
Answer: (a) the crowing of the rooster at dawn.

4. The wind crosses the churchyard with a sigh and tells it to stay quiet because
 (a) churchyards are noise places.
 (b)the dead are at rest there and it is not time for them to rise.
(c) it is time for the dead to rise from the churchyards.
(d) none of the above.
Answer: (b)the dead are at rest there and it is not time for them to rise.

Exercise B

1. Choose the option that best answers the given question.

1. How do you know the poet celebrates the day?
 (a) The poem is written in daylight.
 (b)He writes an odd today.
(c) The wind announces the coming of day.
(d) Day indicates life.
Answer: (c) The wind announces the coming of day.

2. What is the function of the wind?
(a) It comes as a messenger.
(b) It announces the arrival of day.
(c) It carries a message from the sea.
(d) It prepares earth for the day.
Answer: (b) It announces the arrival of day.

3. What is the figure of speech for the wind?
(a) Personification
(b)Hyperbole
(c) Antithesis
(d) Irony
Answer: (a) Personification

4. Tick the verbs that indicate for you that the wind is a person.
(a) crossed
(b)whispered
(c)came up
(d)folded
Answer: (b)whispered