Q ➤ 1.Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Is Sonnet no. – (a) 16 (b) 17 (c) 18 (d) 19
Q ➤ 2. The theme that Shakespeare explores in Sonnet 18 is – (a) Immortality of youth and beauty (b) Carpe diem (c) Death as an agent of nature (d) Timelessness of poetry
Q ➤ 3.Who is the sonnet addressed to – (a) Shakespeare’s wife (b) Queen Elizabeth (c) A young woman (d) A young man
Q ➤ 4. In the poem, the poet’s friend is (a) more careful and more kind (b) more lovely and more temperate (c) more attractive and handsome (d) more passionate and sensuous
Q ➤ 5. The rough winds of summer – (a) shake the darling buds of May (b) blow away dry leaves (c) is very comfortable (d) brings peace
Q ➤ 6. ‘The eye of heaven’ refers to – (a) the star (b) the moon (c) the sun (d) the flower
Q ➤ 7. The poet compares his beloved to – (a) A summer flower (b) Summer breeze (c) A summer’s day (d) Summer tune
Q ➤ 8. The word ‘temperate’ means – (a) Warm (b) Moderate (c) Friendly (d) Temporary
Q ➤ 9. Summer has – (a) Short duration (b) Long duration (c) Constant temperature (d) Constant brightness
Q ➤ 10. How is the gold complexion of the sun dimmed – (a) By the clouds (b) By the shade of the tree (c) By a canopy (d) By the shade of a building
Q ➤ 11. The poet states that ‘fair’ – (a) Is subject to change (b) Is the opposite of unfair (c) Can only diminish marginally (d) Is never subject to change
Q ➤ 12. Nature’s changing course is – (a) Dimmed (b) Temperate (c) Untrimmed (d) Lovely
Q ➤ 13. ‘But thy eternal summer shall not fade’. The word opposite in meaning to ‘eternal’ is – (a) Universal (b) Momentary (c) Temporal (d) Decayed
Q ➤ 14. The poet asserts that his friend will never lose possession of his – (a) Property (b) Health (c) Beauty (d) Wealth
Q ➤ 15. Death in the poem is personified as – (a) Kind and helpful (b) Sweet and smart (c) Calm and quiet (d) Proud and boastful
Q ➤ 16. How can eternal summer be maintained ? (a) Through poem (b) Through beauty (c) Through preservation (d) Through conservation
Q ➤ 17. Every fair from fair sometime declines by (a) chance and change (b) nothing (c) God (d)human greed
Q ➤ 18. “And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” – The linehighlights the (a) brevity of summer’s day (b) beauty of summer’s day (c) beauty of the poet’s friend (d) length of the year
Q ➤ 19. “And summer’s lease hath all too short a date” – Here ‘summer’s lease’ refers to (a) glory of summer (b) span of summer (c) leisure during summer (d) rough weather off summer
Q ➤ 20. “Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” – The word ‘thou’ refers to the poet’s (a) ladylove (b) the poet’s mother (c) the poet’s friend (d) the poet himself
Q ➤ 21. The fair youth’s beauty surpasses that of (a) nature (b) a beautiful lady (c) summer (d) spring
Q ➤ 22.”Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.”-Here May is the sign of (a) Autumn (b) summer (c) dewy season (d) Winter
Q ➤ 23. This gives life to thee.”-Here ‘thee’ refers to (a) the poet’s wife (b) the poet himself (c) the poet’s friend (d) the poet’s father.
Q ➤ 24. How will the fair youth’s beauty be eternalised ? (a) through the poet’s eternal lines (b) through nature (c) through a song (d) through death.
Q ➤ 25. “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day ?” is written by (a) John Keats (b) William Shakespeare (c) William Wordsworth (d) Ruskin bond.
Q ➤ 26. The ‘darling buds’ are shaken by rough winds in (a) Marchb(b) April (c) May (d) June
Q ➤ 27. “.. his gold complexion dimmed.”– Here ‘his’ refers to (a) the sun (b) the sky (c) the poet’s friend (d) the poet himself.
Q ➤ 28. “Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer’s Day ?” is (a) a sonnet (b) a lyric (c) a dramatic monologue (d) a ballad