Objective Questions
1.‘The Soldier’ is –
(A) an ode
(B) a sonnet
(C) an epic
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
2. The Soldier’ is ………… poem.
(A) a symbolic
(B) a lyrical
(C) a patriotic
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
3. The Soldier’ deals with –
(A) France
(B) Russia
(C) Scotland
(D) England
Answer ⇒ (D)
4. The term ‘concealed stands for………..in The Soldier.
(A) hidden
(B) disappeared
(C) absent
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
5. According to ‘The Soldier’ England has given her natives her flowers –
(A) to worship
(B) to love
(C) to offer
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
6. Who has composed the poem, The Soldier ?
(A) Rupert Brooke
(B) T.S. Eliot
(C) D.H. Lawrence
(D) WH Auden
Answer ⇒ (A)
7. Rupert Brooke was born in—
(A) 1886
(B) 1887
(C) 1888
(D) 1889
Answer ⇒ (B)
8. Rupert Brooke was died in –
(A) 1913
(B) 1914
(C) 1915
(D) 1916
Answer ⇒ (C)
9. Rupert Brooke is remembered as a –
(A) Trench poet
(B) Georgian poet
(C) Realistic poet
(D) War poet
Answer ⇒ (D)
10. Brooke inspired patriotism in the …….. phase of the First World War.
(A) early
(B) middle
(C) late
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
11. Rupert Brooke has written the poem-
(A) Snake
(B) An Epitaph
(C) The Soldier
(D) Song of Myself
Answer ⇒ (C)
12. The Soldier is a …….. poem.
(A) muture
(B) war
(C) love
(D) happy
Answer ⇒ (B)
13. The images and praises of ……….. run through both the stanzas.
(A) England
(B) America
(C) France
(D) India
Answer ⇒ (A)
14. The place where the soldier would be buried should be treated as the part of ….. after his death.
(A) Germany
(B) France
(C) Italy
(D) England
Answer ⇒ (D)
15. T’he speaker of the poem ‘The soldier’ is a-
(A) doctor
(B) soldier
(C) teacher
(D) trader
Answer ⇒ (B)
16. The poem .. is a patriotic poem.
(A) Song of Myself
(B) Fire-Hymn
(C) The Soldier
(D) An Epitaph
Answer ⇒ (C)
17. Rupert Brooke speaks in the guise of an………. Soldier.
(A) English
(B) American
(C) French
(D) European
Answer ⇒ (A)
18. The poem ………… is a sonnet.
(A) Fire-Hymn
(B) The Soldier
(C) Song of Myself
(D) Snake
Answer ⇒ (B)
19. The speaker is not afraid of –
(A) death
(B) life
(C) lion
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
20. The dust stands for the……………………..
(A) leader
(B) teacher
(C) farmer
(D) soldier
Answer ⇒ (D)
21. The poet in ‘Ther Soldier’ is depicting the miseries of-
(A) war
(B) nature
(C) relation
(D) love
Answer ⇒ (A)
22. À sonnet is a poem of ………. lines.
(A) 16
(B) 14
(C) 18
(D) 20
Answer ⇒ (B)
23. ‘It I should die, think only, this my me’ is taken from-
(A) An Epitaph
(B) Fire-Hymn
(C) The Soldier
(D) Snake
Answer ⇒ (C)
24. ‘A pulse in the eternal mind, no less’ is written by-
(A) John Keats
(B) Walter de la Mare
(C) Walt Whitman
(D) Rupert Brooke
Answer ⇒ (D)
Short Answer Questions
1. How can ‘some corner of a foreign field’ be ‘for ever England’?
Ans. The poet says that his body is rich dust of England. He was born and bred in England. So wherever his body is buried, it will be England for ever.
2. What is meant by the phrase ‘A pulse in the eternal mind’?
Ans. A pulse in the eternal mind’ here means the poet’s heart that will ever be beating for England.
3. Do you think that the title of the poem is appropriate? Give reasons.
Ans. I don’t think the title ‘soldier’ is appropriate. The poet does not say anything connected with a soldier’s life, or about a battle. I think ‘patriot’ could have been a more appropriate title.
4. If at all he dies in the battle, how would the soldier like to be remembred?
Ans-If at all he dies in the battle, he would like to be remembered as unforgettable soldier who never feared death. He would be given flowers of love and buried in some corner of land which is part of England.