Quick guide to Asleep in the Valley MCQ with answers for class 12

Asleep in the Valley MCQ : We have compiled some of the most important MCQ from the poem “Asleep in the valley” by Arthur Rimbaud for the student of WBCHSE class 12.

1. In the expression “they fill the hollow full of light”, ‘hollow’ suggests —
   a) the stream
   b) the glade
   c) the valley
   d) the hills
   Answer: c) the valley
2. The soldier’s head rested on the pillow made of
   a) long strands of silver
   b) fern
   c) warm sun
   d) humming insects
   Answer: b) fern
3. The soldier was looking pale in the
   a) warm green sun soaked bed
   b) the heavy undergrowth
   c) fern beneath his head
   d) long strands of silver
   Answer: a) warm green sun soaked bed
4. The soldier had a smile on his face that resembled
   a) a leader
   b) an infant
   c) a teenager
   d) a statesman
   Answer: b) an infant
5. The soldier had in his side
   a) humming insects
   b) bed of flowers
   c) two red holes
   d) heavy undergrowth.
6. The smile of the soldier, in the poem is
   a) witty
   b) gentle
   c) shrewd
   d) kind
   Answer: b) gentle
7. The soldier lay with his hands –
   a) at his sides
   b) behind his head
   c) on his head
   d) on his breast
   Answer: d) on his breast
8. The soldier’s smile is –
   a) Silly
   b) Infantile
   c) Satiric
   d) Vain
   Answer: b) Infantile
9. The soldier’s feet were among
   a) flowers
   b) fern
   c) grass
   d) bushes
   Answer: b) Infantile
10. The valley is filled with
    a) fog
    b) sunlight
    c) moonlight
    d) insects
    Answer: b) sunlight
11. The young soldier lies –
    a) with his mouth closed
    b) with a frown
    c) open-mouthed
    d) open-eyed
    Answer: c) open-mouthed
12. The bullet wounds are on the soldier’s (H.S 2018)
    a) chest
    b) head
    c) sides
    d) leg
    Answer: c) sides
13. One hand of the soldier is by his side, the other is on his –
    a) eyes
    b) breast
    c) stomach
    d) on his other side.
    Answer: b) breast
14. “Asleep in the valley” is
    a) a romantic lyric
    b) a patriotic lyric
    c) an anti-war lyric
    d) a nature poem
    Answer: b) breast
15. The poet asks Nature to keep the soldier
    a) cold
    b) warm
    c) comfortable
    d) safe
    Answer: b) warm
16. The two words which describe the valley are
    a) bright and green
    b) small and bright
    c) small and green
    d) warm and bright
    Answer: c) small and green
17. The Soldier is
    a) young
    b) very young
    c) old
    d) middle-aged
    Answer: b) very young
18. From the mountain top stream
    a) The sun’s rays
    b) Snow flakes
    c) rain
    d) a water fall
    Answer : a) The sun’s rays
19. The poem “Asleep in the Valley” is a —
    a) lyric
    b) sonnet
    c) epic
    d) elegy
    Answer: b) sonnet
20. The phrase “long strands of silver” means —
    a) the valley
    b) the glade
    c) the stream
    d) the hills

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