MCQ Questions for Class 10 English First Flight Poem 2 Fire and Ice with Answers

Question 1.
Who is the poet of the poem ‘Fire and lce°?
a) Leslie Norris
b) Robert Frost
c) Carolyn Wells
d) Robin Klein

Answer

Answer: (b) Robert Frost


Question 2.
The poet says that he has tasted:
a) memory
b) joy
c) desire
d) hatred

Answer

Answer: (c) desire


Question 3.
What does the poet compare fire with?
a) Hatred
b) Desire
c) Hot
d) Both a. and b.

Answer

Answer: (b) Desire


Question 4.
What is the meaning of‘perish’?
a) Bloom
b) Rise
c) Die
d) Glow

Answer

Answer: (c) Die


Question 5.
What would suffice if the world were to perish twice?
a) Ice
b) Fire
c) Hatred
d) Both a. and b.

Answer

Answer: (d) Both a. and b.


Question 6.
What would be a better option to end the earth?
a) Fire
b) Ice
c) Both are equally competent
d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (c) Both are equally competent


Question 7.
What is the rhyming schemeof the poem?
a) abaa bcbcb
b) aaba bcbcb
c) aaab bcbcb
d) abab bcbcb

Answer

Answer: (a) abaa bcbcb


Question 8.
Name the poetic device used T the line “I hold with those who favour fire”.
a) Assonance
b) Alliteration
c) Both a. and b.
d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Both a. and b.


Question 9. Name the poetic device used in the line “Some say the world will end in fire”.
a) Metaphor
b) Imagery
c) Alliteration
d) Oxymoron

Answer

Answer: (b) Imagery


Question 10.
Name the poetic device used in the line “To say that for destruction ice is also great”.
a) Metaphor
b) Imagery
c) Alliteration
d) Oxymoron

Answer

Answer: (b) Imagery


Question 11.
Where has he used personification?
a) Fire
b) Ice
c) Earth
d) Both a. and b.

Answer

Answer: (d) Both a. and b.


Question 12.
The world is full of desire and:
a) hope
b) love
c) hatred
d) passion

Answer

Answer: (c) hatred


Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1. Some say the world will end in fire
Some say in ice
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.

(a) Choose the correct statement about the given poem.
(i) Fire and ice are images—they help the readers visualise the power of nature over man.
(ii) Fire and ice are symbols—not of natural disasters, but of humanity’s ability to create disasters of its own.
(iii) Fire and ice are elements—not of nature but man-made and possess the ability to create havoc for mankind.
(iv) Fire and ice are agents—they change the thinking of mankind from negative to positive and bring harmony.

Answer

Answer: (ii) Fire and ice are symbols—not of natural disasters, but of humanity’s ability to create disasters of its own.


(b) The ‘fire’ in the given stanza means:
(i) hatred
(ii) desire
(iii) summer
(iv) None of these

Answer

Answer: (ii) desire


(c) What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza?
(i) abed
(ii) abbb
(iii) abaa
(iv) aabb

Answer

Answer: (iii) abaa


(d) The poet thinks that the world will end because of:
(i) ignorance
(ii) hatred
(iii) desire
(iv) None of these

Answer

Answer: (iii) desire


(e) The poem is a , put across by the poet.
(i) powerful warning
(ii) heart-felt apology
(iii) earnest appeal
(iv) vengeful threat

Answer

Answer: (i) powerful warning


2. But if it had to perish twice.
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great And would suffice.

(a) What does ‘it’ stand for in the first line?
(i) The building
(ii) The world
(iii) The tree
(iv) The house

Answer

Answer: (ii) The world


(b) Name of the poem is:
(i) Dust of Snow
(ii) The Trees
(iii) Fire and Ice
(iv) Animals

Answer

Answer: (iii) Fire and Ice


(c) Name of the poet is:
(i) Ogden Nash
(ii) Anne Frank
(iii) Walt Whitman
(iv) Robert Frost

Answer

Answer: (iv) Robert Frost


(d) The rhyme scheme of the stanza is:
(i) ababb
(ii) ababa
(iii) abcab
(iv) aabbe

Answer

Answer: (ii) ababa


(e) would suffice to perish the world.
(i) Desire
(ii) Hatred
(iii) Man
(iv) Science

Answer

Answer: (ii) Hatred


Revision Notes

This poem has been written by Robert Frost. This is about the possible destruction of the Mother Earth.

Fire and Ice Class 10 Summary

In this poem, Robert Frost refers to the two predictions that have been made on how the world will end. Some say it will end in fire. According to others, it will end in ice. The poet equates fire with desire. He says that he has tasted desire and he knows that man’s desire for supremacy can ultimately lead to the destruction of this planet. He also means that to fulfil his many desires man exploits natural resources and this will ultimately result in the destruction of this planet.

He then says that the world can also end by ice or extreme coldness. He then equates ice with hate. Hatred in the hearts of people towards their fellow human-beings will also result in the end of this world. Terrorism is one form of hatred and it has led to substantial loss to life and property in recent times. So, according to Frost, the world is full of desire and hatred and these will ultimately cause the destruction of earth.

Message

The poet wants to convey t he message that if mankind is not able to control its desire and feeling of hatred then the Earth would definitely come to an end.


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