A Considerable Speck MCQs: Treasure Chest Workbook Solutions ICSE Class 10 English

A Considerable Speck MCQs: Treasure Chest Workbook Solutions ICSE Class 10 English by Robert Frost.  The Treasure Chest (A Collection of ICSE Poems and Short Stories) is popular and council prescribe textbook for ICSE Class 10 English.  Visit official website CISCE for detail information about ICSE Board Class-10 English.

A Considerable Speck MCQs: Treasure Chest Workbook Solutions ICSE Class 10 English by Robert Frost

Board	ICSE
Publications	Evergreen Publications
Subject	English
Class	10
Book Name	Treasure Chest
Chapter	A Considerable Speck
Writer	Robert Frost
Topics	Solutions of Workbook MCQs

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(A Considerable Speck MCQs: Treasure Chest Workbook Solutions ICSE Class 10 English by Robert Frost)

Que-1:  When did the poet notice something running across his paper?

A. when he sneezed
B. when he was writing
C. when he was about to put a full stop to his writing finally
D. when he left writing

Ans: C. when he was about to put a full stop to his writing finally

Que-2:  What was it that the poet liked in the mite?

A. its colour
B. its being intelligent
C. its being fearful
D. its running in terror

Ans: B. its being intelligent

Que-3:  How did the mite taste or smell the ink?

A. with loathing
B. with relish
C. hesitatingly
D. with a shudder

Ans: A. with loathing

Que-4:  What did the poet imagine?

A. that the mite was a proud creature
B. that the mite did not want to die
C. that the mite feared nothing
D. that the mite was mischievous

Ans: B. that the mite did not want to die

Que-5:  ‘It faltered. I could see it hesitate’. Which literary device is used here?

A. enjambment
B. irony
C. caesura
D. sarcasm

Ans: C. caesura

Que-6:  What did the mite finally do?

A. It squatted.
B. It bent down and moved backwards in fear.
C. It sat still.
D. It ran away to the edge of the sheet of paper.

Ans: B. It bent down and moved backwards in fear.

Que-7:  What do you imply by ‘collectivistic regimenting love’?

A. love for the whole society or group
B. forced love
C. one-sided love
D. indiscriminate love for all irrespective of one’s mental calibre.

Ans: D. indiscriminate love for all irrespective of one’s mental calibre.

Que-8:  Why did the poet not kill the mite?

A. because it had a mind of its own.
B. because it was a lively creature.
C. because it had no evil intention.
D. because the poet took pity on it.

Ans: A. because it had a mind of its own.

Que-9:  What is this poem about?

A. a mite on a white sheet of paper
B. about the mind, its creativity and imagination
C. collectivist ideology
D. individuality

Ans: B. about the mind, its creativity and imagination

Que-10:  The title ‘A Considerable Speck’ is quite

A. amusing
B. ironical
C. surprising
D. foolish

Ans: B. ironical

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Que-1:  What made the speaker notice the speck that would have been beneath his sight?

A. Its presence on a white sheet of paper
B. Its shape like a full-stop
C. Its dark colour
D. None of the above

Ans: A. Its presence on a white sheet of paper

Que-2: What was the strange thing that made the speaker think about the speck?

A. The speck was a living mite
B. The speck was clearly visible to him
C. The speck was a figment of his imagination
D. The speck was a fluff of dust

Ans: A. The speck was a living mite

Que-3: What was ‘it’ that the speaker said that living mite ‘could call its own’?

A. Movements
B. Decisions
C. Fears
D. Feelings

Ans: D. Feelings

Que-4: What was the mite’s ‘suspicion’?

A. Of being thrown away from the paper
B. Of being blown away by the speaker’s breath
C. Of getting killed by the speaker’s pen
D. All of the above

Ans: C. Of getting killed by the speaker’s pen

Que-5: What did the mite drink or smell?

A. Ink
B. Water
C. Sweat
D. None of the above

Ans: A. Ink

Que-6: Which figure of speech is used in the phrase ‘with cunning crept’?

A. Assonance
B. Simile
C. Metonymy
D. Alliteration

Ans: D. Alliteration

Que-7: Which poetic device is used in the line given below?
“With loathing, for again it turned to fly.”

A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Simile
D. Oxymoron

Ans: B. Personification

Que-8: The speaker decided not to kill the mite because of which of its qualities?

A. Small size
B. Fear of the speaker
C. Intelligence
D. All of the above

Ans: C. Intelligence

Que-9: Which characteristic trait of the speaker is revealed in the line uttered by him:   “Whatever I accorded it of fate.”

A. Arrogance
B. Annoyance
C. Superiority
D. None of the above

Ans: C. Superiority

Que-10: Which figure of speech is used in the line given below?
“I have none of the tenderer-than-thou.”

A. Personification
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Alliteration

Ans: B. Metaphor

Que-11: According to the speaker, the modern world is swept by which of the following?

A. Individualism
B. Collectivism
C. Selfishness
D. None of the above

Ans: B. Collectivism

Que-12: Why did the poet allow the mite to doze off instead of killing it?

A. It was too tired and wanted to take rest
B. He believed in collectivistic ideology
C. It did not intend any harm to him
D. None of the above

Ans: C. It did not intend any harm to him

Que-13: Which of the following poetic devices is used in the title of the poem?

A. Paradox
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Oxymoron

Ans: D. Oxymoron

Que-14: What is the central theme of the poem?

A. Mind, its creativity and imagination
B. Collectivistic ideology
C. Superiority of man
D. None of the above

Ans: A. Mind, its creativity and imagination

Que-15: Which of the following lines contains the same literary device as the one in the title of the poem, ‘A Considerable Speck’?

A. The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn
B. His honour rooted in dishonour stood And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.
C. Good we must love and must hate ill, For ill is ill and good good still.
D. Pulling up Beattock, a steady climb The gradient’s against her, but she’s on time.

Ans: B. His honour rooted in dishonour stood And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.

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