Ulysses MCQ

Ulysses – A Dramatic Monologue of 1842

Alfred Lord Tennyson [1809-1892]

Ulysses MCQ – 1 Mark Important Questions

110 Different Categorical Important Questions

Informative

Q1. ‘It little profits that an idle king’ — The ‘idle king’ in the line refers to:

• (A) Achilles.
• (B) Telemachus.
• (C) Ulysses.
• (D) Hyades.

Q2. Ulysses describes his subjects as —

• (A) ‘free hearts, free foreheads’.
• (B) a ‘savage race’.
• (C) ‘bringer of new things’.
• (D) ‘most blameless’.

Q3. Ulysses compares his experience with —

• (A) the sea.
• (B) an arch.
• (C) a ship.
• (D) a gateway.

Q4. Tennyson’s poem ‘Ulysses’ is a /an —

• (A) sonnet.
• (B) dramatic monologue.
• (C) elegy.
• (D) lyric.

Q5. Throughout the span of the poem ‘Ulysses’ the only one(s) speaker(s) is /are —

• (A) Alfred Tennyson.
• (B) the mariners.
• (C) Telemachus.
• (D) Ulysses.

Q6. ‘Yet all experience is an arch wherethro’ /Gleams that untravelled world ….’ — The figure of speech used in this line is:

• (A) personification.
• (B) alliteration.
• (C) metaphor.
• (D) simile.

Q7. Ulysses has known so much about the world —

• (A) by taking part in the battle of Troy.
• (B) by talking with his fellow mariners.
• (C) by reading a lot of books.
• (D) by travelling all over the world.

Q8. Ulysses drunk ‘the delight of battle’ —

• (A) in the dim sea of Troy.
• (B) in the Happy Isles of Troy.
• (C) in the barren crags of Troy.
• (D) in the plains of Troy.

Q9. In Tennyson’s poem ‘Ulysses’, we find Ulysses as a /an —

• (A) helpless old man.
• (B) young Greek hero.
• (C) old displeased man.
• (D) angry old man.

Q10. According to Ulysses, Hyades —

• (A) hoard, sleep and feed.
• (B) mete and dole unequal laws.
• (C) drinks life to the lees.
• (D) vexes the dim sea with rain.

Q11. Telemachus is the name of Ulysses’s —

• (A) dear son.
• (B) peer in the battle.
• (C) household God.
• (D) well-loved mariner.

Q12. ‘I mete and dole unequal laws unto a savage race’ — This speech of Ulysses confirms that he is a:

• (A) racist.
• (B) lawyer.
• (C) judge.
• (D) king.

Q13. Ulysses calls ________ ‘most blameless’.

• (A) his son Telemachus
• (B) one of his mariners
• (C) Hyades
• (D) Achilles

Q14. In the monologue Ulysses speaks with his mariners —

• (A) at the time of sunrise.
• (B) at the time of sunset.
• (C) in a rainy afternoon.
• (D) in a moonlit night.

Q15. By the expression ‘come, my friends’ Ulysses calls —

• (A) his soldiers.
• (B) his counsellors.
• (C) his subjects.
• (D) his mariners.

Q16. Ulysses wants to leave his kingdom at an old age because —

• (A) he wants to extend his kingdom by winning other lands.
• (B) he longs to enjoy the thrill of expedition.
• (C) he wants to take revenge on his enemies.
• (D) he is displeased with his son.

Q17. Ulysses is acting as the king of Ithaca in the poem —

• (A) three months.
• (B) three years.
• (C) three weeks.
• (D) three days.

Q18. Telemachus, the dear son of Ulysses is expected to pay ‘meet adoration’ to —

• (A) the aged wife of Ulysses.
• (B) his father.
• (C) his mother.
• (D) his household gods.

Q19. ‘…. by slow prudence to make mild a rugged people.’ — Ulysses considers ___________ as ‘rugged people’.

• (A) his enemies.
• (B) his subjects.
• (C) his soldiers.
• (D) his mariners.

Q20. ‘This is my son, mine own Telemachus, /To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle’ — In this line ‘sceptre’ stands for:

• (A) his love for his son Telemachus.
• (B) the spirit of adventure.
• (C) a deadly weapon.
• (D) the royal power.

Q21. ‘You and I are old’ — Here in this line ‘You’ and ‘I’ respectively refer to:

• (A) Ulysses and Achilles.
• (B) Ulysses and Telemachus.
• (C) Ulysses’s aged wife and himself.
• (D) old mariners and Ulysses.

Q22. ‘……….. the deep moans round with many voices.’ — The figure of speech ___________ is used in this line.

• (A) Simile
• (B) Personification
• (C) Metaphor
• (D) Hyperbole

Q23. Ulysses uses the word ‘ringing’ to describe the plains of Troy because —

• (A) the battle of Troy was started by the ringing of a bell.
• (B) Trojan soldiers carried bells in the battlefield.
• (C) there were many temples with ringing.
• (D) in the battlefield of Troy the continuous clashing weapons caused ringing sound.

Q24. ‘There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail’ —The word ‘her’ here refers to:

• (A) the ship.
• (B) Penelope.
• (C) a woman.
• (D) Ulysses’s wife.

Q25. Discharging the duties of a king, Ulysses feels —

• (A) dissatisfied.
• (B) happy.
• (C) youthful.
• (D) energetic.

Q26. The phrase ‘still hearth’ refers to —

• (A) a tranquil family life.
• (B) a rich household.
• (C) a lovely household.
• (D) a chaotic life.

Q27. The kingdom of Ulysses is —

• (A) full of grassland.
• (B) rough and rugged.
• (C) meadowy plain.
• (D) beautiful and green.

Q28. Ulysses considers the people of his kingdom to be —

• (A) disciplined.
• (B) great warriors.
• (C) civilized.
• (D) uncouth.

Q29. Like himself Ulysses’s wife is also —

• (A) fierce.
• (B) old.
• (C) savage.
• (D) young.

Q30. Ulysses regrets that his subjects are —

• (A) aware and fierce.
• (B) unaware of his achievements.
• (C) young and able.
• (D) conscious of his achievements.

Q31. The word ‘lees’ actually means —

• (A) floating particles in a drink.
• (B) dregs of a drink.
• (C) first sip of a drink.
• (D) garnish of a drink.

Q32. ‘I will drink /Life to the lees’ — Here Ulysses talks of:

• (A) living life till the very end.
• (B) celebrating with his men.
• (C) wishing long life to his peers.
• (D) raising a toast.

Q33. Ulysses on his adventures had been to —

• (A) Happy Isles.
• (B) unpopulated islands.
• (C) various countries.
• (D) only Troy.

Q34. The adventures have caused Ulysses —

• (A) great delight.
• (B) both joy and suffering.
• (C) great suffering.
• (D) great harm.

Q35. The phrase ‘ringing plains’ refers to the battlefield of Troy —

• (A) resounding with the sound of arms.
• (B) resounding with the clamour of arms.
• (C) echoing with the sound of trumpet.
• (D) echoing with the sound of bells.

Q36. The ventures of Ulysses have made him —

• (A) well-known.
• (B) humble.
• (C) obscure.
• (D) infamous.

Q37. The position of Hades in the sky predicts —

• (A) thunder.
• (B) storm.
• (C) sunshine.
• (D) rain.

Q38. ‘Yet all experience is an arch wherethro’ /Gleams the untravell’d world ….’ — This line is an example of the figure of speech:

• (A) metaphor.
• (B) anticlimax.
• (C) simile.
• (D) climax.

Q39. In the poem ‘Ulysses’ experience is compared to —

• (A) an arch.
• (B) a roof.
• (C) a pillar.
• (D) a plinth.

Q40. As a person full of zest for life Ulysses feels —

• (A) few lifetime is enough to gain knowledge.
• (B) numerous lifetime is not enough to gain knowledge.
• (C) one lifetime is enough to gain knowledge.
• (D) few lifetime is enough to gain knowledge.

Q41. The phrase ‘eternal silence’ refers to the end of —

• (A) sailing.
• (B) war.
• (C) adventure.
• (D) life.

Q42. Ulysses have stayed in his kingdom for —

• (A) a year.
• (B) three months.
• (C) many years.
• (D) three years.

Q43. The word ‘suns’ in the phrase ‘three suns’ refers to —

• (A) months.
• (B) stars.
• (C) planets.
• (D) celestial years.

Q44. Knowledge, according to Ulysses, is —

• (A) beyond the limit of human comprehension.
• (B) easily grasped.
• (C) easily comprehended.
• (D) within the limit of human thoughts.

Q45. Telemachus is Ulysses’s —

• (A) peer.
• (B) friend.
• (C) son.
• (D) subject.

Q46. The poem ‘Ulysses’ contains —

• (A) two stanzas.
• (B) four stanza.
• (C) one stanzas.
• (D) three stanzas.

Q47. According to Ulysses, the natural phenomena that ‘moans round with many voices’ is the —

• (A) air.
• (B) cloud.
• (C) sea.
• (D) river.

Q48. According to Ulysses, the ‘rugged people’ are —

• (A) the people of Ithaca.
• (B) the people of Troy.
• (C) his mariners.
• (D) Achilles and Trojan heroes.

Q49. Telemachus is expected to make mild the tough people of Ithaca —

• (A) by taking quick measure.
• (B) through force.
• (C) through subduing them by force.
• (D) through soft degrees.

Q50. By travelling with a hungry heart Ulysses has known —

• (A) himself.
• (B) the outside world.
• (C) both himself and the outside world.
• (D) many strange things.

Q51. Ulysses introduces his listeners to his —

• (A) peers.
• (B) daughter.
• (C) son.
• (D) wife.

Q52. A ‘sceptre’ is a decorated staff or wand held in the hand of a ruling —

• (A) president.
• (B) prime minister.
• (C) monarch.
• (D) minister.

Q53. A sceptre is a symbol of a ruler’s —

• (A) conduct.
• (B) popularity.
• (C) universality.
• (D) authority.

Q54. Telemachus discharges his duty in his father’s —

• (A) absence.
• (B) presence.
• (C) illness.
• (D) carelessness.

Q55. ‘He works his work, I mine’ — The quoted line explains:

• (A) the difference between Ulysses and Achilles.
• (B) the similarity between Ulysses and Telemachus.
• (C) the similarity between Ulysses and Achilles.
• (D) the difference between Ulysses and Telemachus.

Q56. According to Ulysses, his son Telemachus is —

• (A) prudent and responsible.
• (B) prudent but not responsible.
• (C) prudent but shameless.
• (D) impudent and irresponsible.

Q57. Telemachus pays due reverence and worships his —

• (A) household gods.
• (B) mother.
• (C) parents.
• (D) father.

Q58. The word ‘meet’ is an old usage which means —

• (A) proper.
• (B) dutiful.
• (C) unsuitable.
• (D) improper.

Q59. While Ulysses was addressing his mariners, —

• (A) the sun was shining.
• (B) the sky was blue the sun had set.
• (C) the moon was waning.
• (D) the sun had set.

Q60. Ulysses’s former mariners —

• (A) stood by Ulysses in both good and bad times.
• (B) went with Ulysses to the Happy Isles.
• (C) went to visit Achilles.
• (D) accompanied Ulysses in the battlefield only.

Q61. The phrase ‘thunder and sunshine’ means —

• (A) both bad times and good times.
• (B) very bad times.
• (C) both good times and bad times.
• (D) inclement weather.

Q62. In the phrase ‘the vessel puffs’ the word ‘puffs’ is associated with —

• (A) sail.
• (B) breath.
• (C) oar.
• (D) hull.

Q63. The oars striking the water create —

• (A) foam.
• (B) waves.
• (C) ripples.
• (D) furrows.

Q64. In the poem the word ‘gulfs’ refers to the —

• (A) ravine.
• (B) river.
• (C) sea.
• (D) cove.

Q65. When Ulysses says, “Tho’ much is taken, much abides”, he expresses his —

• (A) hopefulness.
• (B) frustration.
• (C) unhappiness.
• (D) anger.

Q66. The great Achilles is now in —

• (A) a happy sea-beach.
• (B) a happy country.
• (C) Happy Isles.
• (D) a happy home.

Q67. Ulysses acknowledges that he and his mariners are —

• (A) young.
• (B) old.
• (C) wary.
• (D) angry.

Q68. Ulysses urges his fellow mariners to —

• (A) forget all about their past achievements.
• (B) sit quietly at home.
• (C) embark on a new venture despite their age.
• (D) count their days.

Q69. Ulysses’s indomitable spirit is reflected in the line —

• (A) ‘He works his work, I mine’.
• (B) ‘I am a part of all that I have met’.
• (C) ‘To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield’.
• (D) ‘I become a name’.

Q70. The poem ‘Ulysses’ was written by —

• (A) Robert Browning.
• (B) William Wordsworth.
• (C) William Shakespeare.
• (D) Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Filling the Blanks

Q71. ‘And drunk delight of battle with my __________, Far on the ringing plains of _________ Troy.’

• (A) friends, airy
• (B) enemies, sunny
• (C) soldiers, rainy
• (D) peers, windy

Q72. ‘Much have I seen and known; cities of men And manners, __________, councils, governments.’

• (A) environments
• (B) climates
• (C) atmospheres
• (D) weathers

Q73. ‘Life piled on __________ were all too little.’

• (A) others
• (B) years
• (C) life
• (D) age

Q74. Ulysses is the Roman name of __________.

• (A) Hyades
• (B) Achilles
• (C) Odysseus
• (D) Menelaus

Q75. ‘…. and vile it were for some three __________ to store and hoard myself.’

• (A) moons
• (B) suns
• (C) years
• (D) months

Q76. ‘This is my __________, mine own Telemachus.’

• (A) son
• (B) friend
• (C) soldier
• (D) mariner

Q77. Ulysses hopes that his son Telemachus would pay __________ adoration to his household gods.

• (A) proper
• (B) meet
• (C) appropriate
• (D) due

Q78. Ulysses hopes to see great Achilles in __________.

• (A) heaven
• (B) a sea port
• (C) Troy
• (D) Happy Isles

Q79. ‘This is my son, mine own Telemachus, To whom I leave the __________ and the __________.’

• (A) sceptre, kingdom
• (B) sceptre, isle
• (C) sword, sceptre
• (D) sceptre, sword

Q80. Leaving his kingdom, Ulysses wishes to go into a voyage with __________.

• (A) his son
• (B) his mariners
• (C) his aged wife
• (D) Telemachus

Column Matching Type

Q81. Match the words in Column A with the contents in Column B.

Options

• (A) (i)-(d), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(b), (iv)-(a)
• (B) (i)-(c), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(d)
• (C) (i)-(c), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(b)
• (D) (i)-(b), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(c)

Q82. Match the words in Column A with the contents in Column B.

Options

• (A) (i)-(b), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(a)
• (B) (i)-(d), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(b)
• (C) (i)-(c), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(b)
• (D) (i)-(c), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(b), (iv)-(a)

Q83. Match the words in Column A with the contents in Column B.

Options

• (A) (i)-(c), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(b), (iv)-(a)
• (B) (i)-(a), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(b)
• (C) (i)-(d), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(c)
• (D) (i)-(c), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(b)

Assertion-Reasoning Type

Q84. Assertion (A): Ulysses has seen and known much.

Reason (R): ?

Choose the correct answer:

• (A) He has studied a lot of books.
• (B) He has roamed far and wide.
• (C) His companions have informed him about a lot of things.
• (D) He has lived a long life.

Q85. Assertion (A): I cannot rest from travel.

Reason (R): I will drink life to the lees.

Choose the correct answer:

• (A) Assertion is right and the attitude expressed by the statement in Reason part is the true reason.
• (B) Assertion is right but the Reason is wrong.
• (C) Assertion is wrong but the Reason is right.
• (D) Both the Assertion and Reason are wrong.

Q86. Some work of noble note may yet be done by Ulysses and his aged mariners as —

• (A) old age hath yet his honour and his toil.
• (B) it is not too late to seek a newer world.
• (C) they are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven.
• (D) both (A) and (B)

Sentence Relationship Type

Q87. Find the correct relationship of the statements by choosing the right option.

Statement A: You and I are old.

Statement B: We are not now that strength which in the old days moved earth and heaven.

• (A) A is the effect of B.
• (B) A is the cause and B is the effect.
• (C) B proves A false.
• (D) A and B are not interrelated.

Q88. Find the correct relationship of the statements by choosing the right option.

Statement A: Some work of noble note may yet be done.

Statement B: ‘T is not too late to seek a newer world.

Choose the correct answer:

• (A) B is the condition for A.
• (B) A is the condition for B.
• (C) A contradicts B.
• (D) B negates A.

Q89. Find the correct relationship of the statements by choosing the right option.

Statement A: Telemachus is centred in the sphere of common duties.

Statement B: Telemachus is decent not to fail in offices of tenderness.

Statement C: Telemachus would pay due honour to the household gods.

Choose the correct answer:

• (A) Statement A and B are interrelated but Statement C is independent.
• (B) Statement C is the cause of Statement A and B.
• (C) Statement A and B are the reason of Statement C.
• (D) Statement A, B and C are not related with one another.

Diagram Based Type

Q90. The diagram of the following ones best describes Tennyson’s use of symbol or metaphor for representing Ulysses’s ‘all experience’ is —

• (A) 🏛️
• (B) 🧲
• (C) ⛩️
• (D) ⛪

Q91. In his monologue Ulysses expressed his likes and dislikes about his duty as a king and the life of adventure.

Suppose the half-circle on the left-hand side represents the duty as king and the half-circle on the right-hand side represents the life of adventure. The white half-circle stands for likes and the black half-circle stands for dislikes.

Now among the following diagrams which represent the likes and dislikes of Ulysses as narrated in the poem.

• (A) ⚪|⚪
• (B) ⚫|⚪
• (C) ⚪|⚫
• (D) ⚫|⚫

Rearrangement of Sentences

Q92. Arrange the following sentences in their proper order of happening by choosing the correct option —

(i) The slow moon climbs.

(ii) The light begins to twinkle from the rocks.

(iii) The deep moans round with many voices.

(iv) The long day wanes.

Options

• (A) (ii) → (iii) → (i) → (iv)
• (B) (i) → (ii) → (iii) → (iv)
• (C) (ii) → (iv) → (i) → (iii)
• (D) (iii) → (ii) → (i) → (iv)

Q93. Arrange the following in sequential order —

In the last line of the poem Ulysses tells about his strong will to yet involved in four activities in his last adventure. But in the following numbered list, they are jumbled up. Choose the correct option to arrange them in proper order as they occur in the poem.

(i) To find

(ii) Not to yield

(iii) To strive

(iv) To seek

Options

• (A) (iii) → (ii) → (i) → (iv)
• (B) (iii) → (iv) → (i) → (ii)
• (C) (iii) → (i) → (iv) → (ii)
• (D) (iii) → (i) → (ii) → (iv)

Q94. Arrange the following in sequential order —

(i) He decides to hand over his kingdom to his son Telemachus.

(ii) He invites his mariners to join with him in one more adventure.

(iii) Ulysses feels quite frustrated in his role as the king.

(iv) He is hopeful that his son could carry out his duties efficiently.

Options

• (A) (iii) → (ii) → (iv) → (i)
• (B) (iii) → (i) → (ii) → (iv)
• (C) (iii) → (i) → (iv) → (ii)
• (D) (iii) → (iv) → (ii) → (i)

True and False Type

Q95. Choose the false statement:

• (A) Ulysses loves his son Telemachus.
• (B) Ulysses enjoys his life as a king.
• (C) Ulysses feels tired of his unadventurous life.
• (D) The wife of Ulysses has turned old.

Q96. Choose the correct statement from the following:

• (A) The mariners of Ulysses are still young.
• (B) Ulysses feels weak in his will to go for an adventure.
• (C) Sea is far away from Ulysses’s kingdom.
• (D) Ulysses utters his monologue at the time of sunset.

Q97. Choose true and false statements among the sentences given below by selecting the right option.

(i) Ulysses and Telemachus wish to lead the same kind of life.

(ii) Telemachus is considered to be a worthless fellow by Ulysses.

(iii) Ulysses wishes to leave his kingdom to his son.

(iv) In the monologue Ulysses is talking with his mariners.

Options

• (A) (i) T (ii) F (iii) F (iv) F
• (B) (i) T (ii) F (iii) T (iv) F
• (C) (i) T (ii) F (iii) F (iv) T
• (D) (i) F (ii) F (iii) T (iv) T

Q98. Find the true ones among the following statements:

(i) Troy is a land of barren crags.

(ii) Ulysses feels an urge to go out in a travel.

(iii) Ulysses has obtained much knowledge from his travels.

(iv) Telemachus will accompany Ulysses in his travel.

Options

• (A) Statements (i) and (ii) are true.
• (B) Statements (ii) and (iv) are true.
• (C) Statements (iii) and (iv) are true.
• (D) Statements (ii) and (iii) are true.

Q99. By choosing the correct option state whether the following statements are true or false:

(i) Ulysses did not take part in the battle of Troy.

(ii) Achilles is a great Greek hero.

(iii) Ulysses took part in adventure both on land and sea.

(iv) Time and fate have weakened Ulysses mentally.

Options

• (A) (i) F (ii) F (iii) T (iv) T
• (B) (i) F (ii) T (iii) T (iv) F
• (C) (i) F (ii) T (iii) T (iv) T
• (D) (i) F (ii) F (iii) F (iv) T

Case Based Type

Q100. ‘How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use’

In these two lines Ulysses tells about his condition as he spends his days as a king. Here he also indirectly compares his condition with something. He metaphorically compares his condition with —

• (A) a ship.
• (B) a weapon.
• (C) a furniture.
• (D) an arch.

Q102. ‘And this gray spirit yearning in desire
To follow knowledge like a sinking star’ — In the above mentioned line the colour ‘gray’ stands for:

• (A) mystery.
• (B) adventure.
• (C) old age.
• (D) restlessness.

Sample Questions

Q103. The speaker, in Tennyson’s dramatic monologue ‘Ulysses’, longs for —

• (A) a peaceful and quiet retired life.
• (B) new adventures and experiences.
• (c) the comfort of his domestic life.
• (D) forgiveness for being cruel to his family members.

Q104. In Tennyson’s ‘Ulysses’, the phrase best reflects Ulysses’s restless spirit is —

• (A) ‘I am become a name’.
• (B) ‘Much have I seen and known’.
• (C) ‘I am a part of all that I have met’.
• (D) ‘To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield’.

Q105. In the poem ‘Ulysses’, the expression ‘all experience is an arch’ signifies —

• (A) the lost part of the speaker’s life.
• (B) the speaker’s regrets of getting old over time.
• (C) the unknown and the call for continued exploration.
• (D) the speaker’s yearning for death.

Model Questions

Q106. The speaker, in Tennyson’s dramatic monologue ‘Ulysses’ reflects on a life of —

• (A) satisfaction full of peace and prosperity.
• (B) restless adventures for gaining more and more knowledge.
• (C) full religious faiths.
• (D) defeating all odds of life.

Q107. The line from Tennyson’s poem ‘Ulysses’ expresses Ulysses’s desire for continued exploration:

• (A) ‘How dull it is to pause, to make an end /To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use!’
• (B) ‘I am become a name’
• (C) ‘I am part of all that I have met’
• (D) ‘Though much is taken, much abides’

Q108. In Tennyson’s ‘Ulysses’ the metaphor used to describe Ulysses’s desire for knowledge is —

• (A) ‘To sail beyond the sunset’
• (B) ‘The sounding furrows’
• (C) ‘The deep moans round with many voices’
• (D) ‘The great Achilles, whom we knew’

Q109. The main conflict explored in ‘Ulysses’ is —

• (A) the fear of being old and dead.
• (B) the challenge of remaining loyal to one’s family and friends.
• (C) the struggle between duty and time.
• (D) the longing for a simple, peaceful life.

Q110. Tennyson’s poem’s title ‘Ulysses’ refers to the Roman name for the Greek hero —

• (A) Achilles.
• (B) Odysseus.
• (C) Hector.
• (D) Ajax.

TEST YOURSELF

Full Marks: 10 || Time: 15 Minutes

Choose the correct one from the alternatives given:

Q1. Ulysses cannot rest from travel because —

• (A) he feels unsafe in his own kingdom.
• (B) his wife and son do not take proper care of him.
• (C) he wants to enjoy his life totally to the last drop.
• (D) he likes the company of his mariners very much.

Q2. According to Ulysses, the moon is climbing in the sky —

• (A) slowly.
• (B) rapidly.
• (C) brightly.
• (D) silently.

Q3. ‘I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race’ — Ulysses calls a ‘savage race’ to the people of:

• (A) Happy Isles.
• (B) Ithaca.
• (C) Troy.
• (D Hyades.

Q4. ‘Far on the ringing __________ of windy Troy.’

• (A) hills
• (B) valleys
• (C) plains
• (D) terrains

Q5. By roaming with a hungry heart, Ulysses has got —

• (A) much wealth.
• (B) many friends.
• (C) knowledge and experience.
• (D) fortune and fame.

Q6. Match the words in Column A with suitable information in Column B.

Options

• (A) (i)-(b), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(c)
• (B) (i)-(b), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(c)
• (C) (i)-(b), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(a)
• (D) (i)-(d), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(b)

Q7. Ulysses expects to see and meet Achilles in —

• (A) Troy.
• (B) Hyades.
• (C) the sea.
• (D) the Happy Isles.

Q8. ‘That ever with a frolic welcome took /The thunder and the sunshine’ — What does the expression ‘the thunder and the sunshine’ refer to:

• (A) the quick change of weather.
• (B) the frolic of nature.
• (C) both unfavourable and favourable times.
• (D) both (A) and (B).

Q9. ‘To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle’ —In this line ‘the isle’ refers to:

• (A) the Happy Isles.
• (B) an isle of Troy.
• (C) the kingdom of Ithaca.
• (D) a narrow passage.

Q10. Ulysses has ruled as a king for —

• (A) three years.
• (B) four years.
• (C) five years.
• (D) long years.

Answer the above questions by darkening the appropriate circle in the mock OMR Sheet given below:

OMR SHEET