Riders to the Sea MCQ

Riders to the Sea – A One-act Tragedy

John Millington Synge [1871-1909]

Riders to the Sea MCQ – 1 Mark Important Questions

133 Different Categorical Important Questions

Informative

Q1. The bundle that Nora brought under her shawl contained —

• (A) a shirt and a shoe.
• (B) a shawl and a shirt.
• (C) a shirt and a cap.
• (D) a shirt and a stocking.

Q2. The name of the person who is supposed to have drowned as narrated in the beginning of the drama ‘Riders to the Sea’ is —

• (A) Stephen.
• (B) Michael.
• (C) Simon.
• (D) Bartley.

Q3. J. M. Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’ is a —

• (A) one-act drama.
• (B) two-act drama.
• (C) three-act drama.
• (D) five-act drama.

Q4. The body of the drowned Michael was found —

• (A) Eamonn.
• (B) Connemara.
• (C) Danganon.
• (D) Donegal.

Q5. Nora came softly hiding the bundle under her shawl because —

• (A) her sister would be angry with her.
• (B) she wanted to hide the matter from her mother.
• (C) she had stolen the bundle from their neighbour.
• (D) she was late and her mother would rebuke her.

Q6. Bartley decided to go —

• (A) to Channel Island.
• (B) to Donegal.
• (C) to Galway fair.
• (D) to Connemara.

Q7. When Nora entered into the cottage, Cathleen was —

• (A) baking a cake.
• (B) feeding the pigs.
• (C) talking with her mother.
• (D) spinning the wheel.

Q8. The relationship of Cathleen with Michael is —

• (A) wife and husband.
• (B) cousin sister and brother.
• (C) daughter and father.
• (D) sister and brother.

Q9. The main characters of J. M. Synge’s drama ‘Riders to the Sea’ are —

• (A) Maurya, Michael, Cathleen, Bartley.
• (B) Maurya, Patch, Bartley, Shawn.
• (C) Maurya, Stephen, Cathleen, Bartley.
• (D) Maurya, Bartley, Nora, Cathleen.

Q10. The scene of the drama ‘Riders to the Sea’ is set —

• (A) an island off the west of Ireland.
• (B) an island off the west of England.
• (C) an island off the east of Wales.
• (D) an island off the east of Ireland.

Q11. Nora and Cathleen hid the bundle which was given by the priest —

• (A) in the chimney.
• (B) inside a bag.
• (C) inside the box.
• (D) in the turf-loft.

Q12. The bundle of clothes was given to Nora by —

• (A) a young priest.
• (B) Eamon Simon.
• (C) Colum Shawn.
• (D) Bartley

Q13. Bartley was taking _________ to the Galway fair.

• (A) one horse
• (B) five horses
• (C) three horses
• (D) two horses

Q14. The colours of the horses that Bartley was taking to the fair were —

• (A) grey and white.
• (B) red and grey.
• (C) black and white.
• (D) brown and red.

Q15. If the clothes matched those of Michael, the young priest asked to tell Maurya that —

• (A) Michael had gone to heaven by the grace of God.
• (B) Michael would never return to his house.
• (C) Michael had drowned in the sea.
• (D) Michael had a clean burial by the grace of God.

Q16. The name of the last son that Maurya lost was —

• (A) Shawn.
• (B) Michael.
• (C) Bartley.
• (D) Stephen.

Q17. Maurya saw __________ riding on the grey horse.

• (A) Shawn
• (B) Bartley’s father
• (C) Michael
• (D) Bartley

Q18. Bartley wanted to visit Galway —

• (A) to attend the fishing festival.
• (B) to buy walking stick from the fair.
• (C) to sell the horses in the cattle fair.
• (D) to sell pigs in the cattle market.

Q19. The play ‘Riders to the Sea’ was first staged in —

• (A) 1903.
• (B) 1906.
• (C) 1904.
• (D) 1909.

Q20. After coming back home, Bartley asked from Cathleen —

• (A) the fishing net.
• (B) the cake.
• (C) a piece of rope.
• (D) the bundle given by the priest.

Q21. Bartley wanted the rope from Cathleen —

• (A) to make an anchor for the boat.
• (B) to tie the boat with it.
• (C) to repair the fishing net.
• (D) to make a halter for the horse.

Q22. Cathleen was Nora’s —

• (A) cousin.
• (B) elder sister.
• (C) younger sister.
• (D) mother.

Q23. Cathleen hung the rope on a nail because —

• (A) the pig with the black feet was eating it.
• (B) the rope was getting wet in sea water.
• (C) the rope might be stolen by the passers by.
• (D) the rope was being torn by the rats.

Q24. Cathleen kept the rope for safety —

• (A) upon the table in the kitchen.
• (B) on a nail by the white boards.
• (C) in the box of bedroom.
• (D) in the turf loft.

Q25. The young priest said about not stopping Bartley from going to the Galway fair that —

• (A) he thought that Bartley would listen to him.
• (B) he told that he was busy in finding the deadbody of Michael and had no time to stop Bartley.
• (C) he was sure that Almighty God would not leave Maurya destitute with no son living.
• (D) he felt afraid to stop Bartley from going to the fair.

Q26. ______________ Cathleen and Nora to identify that the clothes belonged to Michael.

• (A) The stockings
• (B) The shoes
• (C) The flannel
• (D) The shirt

Q27. The stockings of Michael had been knitted by —

• (A) Nora.
• (B) Maurya.
• (C) Cathleen.
• (D) an old woman in the island.

Q28. Michael and his brothers were —

• (A) farmers.
• (B) animal-keepers.
• (C) fishermen.
• (D) boatmen.

Q29. Cathleen and Nora hid the bundle for the second time —

• (A) under the table in the kitchen.
• (B) in the turf loft.
• (C) behind the spinning wheel.
• (D) into a hole in the chimney corner.

Q30. Maurya: ‘I seen the fearfullest thing.’ — Maurya saw:

• (A) Bartley falling off his red mare.
• (B) the ghost of Michael riding the grey pony.
• (C) the deadbody of Michael floating in the sea.
• (D) a lone star shining against the moon.

Q31. Bartley was kicked into the sea by —

• (A) the red pony.
• (B) the grey pony.
• (C) a fellow fisherman.
• (D) a strong gale.

Q32. Bartley died —

• (A) by falling off from his horse.
• (B) by getting drowned into the sea.
• (C) from sudden heart failure.
• (D) by striking his head into the rock.

Q33. Maurya had ______ children.

• (A) six
• (B) nine
• (C) eight
• (D) five

Q34. Maurya had —

• (A) six sons and two daughters.
• (B) two sons and six daughters.
• (C) four sons and four daughters.
• (D) five sons and three daughters.

Q35. Along with Maurya’s six sons, ________ were also devoured by the sea.

• (A) her father-in-law and her husband
• (B) two of his brothers
• (C) her husband and husband’s brother
• (D) her husband and her brother

Q36. Bartley died —

• (A) eight days before Michael.
• (B) nine days before Michael.
• (C) seven days after Michael.
• (D) nine days after Michael.

Q37. Maurya bought the white boards for —

• (A) Michael.
• (B) Patch.
• (C) herself.
• (D) Bartley.

Q38. Maurya bought the white boards from Connemara for making —

• (A) a stool for herself.
• (B) a wardrobe for herself.
• (C) the coffin for Bartley.
• (D) the coffin for Michael.

Q39. At the very beginning of the drama ‘Riders to the Sea’, _________ among the following characters entered into the cottage.

• (A) Maurya
• (B) Cathleen
• (C) Nora
• (D) Bartley

Q40. Nora: ‘Where is she?’ — Here in this line ‘she’ refers to:

• (A) Nora’s younger sister.
• (B) Cathleen.
• (C) Nora’s elder sister.
• (D) Nora’s mother Maurya.

Q41. During the course of the drama __________ left the cottage.

• (A) Maurya and Bartley
• (B) Cathleen and Bartley
• (C) Nora and Cathleen
• (D) Cathleen and Nora

Q42. Maurya was mourning for Michael for —

• (A) a week.
• (B) nine days.
• (C) a month.
• (D) seven days.

Q43. Cathleen and Nora forgot to give Bartley _______ before his departure.

• (A) his flannel shirt
• (B) the bread
• (C) the stick
• (D) the rope for halter

Q44. The dramatic action of ‘Riders to the Sea’ covers the incident that happened —

• (A) for several years.
• (B) for a week.
• (C) on a single day.
• (D) for nine days.

Q45. John Millington Synge was a /an —

• (A) English writer.
• (B) Irish writer.
• (C) Scottish writer.
• (D) British writer.

Q46. ‘ …. since the day Bride Dara seen the dead man with the child in his arms’ — ‘Bride Dara’ is a character of:

• (A) Indian mythology.
• (B) Celtic mythology.
• (C) Greek mythology.
• (D) Roman mythology.

Q47. The setting of ‘Riders to the Sea’ was in —

• (A) Aran Islands.
• (B) Shetland islands.
• (C) Hebrides islands.
• (D) Golden mouth.

Q48. When Nora came back to the cottage with the bundle, Maurya —

• (A) walked down to the spring well.
• (B) was lying in the inner room.
• (C) went to the sea to look for Michael’s body.
• (D) was sitting on a stool beside the fire.

Q49. According to Bartley, the rope was bought from —

• (A) Golden Mouth.
• (B) Galway.
• (C) Donegal.
• (D) Connemara.

Q50. Cathleen saw ____________ to eat the rope.

• (A) the grey horse
• (B) the black pig with white feet
• (C) the pig with black feet
• (D) the red horse

Q51. Eamon Simon was —

• (A) a friend of Bartley.
• (B) another son of Maurya.
• (C) the young priest.
• (D) the lover of Nora.

Q52. Before going to Galway fair, Bartley wanted to know about —

• (A) the price of horses.
• (B) the condition of the sea.
• (C) his brother Michael.
• (D) the sailing of the boat in the week.

Q53. As Bartley wanted the rope for making halter for horse, Maurya wanted to keep it in the house because —

• (A) she wanted to tie the pig with it.
• (B) she wanted it for using it in the boat.
• (C) she expected the body of Michael to float ashore any day of the week.
• (D) she did not want Bartley to go into the sea.

Q54. After Michael’s death ________ son(s) of Maurya remain alive.

• (A) one
• (B) two
• (C) three
• (D) none

Q55. According to Maurya, the ‘star against the moon’ indicates —

• (A) the rising of a storm.
• (B) the outbreak of famine.
• (C) the death of her son.
• (D) the rising of the sea.

Q56. ______________ are kept in the cottage of Maurya.

• (A) Horse, duck and pigs
• (B) Hens and sheep
• (C) Horse, sheep and pigs
• (D) Pigs, hens and sheep

Q57. Bartley told Cathleen to sell —

• (A) the pig.
• (B) the cow.
• (C) the horse.
• (D) the sheep.

Q58. Bartley was expected to come back home from his journey to Galway in ________ days.

• (A) four
• (B) three
• (C) two
• (D) two to four

Q59. The play ‘Riders to the Sea’ is a —

• (A) comedy.
• (B) tragedy.
• (C) satire.
• (D) farce.

Q60. Maurya forgot to buy _________ for the coffin.

• (A) white boards
• (B) rope
• (C) nails
• (D) flowers

Q61. After going to meet Bartley, Maurya brought back with her —

• (A) the bread.
• (B) the rope.
• (C) the red mare.
• (D) the nails.

Q62. Before going to the journey, Bartley ate —

• (A) cake.
• (B) bread.
• (C) biscuits.
• (D) nothing.

Q63. The piece of bread was sent for Bartley —

• (A) inside a box.
• (B) in a paper bag.
• (C) in a pot.
• (D) rolled in a cloth.

Q64. The attitude of her daughters towards Maurya was —

• (A) very gentle and loving.
• (B) hateful and sad.
• (C) caring and dutiful.
• (D) angry and scornful.

Q65. _____________ coffin will be made from the white boards.

• (A) Bartley’s
• (B) Shawn’s
• (C) Patch’s
• (D) Michael’s

Q66. It takes _________ to reach Donegal on foot.

• (A) three days
• (B) fifteen days
• (C) seven days
• (D) five days

Q67. At the time of Bartley’s departure Cathleen complained about Maurya that —

• (A) Maurya always disturbed others by talking constantly.
• (B) Maurya uttered unlucky words instead of blessing him.
• (C) Maurya was indifferent to Bartley.
• (D) Maurya had failed to give her the bread.

Q68. Maurya forbade Bartley to go into the sea because —

• (A) she thought that she would be quite unsafe at home with Nora and Cathleen.
• (B) she thought that she would die very soon.
• (C) she thought that she would be quite unable at home with Nora and Cathleen.
• (D) she had the premonition that he would be drowned like her other sons.

Q69. ‘She is passing the green head and letting fall her sails’ — In this sentence ‘she’ refers to:

• (A) Nora.
• (B) Maurya.
• (C) Cathleen.
• (D) the boat.

Q70. When Bartley did not listen to her advice, Maurya —

• (A) regretted that an old woman was ignored by everyone.
• (B) complained that men did not listen to women’s advices.
• (C) cursed her fortune for her sufferings.
• (D) called Bartley hard and cruel man.

Q71. According to Cathleen, for a young man ____________ is obligatory thing to do.

• (A) to listen to the advice of others
• (B) to support his family
• (C) to take care of his mother
• (D) to go to the sea for living

Q72. ________ supported Bartley’s decision of going to the sea.

• (A) Nora
• (B) Maurya
• (C) Cathleen
• (D) The young priest

Q73. According to Cathleen, ________ uttered unlucky words at the time of Bartley’s departure.

• (A) Nora
• (B) she herself
• (C) Maurya
• (D) the young priest

Q74. ___________ stick was given to Maurya.

• (A) Patch’s
• (B) Michael’s
• (C) Shawn’s
• (D) Bartley’s

Q75. The two men rowing in the sea found the body of Michael —

• (A) sticking in the rocks of the black cliff.
• (B) washing ashore.
• (C) catching in the oar of one of them.
• (D) floating in the sea.

Q76. Cathleen asked for a knife from Nora —

• (A) to cut the vegetables.
• (B) to cut the rope for Bartley.
• (C) to cut the cake into pieces.
• (D) to cut the knot in bundle.

Q77. The shirt of Michael and Bartley was made of —

• (A) flannel.
• (B) wool.
• (C) silk.
• (D) cotton.

Q78. Nora identified the stocking of Michael —

• (A) by matching the colour.
• (B) by matching the pattern.
• (C) by the counting the stitches.
• (D) by matching the initial on it.

Q79. Nora sat down with her back to the door when Maurya entered the cottage because —

• (A) she did not want Maurya to see that she was crying.
• (B) she was sitting near the fire to keep herself warm.
• (C) she felt angry with Maurya.
• (D) she was spinning the wheel facing the chimney.

Q80. After her return from the seaside to meet Bartley, Maurya was —

• (A) swaying her body.
• (B) silent.
• (C) quite happy.
• (D) waiting.

Q81. Maurya saw ______ to ride the red mare.

• (A) Odin
• (B) Bartley
• (C) a ghost
• (D) Michael

Q82. On the back of the grey pony as seen by Maurya Michael was dressed —

• (A) in fine clothes and new shoes.
• (B) without any cloth or shoe.
• (C) in old tattered water-soaked clothes.
• (D) in old tattered water-soaked clothes.

Q83. ‘There was Patch after was drowned out of a curragh that turned over.’ — Here the word ‘curragh’ refers to:

• (A) a kind of horse cart.
• (B) a small round Irish boat.
• (C) a steamer.
• (D) an Irish sailing ship.

Q84. On the heads of old women mourners there were —

• (A) red petticoats.
• (B) red woolen hats.
• (C) black caps.
• (D) white scarfs.

Q85. When the body of Patch was brought in, Maurya held __________ in her lap.

• (A) Cathleen
• (B) Bartley
• (C) Michael
• (D) Nora

Q86. __________ among Maurya’s sons was drowned with his father and grandfather.

• (A) Michael
• (B) Patch
• (C) Sheamus
• (D) Shawn

Q87. As the body of Patch was being carried in a red sail, Maurya noticed —

• (A) water dripping from it leaving a track.
• (B) the waves of the sea howling.
• (C) it was raining heavily.
• (D) people mourning loudly.

Q88. ___________ predicted beforehand that Bartley will be devoured by the sea.

• (A) Nora
• (B) Young priest
• (C) Cathleen
• (D) Maurya

Q89. ___________ dialect is used by J.M. Synge in ‘Riders to the Sea’.

• (A) Hiberno-English
• (B) Scottish
• (C) Cockney
• (D) Bavarian

Q90. When the body of Bartley was brought in, Maurya asked Nora to give her —

• (A) the bundle of clothes.
• (B) a piece of cloth.
• (C) a new dress.
• (D) the holy water in the dresser.

Q91. ‘ …. and great sleeping in the long nights after Samhain’ — Here the word ‘Samhain’ refers to:

• (A) funeral ceremony of the dead.
• (B) Halloween.
• (C) an Irish festival held on November 1.
• (D) an old-fashioned game in Ireland.

Q92. In ‘Riders to the Sea’ __________ colour symbolizes blood and death.

• (A) red
• (B) grey
• (C) maroon
• (D) black

Q93. ____________ is used as a sign of bad luck in ‘Riders to the Sea’.

• (A) Number 111
• (B) Number 9
• (C) Number 99
• (D) Number 69

Q94. According to Christian theology, ___________ is referred to as triple trinity.

• (A) Number 96
• (B) Number 9
• (C) Number 333
• (D) Number 999

Q95. In the play ‘Riders to the Sea’ Maurya sees in her vision that —

• (A) the spirits of her dead sons riding the sea.
• (B) the Holy Virgin.
• (C) the ghost of her husband.
• (D) the spirit of Cathleen.

Q96. The one-act tragedy ‘Riders to the Sea’ has been written by —

• (A) Anton Chekhov.
• (B) George Bernard Shaw.
• (C) William Shakespeare.
• (D) John Millington Synge.

Fill in the Blanks

Q97. Cathleen is a girl of about __________.

• (A) twenty
• (B) fifteen
• (C) thirty
• (D) twenty-five

Q98. ‘Did you ask him would he stop Bartley going this day with the __________ to the Galway fair?’

• (A) sheep
• (B) chickens
• (C) pigs
• (D) horses

Q99. ” …. the Almighty God won’t leave her __________,” says he, “with no son living.”

• (A) destitute
• (B) devastated
• (C) destroyed
• (D) deprived

Q100. Cathleen: “Give me the __________, and I’ll put them up in the turf-loft.”

• (A) stool
• (B) table
• (C) ladder
• (D) stick

Q101. Bartley entered into the room and looked round the the room for __________.

• (A) his flannel coat
• (B) his younger sister
• (C) the piece of rope
• (D) his mother

Q102. Maurya had been lamenting for __________ for __________ days.

• (A) Bartley, nine
• (B) Michael, seven
• (C) Michael, nine
• (D) Bartley, seven

Q103. Bartley was riding on the back of the __________.

• (A) red horse
• (B) grey pony
• (C) grey horse
• (D) red mare

Q104. Nora knitted the __________ of Michael.

• (A) stockings
• (B) shirt
• (C) sweater
• (D) flannel

Q105. Maurya: “I seen the __________ thing.”

• (A) fearful
• (B) fearfullest
• (C) fear-provoking
• (D) fearsome

Q106. Maurya: “They are all gone now, and there isn’t anything more the __________ can do to me.”

• (A) elements
• (B) fate
• (C) God
• (D) sea

Column Matching Type

Q107. Match the words in Column A with appropriate contents in Column B.

Choose the correct matching option:

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

Q108. Match the words in Column A with the contents in Column B.

Choose the correct matching option:

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

Q109. Match the words in Column A with the contents in Column B.

Choose the correct matching option:

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

Assertion-Reasoning Type

Q110. Assertion: Cathleen and Nora hid the bundle in the turf-loft.

Reason: They wanted to hide it from Maurya.

Choose the correct answer:

• (A) Both Assertion and Reason are wrong.
• (B) Both Assertion and Reason are right.
• (C) Assertion is right but Reason is wrong.
• (D) Reason is right but Assertion is wrong.

Q111. Assertion: Bartley was looking for the bit of new rope.

Reason: ?

Choose the correct answer:

• (A) He wanted to make a halter for the horse with that rope.
• (B) He had to anchor his boat with that rope.
• (C) He wanted to make a fencing with the rope.
• (D) He wanted to sell the rope in the Galway fair.

Q112. Assertion: ?

Reason: Maurya was given the stick brought by Michael by Cathleen and Nora.

• (A) Maurya asked for the stick from them.
• (B) Cathleen and Nora wanted to remind her of Michael.
• (C) Maurya stood up unsteadily and might slip on the stone.
• (D) Cathleen and Nora desired to send it to Bartley.

Q113. Cathleen asked for a knife from Nora because —

• (A) she planned to cut the cake with it.
• (B) she wanted to chop vegetables for cooking.
• (C) Bartley asked for it before his journey.
• (D) she needed it to cut the knot in the bundle.

Sentence Relationship Type

Q114. Statement A: In the big world the old people do be leaving things after them for their son and children.

Statement B: In this place it is the young men do be leaving things behind for them that do be old.

Choose the correct relationship between the statements by choosing the right option.

• (A) Statement B is the reason of Statement A.
• (B) Statement B contradicts Statement A.
• (C) Statement A and B have no relation with each other.
• (D) Statement B is the effect of Statement A.

Q115. Statement A: This is the one boat going for (Galway) two weeks or beyond it.

Statement B: I (Bartley) must go now quickly.

Statement C: The fair will be a good fair for horses.

Choose the correct relationship between the statements by choosing the right option.

• (A) Statements A and C are the causes of Statement B.
• (B) Statement A is the cause of Statement B and Statement C is not related to them.
• (C) Statements B and C are the causes of Statement A.
• (D) Statements A, B and C are not interrelated with one another.

Q116. Statement A: Let you (Maurya) go down now to the spring well and give him (Bartley) this (piece of bread).

Statement B: Will I (Maurya) be in it as soon as himself (Bartley)?

Choose the correct relationship between the statements by choosing the right option.

• (A) Statement A is the reason of Statement B.
• (B) Statement B contradicts Statement A.
• (C) Statement B expresses doubt about the action desired in Statement A.
• (D) Statement A and B are not interrelated.

Diagram Based Type Questions

Q117. Maurya lost many of her children before and during the course of the drama ‘Riders to the Sea’. Suppose dark circles represent her dead children and the white circles represent her living children.

Now, in consideration of that, which among the following diagrams, rightly indicates the condition of Maurya’s children at the end of the drama?

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

Q118. The black square in the left hand side represents Maurya’s sons and the white square in the right hand side represents Maurya’s daughters.

The white circle denotes ‘alive’, and the black circle denotes ‘dead’.

Now, which of the following diagrams rightly describes their condition at the end of the drama?

(A) ⬛⚫ | ⬜⚫

(B) ⬛⚪ | ⬜⚫

(C) ⬛⚪ | ⬜⚪

(D) ⬛⚫ | ⬜⚪

Rearrangement of Sentences

Q119. Rearrange the following sentences in their proper order of happening:

(i) They cut the knot in the bundle.

(ii) Cathleen and Nora brought down the bundle from the turf-loft.

(iii) They tried to match the piece of the shirt in the bundle with Michael’s clothes.

(iv) Maurya was sent to the seaside for giving Michael the piece of bread.

Options

• (A) (ii) —> (iv) —> (i) —> (iii)
• (B) (iv) —> (i) —> (ii) —> (iii)
• (C) (iv) —> (iii) —> (ii) —> (i)
• (D) (iv) —> (ii) —> (i) —> (iii)

Q120. Rearrange the following sentences in their proper order of happening:

(i) She was lamenting softly without any words.

(ii) She told them that she had seen a fearful vision.

(iii) Maurya came back with the piece of bread.

(iv) Cathleen asked her why she had not given the bread of Bartley.

Options

• (A) (iii) —> (i) —> (iv) —> (ii)
• (B) (iii) —> (iv) —> (ii) —> (i)
• (C) (iii) —> (ii) —> (i) —> (iv)
• (D) (ii) —> (iii) —> (i) —> (iv)

Q121. Rearrange the following sentences in their proper order of happening:

(i) She saw Bartley to come along riding on the red pony.

(ii) Maurya went down to the spring well.

(iii) She stood there saying a prayer to herself.

(iv) To her horror she saw Michael riding on the grey pony that followed the red pony.

Options

• (A) (ii) —> (iv) —> (i) —> (iii)
• (B) (ii) —> (iii) —> (i) —> (iv)
• (C) (iii) —> (i) —> (iv) —> (ii)
• (D) (iv) —> (ii) —> (iii) —> (i)

True and False Type

Q122. The true statement among the following ones is:

• (A) Bartley came back in the cottage with the body of Michael.
• (B) The deadbody of Michael was washed ashore.
• (C) Michael was missing for seven days at the beginning of the play.
• (D) Two fishermen found the body of Michael far away in the sea.

Q123. The false statement among the following ones is:

• (A) Before Bartley Maurya has lost five of her sons in the sea.
• (B) Maurya sprinkled holy water on the body of Bartley.
• (C) Old women with red petticoats over their head entered the cottage before Bartley’s body was brought in.
• (D) The grey pony knocked Michael into the sea.

Case Based Type

Q124. The best describing statement about Maurya is that —

• (A) she is an old woman constantly cursing God for her sufferings and problems.
• (B) she is a bereaved woman who has resigned herself to her fate.
• (C) she is an old woman who has lost her common sense in bereavement.
• (D) she is a woman who complains about everything around her.

Q125. The supernatural incident of seeing the ghost of Michael riding the grey pony by Maurya has been introduced in the drama to show —

• (A) the real cause of Bartley’s death after being kicked by the grey pony.
• (B) the supernatural power possessed by Maurya in seeing the future.
• (C) the power of supernatural powers on human lives.
• (D) that Maurya belonged to an illiterate society which indulges in superstitious beliefs.

Q126. The riders to the sea are —

• (A) people who are addicted to marine life.
• (B) the dead sons of Maurya.
• (C) Michael and Bartley.
• (D) the fishing community who live on by fighting with the sea.

Quick Recall

Q127. The most central theme of Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’ is —

• (A) the triumph of human actions over nature.
• (B) the inevitability of fate and the overwhelming power of nature.
• (C) the freedom struggle.
• (D) the beauty of adventurous life.

Q128. In Riders to the Sea, the sea primarily symbolizes as —

• (A) a nurturing provider of life and abundance.
• (B) a benign backdrop to everyday island life.
• (C) an indifferent, all-powerful force that governs life and death.
• (D) a mysterious source of supernatural intervention.

Q129. The line best describes the relationship between the islanders and their environment:

• (A) The forces of nature can easily be mastered by the islanders.
• (B) Due to the isolation of the island, the islanders have a close, harmonious bond with the sea.
• (C) The mercy of the sea’s capricious power controls human life perpetually.
• (D) The environment plays a minor role in the islanders’ daily struggles.

Q130. Assertion (A): J. M. Synge in ‘Riders to the Sea’, portrays the sea as an omnipotent force that determines the fate of the islanders.

Reason: As the family experiences the repeated tragic losses, it underscores a fatalistic view of life on the island.

• (A) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
• (B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
• (C) A is true, but R is false.
• (D) A is false, but R is true.

Q131. Assertion (A): Following the isolation of the Aran Islands, the playwright amplifies the sense of doom in the play ‘Riders to the Sea’.

Reason (R): The geographical remote location makes it impossible to escape from the relentless forces of nature.

• (A) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
• (B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
• (C) A is true, but R is false.
• (D) A is false, but R is true.

Q132. Match the items in Column A with their corresponding descriptions in Column B from the options given below.

Options

• (A) 1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (c)
• (B) 1. (a) 2. ( c) 3. (d) 4. (b)
• (C) 1. (d) 2. (a) 3. ( c) 4. (b)
• (D) 1. ( b) 2. (d) 3. (c ) 4. (a)

Q133. Match the items in Column A with their corresponding descriptions in Column B from the options given below.

Options

• (A) 1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (c)
• (B) 1. (b) 2. ( a) 3. (d) 4. (c)
• (C) 1. (d) 2. (a) 3. ( c) 4. (b)
• (D) 1. ( b) 2. (d) 3. (c ) 4. (a)

TEST YOURSELF

Full Marks : 10 || Time: 15 Minutes

Q1. J. M. Synge’s ‘Riders to the Sea’ is a —

• (A) one-act tragedy.
• (B) one-act comedy.
• (C) one-act tragi-comedy.
• (D) one-act farce.

Q2. When Nora entered into the cottage, Maurya —

• (A) had gone to the seashore.
• (B) was lamenting for Michael.
• (C) was lying down in the inner room.
• (D) was spinning the wheel.

Q3. Cathleen took out __________ from the bundle given by the young priest.

• (A) a shirt and sock
• (B) a part of a coat and stocking
• (C) a bit of a shirt and stocking
• (D) a flannel and a shoe

Q4. Maurya: “I seen the fearfullest thing.” — The ‘fearfullest’ thing seen by Maurya was:

• (A) the dead man walking with the child in his arms.
• (B) Michel riding on the grey pony behind Bartley.
• (C) the body of Michael floating on the sea-water.
• (D) old woman with red petticoats on their heads entering silently in the cottage.

Q5. Match column A with the contents in Column B.

Options

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

Q6. Cathleen: “Give me the ladder, and I’ll put them up in the _____________.”

• (A) roof-top
• (B) ceiling-loft
• (C) turf-loft
• (D) turf-top

Q7. Bartley planned to sell the horses —

• (A) in the Connemara fair.
• (B) in the Galway fair.
• (C) in the horse fair.
• (D) in the Donegal fair.

Q8. Inside the cottage the body of Bartley was laid —

• (A) on a plank.
• (B) on the white boards.
• (C) on the table.
• (D) on the floor.

Q9. The white boards were bought from Connemara for —

• (A) Bartley.
• (B) Patch.
• (C) Michael.
• (D) Sheamus.

Q10. ___________ was an infant when Maurya’s son named Patch died.

• (A) Cathleen
• (B) Bartley
• (C) Nora
• (D) Michael

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

OMR SHEET