The Fable is a short poem written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This poem is the 2nd chapter of the – Bliss (textbook for class 10 / Madhyamik students.)
Presenting a set of multiple-choice questions for practice on the poem Fable for class 10. The Fable MCQ Questions will help to boost the preparation of Madhyamik students for this particular chapter.
Fable MCQ Questions
1. What is the title of the poem
a. The Fable.
b. The Mountain and the Squirrel
c. The quarrel.
d. A Lesson
Answer: a. The Fable.
2. Who is the write of the poem?
a. William Wordsworth.
b. H.W. Longfellow.
c. R.W. Emerson.
d. John Keats.
Answer: c. R.W. Emerson.
3. Who had a quarrel in the poem?
a. The spider and the frog.
b. The mountain and the rabbit.
c. The tortoise and the squirrel.
d. The mountain and the squirrel.
Answer: d. The mountain and the squirrel.
4. Who is referred to here as ‘former’ in the poem?
a. The little prig.
b. The squirrel.
c. The earth.
d. The mountain.
Answer: d. The mountain.
5. Who is referred to here as ‘latter’ in the poem?
a. The forest.
b. The squirrel.
c. The earth.
d. The mountain.
Answer: b. The squirrel.
On our site, we’ve already published the unit-wise multiple-choice questions (MCQ) on the chapter – Father’s Help. Students can access them by clicking on the links below –
Father’s Help Unit 1 MCQ
Father’s Help Unit 2 MCQ
Father’s Help Unit 3 MCQ
6. What did the mountain called the squirrel?
a. A brat.
b. Little mischief.
c. Little devil.
d. Little prig.
Answer: d. Little prig.
7. Who does the word ‘bun’ refer to?
a. The mountain.
b. The cat.
c. The squirrel.
d. The fox.
Answer: c. The squirrel.
8. ‘You are doubtless very big’ – who said that?
a. The squirrel.
b. The mountain.
c. The horse.
d. The lion.
Answer: a. The squirrel.
9. ‘You are doubtless very big’ – whom does the statement point to?
a. The elephant.
b. The whale.
c. The mountain.
d. The squirrel.
Answer: c. The mountain.
10. The mountain and the squirrel were
a. Friendly.
b. Quarrelsome.
c. Unkown to each other.
d. Empathised for each other.
Answer: b. Quarrelsome.
11. Who started the quarrel?
a. The mountain.
b. The squirrel.
c. The tiger.
d. The wolf.
Answer: a. The mountain.
12. What are the things that needs to be taken together to make a year and a sphere?
a. Sea, Mountain, Rivers.
b. Whether, climate
c. All sorts of things and weather.
d. Rivers, forest, desert etc.
Answer: c. All sorts of things and weather.
13. ‘To make a year and a sphere’ – what does the word ‘sphere’ suggest?
a. A cube.
b. A round object.
c. The universe.
d. The Earth
Answer: d. The Earth
14. What does the squirrel consider as no disgrace?
a. To eat his own part of food.
b. To occupy his own place.
c. To quarrel with the mountain
d. To hop here and there.
Answer: b. To occupy his own place.
15. ‘If I’m not so large as you’ – who said that?
a. The squirrel.
b. The mountain.
c. The chanticleer.
d. The butterfly.
Answer: a. The squirrel.
16. ‘You are not so small as I’ – whom does ‘you’ refers to?
a. The squirrel.
b. The mountain.
c. The grasshopper.
d. The butterfly.
Answer: b. The mountain.
17. What does the word spry suggest?
a. Full of knowledge.
b. Full of wisdom.
c. Full of trickiness.
d. Full of living energy.
Answer: d. Full of living energy.
18. Who isn’t ‘half so spry’?
a. The squirrel.
b. The grasshopper.
c. The mountain.
d. The sloth.
Answer: c. The mountain.
19. What does the squirrel not deny?
a. The mountain makes a pretty squirrel track.
b. The mountain has more talent than it.
c. The mountain always looks down upon others.
d. The mountain is full of energy.
Answer: a. The mountain makes a pretty squirrel track.
20. According to the poem, the thing that differs is –
a. Wealth.
b. Accent
c. Nationality.
d. Talent.
Answer: d. Talent.
21. All is ____ and _____ put –
a. Wisely and well.
b. Carefully and wisely.
c. Well and wisely.
d. Perfectly and carefully.
Answer: c. Well and wisely.
22. Who can carry forest on its back?
a. The squirrel.
b. The mountain.
c. The chanticleer.
d. The butterfly.
Answer: b. The mountain.
23. Who can crack a nut.
a. The squirrel.
b. The mountain.
c. The chanticleer.
d. The butterfly.
Answer: a. The squirrel.
24. In the poem, we find that –
a. The squirrel is ultimately foolish.
b. The squirrel has more wisdom than the mountain.
c. The mountain is more wisdom than the squirrel.
d. None of the above.
Answer: b. The squirrel has more wisdom than the mountain.
25. The poem realizes us that –
a. Different person has different talent.
b. Different person has different disabilities.
c. Every person has same talent.
d. Very few people have talent.
Answer: a. Different person has different talent.
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