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10th Class English Chapter 7 TestUNIT 7: TIME (POEM)

30 marks · 40 minutes · 21 questions. Covers: UNIT 7: TIME (POEM).

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10th Class English Chapter 7 Test

10th Class · English · Punjab (PTB)

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Q1. Multiple choice questions (Attempt all · 10 × 1 = 10)

  1. What does the word "treacherous" imply about time in the poem (Time)?

    1. Time is steady and reliable.

    2. Time is dangerous and deceptive.

    3. Time is comforting and gentle.

    4. Time is forgiving.

  2. The unfathomable sea has waves that represent passing years:

    1. Shallow

    2. Unmeasurable

    3. Understandable

    4. Narrow

  3. The ocean becomes terrible during a storm:

    1. Extremely bad

    2. Excellent

    3. Joyful

    4. Very tiny

  4. What metaphor does Shelley use to describe time in the poem (Time)?

    1. River

    2. Unfathomable sea

    3. Mountain

    4. Endless sky

  5. The sea is described as howling on for more prey:

    1. Whispering

    2. Shouting

    3. Crying loudly

    4. Laughing

  6. The sea throws its broken wrecks upon the land:

    1. Treasures

    2. Ruined

    3. Flowers

    4. Ships

  7. The water appears safe and calm on the surface:

    1. Violent storm

    2. Agitation

    3. Loud noise

    4. High pressure

  8. The waters are brackish with the salt of human tears:

    1. Sweet and fresh

    2. Frozen ice

    3. Slightly salty

    4. Completely pure

  9. The "howling" of time in the poem (Time) suggests:

    1. The joy of passing moments

    2. The calmness of eternity

    3. The destructive and relentless nature of time

    4. The beauty of the present

  10. The sea changes constantly in its ebb and flow:

    1. Rise

    2. Decline

    3. Crash

    4. Wave

Q2. Short questions (Attempt any 6 of 8 · 6 × 2 = 12)

  1. What do these lines suggest about the nature of the sea?

  2. What is the tone of the poem (Time)?

  3. How does Shelley personify time in the poem (Time)?

  4. How does the image "shoreless" contribute to the overall meaning of the poem (Time)?

  5. How do you think poets can convey the idea of time?

  6. What words or phrases show time's power over human lives?

  7. What emotion is conveyed by the phrase "brackish with the salt of human tears"?

  8. What does "ebb and flow" mean in the poem (Time)?

Q3. Long questions (Attempt any 2 of 3 · 2 × 4 = 8)

  1. Time

  2. And sick of prey, yet howling on for more,

    Vomitest thy wrecks on its inhospitable shore;

    Treacherous in calm, and terrible in storm,

    Who shall put forth on thee,

    Unfathomable Sea?

  3. Unfathomable Sea! whose waves are years,

    Ocean of Time, whose waters of deep woe

    Are brackish with the salt of human tears!

    Thou shoreless flood, which in thy ebb and flow

    Claspest the limits of mortality!