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The Second Coming poem by W.B. Yeats – Summary:
THE SECOND COMING by YEATS MCQ with ANSWERS:
1. Who wrote the poem, “The Second Coming”?
(a) T.S. Eliot
(b) W.B. Yeats
(c) Virginia Woolf
(d) John Keats
2. The Full name of W. B. Yeats is-
(a) William Blake Yeats
(b) Wilson Buttler Yeats
(c) William Butler Yeats
(d) Watson Butler Yeats
3. In which year was the poem “The Second Coming” composed?
(a) 1914
(b) 1921
(c) 1919
(d) 1930
4. What year was Yeats born?
(a) 1865
(b) 1847
(c) 1919
(d) 1823
5. Where was Yeats born?
(a) London, England
(b) Galway, Ireland
(c) New York, New York
(d) Dublin, Ireland
6. Yeats detailed his complicated cosmological argument involving gyres in which book or play?
(a) A Vision
(b) The Magi
(c) The Wild Swans at Coole
(d) The Resurrection
7. In 1923, Yeats was awarded which prize?
(a) The Pulitzer Prize
(b) A gold star
(c) The Nobel Peace Prize
(d) The Nobel Prize in Literature
8. Yeats was most interested in which school of thought?
(a) Christianity
(b) Occultism
(c) Judaism
(d) Druidry
9. What perspective is the poem written from?
(a) Second person
(b) First person
(c) A universal perspective
(d) Third person
10. W. B. Yeats is a/an-
(a) American poet
(b) Indian poet of English origin
(c) Irish poet
(d) English poet
11. The name of the magazine where this poem was printed for the first time was–
(a) The Mirror
(b) The Dial
(c) The Journal
(d) The Memories
12. The year when the poem was first printed is-
(a) 1916
(b) 1918
(c) 1919
(d) 1920
13. W. B. Yeats became a Nobel Laureate in the year-
(a) 1912
(c) 1918
(b) 1917
(d) 1923
14. The poem ‘The Second Coming’ was written in 1919 when
(a) the Irish War of Independence ended
(b) the First World War ended
(c) the Second World War started
(d) the French Revolution started
15. The source of the poem ‘The Second Coming’ is-
(a) Christian Mythology
(b) Revelations of Jesus
(c) Bible (Book of Revelations)
(d) Irish Mythology
16. Which author titled a novel after a quote from "The Second Coming"?
(a) John Keats
(b) Joan Vollmer
(c) Chinua Achebe
(d) Sylvia Plath
17. The background or setting of the poem ‘The Second Coming’ is-
(a) The First World War
(b) Easter Rising in 1916
(c) The beginning of the Irish War of Independence in 1919
(d) All the three mentioned above.
18. What event heavily influenced the poem, “The Second Coming”? Or. While composing the poem, “The Second Coming”, W.B. Yeats was influenced by –
(a) World War I
(b) The French Revolution
(c) The Russian Revolution
(d) The Great Depression
19. W. B. Yeats belongs to the
(a) Elizabethan era of poetry
(b) Modern era of poetry
(c) Medieval era
(d) Romantic era of poetry
20. “The falcon cannot hear the falconer.” What does the line suggest?
(a) The falcon is under control
(b) The falcon is out of control
(c) The falcon ends the relation
(d) None of the above
21. Things fall apart as the consequence of-
(a) the revelation
(b) the unruly falcon’s mindset
(c) the continuous widening of the gyre
(d) the appearance of a mythological creature
22. According to the poet the falcon can not hear–
(a) the hunter
(b) the gyre
(c) the falconer
(d) the sphinx
23. “Turning and turning in the widening gyre”. What does the line refer to?
(a) The expansion of hope
(b) A bird circling above
(c) A whirlpool in the sea
(d) A spiralling motion or cycle of history
24. “Turning and turning in the widening gyre”. What is ‘gyre’? / What kind of shapes does the word "gyre" refer to?
(a) Rotational Motion
(b) Curvilinear Motion
(c) Spiralling Motion
(d) Circular Motion
25. What does the phrase ‘widening gyre’ symbolise in the poem, “The Second Coming”?
(a) chaos
(b) order
(c) imbalance
(d) uphold
26.Yeats detailed his philosophy about gyres in which volume of his work?
(a) The Wind Among the Reeds
(b) The Wild Swans at Coole
(c) Adam's Curse
(d) A Vision
27. “Turning and turning in the widening gyre”- The figure of speech used here is-
(a) assonance
(b) metonymy
(c) pun
(d) litotes
28. The word ‘gyre’ is a/an-
(a) Greek word
(b) Spanish word
(c) English word
(d) French word
29. In the expression “Turning and turning in the widening gyre”, the word ‘turning’ is used to suggest-
(a) the spiralling character of the whirlwind
(b) the cyclical movements in history
(c) the movement of sphinx
(d) none of these
30. The literal meaning of ‘gyre’ is-
(a) an underground passage
(b) the centre of a vortex
(c) a coiling motion
(d) an outright pattern
31. “Turning and turning in the widening gyre”-The consequence of this is-
(a) The gyre is widening
(b) things fall apart
(c) the centre can not hold
(d) All of these
33. ‘Falcon’ in the poem symbolises-
(a) a hunting bird
(b) human race
(c) the morbidity of Ireland
(d) animal sport
34. “The falcon can not hear the falconer” Here the word ‘falconer’ symbolises-
(a) the owner of the falcon
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) human race
(d) wicked minded people
35. In the line ‘The falcon can not hear the falconer”, both ‘the falcon’ and ‘the falconer’ are the examples’ of-
(a) metaphor
(c) pun
(b) simile
(d) zeugma
37. The central symbolic image used in the poem ‘The Second Coming’ is a / an –
(a) Cat
(b) Mouse
(c) Falcon
(d) Eagle
38. Whom did the falcon fail to hear ?
(a) The call of its mate
(b) The call of its keeper
(c) The call of other birds
(d) The call of other animals
39. The word ‘falcon’ symbolizes in the poem ‘The Second Coming’ –
(a) The Jews
(b) The English
(c) The Hindus
(d) The Christians
40. The Falcon represents –
(a) The human race
(b) The political parties
(c) Supreme authority
(d) The Almighty
41. The phrase ‘falcon cannot hear the falconer’ suggests –
(a) Lack of power
(b) Lack of wisdom
(c) Lack of patience
(d) Breakdown of communication
42. The falcon in the poem ‘The Second Coming’ symbolizes –
(a) control
(b) fear
(c) shock
(d) doubt
43. What is drowned everywhere?-
(a) passionate intensity
(b) widening gyre
(c) ceremony of innocence
(d) Spiritus Mundi
44. “When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi troubles my sight” – What does the phrase “Spiritus Mundi” represent?
(a) rebirth of the Christ
(b) a metaphor of social upliftment
(c) a metaphor of chaos and anarchy
(d) visualisation of past, present and future
45. Where does the poet visualise the image “Spiritus Mundi”?
(a) on the mountain
(b) in the sea
(c) in the desert
(d) in the sky
46. How do the desert birds respond to the creature, “Spiritus Mundi”?
(a) They fly away
(b) They cry out
(c) They circle overhead
(d) They reel in the air
47. The term ‘Spiritus Mundi’ has the origin from-
(a) Hebrew
(b) Latin
(c) Persian
(d) Arabic
48. The image out of Spiritus Mundi is-
(a) mediocre
(b) fragile
(c) vast
(d) indistinct
49. The poet’s sight is troubled by-
(a) mercilessness
(b) the thought of immorality
(c) the image out of Spiritus Mundi
(d) the ceremony of the worst
50. The phrase ‘Spiritus Mundi’ refers to
(a) some paranormal forces
(b) collective consciousness of humanity
(c) emergence of a moral ruler
(d) the mundi of an ethereal spirit
54. What troubles the poet’s sight ?
(a) The image of falcon soaring higher in the sky
(b) The image of Christ.
(c) Ceremony of innocence being drowned
(d) A vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
55. 'Spiritus Mundi’ had the body of a/an –
(a) Human
(b) lion
(c) Bird
(d) Ox
56. ‘Spiritus Mundi’ had the head of a/an –
(a) Antelope
(b) snake
(c) Bird
(d) Man
57. The humanity on earth has been ‘Vexed to nightmare’ by the coming of –
(a) Christ
(b) Falcon
(c) Spiritus Mundi
(d) Sphinx
58. What does the poet see emerging from "Spiritus Mundi"?
(a) A lion
(b) A vast image
(c) A child
(d) A book
59. ‘Things fall apart…’-This suggests -
(a) All things are centralized
(b) Everything is defused
(c) all things are bound together
(d) All things are shattered on the ground
60. What does "Things fall apart" suggest?
(a) Nature is healing
(b) The world is being rebuilt
(c) Disorder is spreading
(d) Science is winning
61. “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;” What does the line suggest?
(a) All things are unstable
(b) All things are collapsing
(c) All things are developing
(d) All things are bound together
62. What is “loosed upon the world” mentioned in the poem, “The Second Coming”?
(a) A flood
(b) Anarchy
(c) Love
(d) Hope
63. “Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” What does the line suggest?
(a) The world is under the grip of lawlessness
(b) The world is going to collapse
(c) The world will get stability from anarchy
(d) None of the above
64. “The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere”. What does the line suggest?
(a) imbalance
(b) dreadful
(c) peaceful
(d) orderly
65. What is said to be “drowned” in the poem, “The Second Coming”?
(a) The truth
(b) The falcon
(c) Innocence
(d) Hope
66. “The ceremony of innocence is drowned;” – Where is ‘the ceremony of innocence’ drowned?
(a) with the tide of the ocean
(b) with the tide of the river
(c) with the blood-dimmed tide
(d) none of these
67. “The ceremony of innocence is drowned;” – What does the phrase, ‘the ceremony of innocence’ refer to?
(a) life in the peaceful past
(b) life in ancient times
(c) life in the unrest world
(d) life in the modern world
68. “The ceremony of innocence is drowned;” – What figure of speech is used in the line?
(a) simile
(b) metaphor
(c) personification
(d) climax
69. What does the poet feel about the conviction of man?
(a) It is sustaining
(b) It is getting matured
(c) It is draining away
(d) None of these
70. What is the poet sure about? Or. What “is at hand” mentioned in the poem, ‘The Second Coming’?
(a) War
(b) A revolution
(c) Enlightenment
(d) The Second Coming
71. “Surely the Second Coming is at hand.” What does the phrase ‘Second Coming’ indicate?
(a) impending doom
(b) social upliftment
(c) prosperity
(d) political stability
72. What is the gaze of the creature compared to?
(a) the moon
(b) the sun
(c) the stars
(d) all of the above
73. How is the gaze of the creature described?
(a) blank and dark
(b) blank and pitiless
(c) shining and merciful
(d) shining and pitiless
74. What does the creature move slowly?
(a) hand
(b) palm
(c) thigh
(d) toe
75. “The darkness drops again” – What does the line indicate?
(a) the poet enters into the darkness
(b) the poet becomes blind
(c) the poet comes to reality
(d) anarchy comes again
76. How many years did the ‘stony sleep’ continue?
(a) two thousand years
(b) two hundred years
(c) twenty thousand years
(d) twenty hundred years
77. “That twenty centuries of stony sleep” – what does the phrase ‘stony sleep’ refer to?
(a) the Middle Ages
(b) time since Christ
(c) a golden age
(d) the Neolithic age
78. How does the poet describe the ‘rough beast’?
(a) lion’s body with woman’s head
(b) lion’s body with man’s head
(c) man’s body with lion’s head
(d) man’s body with child’s head
79. “A shape with lion body and the head of a man” – What image does the poet refer to here?
(a) A sphinx-like figure
(b) A lion
(c) A turmoil state
(d) A crucified man
80. What is “slouching towards Bethlehem”?
(a) The Antichrist
(b) The sphinx/ rough beast
(c) Yeats himself
(d) The spirit of war
81. What do the sphinx and the desert birds most likely NOT represent?
(a) The deliverance of riddles or clues
(b) A primal, creative force
(c) Noah and his ark
(d) The antichrist
82. What kind of mythological creature is featured in the poem?
(a) A griffin
(b) A werewolf
(c) A Demogorgon
(d) A sphinx
83. What do the words "blank and pitiless as the sun" refer to?
(a) The falconer's gaze
(b) The sphinx's gaze
(c) The faces of the masses
(d) The bloody tides
84. In the Bible ‘The Second Coming’ refers to-
(a) The appearance of werewolf
(b) The second appearance of a Sphinx
(c) The second appearance of Jesus
(d) The second appearance of Zombie
85. When the poet firmly expects a new revelation or a new coming at hand, he visualises the image of-
(a) a ruthless enemy
(b) a sphinx
(c) a lion
(d) a wolf
86. What were the "twenty centuries of stony sleep" referring to?
(a) Yeats's narrator's 2000 years of solitude
(b) The 2000 years since the sphinx's first prophecy
(c) The 2000 years left until the next apocalypse
(d) The nearly 2000 years since Christ's first coming
87. The beast like image is equal to-
(a) Cyclops
(b) Fauns
(c) Sphinx
(d) Werewolf
88. The vast image is located-
(a) in Bethlehem
(b) in the sands of desert
(c) in the heaven
(d) none of these
89. “A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun”- The gaze referred to here is the gaze of-
(a) the bestial image / the gaze of sphinx
(b) God
(c) an werewolf
(d) a lion
90. The gaze of the bestial image is said to be-
(a) black and voluptuous
(b) blank and merciless
(c) vacant but pitiful
(d) animated but pitiless
91. “A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun”- The figure of speech used here is-
(a) metaphor
(b) paradox
(c) simile
(d) juxtaposition
92. The sphinx’s movement is-
(a) rapid
(b) impetuous
(c) usual
(d) slow
93. “Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert”-The figure of speech used here is-
(a) anaphora
(b) alliteration
(c) synecdoche
(d) metonymy
94. “A shape with lion body and the head of a man”-The literary device used here is-
(a) imagery
(b) paradox
(c) simile
(d) enjambment
95. In the poem, the phrase ‘full of passionate intensity’ refers to –
(a) The poet
(b) The Falcon
(c) The falconer
(d) The rough beast
96. The desert birds are said to be-
(a) inert
(b) blowsy
(c) indignant
(d) unresentful
97. Who are said to be indignant in this poem?
(a) the werewolf
(b) the eagle
(c) the falcon and the falconer
(d) the desert birds
98. Who is moving its slow thighs?
(a) the sphinx
(b) the world outside
(c) the civilization
(d) the agents of Hebrew
99. The desert birds are the symbol of-
(a) desire
(b) enthusiasm
(c) death and annihilation
(d) passionate force
100. The shadows of indignant desert birds represent-
(a) warnings of imminent doom
(b) ominous signs
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these
101. The subject of comparison between the sphinx and the sun is-
(a) loyalty
(b) authority and influence
(c) hapless situation
(d) pitilessness
102. “…… blank and pitiless as the sun”-Here the comparison is made between-
(a) the Moon and the Sun
(b) the Sphinx and the Sun
(c) the Sun and the God
(d) the Sun and Jehovah
103. The shadows reeling all about the bestial image are referred to-
(a) the eagles
(b) the falcons
(c) the fierce animals
(d) the desert birds
104. The desert birds in this poem are used as the symbol of-
(a) death
(b) controversy
(c) strife
(d) rebirth
105. The Sphinx and the desert birds most probably represent-
(a) revolutionaries
(b) reviewers
(c) the antichrists
(d) the optimists
106. Creature used as symbol of chaos are –
(a) Falcon and falconer
(b) Sphinx and lion
(c) Lion and eagle
(d) Eagle and parrot
107. How is the “rough beast” described in Yeats’s poem “The Second Coming”?
(a) Graceful and holy
(b) Slouching and menacing
(c) Marching with pride
(d) Floating like a ghost
108. What does “Bethlehem” symbolise in the poem?
(a) End of religion
(b) Birth of a new era
(c) Death of innocence
(d) A return to purity
109. The poem’s mood can best be described as:
(a) Peaceful
(b) Uplifting
(c) Apocalyptic
(d) Romantic
110. What poetic technique is dominant in the poem?
(a) Simile
(b) Irony
(c) Symbolism
(d) Onomatopoeia
111. The phrase ‘ceremony of innocence’ refers to-
(a) loss of innocence
(b) breakdown of virtue
(c) disruption of purity
(d) All of these
112. In the expression “the ceremony of innocence is drowned,” the phrase ‘ceremony of innocence’ is used as a metaphor for-
(a) spirituality
(b) loss of faith and hope
(c) violent activities
(d) upheaval of religious faith
113. The figure of speech used in the expression-“The ceremony of innocence is drowned” is-
(a) personification
(b) transferred epithet
(c) alliteration
(d) simile
114. What poetic form is "The Second Coming" based on?
(a) Acrostic
(b) Sonnet
(c) Villanelle
(d) Iambic pentameter
115. What does the phrase "The Second Coming" refer to in the Bible?
(a) The second appearance of Moses
(b) The second appearance of the Garden of Eden
(c) The second appearance of Jesus Christ
(d) The second appearance of the devil
116. The poem ‘The Second Coming’ is divided into-
(a) two stanzas
(b) three stanzas
(c) four stanzas
(d) none of these
117. ‘The Second Coming’ consists of-
(a) sixteen lines
(b) eighteen lines
(c) twenty two lines
(d) twenty four lines
118. The speaker in ‘The Second Coming’ is a –
(a) statesman
(b) warrior
(c) prophet
(d) preacher
119. ‘The Second Coming’ is an example of
(a) sonnet
(b) allegorical poem
(c) ironical poem
(d) romantic poem
121. The poem reflects a sense of:
124. The rhyme scheme of the first four lines of the poem, ‘The Second Coming is –
(a) abba
(b) abab
(c) baab
(d) aabb
125. The speaker of the poem ‘The Second Coming’ observed the world around him with –
(a) Horror
(b) Hate
(c) Joy
(d) Love
126. The central theme of ‘The Second Coming’ is-
(a) social unrest and anarchy
(b) apocalypse of civilization
(c) the destructive condition of the world brought about by the 1st World War
(d) All the three mentioned above
127. Which is NOT a message of the poem "The Second Coming"?
(a) The world is in trouble
(b) Christ will come and save us all
(c) Something is coming
(d) The world is becoming detached from tradition
128. "The darkness drops" means:
(a) The vision ends
(b) Rain starts to fall
(c) It gets dark
(d) The omen comes true
129. Which is NOT an example of Yeats's prophecies in "The Second Coming" coming true in the 20th century?
(a) The Holocaust
(b) The decrease in churchgoing among youth
(c) The invention of the atomic bomb
(d) The environmental movement
130. What city is the beast approaching?
(a) Bethel
(b) Sinai
(c) Jerusalem
(d) Bethlehem
131. Which is NOT a word that characterizes "The Second Coming"?
(a) Silence
(b) Possibility
(c) Chaos
(d) Destruction
132. What does "the centre cannot hold" mean?
(a) Jesus Christ cannot save us
(b) Summer cannot last forever
(c) The world's core values and meanings are falling apart
(d) The heart cannot sustain the mind
133. Which of these statements is implied in "The Second Coming"?
(a) Change is definitely positive as it will create space for a new reality
(b) There is no redemption to be found and the world is going to be destroyed
(c) Hope is always stronger than fear
(d) The Second Coming could be liberating and positive as well as dangerous
134. In the expression ‘the centre can not hold’, the poet suggests-
(a) the inability of the people to understand myths
(b) the state of disorder and anarchy of the 20th century
(c) Hapless situation of the chaotic and unruly people
(d) abolition of lawlessness
135. A mere anarchy loosed upon the world as-
(a) things fall apart
(b) the centre can not hold
(c) the circumference of disorder and law- lessness is widening rapidly
(d) All the three mentioned above
136. The phrase ‘The blood dimmed tide’ is an example of-
(a) simile
(b) metaphor
(c) personification
(d) paradox
137. The phrase ‘blood dimmed tide’ suggests symbolically-
(a) water of a river filled with blood
(b) sinister intentions of the lawless people
(c) the Biblical Deluge
(d) rapid grow of disorderly people
138. In the phrase ‘blood dimmed tide’, the poet implies-
(a) the horrific situation left by the 1st World War and the Easter Rising
(b) the appearance of Christ in the midst of chaos
(c) a dreadful flood engulfing the city of London
(d) None of these
139. In the phrase ‘blood dimmed tide’, the ‘tide’ is the symbol of-
(a) spiritless movement
(b) corruption under a governance
(c) violence and bloodshed
(d) uncommon social issues
140. The expression ‘blood dimmed tide is loosed’ conveys the emotion of-
(a) valour and rashness
(b) fright and horror
(c) mistrust and morality
(d) morality and hope
141. In the poem ‘The Second Coming’ according to the poet ‘best’ people are those who
(a) are morally sound and have conviction
(b) are disloyal but have sense of religion
(c) are good and moral but lack conviction
(d) are faithful to the people but atheistic in mind
142. According to the poet, in this poem ‘worst’ people are those who-
(a) are passionate about their beliefs
(b) are morally incorrect
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
143. “The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity”- The figure of speech used here is-
(a) simile
(c) paradox
(b) consonance
(d) euphemism
144. The repetition of the word ‘the’ at the be- ginning of three successive lines of the first stanza (Line no. 5, 6 and 7) is an example of-
(a) alliteration
(c) eulogy
(b) anaphora
(d) paradox
145. In the poem ‘The Second Coming’ the ‘best’ lack-
(a) passionate intensity
(b) morality
(c) conviction
(d) innocence
146. In the poem ‘The Second Coming’ ‘the Worst’ are full of-
(a) religious faith
(b) loyalty towards civilization
(c) passionate intensity
(d) morality
147. In the absence of the ‘best’ men’s conviction, the world will be dominated by-
(a) wicked men with passionate intensity
(b) only religious minded people
(c) Jesus Christ
(d) a trustworthy lawful ruler
148. “Surely some revelation is at hand” Here ‘revelation’ is used as-
(a) a metaphor
(c) a zeugma
(b) a pun
(d) a simile
149. “Surely some revelation is at hand” – Here the poet’s tone expresses-
(a) hope and optimism
(b) pessimism
(c) hopelessness
(d) bewilderness
150. The poet expects ‘revelation’ with-
(a) the birth of a bestial image
(b) the emergence of a ruthless ruler
(c) the birth of Jesus Christ for the second time
(d) the crowd of people having passionate intensity
151. At the beginning of the second stanza the repetition of the word ‘Surely’ in the first and second line is an example of-
(a) apostrophe
(b) anaphora
(c) antithesis
(d) euphemism
152. “Surely the Second Coming is at hand”- The ‘Second Coming’ here is a metaphor for-
(a) the new revelation
(b) the birth of Christ for the second time
(c) representing a new age of renewal and rebirth
(d) All of these
153. The poet is expectant of revelation at hand when-
(a) the world is filled with immorality and disorder
(b) human civilization is haunted by evil and wickedness
(c) there is no escape from doom and disaster
(d) All of these
154. Twenty centuries of stony sleep were vexed to-
(a) envision
(b) nightmare
(c) citadels
(d) nativity
155. The ‘rough beast’ in this poem symbolises-
(a) dark and destructive force
(b) salvation
(c) morality
(d) a wild animal
156. The movement of the rough beast is described as-
(a) malevolent
(b) benevolent
(c) ominous
(d) promising
157. The arrival of a monstrous force can be seen in the expression-
(a) ‘surely some revelation is at hand’
(b) the second coming is at hand
(c) what a rough beast its hour come round
(d) none of these
158. “A shape with a lion body and the head of a man”-It is an example of-
(a) ornamentation
(b) imagery
(c) spiteful man
(d) rebellious army
159. The rough beast is moving in a-
(a) whirling motion
(b) pithy fashion
(c) vigorous motion
(d) lazy and sluggish fashion
160. “Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born” Here ‘Bethlehem’, the place of birth of Jesus is used as a/an-
(a) simile
(b) metaphor
(c) personification
(d) enjambment
161. The kind of sleep mentioned here is-
(a) tigerish
(b) inestimable
(c) vincible
(d) stony
162. The desert birds in ‘The Second Coming’ signifies the ominous presence of-
(a) destruction and mortality
(b) formation and sanctity
(c) righteousness and modesty
(d) voluptuousness
163. What is turning in the sky in the widening gyre ?
(a) The eagle
(b) the fighter plane
(c) the rough beast
(d) the falcon
164. What is happening in the widening gyre?
(a) The sun is setting
(b) The falcon is turning
(c) Time is standing still
(d) A wave is rising
166. The rough beast’s approach towards Bethlehem signifies the birth of a new era which may be
(a) dark
(b) chaotic
(c) baneful
(d) all of these
167. The term ‘rocking cradle’ is a metaphor for-
(a) peaceful sleep
(b) rebirth of morality
(c) social upheaval
(d) none of these
168. The phrase ‘rocking cradle’ is an example of-
(a) iron cradle
(b) visual imagery
(c) simile
(d) oxymoron
169. What “vexed to nightmare” the sleeping centuries?
(a) A rocking cradle
(b) Human violence
(c) A spiritual awakening
(d) The beast’s cry
170. ”……were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle.” – What does the ‘rocking cradle’ indicate?
(a) swinging cradle
(b) rebirth of Christ
(c) cradle made of rock
(d) none of the above
173. The kind of sleep mentioned here is-
(a) pleasant and peaceful
(b) sleep with nightmare
(c) a sleep with ecstasy
(d) profound and comfortable
174. In ‘The Second Coming’ Yeats depicts the social condition as-
(a) degenerating
(b) breaking down
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) restoration of stability
176. When does the poet see the troubling sight ?
(a) after uttering the word “The Second Coming"
(b) after seeing the blood-dimmed tide
(c) after watching falcon
(d) after observing the slouching beast
194. The adjective used to describe the beast is –
(a) Stony
(b) Vexed
(c) Rough
(d) None of these
195. The ‘rough beast’ in the poem refers to –
(a) Christ
(b) Beelzebub
(c) Moloch
(d) Anti-Christ
197. Why is the beast slouching towards Bethlehem?
(a) To sleep
(b) To die
(c) To pray
(d) To be born
198. What does the speaker suggest about the figure's origin?
206. In the first stanza of the poem there are enough imageries suggesting-
(a) moral decay
(b) violence and disorder
(c) political unrest
(d) all of these
211. The worst people are passionate in the time of Turmoil because –
(a) they are mindless
(b) they admire Jesus Christ
(c) they became widely known
(d) they love chaos
212. The speaker suggests that ‘The Second Coming’ will be accompanied by –
(a) Joy
(b) Paralysis
(c) Harmony
(d) Turbulence
213. What is the 'centre' unable to do?
(a) Destroy everything
(b) Hold things together
(c) Move forward
(d) Control the sun
214. What is said to be at hand?
(a) A great war
(b) A natural disaster
(c) A revelation
(d) A festival
FILL IN THE BLANKS CHOOSING THE APPROPRIATE ALTERNATIVE
In ‘The Second Coming’ the ‘gyre’ is expanding in ____________.
(a) diversified direction
(b) outward direction
(c) inward direction
(d) an abnormal pattern
The poem ‘The Second Coming’ reflects an ____________ view.
(a) apocalyptic
(b) indifferent
(c) ethical
(d) optimistic
The poet uses ___________ describe the beast.- as an epithet to
(a) robust
(b) gigantic
(c) rough
(d) unruly
The falconer is unheard by ___________.
(a) the people
(b) the falcon
(c) the vulture
(d) the best
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of __________”
(a) Anger
(b) Passion
(c) Violence
(d) Intensity
Answer: (b) Passion
The gyre is ____________ as a result of turning and turning.
(a) loosening
(b) widening
(c) reducing
(d) contracting
____________ is loosed upon the world when things fall apart.
(a) Restoration
(b) Regeneration
(c) Mere anarchy
(d) Potency
‘Falcon’ refers to _____________.
(a) a significant movement
(b) a bird of prey
(c) a hunter
(d) a fierce force
The poet repeated the word ‘turning’ to suggest _______________.
(a) a wide range of circular movement
(b) the movement of the wheel of history
(c) the spiral movement of roundabout
(d) terrible action
The word ‘falconer’ is suggestive of ____________ in “The Second Coming”.
(a) owner
(b) rider
(c) controlling force
(d) myth
The expression ‘the centre can not hold’ suggests ____________ the values and meanings- of the world’s core
(a) union
(b) falling apart
(c) circulation
(d) calming down
The word ____________ lawlessness. is used to mean
(a) anarchy
(b) hierarchy
(c) chaos
(d) mess
___________ is one of the major themes of the poem ‘The Second Coming’.
(a) anti-national movement
(b) social unrest and anarchy
(c) political stability
(d) the Second World War aftershocks
‘Spiritus Mundi’ is a ____________ term.
(a) Hebrew
(b) French
(c) German
(d) Latin
The phrase ‘blood dimmed tide’ suggests ____________.
(a) a river of blood
(b) rosy water
(c) uncontrolled violence
(d) crucifixion of Christ
The blood dimmed tide has devoured the ____________.
(a) falcon
(b) the desert birds
(c) the Spiritus Mundi
(d) ceremony of innocence
Lack of conviction can be seen in the ____________.
(a) beast
(b) best
(c) worst
(d) crowd
___________ is a continuation of the image of the widening gyre.
(a) Things fall apart
(b) the centre can not hold
(c) a shape with a lion body
(d) Both (a) and (b)
The poet’s sight was troubled by ____________.
(a) tortures and oppression
(b) poverty and starvation
(c) a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
(d) sands of desert
The vast image refers to ____________.
(a) a falcon
(b) the rough beast
(c) the falconer
(d) the desert bird
The mythological creature ___________ featured in this poem. is
(a) Banshee
(b) Sphinx
(c) Cerberus
(d) Minotaur
The shape of the wild beast has the body of a ___________ and the head of a ___________.
(a) falcon, falconer
(b) man, lion
(c) lion, man
(d) tiger, bird
The movement of the wild beast is seen somewhere the ____________.
(a) forest
(b) desert
(c) valleys of the Himalaya
(d) Seas
The gaze of the rough beast is described as ____________.
(a) meaningless and morbid
(b) vulnerable and vacant
(c) innocent and serene
(d) blank and pitiless
The gaze of the rough beast is compared to the gaze of-
(a) a falcon
(b) the sun
(c) the falconer
(d) the pole star
The epithet used to describe the desert birds is ____________.
(a) indecent
(b) indignant
(c) troublesome
(d) wild
According to W. B. Yeats __________ will accompany ‘Second Coming’.
(a) harmony
(b) happiness
(c) turmoil
(d) solitude
The rough beast ____________ towards Bethlehem.
(a) outreaches
(b) evades
(c) slouches
(d) grows
According to the poet the twenty centuries of stony sleep were vexed to _____________ by a rocking cradle.
(a) a falcon
(b) nightmare
(c) sphinx
(d) desert birds
Class 11 English The Second Coming MCQ solved :
- (b) W.B. Yeats
- (c) William Butler Yeats
- (c) 1919
- (a) 1865
- (d) Dublin, Ireland
- (a) A Vision
- (d) The Nobel Prize in Literature
- (b) Occultism
- (b) First person
- (c) Irish poet
- (b) The Dial
- (d) 1920
- (d) 1923
- (b) the First World War ended
- (c) Bible (Book of Revelations)
- (c) Chinua Achebe
- (d) All the three mentioned above
- (a) World War I
- (b) Modern era of poetry
- (b) The falcon is out of control
- (c) the continuous widening of the gyre
- (c) the falconer
- (d) A spiralling motion or cycle of history
- (c) Spiralling Motion
- (a) chaos
- (d) A Vision
- (a) assonance
- (c) English word
- (b) the cyclical movements in history
- (c) a coiling motion
- (d) All of these
- (c) Increasing chaos and disorder
- (b) human race
- (b) Jesus Christ
- (a) metaphor
- (b) Separation and disconnection
- (c) Falcon
- (b) The call of its keeper
- (d) The Christians
- (a) The human race
- (d) Breakdown of communication
- (a) control
- (c) ceremony of innocence
- (c) a metaphor of chaos and anarchy
- (c) in the desert
- (d) They reel in the air
- (b) Latin
- (c) vast
- (c) the image out of Spiritus Mundi
- (b) collective consciousness of humanity
- (b) A beast
- (a) The collective spirit of the world
- (b) The spirit of the universe
- (d) A vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
- (b) lion
- (d) Man
- (c) Spiritus Mundi
- (b) A vast image
- (d) All things are shattered on the ground
- (c) Disorder is spreading
- (b) all things are collapsing
- (b) Anarchy
- (a) The world is under the grip of lawlessness
- (b) dreadful
- (c) Innocence
- (c) with the blood-dimmed tide
- (a) life in the peaceful past
- (b) metaphor
- (c) It is draining away
- (d) The Second Coming
- (a) impending doom
- (b) The sun
- (b) blank and pitiless
- (c) thigh
- (c) the poet comes to reality
- (a) two thousand years
- (b) time since Christ
- (b) lion’s body with man’s head
- (a) A sphinx-like figure
- (b) The sphinx/ rough beast
- (c) Noah and his ark
- (d) A sphinx
- (b) The sphinx's gaze
- (c) The second appearance of Jesus
- (b) a sphinx
- (d) The nearly 2000 years since Christ's first coming
- (c) Sphinx
- (b) in the sands of desert
- (a) the bestial image / the gaze of sphinx
- (b) blank and merciless
- (c) simile
- (d) slow
- (b) alliteration
- (a) imagery
- (d) The rough beast
- (c) indignant
- (d) the desert birds
- (a) the sphinx
- (c) death and annihilation
- (c) Both (a) and (b)
- (d) pitilessness
- (b) the Sphinx and the Sun
- (d) the desert birds
- (a) death
- (c) the antichrists
- (a) Falcon and falconer
- (b) Slouching and menacing
- (b) Birth of a new era
- (c) Apocalyptic
- (c) Symbolism
- (d) All of these
- (b) loss of faith and hope
- (a) personification
- (d) Iambic pentameter
- (c) The second appearance of Jesus Christ
- (a) two stanzas
- (b) eighteen lines
- (d) preacher
- (b) allegorical poem
- ሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒሒx
- (a) Pessimism
- (c) Despair
- (c) Modernism
- (d) aabb
- (a) Horror
- (d) All the three mentioned above
- (b) Christ will come and save us all
- (a) The vision ends
- (d) The environmental movement
- (d) Bethlehem
- (a) Silence
- (c) The world's core values and meanings are falling apart
- (d) The Second Coming could be liberating and positive as well as dangerous
- (b) the state of disorder and anarchy of the 20th century
- (d) All the three mentioned above
- (b) metaphor
- (b) sinister intentions of the lawless people
- (a) the horrific situation left by the 1st World War and the Easter Rising
- (c) violence and bloodshed
- (b) fright and horror
- (c) are good and moral but lack conviction
- (c) Both (a) and (b)
- (c) paradox
- (b) anaphora
- (c) conviction
- (c) passionate intensity
- (a) wicked men with passionate intensity
- (a) a metaphor
- (d) bewilderness
- (c) the birth of Jesus Christ for the second time
- (b) anaphora
- (d) All of these
- (d) All of these
- (b) nightmare
- (a) dark and destructive force
- (c) ominous
- (c) what a rough beast its hour come round
- (b) imagery
- (d) lazy and sluggish fashion
- (c) personification
- (d) stony
- (a) destruction and mortality
- (c) the rough beast
- (b) The falcon is turning
- (c) Towards Bethlehem
- (d) all of these
- (b) rebirth of morality
- (b) visual imagery
- (a) A rocking cradle
- (b) rebirth of Christ
- (b) A period of inactivity
- (d) A prolonged period of inactivity
- (b) sleep with nightmare
- (c) Both (a) and (b)
- (d) "Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world"
- (a) after watching falcon
- (d) Disintegration
- (a) War and violence
- (b) Lacking conviction
- (c) The Second Coming
- (c) Lion body with the head of a man
- (a) Shadows of desert birds
- (b) The coming of a new era
- (c) Its blank and pitiless gaze
- (d) "Surely some revelation is at hand"
- (b) It is tired and slow
- (c) Fragmentation
- (a) Pure chaos
- (b) A violent flood
- (b) The best are hesitant
- (c) The worst are fervent
- (a) An apocalypse
- (b) A metaphorical darkness
- (c) Rough
- (d) Anti-Christ
- (b) Slow and deliberate
- (d) To be born
- (d) It rises from the depths of the earth
- (a) A state of absolute chaos and disorder
- (d) A metaphor for childhood innocence
- (a) A sense of mystery and foreboding
- (a) A sense of chaos and confusion
- (d) A return to ignorance and oblivion
- (c) Its inevitable destiny
- (a) It represents a place of birth and renewal
- (d) all of these
- (d) The Apocalypse
- (b) Chaotic and turbulent
- (b) Anger
- (a) Melancholic
- (a) they are mindless
- (d) Turbulence
- (b) Hold things together
- (c) A revelation
