Fire and Ice | Poem mcqs English Class 10th

Fire and Ice MCQ Questions Class 10 English with Answers

Some say the world will end in fire 
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.

(a) The people of the world think that the world will end in …………………….. .
(i) fire and tsunami
(ii) earthquake and cyclone
(iii) melting of glaciers
(iv) fire or ice

Answer  :  D

Question : What enough to destroy the world is
(i) dictatorship
(ii) affection
(iii) love
(iv) hatred

Answer  :  D

(b) The poet’s opinion is that the world will end in …………………….. .
(i) fire
(ii) ice
(iii) earthquake
(iv) tsunami

Answer  :  A

(c) Find the word from the passage which means same as ‘endless greed’.
(i) favour
(ii) desire
(iii) perish
(iv) destruction

Answer  :  B

(d) Who is the poet of this poem ?
(i) R.L. Stevenson
(ii) Sarojini Naidu
(iii) William Wordsworth
(iv) Robert Frost

Answer  :  D

Question : What is the name of the poet?
(a) Sylvia Plath
(b) W.B Yeats
(c) Robert Frost
(d) Robert Burns

Answer  :  C

Question : What does the poet compare fire with?
(a) hatred
(b) desire
(c) hot
(d) both 1 and 3

Answer :  B

Question : Meaning of perish is –
((a) Love
(b) Build
(c) Destruction
(d) Hate

Answer :  C

Question : What is ‘fire’ a symbol of?
(a) love and new desires
(b) lust and endless desires
(c) love and beginning of a new thing.
(d) Revolution

Answer :  B

Question : What is ‘Ice’ a symbol of?
(a) Lust
(b) Love
(c) Desire
(d) Hatred

Answer :  D

Question : The world may end ether in fire on in –
(a) Ice
(b) Rain
(c) Storm
(d) Earthquake

Answer :  A

Question : What would be a better option to end the earth?
(a) fire
(b) ice
(c) both are equally competent
(d) none

Answer :  C

Question : Name the poetic device used in the line “I hold with those who favour fire”.
(a) Assonance
(b) Alliteration
(c) None
(d) Both

Answer :  D

Question : What will the world end in?
(a) Fire and Ice
(b) Fire
(c) Ice
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  A

Question : Where has he used personification?
(a) fire
(b) ice
(c) earth
(d) both 1 and 2

Answer :  D

Question : Why do some people say that the world will end in ice?
(a) because love among people is increasing fast.
(b) because hatred among people is increasing fast.
(c) because lust among people is increasing fast.
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  B

Question : ——- is the better option to destroy the world.
(a) Rain
(b) Strom
(c) Fire
(d) Ice

Answer :  D

Question : he cause of man’s destruction is
(a) family
(b) gold
(c) lust
(d) money

Answer :  C

Question : Name the poetic device used in the line “To say that for destruction ice is also great”.
(a) Metaphor
(b) Imagery
(c) Alliteration
(d) Oxymoron

Answer :  B

Question : What would suffice if the world were to perish twice?
(a) ice
(b) fire
(c) hatred
(d) both 1 and 2

Answer :  D

Question : Why does the poet hold with those who favour fire?
(a) because love among people is increasing fast.
(b) because hatred among people is increasing fast.
(c) because the lust for material things is increasing quickly.
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  C

Question : What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?
(a) abaa bcbcb
(b) aaba bcbcb
(c) aaab bcbcb
(d) abab bcbcb

Answer :  A

Question : “Fire and Ice” was first published in 1920. Briefly explain how the WW I might have influenced the theme of the poem . 
Ans. The poem was published shortly after WW I and weighs up the probability of two different scenarios represented by the elements of the poem’s title. The speaker believes fire to the world ender. Ironically, he also adds that ice- representing hate-world ‘also’ be ‘great’ to bring the end of the world.

Question : Create a tag line / slogan / catch-phrase for the poem. 
Ans. ‘Icy hatred or Fiery desire. Both suffice the world to burn. So humans………. Humans,
Beware it’s not at all fun.