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The document discusses questions about the poem 'The Darkling Thrush' by Thomas Hardy, including what themes and symbols are present in the poem, what the setting represents, and when it was published. The poem expresses Hardy's feelings about the world as it was entering the 20th century and symbolically mourns the passing of an era through its depiction of nature and the decline of human civilization.

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Darkling Thrush MCQ

The document discusses questions about the poem 'The Darkling Thrush' by Thomas Hardy, including what themes and symbols are present in the poem, what the setting represents, and when it was published. The poem expresses Hardy's feelings about the world as it was entering the 20th century and symbolically mourns the passing of an era through its depiction of nature and the decline of human civilization.

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Darkling Thrush

1. How did the bine – stems score the sky?


a. Like a designed canopy
b. Like strings of broken lyre----correct
c. Like strings of a lyre
2. “ The weakening eye of day” why is the eye of the day weakening?
a. Due to the time of dawn
b. Due to the season of winter------correct
c. Due to the time of Twilight
3. In which year was The Darkling Thrush published?
a. 1900------correct
b. 1910
c. 1901
4. What kind of poem is “ The Darkling Thrush”?
a. An elegy------correct
b. An ode
c. A war poem
5. The desolation of the scene the speaker sees serves as an extended metaphor for
a. Possible rebirth through religious faith
b. The decay of western civilization------correct
c. The world
6. Which theme is NOT mentioned in the poem?
a. Nature and the decline of human civilization
b. Hollowness of war-------correct
c. Despair and isolation
7. The poem symbolically mourns _____
a. The passing of an era------correct
b. The onset of winter
c. The dimming of light.
8. What is NOT true about the setting of the poem?
a. Chirping of birds--------correct
b. Frost covering trees and land
c. Leafless trees of December
9. Hardy wrote “ The Darkling Thrush “ to express his feelings about the world when it was about
to enter _______
a. The twentieth century-------correct
b. The twenty first century
c. The seventeenth century

10..Which word DOES NOT create an atmosphere of separation from the rest of the world?

a. Desolate

b. Haunted

c. Full – hearted-----------correct

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