Chapter-3: The Voice of the Rain

1. Who is the poet of the poem “The voice of the Rain”?

  • Walt Whitman
  • Shirley Toulson
  •  Ted Hughes
  • William Wordsworth
Answer
Walt Whitman

2. The poet Walt Whitman’ asks a question, “And who. art thou?” who does ‘thou’ refer to?

  •  The moonlight
  •  The sunshine
  •  The earth
  • The shower
Answer
The shower

3.”I give back life to my origin.” Who is the speaker?

  • The earth
  •  The poem
  •  The shower
  •  The poet
Answer
The shower

4. Who is the Poem of Earth’?

  •  The rain
  • The land
  • The sea
  •  The wind
Answer
The rain

5. In the poem The voice of the Rain’, Without rain, seeds will remain-

  • not fully developed
  •  hidden
  •  hidden and unborn
  • dry
Answer
hidden and unborn

6. The rain takes shape-

  • on the land
  • in the sky
  •  on the sea
  • in the forest
Answer
in the sky

7. The rain descends-

  •  to give relief to men
  • to nourish vegetation
  • to wash away droughts and dust
  •  to give mater to animals
Answer
to wash away droughts and dust

8. What does rain do to the place of its origin?

  • it irritates it
  •  it floods it
  • it beautifies and purifies it
  • it brings it to life
Answer
it beautifies and purifies it

9. Without rain, seeds will remain-

  •  not fully developed
  • hidden
  • hidden and unborn
  • dry
Answer
hidden and unborn

10. I give back life to my –

  •  own wishes
  • own origin
  •  own thinking
  • own parents
Answer
own origin

11. Where does the song issue from?

  • from earth
  • from the forest
  •  from the sky
  •  from the sea
Answer
from earth

12. In the poem “The Voice of the Rain” reck’d or unchecked means  –

  • not wanted
  •  liked or not
  • noticed or not noticed
  • seen or not
Answer
noticed or not noticed

13. In the poem “The Voice of the Rain” ‘together changed’ means

  • the atmosphere completely changed
  •  nature completely changed
  • the form completely changed
  •  lost her identity
Answer
nature completely changed

14. The rain, according to the poet, is a source of-

  •  death
  • water
  •  life
  •  cloud
Answer
life

15. Where does the rain rise from?

  • Bottomless sea
  •  Above the sky
  •  From the clouds
  •  None of these
Answer
Bottomless sea

16. Which process enables rain to take its birth ?

  • Evaporation of water forms cloud
  • Clouds
  • Evaporation procedure
  • None of these
Answer
Evaporation of water forms cloud

17. How does rain give back the life of its origin ?

  • It is a blessing
  • It gives life and saves the earth
  • The pure showers wash away all the impurities
  •  None of these
Answer
It gives life and saves the earth

18. The rain acts as a messenger of merry between the fields and the clouds.

  • It satisfies the cloud
  •  It rejuvenates dead plants and tree
  • It satisfies the cloud and It rejuvenates dead plants and tree
  •  None of these
Answer
It satisfies the cloud and It rejuvenates dead plants and tree

19. If the poet has used a Metaphor in the poem, what is it?

  • I am the Poem of Earth
  • voice of the rain
  •  Soft-falling shower
  • None of the above
Answer
I am the Poem of Earth

20. From where does the song of rain originate?

  • from heaven
  •  from ocean
  • from the heart of the singer
  •  from the soul of earth
Answer
from the heart of the singer