Q1- Who is the poet of the poem "Fire and Ice"?

A) Leslie Norris
B) Robert Frost
C) Carolyn Wells
D) Robin Klein

Q2- What does the poet compare fire with?

A) hatred
B) desire
C) hot
D) both 1 and 3

Q3- What is the meaning of "perish"?

A) bloom
B) rise
C) die
D) glow

Q4- What would suffice if the world were to perish twice?

A) ice
B) fire
C) hatred
D) both 1 and 2

Q5- What would be a better option to end the earth?

A) fire
B) ice
C) both are equally competent
D) none

Q6- What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?

A) abaa bcbcb
B) aaba bcbcb
C) aaab bcbcb
D) abab bcbcb

Q7- Name the poetic device used in the line "I hold with those who favour fire".
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) None
D) Both

Q8- Name the poetic device used in the line "Some say the world will end in fire".
 A) Metaphor
B) Imagery
C) Alliteration
D) Oxymoron

Q9- 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

Q10- Where has he used personification?

A) fire
B) ice
C) earth
D) both 1 and 2

ANSWER KEY
1 B

2 B

3 C

4 D

5 C

6 A

7 D

8 B

9 B

10 D