1 W. B.

Yeats was born in the year__________

A 1865 B 1866 C 1864 D 1867
2 In the third stanza of the poem Byzantium the poet presents the vision of __________
A heaven B hell C a damsel D the garden
3 The poet says that the blood begotten spirits are seen moving forward on the backs of ______________
A dolphins B elephants C crocodiles D cows
4 The poem Byzantium is all about _______________
A Escape from a world of instability to the kingdom of permanence
B Love and romance between a boy and a girl
C Futility of worldly wisdom
D Frustration and dissatisfaction
5 Byzantium is a proper presentation of a/an ____________
A state of a depressed B world of happiness C ideal state beyond life D none of these
mind
6 The ancient city of Byzantium is known today as a part Turkish city called ______________
A Carthage B Constantinople C Istanbul D Boryza
7 Byzantium is the name of an ancient ______________
A Canadian city B Roman city C Greek city D Australian city
8 The fourth stanza of Byzantium unrolls the spectacle of _____________
A The Roman Empire B The Garden of Eden C Purgatory D The Emperor of ancient
Greece
9 How many stanzas are there in the poem Byzantium? _______________
A Four B Five C Six D Seven
10 W. B. Yeats was a/an ___________
A American writer B Irish writer C Greek writer D Canadian writer
11 In the line-"The Emperor's drunken soldiery are abed", what does 'Emperor' suggest?
A King B Sultan C God D Soul
12 What is the meaning of 'soldiery' in the line- "The Emperor's drunken soldiery are abed"?
A Soldiers B Senses C Guards D All of them
13 What is the symbolic meaning of the 'day' in- "The unpurged images of day recede;"?
A a part of time B sun light C youth D none of these
14 Cathedral gong' in the line- "After great cathedral gong;" stands for ___________
A a recess time B religious warning C musicak elemment D great noise
15 Dome' in the line-" A starlit or a moonlit dome disdains" denotes_____ in the 5th line of the 1st stanza in Byzantium.
A Intellectuality B Eternity C Architectural Wonder D All of These
16 What does -"The fury and the mire" of human veins indicate in the last line of the 1st stanza in Byzantium.
A emotions and flesh B fire and mud C Abstract and concrete D hatred and love
17 What are the words used to explain death in the 1st line of the second stanza of Byzantium?
A black, horrible or B image, man or shade C accident, illness or D all of these
predestine calamity
18 Who is Hades in-"For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cloth"?
A Zeus' brother B God of Death C Ruler of the underworld D all of these
19 State the symbolic suggestion of the phrase "breathless mouth may summon":
A speak breathlessly B King's order C death D None of these
20 What is the "Superhuman" stage in the 2nd stanza of the poem Byzantium?
A life with superpowers B life without pain, grief and problems
C Death that can summon anyone D a person who loves human beinds strongly
21 The golden handiwork has been proclaimed as miracle in the first line of the third stanza because_________
A it is very costly thing B it is very ancient monument C it is real like entity D All of these
22 Stralit golden bough' in the line-"Planted on the star-lit golden bough" suggests___________
A rainbow B sky C heaven D archery
23 "At midnight on the Emperor's pavement flit" - in this line 'Emperor' refers directly to ___________
A King of Byzantium B King of Ireland C Queen Victoria D Queen Elizabeth II
24 What is the suggestive meaning of - "flames begotten of flame"?
 A lamps kindled by a lamp B candles flared up by a C fire burnt out of fire D souls enlightened by a soul
candle
25 Who are the 'blood begotten spirits" in the stanza 3, line 4 of Byzantium?
A impure spirits B common souls C worldly entity D all of these
26 According to the ancient myths dolphin is the animal that helps____
A to purify the blood begotten spirit B to bring the lost voyagers to the shore
C to find food in the ocean D to warn the voyagers against a danger
27 Write a synonym of "Astraddle":
A Troubled with B Riding on C Along with D Aimed at
28 What is "That dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea."?
A The physical world B Arabian sea C Caribbian sea D Pacific ocean
29 The phrase "gong-tormented" symbolises________
A disturbed by the great noise of gong B loud uproar of the sea at the shore
C forceful religious warning D none of these