Crossing the Bar

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1. Which historical Age did Tennyson belong to?

The Victorian Age

The Romantic Age

The Modern Age

The Pre-Romantic Era

2. Twilight and evening bell, in this line, the evening bell is reminiscent of: 

Dinner bell

Funeral song

Warning bell

Death knell

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 3. Which of the following statements is not true in context of the poem Crossing the Bar?

The speaker yearns for a smooth transition from life to death.

The speaker wants the tide to be full when he moves from life to death. 

The speakers wants to be carried beyond the bounds of time and place. 

The speaker urges his friends and family to ring the death knell when it is time for him to go. 

4. Which of the following is not true for the poem Crossing the Bar?

It was written when Tennyson was crossing the English Channel.

Tennyson wanted the poem to be the last poem in all his anthologies.

Tennyson died soon after writing the poem.

Tennyson wrote the poem when he was eighty years old. 

5.  In "Crossing the Bar," who/what does the "Pilot" symbolize?

God

The captain of the ship

The speaker

The crew

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 6. In "Crossing the Bar," what is the speaker's attitude toward the experience described in
the poem?

he is hesitant about taking the journey

he accepts the experience

he wants people to miss him

he is confused about where he is going

7. Pick the incorrect statement from the following: 

The bar in the title refers to a sandbar. 

The speaker in the poem can be identified with Tennyson himself.

The rhyme scheme in Crossing the Bar is abab.

Crossing the Bar is written in blank verse

8. Which of the following devices has not been used in the poem:

Pathetic Fallacy

Extended Metaphor

Dramatic Monologue

Symbolism

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 9. Complete the line: And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I ..........

embark

put out to sea.

turn again home.

have crost the bar. 

10. What does bourne of Time and Place mean?

The time and place of the speaker's birth.

The framework of time and place in the transitory world. 

The time and place of the speaker's death.

The time and place of the poet's journey.

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