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    The poem Byzantium by W.B. Yeats is about escaping the instability of the physical world for the eternal kingdom of Byzantium. It describes the poet's vision of Byzantium, the ancient city now called Istanbul, as a place beyond life where the soul can find permanence. The poem has four stanzas and describes supernatural images like blood-begotten spirits riding dolphins to Byzantium across a gong-tormented sea.

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    The poem Byzantium by W.B. Yeats is about escaping the instability of the physical world for the eternal kingdom of Byzantium. It describes the poet's vision of Byzantium, the ancient city now called Istanbul, as a place beyond life where the soul can find permanence. The poem has four stanzas and describes supernatural images like blood-begotten spirits riding dolphins to Byzantium across a gong-tormented sea.

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    The poem Byzantium by W.B. Yeats is about escaping the instability of the physical world for the eternal kingdom of Byzantium. It describes the poet's vision of Byzantium, the ancient city now called Istanbul, as a place beyond life where the soul can find permanence. The poem has four stanzas and describes supernatural images like blood-begotten spirits riding dolphins to Byzantium across a gong-tormented sea.

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    The poem Byzantium by W.B. Yeats is about escaping the instability of the physical world for the eternal kingdom of Byzantium. It describes the poet's vision of Byzantium, the ancient city now called Istanbul, as a place beyond life where the soul can find permanence. The poem has four stanzas and describes supernatural images like blood-begotten spirits riding dolphins to Byzantium across a gong-tormented sea.

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    of 3

    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

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