COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE (MCQ)- Choose the correct

alternative.

1. “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge is-

(a) an ode

(b) a sonnet

(c) an elegy

(d) an epic

2. “Upon Westminster Bridge is an example of-

(a) Shakespearean Sonnet

(b) Petrarchan Sonnet

(c) a ballad

(d) an anti-war poem.

3. The poem was composed on-

(a) September 26, 1805

(b) September 4, 1804

(c) September 11, 1803

(d) September 3, 1802.

4. William Wordsworth wrote this poem when he was going to-

(a) Italy

(b) London

(c) France

(d) Scotland

5. William Wordsworth was a famous-

(a) war poet

(b) romantic poet

(c) Elizabethan poet

(d) metaphysical poet

6. The meter used in this poem is-

(a) anapestic tetrameter

(b) dactylic hexameter

(c) iambic pentameter

(d) trochaic tetrameter.

7. The poem was first published in-

(a) 1802

(b) 1803

(c) 1805

(d) 1807

8. The poem was first published in-

(a) collection of PoemsPoetry-themed apparel

(b) collection of Verses

(c) collection of Poems and Verses

(d) collection of Literary Materials.

9. The rhyme scheme of the first eight lines is-

(a) ABABAB

(b) ABCABC

(c) ABBA ABBA

(d) AABBAB.

10. The rhyme scheme of the sestet or the last six lines is-

(a) CDECDEPoetry-themed apparel

(b) CDCDCD

(c) CDDCCD

(d) CDEEDC
11. In this poem the poet has used-

(a) dactylic tetrameter

(b) iambic hexameter

(c) trochaic tetrameter

(d) iambic pentameter.

12. “Upon Westminster Bridge” is written by-

(a) William Blake

(b) William Wordsworth

(c) William Herbert

(d) William Henry

13. On his way to France while crossing the Westminster Bridge Wordsworth’s companion
was-

(a) Dorothy Wordsworth

(b) his sister

(c) both (a) and (b)

(d) None of these

14. Wordsworth enjoyed the beauty of the city-

(a) in the evening

(b) at morning A

(c) in the afternoon

(d) at noon

15. The city according to the speaker looks-

(a) dull

(b) ugly

(c) most beautiful

(d) alive
16. ‘Earth has not anything to show more fair’-It is an example of-

(a) simile

(b) metaphor

(c) hyperbole

(d) parabole.

17. According to the poet earth has not anything to show more-

(a) sweet

(b) fair

(c) lovely

(d) charming

18. The person who could pass by such a beautiful sight would be-

(a) heartless

(b) cruel
(c) dull of soul

(d) careless

19. Everything in the city looks bright as-

(a) the atmosphere is cool

(b) the sky is cloudless

(c) the air is smokeless

(d) it is not a rainy season

20. The person according to Wordsworth would be dull of soul who-

(a) would be desperate to unravel the riddle

(b) will shun his company

(c) will not be able to abide by the poet’s advices

(d) will pass without admiring the morning beauty of London

21. The sight of London city in its majesty is-

(a) appaling

(b) touching

(c) heartbreaking

(d) troublesome

22. “Earth has not anything to show more fair”-Here the poet is talking about-

(a) the Westminster Bridge

(b) the river Thames

(c) the sight of London in the morning

(d) the beauty of valleys and hills

23. The city wears a garment of-

(a) sunrays

(b) flowers

(c) morning beauty

(d) smoke and fog

24. The sight of the city is touching in its-

(a) liberty

(b) majesty

(c) height

(d) authority.

25. The morning beauty of London city is compared to-

(a) flower

(b) garment

(c) colourful roses

(d) rainbows

26. Besides ‘silent’ the word used by the poet to describe the beauty of the morning is-

(a) charming
(b) quiet

(c) calm

(d) bare

27. The morning beauty has been described by the poet as-

(a) the garment of the city

(b) the ornament of the city

(c) golden hue of the city

(d) a sheet covering a bed

28. “A sight so touching in its majesty”- The sight referred to here-

(a) the golden sun

(b) the cloudless sky

(c) the sunlit valley

(d) the London city

29. The beauty of the morning appears to be-

(a) smokeless

(b) fogless

(c) cloudless

(d) soundless

30. The garment of the city consists of-

(a) golden hue of the sun

(b) the majestic glory of the valleys, rocks and hills

(c) the morning beauty

(d) the smokeless air

31. The city now doth, like a garment wear’-The literary device used here is-

(a) metaphor

(b) simile
(c) metonymy

(d) synecdoche

32. The man made entities that lie open are-

(a) ships and towers

(b) domes and theatres

(c) temples

(d) all of these

33. “All bright and glittering”-The reason behind this is-

(a) the air is smokeless

(b) it is a sunny morning

(c) both (a) and (b)

(d) none of these

34. The poet could see all the man made entities lying open-
(a) in the valleys

(b) unto the fields and to the sky

(c) in the sunlit valley

(d) on the river bank

35. The poet was watching the beauty of the city from-

(a) a tower

(b) a bridge

(c) a tall ship

(d) a church

36. The word ‘majesty’ means-

(a) authority

(b) capacity

(c) supremacy and greatness

(d) force

37. “Open unto the fields and to the sky”- The poet here wants to suggest that-

(a) there is no obstruction for getting a clear view of the man made entities of the city

(b) London seems connected with nature

(c) London seems to be no more alienated from nature

(d) all of these

38. According to the poet’s thoughts the city has a majestic and beautiful appearance
because-

(a) the weather is cool

(b) of the garment of morning beauty

(c) the sky is cloudless

(d) none of these

39. ‘A sight so touching’-The poet means to say that the sight-

(a) can be touched easily

(b) can not touch anyone

(c) can easily touch one’s heart

(d) a touch of different colours

40. In ‘Upon Westminster Bridge’ the poet views the city-

(a) in the morning

(b) at noon

(c) in the evening

(d) at night

41. Wordsworth sees London as-

(a) alienated from nature

(b) part of and attached to nature

(c) part of Britain

(d) detached from Europe

42. The sight that Wordsworth saw appeared to him-

(a) mysterious

(b) magical

(c) menacing

(d) majestic

43. The poet is awestruck in the early morning to feel-

(a) the din and bustle of the city

(b) the cool breeze

(c) a deep calm

(d) the warmth of the weather

44. “The river glideth at his own sweet will”-The figure of speech used here is-

(a) metaphor

(b) personification
(c) simile

(d) alliteration

45. According to the poet the sun had never shone more beautifully on-

(a) London

(b) valley, rock or hill

(c) Britain

(d) other cities

46. The river glideth at his own sweet-

(a) pace

(b) flow

(c) will

(d) pride

47. Which one is an example of hyperbole?-

(a) “The river glideth at his own sweet will”

(b) “….the very houses seem asleep”

(c) “Never did sun more beautifully steep”

(d) “All bright and glittering in the smokeless air”.

48. “The river glideth at his own sweet will”-The expression ‘own sweet will” suggests-

(a) the symbolic heart

(b) whimsical way of movement

(c) halting movement

(d) in a leisurely way.

49. The early morning sun beautifies valley, rock or hill in its-

(a) fresh warmth

(b) first splendour

(c) golden touch

(d) silver touch

50. The very houses of the city appear to be-

(a) calculating

(b) rising

(c) meditating

(d) sleeping

51. “The river glideth at his own sweet will”-The poet here refers to the river as-

(a) an inanimate being

(b) a natural element

(c) a natural sight

(d) a human being

52. “And all that mighty heart is lying still”- Here ‘mighty heart’ suggests-

(a) the symbolic heart of a giant

(b) London city

(c) Britain

(d) the heart of humanity

53. “And all that mighty heart is lying still”- the expression ‘mighty heart’ is used here as-

(a) a metaphor

(b) an allegory

(c) an allusion

(d) a simile

54. The poet tells us that the mighty heart is lying-

(a) restless

(b) disturbed

(c) motionless

(d) ruthlessly
55. “And all that mighty heart is lying still”- Here the poet wants to say that-

(a) London is lively

(b) London is impatient

(c) London is asleep

(d) London wakes from slumber

56. The ‘calm’ that the poet feels in and around the city is-

(a) evading

(b) mortifying

(c) irritant

(d) deep

57. “Dear God!” – Here the poet addresses God out of

(a) joy and wonder

(b) fright
(c) respect

(d) fashion

58. “The river glideth at his own sweet will because-

(a) the morning was sunny and calm

(b) no ship or boat is there to obstruct its flow

(c) heavy shower in the morning compensate its shortage of water

(d) the morning tide is yet to arrive

59. “Never did sun more beautifully steep/ In his first splendour”-The figure of speech used
here is-

(a) oxymoron

(b) personification

(c) paradox

(d) antithesis
60. “Never did sun more beautifully steep/In his first splendour”-The phrase ‘first
splendour’ is indicative of-

(a) daybreak

(b) approaching evening

(c) overcast sky

(d) shiny sky

61. “The river glideth”-The meaning of the word ‘glideth’ is-

(a) moving noiselessly

(b) flowing ceaselessly

(c) moving in an easy manner

(d) moving in a rapid manner

62. “The river glideth at his own sweet will”-‘The river’ refers to here is-

(a) Trent

(b) Teme
(c) Thames

(d) Tay

63. “Never did sun more beautifully steep”- Here the meaning of the word ‘steep’ is-

(a) erect

(b) fascinate

(c) inflict

(d) submerge

64. By the words ‘silent’ and ‘bare’ the poet wants to mean-

(a) the sight of the valley, rocks and hills

(b) the natural landscape

(c) the morning beauty

(d) the citizens

65. “Never saw I never felt, a calm so deep”-The device used here is-
(a) transferred epithet

(b) simile

(c) inversion

(d) personification

66. In this poem the object of the poet’s celebration is-

(a) earth

(b) bridge

(c) nature

(d) London city

67. Pick out the line having transferred epithet-

(a) Dull would he be of soul

(b) The city now doth like a garment wear

(c) The very houses seem asleep

(d) The river glideth at his own sweet will

68. The sight of London appears to be ‘touching’ to Wordsworth as-

(a) the air is without fog

(b) the atmosphere is calm and beautiful

(c) there is smoke but no dust

(d) the sky overhead is cloudy but bright

69. “Never did sun more beautifully steep in his first splendour”-Here the poet refers to the
sun as-

(a) an element of nature

(b) God

(c) an animate being

1. (d) a natural sight