Class XII 3RD SEMESTER EXAMINATION
A. Answer the following questions :1x50
1. Who is the speaker in Ulysses?
a) Achilles
b) Ulysses
c) Telemachus
d) Tennyson
2. Where is Ulysses sitting in the opening lines?
a) Beside a still hearth
b) On a ship
c) On a battlefield
d) In a palace hall
3. What kind of crags are mentioned in the poem?
a) Fertile
b) Barren
c) Snow-covered
d) Volcanic
4. Ulysses is matched with whom in the poem?
a) His son
b) His queen
c) His aged wife
d) A fellow sailor
5. Ulysses rules over a race described as:
a) Civilized and gentle
b) Savage and uncultured
c) Noble and wise
d) Peaceful and kind
6. What do the people Ulysses rules over not know?
a) The sea
b) Agriculture
c) Him
d) Literature
7. “I will drink life to the lees” means:
a) Ulysses will avoid hardships
b) He will enjoy life fully
c) He will drink wine
d) He will give up travel
8. The Hyades in the poem are associated with:
a) Sunshine
b) Rain
c) Snow
d) Thunder
9. Ulysses says he has become:
a) A legend
b) A name
c) A myth
d) A hero
10. What kind of heart does Ulysses say he has for roaming?
a) Empty
b) Hungry
c) Brave
d) Cold
11. What has Ulysses seen and known in his travels?
a) Only his homeland
b) Cities of men
c) Only battles
d) Only seas
12. What is all experience compared to in the poem?
a) A river
b) An arch
c) A mountain
d) A door
13. What lies beyond the arch of experience?
a) A forgotten past
b) An untravelled world
c) The ocean
d) Heaven
14. How does Ulysses feel about pausing in life?
a) It is peaceful
b) It is dull
c) It is wise
d) It is necessary
15. “To rust unburnish’d” means:
a) To shine brightly
b) To be unused and dull
c) To be strong
d) To fight in war
16. Ulysses compares following knowledge to:
a) Climbing a mountain
b) Chasing a sinking star
c) Sailing a ship
d) Crossing a bridge
17. Who is Telemachus?
a) Ulysses’ son
b) Ulysses’ friend
c) A sailor
d) A god
18. What does Ulysses hand over to Telemachus?
a) The crown and the sword
b) The sceptre and the isle
c) The ship and the crew
d) The gold and treasures
19. How does Ulysses describe Telemachus?
a) Rash and reckless
b) Blameless and prudent
c) Strong and aggressive
d) Weak and timid
20. What will Telemachus do to the rugged people?
a) Abandon them
b) Make them gentle
c) Send them to war
d) Exile them
21. Where does Ulysses see the port?
a) Behind him
b) In front of him
c) In the city
d) Near the palace
22. Who are “my mariners”?
a) Ulysses’ soldiers
b) His sailors
c) His sons
d) His farmers
23. What have the mariners welcomed with a frolic?
a) Gold and wine
b) Thunder and sunshine
c) Peace and quiet
d) Fame and glory
24. What does Ulysses say old age still has?
a) Strength
b) Honour and toil
c) Youth
d) Adventure
25. What does death close?
a) The voyage
b) All things
c) The mind
d) The day
26. What might still be done before the end?
a) Building ships
b) Some noble work
c) Resting peacefully
d) Conquering the gods
27. Where do the lights begin to twinkle?
a) In the village
b) From the rocks
c) On the ship
d) In the palace
28. What does Ulysses say is “not too late”?
a) To seek a newer world
b) To rest
c) To retire
d) To return home
29. What does “push off” mean in the poem?
a) Push enemies away
b) Push the boat from shore
c) Push the ship’s mast
d) Push the oars in water
30. What is Ulysses’ purpose?
a) To rule longer
b) To sail beyond the sunset
c) To fight wars
d) To rest at home
31. What are the “Happy Isles”?
a) A group of islands in the east
b) Mythical islands of bliss
c) Islands in Greece
d) Isles of the dead
32. Who does Ulysses hope to see there?
a) Telemachus
b) Achilles
c) Hector
d) Odysseus
33. “Much is taken, much abides” means:
a) Many have left, many remain
b) Some things are lost, some remain
c) All is lost
d) All remains
34. What is no longer in Ulysses and his men?
a) Courage
b) The strength of old days
c) Knowledge
d) Honour
35. “That which we are, we are” shows:
a) Resignation
b) Determination
c) Confusion
d) Sorrow
36. What is common to all his men?
a) Equal temper of heroic hearts
b) Equal strength
c) Equal wealth
d) Equal knowledge
37. What has made them weak?
a) Disease
b) Time and fate
c) Enemies
d) Poverty
38. What remains strong in them?
a) Wealth
b) Will
c) Youth
d) Ships
39. Which is NOT in the final line?
a) To strive
b) To seek
c) To fight
d) Not to yield
40. Who is the poem addressed to in the last part?
a) The king
b) The mariners
c) The queen
d) The gods
41. What does “lees” refer to in the poem?
a) Wine sediment
b) Ship sails
c) Mountain tops
d) Sunset clouds
42. The poem Ulysses is written in:
a) Heroic couplets
b) Blank verse
c) Free verse
d) Rhyming quatrains
43. The poem’s tone is mostly:
a) Sad and hopeless
b) Defiant and inspirational
c) Angry and bitter
d) Joyful and playful
44. Which mythical war is mentioned in the poem?
a) Trojan War
b) Persian War
c) Peloponnesian War
d) Marathon Battle
45. Who are the Hyades in Greek mythology?
a) Nymphs bringing rain
b) Sea monsters
c) Sun gods
d) Wind spirits
46. The “arch” metaphor refers to:
a) A gate to heaven
b) The bridge between life and death
c) The gateway to new experiences
d) A sailing route
47. What does Ulysses dislike?
a) War
b) Inactivity
c) Knowledge
d) Travelling
48. Who will perform “offices of tenderness”?
a) Ulysses
b) Telemachus
c) Mariners
d) Gods
49. The “western stars” suggest:
a) Foreign lands
b) The afterlife
c) Twilight skies
d) Unknown seas
50. “Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods” means:
a) It would not disgrace men who fought gods
b) Men should fight the gods
c) Gods are easy to fight
d) Men must avoid the gods
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