Important MCQ on Ulysses ,Class XII 3rd Semester ,Suggestion of Ulysses
1. "And this gray spirit yearning in desire, / To follow knowledge like —"
A) a sinking star
B) a sinking ship
C) a rising moon
D) a setting sun
2. Which line expresses Ulysses’ desire for continued exploration?
A) "How dull it is to pause, to make an end,/To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!"
B) "I must forget what I was, but feel the lapse of manhood in my face."
C) "More sacks to the mill"
D) "Though much is taken, much is left behind."
3. "Free hearts, free foreheads — you and I are old;" Here ‘you’ refers to—
A) Telemachus
B) Wife of Ulysses
C) The fellow mariners
D) All the free-spirited people
4. Ulysses was a/an—
A) English hero
B) Roman hero
C) Venetian hero
D) Greek hero
5. "I will drink / Life to the lees" means—
A) to lead a simple life
B) to take care of life
C) to fight in life
D) to enjoy life to the fullest
6. Pick the false statement:
(1) Ulysses was the father of Telemachus.
(2) He didn’t intend to leave the kingdom to his son.
(3) He loved his son.
(4) He considered his son blameless.
7. Assertion (A): Ulysses became a name.
Reason (R): He always roamed with a hungry heart.
A) A and R are both true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) A and R are both true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is correct but R is incorrect
D) A is incorrect but R is correct
8. "I am become a name." Here ‘I’ refers to—
A) Telemachus
B) Aeschylus
C) Oedipus
D) Ulysses
9. What is Ulysses’ primary desire in the poem?
A) to rule his Kingdom
B) to rest and relax
C) to embark on new adventures
D) to visit his family
10. Which phrase from the poem best reflects Ulysses’ restless spirit?
A) "Grow old along with me."
B) "Much have I seen and known,"
C) "I yearn for the old familiar ways"
D) "To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield,"
11. The figure of speech in "For always roaming with a hungry heart" is—
A) Simile
B) Alliteration
C) Assonance
D) Chiasmus
12. "This is my son, mine own Telemachus, / To whom I leave —"
A) the throne and the kingdom
B) the sceptre and the isle
C) the throne and the island
D) imperial authority
13. The Battle of Troy happened between—
A) England and France
B) Greece and Rome
C) Russia and America
D) India and Turkey
14. "To strive, to seek, to find, and —"
A) never give up
B) not to yield
C) conquer all
D) reach for more
15. What type of a poem is Ulysses?
A) a sonnet
B) a dramatic lyric
C) an ode
D) a dramatic monologue
16. One of the main duties of Telemachus would be to—
A) make the mild people rugged
B) make the rugged people mild
C) subdue all enemies
D) conquer many nations
17. The poem is written in—
A) verse libre (free verse)
B) iambic pentameter
C) iambic hexameter
D) trochaic trimeter
18. The poem’s title, Ulysses, refers to the Roman name for the Greek hero—
A) Achilles
B) Odysseus
C) Hector
D) Ajax
19. Whom does Ulysses refer to as a ‘savage race’?
A) The swimmers
B) The Austrians
C) The people he rules
D) The Greeks
20. Telemachus symbolizes—
A) Life of inaction
B) Life of action
C) Common duties of life
D) Life of adventure
21. Assertion (A): Ulysses feels it is pointless to stay at home and govern.
Reason (R): He believes life should be lived through adventure.
A) A and R are both true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) A and R are both true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is correct but R is incorrect
D) A is incorrect but R is correct
22. Tennyson penned Ulysses after the death of his friend—
A) MacArthur
B) Arthur Henry Hallam
C) Henry John William
D) None of them
23. "Thro’ scudding drifts the rainy Hyades" — ‘Hyades’ refers to—
A) Park
B) Constellation of planets
C) Constellation of stars
D) City
24. "I cannot rest from —"
A) ruling
B) writing
C) travel
D) hunting
25. In Ulysses, the speaker reflects on a life of—
A) Peaceful contentment
B) Restless adventure
C) Deep religious faith
D) Crushing defeat
26. Correct order of statements:
I) Ulysses reflects on Telemachus.
II) Ulysses expresses restlessness.
III) Ulysses talks of travels.
IV) Ulysses inspires mariners.
27. "I mete and dole / Unequal laws unto —"
A) a civilised race
B) a savage race
C) a savage island
D) rugged people
28. Who was Ulysses’ son?
A) Perseus
B) Telemachus
C) Achilles
D) Agamemnon
29. What would happen if Ulysses had to rest from travel?
A) He would be happy
B) He would be satisfied
C) His restless and adventurous spirit would not be contented
D) His son would kill him
30. What metaphor does Ulysses use for knowledge?
A) "To sail beyond the sunset"
B) "The sounding furrows"
C) "The deep moans round with many voices"
D) "The great Achilles, whom we knew"
31. "Happy Isles" refers to—
A) an island of ancient Greece
B) a fictitious place which Greek people believed in
C) an island where all people are happy
D) a place in heaven
32. Ulysses was the hoary King of—
A) Corinth Island
B) Cape Island
C) Ithaca
D) Good Hope Island
33. Statement A: Death closes all.
Statement B: Something ere the end, / Some work of noble note, may yet be done.
34. To whom does Ulysses hand over his kingdom?
A) His stepson Telemachus
B) His own son Telemachus
C) His wife Penelope
D) None of them
35. What does ‘sceptre’ symbolize?
A) Sovereignty
B) Freedom
C) Autocracy
D) None of them
36. Which figure of speech is employed in "I will drink life to the lees"?
A) Metaphor
B) Irony
C) Personification
D) Paradox
37. The main conflict in Ulysses is—
A) Fear of aging and mortality
B) The challenge of loyalty to homeland
C) The struggle between duty and personal desire
D) The longing for simpler life
38. Diagram (interest of Ulysses):
A) Wealth
B) Barren crags
C) Family affection
D) Religion
39. "Much have I seen and known" is an example of—
A) Hyperbole
B) Imagery
C) Alliteration
D) Paradox
Answers
1. Who was Ulysses’ son?
A) Perseus
B) Telemachus
C) Achilles
D) Agamemnon
✅ Ans: B) Telemachus
2. The poem is written in—
A) verse libre (free verse)
B) iambic pentameter
C) iambic hexameter
D) trochaic trimeter
✅ Ans: B) iambic pentameter
3. "To strive, to seek, to find, and —"
A) never give up
B) not to yield
C) conquer all
D) reach for more
✅ Ans: B) not to yield
4. What is Ulysses’ primary desire in the poem?
A) to rule his Kingdom
B) to rest and relax
C) to embark on new adventures
D) to visit his family
✅ Ans: C) to embark on new adventures
5. Which figure of speech is employed in "I will drink life to the lees"?
A) Metaphor
B) Irony
C) Personification
D) Paradox
✅ Ans: A) Metaphor
6. "I am become a name." Here ‘I’ refers to—
A) Telemachus
B) Aeschylus
C) Oedipus
D) Ulysses
✅ Ans: D) Ulysses
7. "Free hearts, free foreheads — you and I are old;" Here ‘you’ refers to—
A) Telemachus
B) Wife of Ulysses
C) The fellow mariners
D) All the free-spirited people
✅ Ans: C) The fellow mariners
8. ‘Happy Isles’ refers to—
A) an island of ancient Greece
B) a fictitious place which Greek people believed in
C) an island where all people are happy
D) a place in heaven
✅ Ans: B) a fictitious place which Greek people believed in
9. Assertion (A): Ulysses became a name.
Reason (R): He always roamed with a hungry heart.
✅ Ans: B) A and R are both true but R is not the correct explanation of A
10. Whom does Ulysses refer to as a ‘savage race’?
A) The swimmers
B) The Austrians
C) The people he rules
D) The Greeks
✅ Ans: C) The people he rules
11. Which phrase from the poem best reflects Ulysses’ restless spirit?
A) "Grow old along with me."
B) "Much have I seen and known,"
C) "I yearn for the old familiar ways"
D) "To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield,"
✅ Ans: D) "To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield,"
12. What does ‘sceptre’ symbolize?
A) Sovereignty
B) Freedom
C) Autocracy
D) None of them
✅ Ans: A) Sovereignty
13. "I will drink / Life to the lees" means—
A) to lead a simple life
B) to take care of life
C) to fight in life
D) to enjoy life to the fullest
✅ Ans: D) to enjoy life to the fullest
14. Correct order of statements:
I) Ulysses reflects on Telemachus.
II) Ulysses expresses restlessness.
III) Ulysses talks of travels.
IV) Ulysses inspires mariners.
✅ Ans: III → II → I → IV
15. What would happen if Ulysses had to rest from travel?
A) He would be happy
B) He would be satisfied
C) His restless and adventurous spirit would not be contented
D) His son would kill him
✅ Ans: C) His restless and adventurous spirit would not be contented
16. Diagram (interest of Ulysses):
✅ Ans: Barren crags
17. "And this gray spirit yearning in desire, / To follow knowledge like —"
A) a sinking star
B) a sinking ship
C) a rising moon
D) a setting sun
✅ Ans: A) a sinking star
18. The figure of speech in "For always roaming with a hungry heart" is—
A) Simile
B) Alliteration
C) Assonance
D) Chiasmus
✅ Ans: B) Alliteration
19. The main conflict in Ulysses is—
A) Fear of aging and mortality
B) The challenge of loyalty to homeland
C) The struggle between duty and personal desire
D) The longing for simpler life
✅ Ans: C) The struggle between duty and personal desire
20. Match the columns:
I – idle king → (d) matched with an aged wife
II – Telemachus → (b) savage race
III – Ulysses’ travel → (a) untravelled world
IV – Ulysses’ motto → (c) to strive, to seek, to find
✅ Ans: I-d, II-b, III-a, IV-c
21. "This is my son, mine own Telemachus, / To whom I leave —"
A) the throne and the kingdom
B) the sceptre and the isle
C) the throne and the island
D) imperial authority
✅ Ans: B) the sceptre and the isle
22. Tennyson penned Ulysses after the death of his friend—
A) MacArthur
B) Arthur Henry Hallam
C) Henry John William
D) None of them
✅ Ans: B) Arthur Henry Hallam
23. To whom does Ulysses hand over his kingdom?
A) His stepson Telemachus
B) His own son Telemachus
C) His wife Penelope
D) None of them
✅ Ans: B) His own son Telemachus
24. What type of a poem is Ulysses?
A) a sonnet
B) a dramatic lyric
C) an ode
D) a dramatic monologue
✅ Ans: D) a dramatic monologue
25. "I cannot rest from —"
A) ruling
B) writing
C) travel
D) hunting
✅ Ans: C) travel
26. "I mete and dole / Unequal laws unto —"
A) a civilised race
B) a savage race
C) a savage island
D) rugged people
✅ Ans: B) a savage race
27. "Thro’ scudding drifts the rainy Hyades" — ‘Hyades’ refers to—
A) Park
B) Constellation of planets
C) Constellation of stars
D) City
✅ Ans: C) Constellation of stars
28. Statement A: Death closes all.
Statement B: Something ere the end, / Some work of noble note, may yet be done.
✅ Ans: A) B contradicts A
29. Which line expresses Ulysses’ desire for continued exploration?
A) "How dull it is to pause, to make an end,/To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!"
B) "I must forget what I was, but feel the lapse of manhood in my face."
C) "More sacks to the mill"
D) "Though much is taken, much is left behind."
✅ Ans: A) "How dull it is to pause, to make an end,/To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!"
30. Ulysses was a/an—
A) English hero
B) Roman hero
C) Venetian hero
D) Greek hero
✅ Ans: D) Greek hero
31. "Much have I seen and known" is an example of—
A) Hyperbole
B) Imagery
C) Alliteration
D) Paradox
✅ Ans: C) Alliteration
32. Assertion (A): Ulysses feels it is pointless to stay at home and govern.
Reason (R): He believes life should be lived through adventure.
✅ Ans: A) A and R are both true and R is the correct explanation of A
33. "To sail beyond the sunset" is a metaphor for—
A) knowledge
B) wealth
C) death
D) friendship
✅ Ans: A) knowledge
34. Ulysses was the hoary King of—
A) Corinth Island
B) Cape Island
C) Ithaca
D) Good Hope Island
✅ Ans: C) Ithaca
35. The Battle of Troy happened between—
A) England and France
B) Greece and City of Troy
C) Russia and America
D) India and Turkey
✅ Ans: B) Greece and City of Troy
36. In Ulysses, the speaker reflects on a life of—
A) Peaceful contentment
B) Restless adventure
C) Deep religious faith
D) Crushing defeat
✅ Ans: B) Restless adventure
37. Pick the false statement:
(1) Ulysses was the father of Telemachus.
(2) He didn’t intend to leave the kingdom to his son.
(3) He loved his son.
(4) He considered his son blameless.
✅ Ans: II is false
38. What metaphor does Ulysses use for knowledge?
A) "To sail beyond the sunset"
B) "To follow knowledge like a sinking star"
C) "The deep moans round with many voices"
D) "The great Achilles, whom we knew"
✅ Ans: B) "To follow knowledge like a sinking star"
39. Telemachus symbolizes—
A) Life of inaction
B) Life of action
C) Common duties of life
D) Life of adventure
✅ Ans: C) Common duties of life
Multiple Choice Questions (1 mark each)
1. What type of a poem is Ulysses?
A) a sonnet
B) a dramatic lyric
C) an ode
D) a dramatic monologue
✅ Ans: D) a dramatic monologue
2. The poem’s title, Ulysses, refers to the Roman name for the Greek hero—
A) Achilles
B) Odysseus
C) Hector
D) Ajax
✅ Ans: B) Odysseus
3. "To strive, to seek, to find, and —"
A) never give up
B) not to yield
C) conquer all
D) reach for more
✅ Ans: B) not to yield
4. Which phrase from the poem best reflects Ulysses’ restless spirit?
A) "Grow old along with me."
B) "Much have I seen and known,"
C) "I yearn for the old familiar ways"
D) "To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield,"
✅ Ans: D) "To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield,"
5. Who was Ulysses’ son?
A) Perseus
B) Telemachus
C) Achilles
D) Agamemnon
✅ Ans: B) Telemachus
6. One of the main duties of Telemachus would be to—
A) make the mild people rugged
B) make the rugged people mild
C) subdue all enemies
D) conquer many nations
✅ Ans: B) make the rugged people mild
7. ‘Happy Isles’ refers to—
A) an island of ancient Greece
B) a fictitious place which Greek people believed in
C) an island where all people are happy
D) a place in heaven
✅ Ans: B) a fictitious place which Greek people believed in
8. Which figure of speech is employed in "I will drink life to the lees"?
A) Metaphor
B) Irony
C) Personification
D) Paradox
✅ Ans: A) Metaphor
9. "I cannot rest from —"
A) ruling
B) writing
C) travel
D) hunting
✅ Ans: C) travel
10. "This is my son, mine own Telemachus, / To whom I leave —"
A) the throne and the kingdom
B) the sceptre and the isle
C) the throne and the island
D) imperial authority
✅ Ans: B) the sceptre and the isle
11. "And this gray spirit yearning in desire, / To follow knowledge like —"
A) a sinking star
B) a sinking ship
C) a rising moon
D) a setting sun
✅ Ans: A) a sinking star
12. Assertion (A): Ulysses feels it is pointless to stay at home and govern.
Reason (R): He believes life should be lived through adventure.
A) A and R are both true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) A and R are both true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is correct but R is incorrect
D) A is incorrect but R is correct
✅ Ans: A) A and R are both true and R is the correct explanation of A
13. The poem is written in—
A) verse libre (free verse)
B) iambic pentameter
C) iambic hexameter
D) trochaic trimeter
✅ Ans: B) iambic pentameter
14. Ulysses was the hoary King of—
A) Corinth Island
B) Cape Island
C) Ithaca
D) Good Hope Island
✅ Ans: C) Ithaca
15. "Free hearts, free foreheads — you and I are old;" Here ‘you’ refers to—
A) Telemachus
B) Wife of Ulysses
C) The fellow mariners
D) All the free-spirited people
✅ Ans: C) The fellow mariners
16. What does ‘sceptre’ symbolize?
A) Sovereignty
B) Freedom
C) Autocracy
D) None of them
✅ Ans: A) Sovereignty
17. Whom does Ulysses refer to as a ‘savage race’?
A) The swimmers
B) The Austrians
C) The people he rules
D) The Greeks
✅ Ans: C) The people he rules
18. "I will drink / Life to the lees" means—
A) to lead a simple life
B) to take care of life
C) to fight in life
D) to enjoy life to the fullest
✅ Ans: D) to enjoy life to the fullest
19. What is Ulysses’ primary desire in the poem?
A) to rule his Kingdom
B) to rest and relax
C) to embark on new adventures
D) to visit his family
✅ Ans: C) to embark on new adventures
20. Tennyson penned Ulysses after the death of his friend—
A) MacArthur
B) Arthur Henry Hallam
C) Henry John William
D) None of them
✅ Ans: B) Arthur Henry Hallam
21. In Ulysses, the speaker reflects on a life of—
A) Peaceful contentment
B) Restless adventure
C) Deep religious faith
D) Crushing defeat
✅ Ans: B) Restless adventure
22. Which line expresses Ulysses’ desire for continued exploration?
A) "How dull it is to pause, to make an end,/To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!"
B) "I must forget what I was, but feel the lapse of manhood in my face."
C) "More sacks to the mill"
D) "Though much is taken, much is left behind."
✅ Ans: A) "How dull it is to pause, to make an end,/To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!"
23. What metaphor does Ulysses use for knowledge?
A) "To sail beyond the sunset"
B) "To follow knowledge like a sinking star"
C) "The deep moans round with many voices"
D) "The great Achilles, whom we knew"
✅ Ans: B) "To follow knowledge like a sinking star"
24. The main conflict in Ulysses is—
A) Fear of aging and mortality
B) The challenge of loyalty to homeland
C) The struggle between duty and personal desire
D) The longing for simpler life
✅ Ans: C) The struggle between duty and personal desire
25. "Thro’ scudding drifts the rainy Hyades" — ‘Hyades’ refers to—
A) Park
B) Constellation of planets
C) Constellation of stars
D) City
✅ Ans: C) Constellation of stars
26. "I am become a name." Here ‘I’ refers to—
A) Telemachus
B) Aeschylus
C) Oedipus
D) Ulysses
✅ Ans: D) Ulysses
27. Diagram (interest of Ulysses):
Answer: ✅ Barren crags
28. Pick the false statement:
(1) Ulysses was the father of Telemachus.
(2) He didn’t intend to leave the kingdom to his son.
(3) He loved his son.
(4) He considered his son blameless.
✅ Ans: II is false
29. What would happen if Ulysses had to rest from travel?
A) He would be happy
B) He would be satisfied
C) His restless and adventurous spirit would not be contented
D) His son would kill him
✅ Ans: C) His restless and adventurous spirit would not be contented
30. Statement A: Death closes all.
Statement B: Something ere the end, / Some work of noble note, may yet be done.
✅ Ans: A) B contradicts A
31. "I mete and dole / Unequal laws unto —"
A) a civilised race
B) a savage race
C) a savage island
D) rugged people
✅ Ans: B) a savage race
32. Match the columns:
I – idle king → (d) matched with an aged wife
II – Telemachus → (b) savage race
III – Ulysses’ travel → (a) untravelled world
IV – Ulysses’ motto → (c) to strive, to seek, to find
✅ Ans: I-d, II-b, III-a, IV-c
33. Correct order of statements:
I) Ulysses reflects on Telemachus.
II) Ulysses expresses restlessness.
III) Ulysses talks of travels.
IV) Ulysses inspires mariners.
✅ Ans: III → II → I → IV
34. Ulysses was a/an—
A) English hero
B) Roman hero
C) Venetian hero
D) Greek hero
✅ Ans: D) Greek hero
35. The Battle of Troy happened between—
A) England and France
B) Greece and City of Troy
C) Russia and America
D) India and Turkey
✅ Ans: B) Greece and City of Troy
36. Telemachus symbolizes—
A) Life of inaction
B) Life of action
C) Common duties of life
D) Life of adventure
✅ Ans: C) Common duties of life
37. The figure of speech in "For always roaming with a hungry heart" is—
A) Simile
B) Alliteration
C) Assonance
D) Chiasmus
✅ Ans: B) Alliteration
38. Assertion (A): Ulysses became a name.
Reason (R): He always roamed with a hungry heart.
✅ Ans: B) A and R are both true but R is not the correct explanation of A
39. To whom does Ulysses hand over his kingdom?
A) His stepson Telemachus
B) His own son Telemachus
C) His wife Penelope
D) None of them
✅ Ans: B) His own son Telemachus
Multiple Choice Questions (1 mark each)
1. What type of a poem is Ulysses?
A) a sonnet
B) a dramatic lyric
C) an ode
D) a dramatic monologue
✅ Ans: D) a dramatic monologue
2. The poem’s title, Ulysses, refers to the Roman name for the Greek hero—
A) Achilles
B) Odysseus
C) Hector
D) Ajax
✅ Ans: B) Odysseus
3. "To strive, to seek, to find, and —"
A) never give up
B) not to yield
C) conquer all
D) reach for more
✅ Ans: B) not to yield
4. Which phrase from the poem best reflects Ulysses’ restless spirit?
A) "Grow old along with me."
B) "Much have I seen and known,"
C) "I yearn for the old familiar ways"
D) "To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield,"
✅ Ans: D) "To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield,"
5. Who was Ulysses’ son?
A) Perseus
B) Telemachus
C) Achilles
D) Agamemnon
✅ Ans: B) Telemachus
6. One of the main duties of Telemachus would be to—
A) make the mild people rugged
B) make the rugged people mild
C) subdue all enemies
D) conquer many nations
✅ Ans: B) make the rugged people mild
7. ‘Happy Isles’ refers to—
A) an island of ancient Greece
B) a fictitious place which Greek people believed in
C) an island where all people are happy
D) a place in heaven
✅ Ans: B) a fictitious place which Greek people believed in
8. Which figure of speech is employed in "I will drink life to the lees"?
A) Metaphor
B) Irony
C) Personification
D) Paradox
✅ Ans: A) Metaphor
9. "I cannot rest from —"
A) ruling
B) writing
C) travel
D) hunting
✅ Ans: C) travel
10. "This is my son, mine own Telemachus, / To whom I leave —"
A) the throne and the kingdom
B) the sceptre and the isle
C) the throne and the island
D) imperial authority
✅ Ans: B) the sceptre and the isle
11. "And this gray spirit yearning in desire, / To follow knowledge like —"
A) a sinking star
B) a sinking ship
C) a rising moon
D) a setting sun
✅ Ans: A) a sinking star
12. Assertion (A): Ulysses feels it is pointless to stay at home and govern.
Reason (R): He believes life should be lived through adventure.
A) A and R are both true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) A and R are both true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is correct but R is incorrect
D) A is incorrect but R is correct
✅ Ans: A) A and R are both true and R is the correct explanation of A
13. The poem is written in—
A) verse libre (free verse)
B) iambic pentameter
C) iambic hexameter
D) trochaic trimeter
✅ Ans: B) iambic pentameter
14. Ulysses was the hoary King of—
A) Corinth Island
B) Cape Island
C) Ithaca
D) Good Hope Island
✅ Ans: C) Ithaca
15. "Free hearts, free foreheads — you and I are old;" Here ‘you’ refers to—
A) Telemachus
B) Wife of Ulysses
C) The fellow mariners
D) All the free-spirited people
✅ Ans: C) The fellow mariners
16. What does ‘sceptre’ symbolize?
A) Sovereignty
B) Freedom
C) Autocracy
D) None of them
✅ Ans: A) Sovereignty
17. Whom does Ulysses refer to as a ‘savage race’?
A) The swimmers
B) The Austrians
C) The people he rules
D) The Greeks
✅ Ans: C) The people he rules
18. "I will drink / Life to the lees" means—
A) to lead a simple life
B) to take care of life
C) to fight in life
D) to enjoy life to the fullest
✅ Ans: D) to enjoy life to the fullest
19. What is Ulysses’ primary desire in the poem?
A) to rule his Kingdom
B) to rest and relax
C) to embark on new adventures
D) to visit his family
✅ Ans: C) to embark on new adventures
20. Tennyson penned Ulysses after the death of his friend—
A) MacArthur
B) Arthur Henry Hallam
C) Henry John William
D) None of them
✅ Ans: B) Arthur Henry Hallam
21. In Ulysses, the speaker reflects on a life of—
A) Peaceful contentment
B) Restless adventure
C) Deep religious faith
D) Crushing defeat
✅ Ans: B) Restless adventure
22. Which line expresses Ulysses’ desire for continued exploration?
A) "How dull it is to pause, to make an end,/To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!"
B) "I must forget what I was, but feel the lapse of manhood in my face."
C) "More sacks to the mill"
D) "Though much is taken, much is left behind."
✅ Ans: A) "How dull it is to pause, to make an end,/To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!"
23. What metaphor does Ulysses use for knowledge?
A) "To sail beyond the sunset"
B) "To follow knowledge like a sinking star"
C) "The deep moans round with many voices"
D) "The great Achilles, whom we knew"
✅ Ans: B) "To follow knowledge like a sinking star"
24. The main conflict in Ulysses is—
A) Fear of aging and mortality
B) The challenge of loyalty to homeland
C) The struggle between duty and personal desire
D) The longing for simpler life
✅ Ans: C) The struggle between duty and personal desire
25. "Thro’ scudding drifts the rainy Hyades" — ‘Hyades’ refers to—
A) Park
B) Constellation of planets
C) Constellation of stars
D) City
✅ Ans: C) Constellation of stars
26. "I am become a name." Here ‘I’ refers to—
A) Telemachus
B) Aeschylus
C) Oedipus
D) Ulysses
✅ Ans: D) Ulysses
27. Diagram (interest of Ulysses):
Answer: ✅ Barren crags
28. Pick the false statement:
(1) Ulysses was the father of Telemachus.
(2) He didn’t intend to leave the kingdom to his son.
(3) He loved his son.
(4) He considered his son blameless.
✅ Ans: II is false
29. What would happen if Ulysses had to rest from travel?
A) He would be happy
B) He would be satisfied
C) His restless and adventurous spirit would not be contented
D) His son would kill him
✅ Ans: C) His restless and adventurous spirit would not be contented
30. Statement A: Death closes all.
Statement B: Something ere the end, / Some work of noble note, may yet be done.
✅ Ans: A) B contradicts A
31. "I mete and dole / Unequal laws unto —"
A) a civilised race
B) a savage race
C) a savage island
D) rugged people
✅ Ans: B) a savage race
32. Match the columns:
I – idle king → (d) matched with an aged wife
II – Telemachus → (b) savage race
III – Ulysses’ travel → (a) untravelled world
IV – Ulysses’ motto → (c) to strive, to seek, to find
✅ Ans: I-d, II-b, III-a, IV-c
33. Correct order of statements:
I) Ulysses reflects on Telemachus.
II) Ulysses expresses restlessness.
III) Ulysses talks of travels.
IV) Ulysses inspires mariners.
✅ Ans: III → II → I → IV
34. Ulysses was a/an—
A) English hero
B) Roman hero
C) Venetian hero
D) Greek hero
✅ Ans: D) Greek hero
35. The Battle of Troy happened between—
A) England and France
B) Greece and City of Troy
C) Russia and America
D) India and Turkey
✅ Ans: B) Greece and City of Troy
36. Telemachus symbolizes—
A) Life of inaction
B) Life of action
C) Common duties of life
D) Life of adventure
✅ Ans: C) Common duties of life
37. The figure of speech in "For always roaming with a hungry heart" is—
A) Simile
B) Alliteration
C) Assonance
D) Chiasmus
✅ Ans: B) Alliteration
38. Assertion (A): Ulysses became a name.
Reason (R): He always roamed with a hungry heart.
✅ Ans: B) A and R are both true but R is not the correct explanation of A
39. To whom does Ulysses hand over his kingdom?
A) His stepson Telemachus
B) His own son Telemachus
C) His wife Penelope
D) None of them
✅ Ans: B) His own son Telemachus
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