R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | English CBES Board(Class 11-English)MCQ Questions with Answers Poem 4 Childhood

Why do adults talk and preach of love but do not act lovingly?

1. because they are hypocrites
2. because they are double-faced
3. because they do not want to
4. because they invest in only those whom they find interesting

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Antithesis is where two opposite words are used together in a sentence in a poem, where did the poet use it?

1. infant’s face
2. forgotten place
3. Hell and Heaven
4. preached of love

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What did the poet sense about himself when he realised he could use his own mind the way he wants?

1. he sensed that he is as intelligent as his friends
2. he sensed his own individuality and a separate personality
3. he sensed that he is very smart
4. he sensed that he could use his mind in creative work

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is the opposite of the word ‘hidden’?

1. open
2. closed
3. partial
4. out

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who is the poet of the poem ChildhoodShirley Toulson?

1. Walt
2. Whitman
3. Marcus Natten
4. Naipul

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Where could he see his childhood now?

1. in an infant’s face
2. only in his memories
3. Nowhere
4. in other kids

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What did the poet realise about his mind when he lost his childhood?

1. that he can use it whatever way he wants
2. that he is very intelligent
3. that he is dumb
4. None of the Above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What did the poet realise about adults?

1. that they are mature
2. they have to earn money
3. they are not what they seem to be
4. they are cunning

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What the poet could not find in the Geography book?

1. Hell and Heaven
2. end to sky
3. island
4. country

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What is the poem ‘Childhood’ about?

1. poet’s lost childhood
2. childhood of every person
3. childhood of poet’s child
4. poet’s father childhood

✅ Correct Answer: 1