CBSE Class 8 English Honeydew Poem On the Grasshopper and Cricket Quiz 1

1. Whose warmth is ever increasing?

A Grasshopper’s song B Cricket’s song C Birds chirping D Poetry of earth

2. Who is the poet of the poem “On the Grasshopper and Cricket”?

A John keats B T. S. Eliot C Rabindranath Tagore D Ruskin Bond

3. Complete the line in Stanza 2 that says, “The poetry of earth is __________”

A Never dead B Ceasing never C Dead never D Never ceasing

4. Who sings the poetry of earth in the summer season?

A Grasshopper B Cricket C Crow D Skylark

5. Where does the grasshopper take rest?

A Beneath the weed B Behind the stone C Grassy hills D None of the above

6. Where do the birds take shelter?

A Cooling trees B Beneath the weed C Behind the stone D Grassy hills

7. What has the frost wrought?

A Poetry of earth B Warmth C Silence D All of the Above

8. Who sings the poetry of earth in the winter season?

A Grasshopper B Cricket C Crow D Skylark

9. What makes the birds faint?

A Earth’s poetry B Hot sun C Frost D Rain

10. Complete the line in Stanza 1 that says, “The poetry of earth is __________”

A Never dead B Ceasing never C Dead never D Never ceasing