Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (SSC) · English (Second Language)
Chapter: Chapter 10 — Chapter 10: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Poem)
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. Who wrote this poem? [1]
(A) Robert Frost
(B) William Wordsworth
(C) Walt Whitman
(D) Emily Dickinson
2. What does the traveller stop to watch? [1]
(A) Snow falling in the woods
(B) A sunset
(C) A river flowing
(D) Animals playing
3. What is the traveller tempted to do? [1]
(A) Linger in the peaceful woods
(B) Rush home immediately
(C) Turn back
(D) Avoid the woods entirely
4. What might the woods symbolise? [1]
(A) Temptation and escape from responsibility
(B) Only literal trees
(C) Danger and fear
(D) Nothing symbolic
5. What do the 'promises to keep' represent? [1]
(A) Duty and life's obligations
(B) Only literal promises to friends
(C) Nothing significant
(D) Only broken promises
6. What is the poem's famous repeated line? [1]
(A) 'And miles to go before I sleep'
(B) 'Stopping by the woods'
(C) 'The snow is falling'
(D) 'I must turn back now'
7. What does this repeated line suggest? [1]
(A) Both literal distance and life's journey
(B) Only literal distance
(C) Only a dream sequence
(D) Nothing meaningful
8. Why study this poem? [1]
(A) To explore themes of duty, temptation, and life's journey
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. Who wrote this poem? [1]
(A) Robert Frost
(B) William Wordsworth
(C) Walt Whitman
(D) Emily Dickinson
10. What does the traveller stop to watch? [1]
(A) Snow falling in the woods
(B) A sunset
(C) A river flowing
(D) Animals playing
11. What is the traveller tempted to do? [1]
(A) Linger in the peaceful woods
(B) Rush home immediately
(C) Turn back
(D) Avoid the woods entirely
12. What might the woods symbolise? [1]
(A) Temptation and escape from responsibility
(B) Only literal trees
(C) Danger and fear
(D) Nothing symbolic
13. What do the 'promises to keep' represent? [1]
(A) Duty and life's obligations
(B) Only literal promises to friends
(C) Nothing significant
(D) Only broken promises
14. What is the poem's famous repeated line? [1]
(A) 'And miles to go before I sleep'
(B) 'Stopping by the woods'
(C) 'The snow is falling'
(D) 'I must turn back now'
15. What does this repeated line suggest? [1]
(A) Both literal distance and life's journey
(B) Only literal distance
(C) Only a dream sequence
(D) Nothing meaningful
16. Why study this poem? [1]
(A) To explore themes of duty, temptation, and life's journey
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests