Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (SSC) · English (Second Language)
Chapter: Chapter 11 — Chapter 11: O Captain! My Captain! (Poem)
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is the poem's extended metaphor? [1]
(A) A nation as a ship, leader as captain
(B) A garden and a gardener
(C) A storm and the sea
(D) A forest and a tree
2. Who does this poem mourn? [1]
(A) Abraham Lincoln
(B) A fictional character
(C) The poet's own family member
(D) No one specific
3. What happens to the captain in the poem? [1]
(A) He dies just as the journey succeeds
(B) He celebrates victory alive
(C) He never appears in the poem
(D) He causes the ship's failure
4. What feeling does the poem capture? [1]
(A) Bittersweet victory overshadowed by loss
(B) Pure joy with no sadness
(C) Pure anger with no grief
(D) Complete indifference
5. How does the poem's structure alternate? [1]
(A) Between celebration and mourning
(B) Between comedy and tragedy
(C) Between past and future only
(D) Between different characters speaking
6. What genre is this poem? [1]
(A) An elegy
(B) A comedy
(C) A romance
(D) An epic adventure
7. What universal themes does the poem explore? [1]
(A) Leadership, sacrifice, mourning
(B) Only humour
(C) Only nature
(D) Only technology
8. Why study this poem? [1]
(A) To understand elegy and themes of leadership and loss
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What is the poem's extended metaphor? [1]
(A) A nation as a ship, leader as captain
(B) A garden and a gardener
(C) A storm and the sea
(D) A forest and a tree
10. Who does this poem mourn? [1]
(A) Abraham Lincoln
(B) A fictional character
(C) The poet's own family member
(D) No one specific
11. What happens to the captain in the poem? [1]
(A) He dies just as the journey succeeds
(B) He celebrates victory alive
(C) He never appears in the poem
(D) He causes the ship's failure
12. What feeling does the poem capture? [1]
(A) Bittersweet victory overshadowed by loss
(B) Pure joy with no sadness
(C) Pure anger with no grief
(D) Complete indifference
13. How does the poem's structure alternate? [1]
(A) Between celebration and mourning
(B) Between comedy and tragedy
(C) Between past and future only
(D) Between different characters speaking
14. What genre is this poem? [1]
(A) An elegy
(B) A comedy
(C) A romance
(D) An epic adventure
15. What universal themes does the poem explore? [1]
(A) Leadership, sacrifice, mourning
(B) Only humour
(C) Only nature
(D) Only technology
16. Why study this poem? [1]
(A) To understand elegy and themes of leadership and loss
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests