Multiple Choice Questions and
Answers (MCQ)
Fable by Ralph Waldo Emerson for Class Ten (X)
Question 1. The name of the author of the poem ‘ Fable’ is
A.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
B. B. Ted Hughes
C.
C. Tolstoy
D. D.
O Henry
Answer is A. Ralph Waldo Emerson Question 2. Nature of the poem "Fable" is A. pastoral B.
pathetic C.
argumentative ✅ D.
discursive Answer is C. argumentative Question 3. The poem ‘Fable’ deals with-
A. spiritual problem
B. moral lesson
C. psychological problem
D. moral problem
Answer B. moral lesson
Question 4. The mountain had __________ for the squirrel.
A. fondness
B. passionate
C. ill feeling ✅
D. Respect
Answer C. ill feeling
Question 5. “You are doubtless very big ” - Here the word
‘You’ refers to the –
A. a river
B. Sphere
C. Mountain ✅
D. A squirrel
Answer C. Mountain
Question 6. The squirrel can
A. crack a basket
B. crack a nut ✅
C. carry mountain on his back
D. carry forests on his back
Answers B. crack a nut.
Question 7. The mountain is
A.
Immobile ✅
B.
faster than the squirrel
C.
as fast as the squirrel
D.
slower than the squirrel
Answer A. Immobile
Question 8. The phrase ‘all is well and wisely put;’
refers to the fact that God has put the
A.
right thing at the wrong place
B.
wrong thing at the right place
C.
right thing at the right place ✅
D.
wrong thing at the wrong place
Answer
C. right thing at the right place.
Question 9. According to the squirrel, the
world is full of different sorts of –
A. Talent
B. Creature
C. Money
D. Season ✅
Answer D. Season
Question 10. The
poem “ Fable” is a –
A. Romantic poem
B. Devotional poem
C. Narrative poem
D. Conversational poem ✅
Answer D. Conversational poem.
Question 11. The squirrel conveyed the
message that the mountain and the squirrel are ________ in status.
A. Different
B. Identical
C. Equal ✅
D. Similar
Answer C. Equal
Question 12. The mountain called the squirrel
A. Little Rabbie
B. Little Pit
C. Little Prig ✅
D. Little Bun
Answer C. Little Prig
Question 13. The nickname of the squirrel is –
A. Hun
B. Pun
C. Bun ✅
D. Mun
Answer C. Bun
Question 14. The word ‘quarrel’ in
the phrase ‘Had a quarrel___’ is a
A. Noun ✅
B. Conjunction
C. Pronoun
D. Adverb
Answer A. Noun.
Question 15. It is a fact that one’s talents will
A. be
much less than that of another’s
B. be negligible in
comparison to that of another
C. differ from another’s ✅
D. be same as that of another’s
Answer C. differ from another’s.
Question 16. “If I’m not so large as you,/
You are not so small as I____” - In the above lines, a comparison is made
between the-
A. Mountain and the squirrel ✅
B. Bun and the squirrel
C.‘Little Prig’ and Bun
D.Year and sphere
Answer A. mountain and the
squirrel
Question 17. The squirrel is ____ in nature.
A.
self-less
B.
self-centered
C. self-respectful ✅
D. self-reliant
Answer C. self-respectful
Question 18.The squirrel is _________ the
mountain.
A. as spray as
B. not as strong as ✅
C. not as meek as
D. not half so spray
Answer b. not as strong as.
Question 19. The mountain is –
A. agile
B. static ✅
C. Free from pride
D. Spray
Answer B. static.
Question 20. _______ must be taken in
together to make up a sphere.
A. All sorts of sphere
B. All sorts of year
C. All sorts of elements ✅
D. All sorts of things
Answer C. All sorts of elements.
Question 21. To make up a year ___ must be taken in together.
A. all sorts of matters
B. all sorts of people
C. all sorts of sphere
D. all sorts of weather ✅
Answer D. all sorts of weather
Question 22. The squirrel does not feel
A. despaired
B. disgraced ✅
C. disturbed
D. disappointed
Answer is B. disgraced.
Question 23.The poem ‘Fable’ presents
A. an irrational argument
B. a logical argument ✅
C. a physiological argument
D. a social argument
Answer is B. a logical
argument.
Question 24. The mountain and the squirrel
had
A.
a fight
B.
a discussion
C. a friendly discussion
D. a quarrel ✅
Answer is D. a quarrel.
Question 25. To the squirrel, ‘largeness’
and ‘smallness’ are two –
A.
equal and opposite concepts ✅
B.
important
C. good
D. bad
Answer is A. equal and opposite
concepts
Question 26. The squirrel is
A.
very big
B.
Immobile
C. Beautiful
D. energetic and full of life ✅
Answer is D. energetic and full
of life.
Question 27. The squirrel is ____ the
mountain.
A.
as small as
B.
as large as
C. not as large as ✅
D. as big as
Answer is C. not as large as.
Question 28. The mountain and the squirrel
were –
A.
accusing
B.
fighting
C. grappling with each other
D. quarreling ✅
Answer is D. quarreling.
Question 29. There was ____between the
mountain and the squirrel.
A.
linking
B.
warmth
C. indifference ✅
D. tension
Answer is C. indifference.
Question 30. The name ‘Little Prig’ is a
A. affectionate one
B. humiliating one ✅
C. attractive one
D. interesting one
Answer is B. humiliating one.
Question 31. The _____ is very big.
A. Bun
B. Squirrel
C. Little Prig
D. Mountain ✅
Answer is D. Mountain.
Question 32. The word ‘latter’ refers to the
A.
Weather
B.
Sphere
C. Mountain
D. Squirrel ✅
Answer is D. Squirrel.
Question 33. When ‘the latter’ was called
‘Little Prig’, ‘the latter’
A.
remained silent
B.
was happy
C. was elated
D. replied in an appropriate manner ✅
Answer is D. replied in an
appropriate manner.
Question 34. “_I think it no disgrace .” –
Here the word ‘I’ refers to –
A.
the hare
B.
the rabbit
C. the squirrel ✅
D. the mountain
Answer is C. the squirrel.
Question 35. “And the former called the
latter ‘Little Prig’ ” – Here ‘former’ refers to –
A. the hare
B. the rabbit
C. the squirrel
D. the mountain ✅
Answer is the mountain.