Rain on The Roof MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. "And a thousand dreamy fancies"- What creates these dreamy fancies?

1. The clouds
2. The rainy night
3. The sound of rain
4. None

2. "As I list to this refrain"- What is being referred to as refrain?

1. The repetitive rhythm of the rain
2. The act of staying away
3. Looking at the rains
4. Holding on the raindrops

3. "As I listen to the patter"- Patter of what?

1. Imagination
2. Fantasies
3. Raine
4. Memories

4. "As she used in years agone"- Who is she?

1. Poet
2. Poet's sister
3. Poet's mother
4. Poet's long-gone friend

5. "Dreamy fancies" denotes

1. Imaginative mind
2. Peace of mind
3. A blissful mind
4. A practical mind

6. "Ere she left them till the dawn"- Who left?

1. The rain
2. Poet's mother
3. Poet's sister
4. None

7. "Every tinkle on the shingles"- What does this mean?

1. Water droplets floating
2. Stormy night
3. Floods during rain
4. Water droplets falling on the rooftop

8. "Gently weeps in rainy tears"- What does this phrase mean?

1. Emotion of sobbing fiercely
2. Emotion of soft tears rolling down
3. Emotion of gratitude
4. The emotion of gently passing by

9. "Has an echo in the heart"- Whose heart?

1. Mother earth
2. The poet
3. Poet's mother
4. None

10. "Into busy being start"- What/Who is referred to as "busy being" here?

1. The poet
2. Nature
3. Poet's mother
4. None

11. "O! I feel her fond look on me"- Whose look?

1. Poet's
2. Poet's mother
3. Darling dreamers
4. None

12. "Which is played upon the shingles"- What is been played upon the shingles?

1. Raindrops
2. Imaginations
3. Fantasies
4. All of the above

13. Approximately how many memories of the past hits the poet's mind while listening to the sound of rain?

1. A Hundred
2. A dozen
3. A Thousand
4. A Million

14. Choose a word from the poem that indicates the time of the day

1. Humid shadow
2. Woof
3. Ere
4. Dawn

15. Choose the antonym of condemnation from the below words taken from the poem

1. Listen
2. Tinkle
3. Patter
4. Bliss

16. Choose the phrase from the poem that describes the weather type before the rain

1. Soft rain
2. Melancholy darkness
3. Humid shadows
4. Tinkle on the shingles

17. How is the rain falling on the rooftop?

1. Harshly
2. Violently
3. Fiercely
4. Softly

18. In this poem, who are darling dreamers?

1. Blooming imaginative minds
2. Children who miss their mothers
3. Children who are poor
4. Children who walk through the obstacles

19. The humid shadows were..........over the night sky

1. Traversing
2. Floating
3. Disappearing
4. None

20. The last stanza indicates that the poet's mother

1. Is no more alive
2. Is still alive
3. Is sitting beside him as he watches the rain
4. Is gone at dawn

21. The last stanza of the poem reflects

1. The calmness of rainy season
2. Poet's immense love for his mother
3. Poet's way of admiring nature
4. None

22. The poet here describes

1. A dark summer night
2. An evening
3. A dark rainy night
4. None

23. The poet is lying on his

1. Sofa
2. Cottage chamber bed
3. Mother's lap
4. Newly purchased bed

24. The word Shingles in this poem denotes

1. Disease
2. Wooden tiles
3. Mood
4. None

25. The word woof in this context suggests

1. Noise
2. Weft
3. Disgust
4. Peace

26. Tinkle denotes

1. A sound
2. An activity
3. A pillow
4. A gauge

27. What differences does the sound of rain create in the poet's mind?

1. Makes him imaginative
2. Brings back memories
3. Makes him melancholic
4. Both a and b

28. What do humid shadows mean?

1. Dark moist clouds
2. Rain
3. Sun
4. None

29. What do you think about the age of the poet?

1. The poet is a toddler
2. The poet is a child
3. The poet is an adult
4. None

30. What does "list" mean in this poem?

1. Used as a word for "listen"
2. An arranged order of items on a paper
3. Push
4. Forget

31. What does "refrain" mean in this poem?

1. Indicates repetitiveness
2. Keeping away
3. Selling off
4. Indicates staying apart

32. What does "starry spheres" mean?

1. Bright sky
2. Cloudy sky
3. Sky lit with star
4. Galaxy

33. What does dawn mean?

1. Time before sunrise
2. Time after sunrise
3. Mid-day
4. None

34. What does hover' mean?

1. Fall
2. Float
3. Crash
4. Grow

35. What does melancholy mean?

1. Rains
2. Sadness
3. Poverty
4. Comfort

36. What does the speaker describe as "bliss" in the poem?

1. The feeling of lying down and pressing the pillow during the rain
2. The feeling of going out and getting drenched in the rain
3. The feeling of having the loved one around in the rain
4. None

37. What does weave mean?

1. Gather
2. Knit
3. Spread apart
4. Disperse

38. What is described as "melancholy" in the poem?

1. Rain
2. Cloud
3. Shadow
4. Darkness

39. What is the central theme of the poem?

1. Rain makes one melancholic
2. Rain brings back several memories and imaginations
3. Rain provides peace
4. None

40. What is the favorite activity of the speaker during the rain?

1. Recalling his childhood with friends
2. Listening to music
3. Getting wet in the rain
4. Lying on the bed and listening to the sound of rain

41. What is the impact of the tinkling of rain on the shingles?

1. Makes the author eccentric
2. Creates echo in his heart
3. Makes him lonely
4. Makes him joyful

42. What is the meaning of "patter"?

1. Thrust on the back
2. Repetitive tapping sound
3. Shrill noise
4. A blunt instrument

43. What is the significant memory described by the poet while he listens to the sound of rain?

1. His childhood memories
2. Memory of his siblings
3. Memory of his past life
4. Memory of his mother

44. What makes an echo in the poet's heart?

1. Inner cry to find his love
2. The sound of loneliness
3. The sound of rain
4. The sound of his mother's call

45. Where do the raindrops patter?

1. On the floor
2. On poet's mind
3. On the shingles of the roof
4. On the ground

46. While listening to the sound of rain, the poet...............his memories of past life.

1. Dodges
2. Erases
3. Recollects
4. Speaks out

47. Who listens to the patter of the rain?

1. The Speaker
2. The darkness
3. Mother Earth
4. None

48. Who weeps gently in the rainy tears?

1. The cloud
2. The speaker
3. The sad darkness
4. None

49. Who wrote the poem Rain On the Roof ?

1. Robert Frost
2. Christina George
3. Coates Kinney
4. Coates Kimley

50. Whose fond look the poet finds on himself?

1. Mother earth
2. Darling dreamers
3. His mother
4. The rain