The Laburnum Top MCQ Questions Answers Class 11 Online Test 2 for Practice

16. What is described by the word ‘ sleek ’ in the poem?

1. Lizard
2. Bird
3. Branch
4. Top of the tree

17. The Laburnum top is silent, quite still in the afternoon yellow September sunlight, A few leaves yellowing, all its seeds fallen. Find a word from the extract which is the antonym of ‘ noisy ’

1. Quiet
2. Quite
3. Hush
4. Silent

18. What is the dominant colour used in the poem?

1. Red
2. Blue
3. Yellow
4. Green

19. What happened after she fed her young ones?

1. she flew away
2. she flew to the other side of the branch
3. she stayed there
4. she took some rest in the nest

20. What happened to the bird in the end of the poem?

1. she flew away
2. she stayed at the tree
3. she went to other tree
4. she went to bring some food for her younger ones

21. Then sleek as a lizard, and alert, and abrupt, She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up Of chitterings and a tremor of wings, and trilling The whole tree trembles and thrills. Who is ‘ she ’ in the second line? Where does she enter?

1. She is the baby goldfinch who enters the thickness of the Laburnum tree
2. ‘ She ’ is a squirrel who enters the thickness of the Laburnum tree
3. ‘ She ’ is a lizard who enters the thickness of the Laburnum tree
4. ‘ She ’ is the mother goldfinch who enters the thickness of the Laburnum tree

22. How did the poet describe the top of the Laburnum tree in the poem ‘ The Laburnum Top ’?

1. Still and Silent
2. Moving and Angry like
3. Silent and Motionless
4. None of the above

23. The Laburnum top is silent, quite still in the afternoon yellow September sunlight, A few leaves yellowing, all its seeds fallen. What has happened to the tree?

1. The tree is being worshipped
2. The tree has been cut down
3. The leaves of the tree have turned purple and are falling down
4. The leaves of the tree have turned yellow and its seeds falling down

24. What happened to the leaves of the Laburnum tree?

1. they were green
2. turned yellow
3. fallen down
4. new leaves growing

25. Why did the Goldfinch bird came towards the tree?

1. to feed her younger ones
2. to make a nest
3. to rest
4. None of the above

26. Where did the bird vanish after feeding her young ones?

1. to the other branch
2. to the top of the tree
3. to her nest
4. behind the yellow leaves

27. How did the bird arrive at the other branch of the tree?

1. with a chirping sound
2. silently
3. never arrived at other branch
4. flew away and then arrived at the branch