S.T. Coleridge – Kubla Khan – Exam Based MCQs
1. Kubla Khan is written by: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) William Wordsworth
B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C) John Keats
D) Lord Byron
Ans: B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2. The poem’s subtitle is: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) “A Song of Innocence”
B) “A Meditation in Winter”
C) “A Tale of the Sea”
D) “Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment.”
Ans: D) “Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment.”
3. The poem opens with: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree”
B) “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”
C) “I wandered lonely as a cloud”
D) “O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being”
Ans: A) “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree”
4. The sacred river in the poem is named: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) Thames
B) Nile
C) Alph
D) Ganga
Ans: C) Alph
5. Alph runs through “caverns measureless to man” down to a: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) golden mountain
B) sunless sea
C) crystal lake
D) burning desert
Ans: B) sunless sea
6. The place where Kubla decrees his pleasure-dome is: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) Camelot
B) Illyria
C) Eden
D) Xanadu
Ans: D) Xanadu
7. The poem is famous for its “dream vision” framing and is commonly classed as: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) a Romantic fragment / vision poem
B) a Restoration comedy
C) a Victorian novel
D) a Renaissance sonnet
Ans: A) a Romantic fragment / vision poem
8. Coleridge’s 1816 Preface explains the poem began in an opium-induced: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) courtroom trial
B) sea voyage
C) reverie/dream
D) war campaign
Ans: C) reverie/dream
9. In the Preface story, the writing was interrupted by a: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) messenger from London
B) person from Porlock
C) soldier from France
D) sailor from Spain
Ans: B) person from Porlock
10. The poem was first published in: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) 1798
B) 1807
C) 1817
D) 1816
Ans: D) 1816
11. The poem contains about: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) 54 lines
B) 14 lines
C) 100 lines
D) 200 lines
Ans: A) 54 lines
12. The poem’s landscape includes “gardens bright with”: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) iron rails
B) winter snow
C) sinuous rills
D) burning lava
Ans: C) sinuous rills
13. The “deep romantic chasm” is described as: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) calm and holy always
B) savage and enchanted
C) fully civilized
D) bright and modern
Ans: B) savage and enchanted
14. The chasm is compared to a woman “wailing for her”: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) lost crown
B) dead father
C) stolen child
D) demon-lover
Ans: D) demon-lover
15. “Ancestral voices” in the poem prophesy: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) war
B) harvest
C) marriage
D) coronation
Ans: A) war
16. The “pleasure-dome” is described as a “miracle of rare device” because it is: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) made of iron only
B) floating on the sea
C) sunny while caves of ice are near
D) built in a desert
Ans: C) sunny while caves of ice are near
17. The Abyssinian maid in the poem plays a: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) harp
B) dulcimer
C) drum
D) trumpet
Ans: B) dulcimer
18. The song the speaker remembers is about: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) a Roman war
B) London streets
C) a medieval knight
D) Mount Abora
Ans: D) Mount Abora
19. If the speaker could revive the maid’s song, he says he would: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) build the dome in air by poetry
B) become a king
C) conquer Xanadu
D) abandon imagination
Ans: A) build the dome in air by poetry
20. “Beware! Beware!” is addressed to those who see the inspired poet, noting his: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) humble silence
B) fear of nature
C) flashing eyes and floating hair
D) love of commerce
Ans: C) flashing eyes and floating hair
21. The line “Weave a circle round him thrice” suggests the inspired poet is: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) an ordinary citizen
B) dangerous/holy, set apart
C) a soldier
D) a judge
Ans: B) dangerous/holy, set apart
22. The speaker says the poet has “drunk the milk of”: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) the river Alph
B) wisdom
C) sorrow
D) Paradise
Ans: D) Paradise
23. The poem is often discussed as exploring the nature of: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) poetic creation and inspiration
B) parliamentary law
C) industrial machinery
D) colonial taxation
Ans: A) poetic creation and inspiration
24. The poem’s genre label “fragment” suggests: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) it is a complete epic
B) it is a stage play
C) it is intentionally/accidentally incomplete
D) it is a satire
Ans: C) it is intentionally/accidentally incomplete
25. The poem’s sound patterning and musicality are most associated with Coleridge’s use of: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) legal prose
B) alliteration/assonance and rhythmic variation
C) scientific formulas
D) newspaper headlines
Ans: B) alliteration/assonance and rhythmic variation
26. “Twice five miles of fertile ground” indicates: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) 5 miles total
B) 50 miles total
C) 15 miles total
D) 10 miles total
Ans: D) 10 miles total
27. The poem’s setting blends: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) exotic geography + dreamlike imagination
B) strict realism + court records
C) modern city life only
D) detective mystery only
Ans: A) exotic geography + dreamlike imagination
28. The “stately pleasure-dome” is primarily an image of: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) industrial progress
B) legal authority
C) artistic/imperial power and imagination
D) scientific discovery
Ans: C) artistic/imperial power and imagination
29. The poem shifts from describing Kubla’s dome to reflecting on: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) British elections
B) the poet’s vision and creative power
C) factory workers
D) legal punishments
Ans: B) the poet’s vision and creative power
30. “Abyssinian maid” suggests an origin associated with: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) France
B) Italy
C) Canada
D) Ethiopia / Abyssinia
Ans: D) Ethiopia / Abyssinia
31. The river Alph’s journey ends “Down to a”: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) sunless sea
B) silver hill
C) bright city
D) green valley
Ans: A) sunless sea
32. The poem contains strong contrasts (sunny dome / caves of ice). This is an example of: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) plain realism
B) detective logic
C) paradox/romantic contrast
D) legal argument
Ans: C) paradox/romantic contrast
33. “Measureless to man” mainly suggests: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) exact measurement
B) vastness beyond human scale
C) city planning
D) mathematical proof
Ans: B) vastness beyond human scale
34. The “sacred river” image contributes most to the poem’s theme of: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) taxation
B) courtroom justice
C) farming accounts
D) creative energy flowing through a landscape
Ans: D) creative energy flowing through a landscape
35. “Kubla Khan” is most closely associated with which movement? (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) Romanticism
B) Neoclassicism
C) Restoration
D) Modernism
Ans: A) Romanticism
36. The poem’s atmosphere is primarily: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) documentary and factual
B) purely comic
C) visionary, musical, and dreamlike
D) scientific and objective
Ans: C) visionary, musical, and dreamlike
37. The final section’s description of the inspired poet suggests a kind of: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) courtroom cross-examination
B) shamanic/prophetic aura
C) political campaigning
D) business negotiation
Ans: B) shamanic/prophetic aura
38. The poem’s “fragment” status is strongly linked (by Coleridge) to: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) a lost manuscript in France
B) a fire in London
C) censorship laws
D) interruption that broke the dream/vision
Ans: D) interruption that broke the dream/vision
39. “Honey-dew” and “milk of Paradise” are examples of: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) sensuous, mythical nourishment imagery
B) industrial vocabulary
C) legal terminology
D) mathematical language
Ans: A) sensuous, mythical nourishment imagery
40. The poem’s second major movement begins when the speaker recalls: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) a court trial
B) a war report
C) a damsel with a dulcimer
D) an industrial city
Ans: C) a damsel with a dulcimer
41. The walls and towers “girdle” the fertile ground, suggesting: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) complete openness
B) enclosure/control of nature
C) poverty and decay
D) modern democracy
Ans: B) enclosure/control of nature
42. The “ancestral voices” are described as coming from a distance, creating an effect of: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) comedy
B) realism
C) journalism
D) supernatural prophecy
Ans: D) supernatural prophecy
43. “A mighty fountain” bursting from the chasm can symbolize: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) sudden eruption of creative force
B) a legal verdict
C) a trade agreement
D) farming routine
Ans: A) sudden eruption of creative force
44. The poem’s diction and imagery are best described as: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) plain and journalistic
B) strictly scientific
C) luxuriant, exotic, and symbolic
D) purely moral sermon
Ans: C) luxuriant, exotic, and symbolic
45. The line “It was a miracle of rare device” refers to the: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) soldier’s shield
B) pleasure-dome
C) royal crown
D) ocean ship
Ans: B) pleasure-dome
46. “A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice” is memorable because it unites: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) law and crime
B) money and trade
C) birth and death
D) opposites (warmth and cold) in one image
Ans: D) opposites (warmth and cold) in one image
47. The poem is often read as meta-poetry because it reflects on: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) how poetry/vision is made and lost
B) building factories
C) writing laws
D) conducting experiments
Ans: A) how poetry/vision is made and lost
48. Which is NOT a major feature of Kubla Khan? (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) Dream-like imagery
B) Exotic setting
C) Realistic social satire of London
D) Musical language
Ans: C) Realistic social satire of London
49. The poem is famous partly because Coleridge attached a Preface presenting it as: (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) a legal confession
B) a psychological curiosity / dream-fragment
C) a political manifesto
D) a historical chronicle
Ans: B) a psychological curiosity / dream-fragment
50. Which statement is TRUE about the poem? (UGC NET; SET; PGTRB)
A) It is a 14-line Shakespearean sonnet
B) It is a comedy play in five acts
C) It is a Victorian realist novel
D) It is a Romantic vision poem set in Xanadu with the river Alph
Ans: D) It is a Romantic vision poem set in Xanadu with the river Alph
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