6th English The Crocodile Quiz | Samacheer Kalvi

6th Samacheer English – The Crocodile – Quiz

1. Who is the poet of “The Crocodile”?

A) Robert Frost

B) Lewis Carroll

C) William Wordsworth

D) John Masefield

Ans: B) Lewis Carroll

2. Lewis Carroll was a/an:

A) American writer

B) Indian writer

C) English writer

D) French writer

Ans: C) English writer

3. “The Crocodile” appears in Lewis Carroll's famous book:

A) Treasure Island

B) Alice in Wonderland

C) The Jungle Book

D) Gulliver's Travels

Ans: B) Alice in Wonderland

4. In the line “How doth the little crocodile”, the word “doth” means:

A) did

B) does

C) doing

D) done

Ans: B) does

5. What does the crocodile try to improve?

A) Its teeth

B) Its claws

C) Its shining tail

D) Its eyes

Ans: C) Its shining tail

6. The crocodile pours the water of the _________ on every golden scale.

A) Ganges

B) Nile

C) Amazon

D) Thames

Ans: B) Nile

7. The River Nile is associated with which country in the lesson?

A) India

B) England

C) Egypt

D) Australia

Ans: C) Egypt

8. How are the crocodile's scales described in the poem?

A) Silver

B) Golden

C) Black

D) White

Ans: B) Golden

9. How does the crocodile seem to grin?

A) Angrily

B) Sadly

C) Cheerfully

D) Fearfully

Ans: C) Cheerfully

10. The word “cheerful” means:

A) Happy

B) Angry

C) Tired

D) Frightened

Ans: A) Happy

11. How does the crocodile spread its claws?

A) Slowly

B) Neatly

C) Carelessly

D) Violently

Ans: B) Neatly

12. Whom does the crocodile welcome?

A) Little birds

B) Little fishes

C) Little frogs

D) Little turtles

Ans: B) Little fishes

13. Why does the crocodile welcome the little fishes?

A) To play with them

B) To protect them

C) To eat them

D) To guide them

Ans: C) To eat them

14. The crocodile welcomes the little fishes with:

A) gently smiling jaws

B) tightly closed jaws

C) frightened eyes

D) folded claws

Ans: A) gently smiling jaws

15. The word “gently” means:

A) Loudly

B) Softly or mildly

C) Quickly

D) Roughly

Ans: B) Softly or mildly

16. Which pair of words rhymes in the poem?

A) crocodile – Nile

B) crocodile – claws

C) tail – fishes

D) grin – jaws

Ans: A) crocodile – Nile

17. Which pair of words from the poem rhymes?

A) tail – scale

B) tail – grin

C) scale – claws

D) water – jaws

Ans: A) tail – scale

18. Which pair of words from the second stanza rhymes?

A) cheerful – neatly

B) grin – in

C) claws – fishes

D) gently – jaws

Ans: B) grin – in

19. “How cheerful he seems to grin” mainly uses which poetic device?

A) Simile

B) Personification

C) Onomatopoeia

D) Pun

Ans: B) Personification

20. Which quality of the crocodile is mainly revealed through its cheerful smile and false welcome?

A) Honesty

B) Innocence

C) Cunning nature

D) Fear

Ans: C) Cunning nature