6th Samacheer English – A Tragic Story – Quiz
1. Who wrote the poem “A Tragic Story”?
A) Robert Louis Stevenson
B) Edgar Albert Guest
C) William Makepeace Thackeray
D) William Wordsworth
Ans: C) William Makepeace Thackeray
2. William Makepeace Thackeray was one of the great novelists of the:
A) Victorian Age
B) Romantic Age
C) Modern Age
D) Elizabethan Age
Ans: A) Victorian Age
3. Which famous novel was written by William Makepeace Thackeray?
A) Treasure Island
B) Vanity Fair
C) Oliver Twist
D) The Jungle Book
Ans: B) Vanity Fair
4. What does the word “sage” mean?
A) Foolish man
B) Wise man
C) Young boy
D) Soldier
Ans: B) Wise man
5. What does “days of yore” mean?
A) Future days
B) Present time
C) Long ago
D) Yesterday
Ans: C) Long ago
6. What is a “pigtail”?
A) A plaited lock of hair worn at the back
B) A type of hat
C) A long beard
D) A piece of cloth
Ans: A) A plaited lock of hair worn at the back
7. What made the sage upset?
A) His pigtail was too short
B) His pigtail hung behind him
C) He had lost his pigtail
D) His pigtail was untidy
Ans: B) His pigtail hung behind him
8. Where did the sage want his pigtail to hang?
A) At his side
B) Over his shoulder
C) At his face
D) On his arm
Ans: C) At his face
9. What did the sage swear to do?
A) Cut off the pigtail
B) Change the pigtail's place
C) Grow a longer pigtail
D) Hide the pigtail
Ans: B) Change the pigtail's place
10. What solution did the sage think he had found?
A) To cut his hair
B) To tie the pigtail to his face
C) To turn himself round
D) To ask someone for help
Ans: C) To turn himself round
11. What happened after the sage turned himself round?
A) The pigtail moved to his face
B) The pigtail fell off
C) The pigtail still hung behind him
D) The pigtail became shorter
Ans: C) The pigtail still hung behind him
12. For how long did the puzzled sage spin?
A) For an hour
B) All day
C) For two days
D) All night
Ans: B) All day
13. What does the expression “in vain” mean?
A) Successfully
B) Without success
C) Immediately
D) Carefully
Ans: B) Without success
14. “It mattered not a pin” means:
A) A pin caused the problem
B) It made no difference
C) The sage needed a pin
D) The pigtail was pinned
Ans: B) It made no difference
15. Which movements did the sage try?
A) Right and left, round about, up and down, in and out
B) Forward only
C) Up and down only
D) Left and right only
Ans: A) Right and left, round about, up and down, in and out
16. What does “stout” mean in the poem?
A) Thin
B) Thick in structure
C) Colourful
D) Short
Ans: B) Thick in structure
17. The line “And though his efforts never slack” shows that the sage:
A) Quickly gave up
B) Never stopped trying
C) Fell asleep
D) Asked for help
Ans: B) Never stopped trying
18. What did the sage continue to do in his effort to change the pigtail's position?
A) Twist, twirl and tack
B) Sit, sleep and rest
C) Cut, comb and wash
D) Jump, run and climb
Ans: A) Twist, twirl and tack
19. In the line “Alas! Still faithful to his back”, what is described as faithful?
A) The sage
B) The pigtail
C) His friend
D) His face
Ans: B) The pigtail
20. Did the sage finally succeed in changing the position of his pigtail?
A) Yes, immediately
B) Yes, after many attempts
C) No, the pigtail remained behind him
D) No, because he cut it off
Ans: C) No, the pigtail remained behind him
21. Are the events in “A Tragic Story” actually tragic?
A) Yes, because the sage dies
B) No, they are humorous
C) Yes, because the sage loses his hair
D) No, they are frightening
Ans: B) No, they are humorous
22. Why can “A Tragic Story” be called an ironic poem?
A) A supposedly wise sage behaves without practical sense
B) The sage becomes a king
C) The pigtail speaks to the sage
D) The sage loses his memory
Ans: A) A supposedly wise sage behaves without practical sense
23. What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza?
A) AABB
B) ABAB
C) AAAB
D) ABBA
Ans: C) AAAB
24. Which are the rhyming words in the first stanza?
A) sage – pigtail – behind
B) yore – wore – more
C) sage – wore – him
D) more – behind – pigtail
Ans: B) yore – wore – more
25. Which words rhyme in the final stanza?
A) slack – tack – back
B) twist – twirl – tack
C) slack – pigtail – him
D) back – him – twirl
Ans: A) slack – tack – back
26. Pick out the alliterated words from “And swore he'd change the pigtail's place”.
A) swore – change
B) pigtail's – place
C) change – place
D) he – pigtail
Ans: B) pigtail's – place
27. Which words show alliteration in “And have it hanging at his face”?
A) have – hanging – his
B) it – at
C) hanging – face
D) and – face
Ans: A) have – hanging – his
28. “Then round and round, and out and in” mainly uses:
A) Simile
B) Repetition
C) Metaphor
D) Onomatopoeia
Ans: B) Repetition
29. In “Because it hung behind him”, the word “it” refers to:
A) The sage
B) The mystery
C) The pigtail
D) The face
Ans: C) The pigtail
30. What is the main idea of “A Tragic Story”?
A) Intelligence always solves every problem
B) Impractical thinking can make a simple matter unnecessarily complicated
C) People should change their hairstyles often
D) Hard work always changes natural facts
Ans: B) Impractical thinking can make a simple matter unnecessarily complicated
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