7th Samacheer English – The Listeners – Quiz
1. Who wrote the poem “The Listeners”?
A) Robert Frost
B) Walter de la Mare
C) John Masefield
D) William Wordsworth
Ans: B) Walter de la Mare
2. Who came to the lonely house in the poem?
A) A farmer
B) A Traveller
C) A soldier
D) A hunter
Ans: B) A Traveller
3. What did the Traveller ask at the door?
A) “Who lives here?”
B) “Is there anybody there?”
C) “May I come in?”
D) “Where is the road?”
Ans: B) “Is there anybody there?”
4. The Traveller knocked on a ______ door.
A) painted
B) broken
C) moonlit
D) golden
Ans: C) moonlit
5. What was the Traveller's horse doing?
A) Sleeping
B) Running around the house
C) Biting and chewing the grass noisily
D) Drinking water
Ans: C) Biting and chewing the grass noisily
6. What does the word “champed” mean?
A) Slept quietly
B) Bit and chewed noisily
C) Ran quickly
D) Neighed loudly
Ans: B) Bit and chewed noisily
7. The horse was champing the grasses of the forest's:
A) muddy path
B) ferny floor
C) rocky hill
D) green valley
Ans: B) ferny floor
8. What flew out of the turret?
A) A bat
B) A bird
C) An owl
D) A butterfly
Ans: B) A bird
9. What is a “turret”?
A) A deep well
B) A small tower projecting from a building
C) A forest path
D) A large gate
Ans: B) A small tower projecting from a building
10. How many times did the Traveller knock on the door in the given poem?
A) Once
B) Twice
C) Three times
D) Four times
Ans: B) Twice
11. What does “smote upon the door” mean?
A) Painted the door
B) Knocked loudly on the door
C) Opened the door gently
D) Locked the door
Ans: B) Knocked loudly on the door
12. What happened when the Traveller called?
A) Someone opened the door
B) Nobody answered him
C) A child appeared
D) The horse ran away
Ans: B) Nobody answered him
13. No head appeared from the:
A) broken roof
B) leaf-fringed sill
C) wooden gate
D) dark forest
Ans: B) leaf-fringed sill
14. What colour were the Traveller's eyes?
A) Blue
B) Green
C) Grey
D) Brown
Ans: C) Grey
15. How did the Traveller feel when nobody answered?
A) Delighted
B) Perplexed
C) Angry
D) Sleepy
Ans: B) Perplexed
16. What does “perplexed” mean?
A) Confused
B) Excited
C) Proud
D) Relaxed
Ans: A) Confused
17. Who were actually listening to the Traveller?
A) A family inside the house
B) A group of hunters
C) A host of phantom listeners
D) Some villagers
Ans: C) A host of phantom listeners
18. The word “phantom” means:
A) A traveller
B) A ghost or spirit
C) A wild animal
D) A stranger
Ans: B) A ghost or spirit
19. Where did the phantom listeners dwell?
A) In a village
B) In the lone house
C) In the forest trees
D) In a nearby cave
Ans: B) In the lone house
20. The phantom listeners stood listening in the quiet of the:
A) morning
B) moonlight
C) rain
D) sunset
Ans: B) moonlight
21. The Traveller's voice is described as a voice from:
A) the world of dreams
B) the world of men
C) the world of spirits
D) the world of birds
Ans: B) the world of men
22. Where were the phantom listeners thronging?
A) Around the horse
B) In the faint moonbeams on the dark stair
C) Outside the house
D) On the forest floor
Ans: B) In the faint moonbeams on the dark stair
23. What does “thronging” mean?
A) Crowding
B) Whispering
C) Running away
D) Sleeping
Ans: A) Crowding
24. The dark stair went down to the:
A) garden
B) empty hall
C) cellar
D) forest path
Ans: B) empty hall
25. What does “hearkening” mean?
A) Looking carefully
B) Listening attentively
C) Speaking loudly
D) Walking slowly
Ans: B) Listening attentively
26. Pick out the alliterated words from “Of the forest's ferny floor”.
A) forest's – ferny – floor
B) the – forest's
C) ferny – the
D) of – floor
Ans: A) forest's – ferny – floor
27. Which of the following is a correct pair of rhyming words from the poem?
A) head – said
B) floor – stair
C) eyes – men
D) moonlight – hall
Ans: A) head – said
28. Which pair also rhymes in the poem?
A) sill – still
B) door – men
C) stair – call
D) house – eyes
Ans: A) sill – still
29. Which words in the poem help create a mysterious atmosphere?
A) Phantom listeners, lone house and dark stair
B) Bright sun, flowers and laughter
C) Market, shops and streets
D) School, books and children
Ans: A) Phantom listeners, lone house and dark stair
30. What kind of feeling does “The Listeners” mainly create?
A) Comic and cheerful
B) Mystical, lonely and eerie
C) Romantic and joyful
D) Angry and violent
Ans: B) Mystical, lonely and eerie
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