7th Samacheer English – Sea Fever – Quiz
1. Who wrote the poem “Sea Fever”?
A) Robert Louis Stevenson
B) John Masefield
C) Walter de la Mare
D) William Wordsworth
Ans: B) John Masefield
2. The title “Sea Fever” means:
A) The poet has flu fever
B) The poet's deep wish to be at sea
C) The poet's fear of the sea
D) The poet suffers from sea sickness
Ans: B) The poet's deep wish to be at sea
3. Where does the poet want to go again?
A) To the mountains
B) To the lonely sea and the sky
C) To a crowded city
D) To the forest
Ans: B) To the lonely sea and the sky
4. What kind of ship does the poet ask for?
A) A fishing boat
B) A tall ship
C) A small canoe
D) A steam boat
Ans: B) A tall ship
5. What does the poet want to steer the ship by?
A) The moon
B) A lighthouse
C) A star
D) The sun
Ans: C) A star
6. Which three pleasures of sailing are mentioned in the first stanza?
A) The wheel's kick, the wind's song and the white sail's shaking
B) The rain, thunder and lightning
C) The fish, waves and sand
D) The sun, moon and stars
Ans: A) The wheel's kick, the wind's song and the white sail's shaking
7. What colour is the mist on the sea's face?
A) White
B) Blue
C) Grey
D) Black
Ans: C) Grey
8. What kind of dawn does the poet wish to see?
A) Golden dawn
B) Grey dawn
C) Red dawn
D) Dark dawn
Ans: B) Grey dawn
9. What calls the poet back to the sea?
A) The running tide
B) The lighthouse
C) The fishermen
D) The harbour bell
Ans: A) The running tide
10. How is the call of the running tide described?
A) Soft and weak
B) Wild and clear
C) Sad and slow
D) Loud and frightening
Ans: B) Wild and clear
11. The call of the running tide:
A) May easily be ignored
B) May not be denied
C) Makes the poet afraid
D) Is heard only at night
Ans: B) May not be denied
12. What kind of day does the poet ask for?
A) A rainy day
B) A windy day
C) A hot day
D) A calm day
Ans: B) A windy day
13. What does the poet want to see flying?
A) Grey birds
B) White clouds
C) Ships
D) Whales
Ans: B) White clouds
14. Which birds does the poet wish to hear crying?
A) Sparrows
B) Sea-gulls
C) Eagles
D) Parrots
Ans: B) Sea-gulls
15. What does “spume” mean?
A) Sea foam
B) A sea bird
C) A sail
D) A cloud
Ans: A) Sea foam
16. What type of life does the poet want to lead at sea?
A) A quiet city life
B) A vagrant gypsy life
C) A wealthy life
D) A farmer's life
Ans: B) A vagrant gypsy life
17. The poet wants to lead a life at sea like:
A) Gulls and whales
B) Penguins and sharks
C) Pelicans and dolphins
D) Crabs and turtles
Ans: A) Gulls and whales
18. The wind is compared to:
A) A soft feather
B) A whetted knife
C) A flying bird
D) A tall ship
Ans: B) A whetted knife
19. What does “whetted” mean?
A) Blunt
B) Sharpened
C) Broken
D) Heavy
Ans: B) Sharpened
20. What does the poet want from a laughing fellow-rover?
A) A compass
B) A merry yarn
C) A map
D) A song
Ans: B) A merry yarn
21. What does “yarn” mean in the poem?
A) A rope
B) An entertaining story
C) A fishing net
D) A piece of cloth
Ans: B) An entertaining story
22. What does the poet want when the long trick is over?
A) Another voyage immediately
B) Quiet sleep and a sweet dream
C) A large meal
D) To return to the city
Ans: B) Quiet sleep and a sweet dream
23. In the poem, “fellow-rover” refers to:
A) A fellow sailor or wanderer
B) A sea bird
C) A fisherman on shore
D) The captain's enemy
Ans: A) A fellow sailor or wanderer
24. Which line is repeated in every stanza?
A) “And all I ask is a tall ship”
B) “I must go down to the seas again”
C) “And a grey dawn breaking”
D) “And the sea-gulls crying”
Ans: B) “I must go down to the seas again”
25. Which is a correct rhyming pair from the poem?
A) sky – by
B) sky – tide
C) sea – knife
D) wind – rover
Ans: A) sky – by
26. Which pair also rhymes in the poem?
A) life – knife
B) life – sea
C) tide – sky
D) cloud – rover
Ans: A) life – knife
27. Which is another rhyming pair from the poem?
A) dream – sea
B) rover – over
C) gull – cloud
D) star – sail
Ans: B) rover – over
28. What figure of speech is used in “where the wind's like a whetted knife”?
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Hyperbole
D) Oxymoron
Ans: B) Simile
29. What is the rhyme scheme of each stanza of “Sea Fever”?
A) ABAB
B) AABB
C) ABCB
D) ABBA
Ans: B) AABB
30. “I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life.” Here “gypsy life” means:
Previous Year – TNPSC Group II Prelims, 14 September 2024
A) A Sea Captain's Life
B) A Wandering Man's Life
C) A Historian's Life
D) An Explorer's Life
Ans: B) A Wandering Man's Life
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