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A Roadside Stand MCQ Questions and Answers
BY – ROBERT FROST
1.______ has presented the lives of poor people through the poem ‘A roadside stand’.
(A)Ruskin Bond
(B)Robert Frost
(C)Ogden Nash
(D)Kamala Devi
2. What sad condition of the rural people is depicted in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)They are barely noticed by their more fortunate counterparts
(B)They wait in vain for the passing cars to stop, for selling their products
(C)They have a had to mouth living
(D)All of the above
3. What stood on the edge of the road, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Small shop
(B)Small old house
(C)Poor people
(D)None of the above
4. What did the small old house have, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)huge doors & windows
(B)a tiny newly constructed shelter
(C)cemented walls
(D)All of the above
5. Why was it a busy road, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)because of the heavy traffic that sped across
(B)because of a lot of vehicles moving around
(C)because of a special market on the sides
(D)None of the above
6. What did the road stand do to sustain itself, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Offer good discounts
(B)Offer a wide range of products
(C)Offer good price structure
(D)beg pathetically for financial assistance
7. What did the poor people wait in vain for, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)For their products to sell
(B)For cash flow
(C)For a good opportunity
(D)None of the above
8. What did cash flow do for the poor people, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Better living conditions
(B)Good earnings
(C)Good housing opportunities
(D)sustained life in cities
9. What did the sophisticated vehicles do, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)It moved ahead ignoring the stand
(B)It crashed into the stand
(C)It stopped by the stand
(D)None of the above
10. What begged for attention, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)The poor people
(B)The roadside
(C)The pathway
(D)The stand
11.How many people stopped by the farm product vendors in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)5
(B)3
(C)4
(D)0
12. What did the 1st stopper by do in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Bought a lot of goods
(B)Turned around his back and left
(C)Kept bargaining
(D)None of the above
13. What did the 2nd stopper do in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Asked direction
(B)Bought goods
(C)Left immediately
(D)All of the above
14. What did the 3rd stopper by do in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Asked for direction
(B)Asked for discount
(C)Asked for an address
(D)Asked for gas
15. ‘It would not be fair to say for a dole of bread’- this line has been taken from _____.
(A)A roadside stand
(B)A thing of beauty
(C)Keeping quiet
(D)Deep waters
16. Where was the stand located in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Outside a mall
(B)Outside a small old house
(C)By the side of the road
(D)Both (B) & (C )
17. ‘A roadside stand that too pathetically pled’- what is the figure of speech in this line from the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Alliteration
(B)Personification
(C)Simile
(D)Metaphor
18. How were the city dwellers by nature in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Humble & cooperative
(B)Sweet & understanding
(C)Helpful & big hearted
(D)Mean & insensitive
19. Name the figure of speech in this line from the poem ‘A roadside stand’- ‘greedy good-doers, beneficent beasts of prey’.
(A)Repetition
(B)Oxymoron
(C)Simile
(D)Metaphor
20. Do you think the villagers slept peacefully in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Yes
(B)May be
(C)May be not
(D)No
21.What did the stand sell, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)wild berries in wooden containers
(B)golden squash with a silver lump in twisted necked bottles
(C)fruit juices in colourful bottles
(D)Both (A) & (B)
22. What had the poor people marred, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)the beauty of the landscape with the inelegant paint
(B)the scenic view of tall buildings
(C)the beautiful sidewalks
(D)None of the above
23. What was twisted wrong, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)The house doors
(B)The direction signs
(C)The window panes
(D)All of the above
24. What did the city dwellers have, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Fame
(B)Success
(C)Residences
(D)Money
25. Why were the city dwellers selfish, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)They only thought about themselves
(B)They did not want to part with their money
(C)They only allowed their business to flourish
(D)All of the above
26. What was the complaint of the city dwellers, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Poor people had taken over the market
(B)the stand had marred the aesthetic beauty of the scene
(C)roadside stands sold expensive goods
(D)All of the above
27. What did the roadside stand beg for, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)some little sustenance
(B)some attention from passersby
(C)a good deal of business
(D)a little revamping
28. What did the poor not aspire to do, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)to expand their business
(B)to sustain their livelihood
(C)to become famous
(D)Both (A) & (B)
29. What did the poor believe in, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)in the help that had been promised to them by the political parties
(B)in the help that had been promised to them by the local people
(C)in the help that had been promised to them by the businessmen
(D)None of the above
30. Where had the poor seen help coming in from, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)in the manifestoes
(B)in the movies that they saw
(C)through political speeches
(D)Both (A) & (B)
31.What is the meaning of ‘to where it was bound’, from the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Kept in captivity
(B)Destined to go
(C)Tied to something
(D)None of the above
32. Who asked for a gallon of gas in the poem ‘ A roadside stand’?
(A)1st car
(B)2nd car
(C)3rd car
(D)4th car
33. What is Robert Frost’s appeal in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)A solution to the roadside owners’ problems
(B)A good amount of donation for the villagers
(C)Some courtesy & help for the poor
(D)None of the above
34. Who is the poet of the heart touching poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Ruskin Bond
(B)Robert Frost
(C)Ogden Nash
(D)None of the above
35. How will the poet be at peace, in context to the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)When the poor will come out of their misery
(B)When the rich will become big hearted
(C)When the villagers will live a better life
(D)All of the above
36. Do you agree with the underlying message of the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Yes
(B)No
(C)May be
(D)May be not
37. Did the 3rd car owner become angry in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)No
(B)Yes
(C)May be
(D)May be not
38. Do you think the stand was really by the roadside, in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)May be
(B)May be not
(C)No
(D)Yes
39. Do you agree that the city people are greedy by nature, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Yes
(B)No
(C)May be
(D)May be not
40. Would you support a cause where poor villagers can get a better living, in context to the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Yes surely
(B)Not sure
(C)May be
(D)Not really
41.Where was the poor community provided space, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)At the mall & supermarket
(B)At the theatre & store
(C)At the showrooms
(D)All of the above
42. What was a mere illusion in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Space at the theatre & store
(B)Space outside malls & supermarket
(C)Space at the showrooms
(D)None of the above
43. What was the actuality of the space provided to the poor, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)it was a distraction that removed them from their reality for a brief period
(B)it was merely an illusion
(C)it was a false complacency
(D)all of the above
44. In the poem ‘A roadside stand’, the people who pretend to be the benefactors _____.
(A)are greedy exploiters
(B)are the selfish traders
(C)are the cunning businessmen
(D)are the real heroes
45. What do the greedy exploiters do in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)intrude in the lives of poor
(B)forcing benefits from them
(C)lulling them into a false complacency
(D)All of the above
46. What is unbearable for the poet of the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)the sight of poor people
(B)to see the childish longing of the people as they wait for customers in vain
(C)the sight of poor people struggling
(D)none of the above
47. In the poem ‘A roadside stand’, there is a ________ as the poor people wait near the open window.
(A)great deal of confusion
(B)great deal of mayhem
(C)great deal of anxiety
(D)great deal of sadness
48. Why were poor people waiting near the open window, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)For buying tickets
(B)Praying for rich people to stop by
(C)For a breath of fresh air
(D)None of the above
49. What did the people near the open window hope for, as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)A good crop and a good income
(B)A good sale of their products
(C)one car will stop to inquire about the prices of farm products
(D)None of the above
50. What were the people selling as in the poem ‘A roadside stand’?
(A)Farm products
(B)Dairy products
(C)Daily utility products
(D)All of the above
ANSWERS:-
| 1. (B) Robert Frost |
| 2. (D) All of the above |
| 3. (B) small old house |
| 4. (B) a tiny newly constructed shelter |
| 5. (A) because of the heavy traffic that sped across |
| 6. (D) beg pathetically for financial assistance |
| 7. (B) For cash flow |
| 8. (D) sustained life in cities |
| 9. (A) It moved ahead ignoring the stand |
| 10. (D) The stand |
| 11. (B) 3 |
| 12. (B) Turned around his back and left |
| 13. (A) Asked direction |
| 14. (D) Asked for gas |
| 15. (A) A roadside stand |
| 16. (D) Both (B) & (C) |
| 17. (B) Personification |
| 18. (D) Mean & insensitive |
| 19. (B) Oxymoron |
| 20. (D) No |
| 21.(D) Both (A) & (B) |
| 22. (A) the beauty of the landscape with the inelegant paint |
| 23. (B) The direction signs |
| 24. (D) Money |
| 25. (B) They did not want to part with their money |
| 26. (B) the stand had marred the aesthetic beauty of the scene |
| 27. (A) some little sustenance |
| 28. (D) Both (A) & (B) |
| 29. (A) in the help that had been promised to them by the political parties |
| 30. (D) Both (A) & (B) |
| 31. (B) Destined to go |
| 32. (C) 3rd car |
| 33. (A) A solution to the roadside owners’ problems |
| 34. (B) Robert Frost |
| 35. (D) All of the above |
| 36. (A) Yes |
| 37. (B) Yes |
| 38. (D) Yes |
| 39. (A) Yes |
| 40. (A) Yes surely |
| 41. (B) At the theatre & store |
| 42. (A) Space at the theatre & store |
| 43. (D) all of the above |
| 44. (A) are greedy exploiters |
| 45. (D) All of the above |
| 46. (B) to see the childish longing of the people as they wait for customers in vain |
| 47. (D) a great deal of sadness |
| 48. (B) Praying for rich people to stop by |
| 49. (C) one car will stop to inquire about the prices of farm products |
| 50. (A) Farm products |
