This page offers Extract Based Questions from the chapter Fire and Ice for Class 10 from the book First Flight.  We’ve put together a bunch extracts which ask assumption based, creativity based and critical thinking-based questions. These types of questions are introduced after 2024 in CBSE Board. The types of questions are quick MCQs, true/false and Subjective questions. So, practice to understand Fire and Ice Extracts to score great. 

Fire and Ice Extract Based MCQ questions

By- Robert Frost

Fire and Ice Extract Based MCQ questions Stanza 1

Some say the world will end in fire
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.

Question: 1- Why does the speaker think the world might end in fire because of desire? Ref. Fire and Ice

Answer: The speaker feels strong desires, like wanting too much, could end the world. He believes this because desires can make people do harmful things. So, he thinks that the world could end in fire, which represents these strong desires.

Question: 2- State True or False.

None of the terms (a)-(d) can be applied to the speaker’s view in the above lines: 

(a) Certainty – complete conviction that something is true.
(b) Doubt – a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction.
(c) Indifference – lack of interest, concern, or sympathy.
(d) Enthusiasm – intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.

Answer: False.

The statement is false because the speaker does express a preference (favouring fire), which shows a degree of certainty and interest in the subject, thus contradicting options (a) Certainty and (d) Enthusiasm being inapplicable.

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Question: 3- The speaker’s  thinking that the world will end in fire shows that he is really interested in the strength of ______.

Answer: desire.

Question: Why does the speaker favour fire over ice for the world’s end?

Answer: Fire symbolises strong desires experienced by the speaker.

Extract from Fire and Ice Stanza 2

But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Question: 1- Why does the speaker believe that ice could also be a powerful force for destruction? Answer in about 40 words.

Answer: The speaker thinks ice can destroy because it represents coldness and absence of good feelings , just like hate. He believes that not only fire (or passion) can end things, but ice (or hate) can too, in its own quiet way.

Question: 2- State True or False.

None of the terms (a)-(d) can be applied to above lines- 

(a) A prediction – a statement about what will happen in the future
(b) A preference – a greater liking for one alternative over another
(c) A metaphor – a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
(d) An irony – the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

Answer: False

The statement uses ice as a metaphor for destruction, comparing it to the destructive power of hate, which makes option (c) applicable. It’s not merely a prediction, preference, or use of irony, but a figurative comparison.

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Question: 3- What deep feeling might ‘ice’ stand for when talking about how things could fall apart?

Answer: hate.

Question: 4- Question: What does “destruction ice” in the poem tell us about how hate works?

Answer: It shows that hate can slowly cause a lot of harm, just like ice.