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Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

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"Travellers in their last distress" is from:

a

Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

b

An Epitaph

c

Ode to Autumn

d

The Soldier

✓ Correct answer: a)

Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

Explanation

In the poem 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast' written by W.H. Auden, the line "Travellers in their last distress" appears in the final stanza.

The 'Travellers' are human beings. In this poem, life is compared to a journey, and every person is a traveller moving toward the end of their life. The "last distress" refers to death.

Q2

Who wrote "Leaves of Grass"?

a

Shakespeare

b

T. S. Eliot

c

Milton

d

Walt Whitman

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Q3

For Auden, poetry was a ........

a

light game

b

serious game

c

interesting game

d

troublesome game

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Q4

'And the angel will not come' is from

a

An Epitaph

b

The Soldier

c

Ode to Autumn

d

Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

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Q5

In ........ new leaves and fruits come out on trees.

a

winter

b

spring

c

autumn

d

summer

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Q6

For Auden, poetry was a .........

a

light game

b

serious game

c

interesting game

d

troublesome game

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Q7

'And the nightingale is dumb' is from

a

To Autumn

b

Fire-Hymn

c

Now the Leaves are Falling Fast,

d

Snake

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Q8

According to Auden, human life is no better than........

a

dream

b

death

c

journey

d

sleep

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