On Time - Practice Questions

 

📚 MCQs on "On Time"

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✏️ Easy Level (1–8)

1. Who wrote the poem "On Time"?
A) William Shakespeare
B) John Milton
C) William Blake
D) John Keats

✅ Answer: B) John Milton

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2. What type of poem is "On Time"?
A) Narrative poem
B) Epic poem
C) Lyric poem
D) Dramatic monologue

✅ Answer: C) Lyric poem

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3. What is the main theme of "On Time"?
A) Celebration of youth
B) Victory over death and time
C) Beauty of nature
D) Love and romance

✅ Answer: B) Victory over death and time

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4. How does the poet feel about Time?
A) He fears it
B) He respects it
C) He welcomes its end
D) He ignores it

✅ Answer: C) He welcomes its end

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5. What meter is used in "On Time"?
A) Iambic pentameter
B) Trochaic tetrameter
C) Dactylic hexameter
D) Anapestic dimeter

✅ Answer: A) Iambic pentameter

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6. In the poem, what does "Time" do to everything?
A) Protects it
B) Destroys it
C) Changes it into gold
D) Makes it younger

✅ Answer: B) Destroys it

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7. What is the ultimate reward after Time ends?
A) Fame
B) Wealth
C) Eternal life and happiness
D) Rebirth

✅ Answer: C) Eternal life and happiness

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8. What kind of tone does Milton use in "On Time"?
A) Sad and gloomy
B) Happy and silly
C) Bold and hopeful
D) Angry and harsh

✅ Answer: C) Bold and hopeful

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✏️ Medium Level (9–15)

9. Which poetic device is used when Milton directly addresses "Time"?
A) Simile
B) Apostrophe
C) Allusion
D) Oxymoron

✅ Answer: B) Apostrophe

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10. In the line "gluttonous death," what device is used?
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Imagery
D) Hyperbole

✅ Answer: C) Imagery

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11. What does the "race" of Time symbolize?
A) A sports competition
B) A journey of happiness
C) The fast and inevitable end of worldly life
D) A treasure hunt

✅ Answer: C) The fast and inevitable end of worldly life

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12. What is being described as “lazy leaden-stepping hours”?
A) Fast-moving minutes
B) Slow, heavy, dragging hours
C) Happy memories
D) Angelic beings

✅ Answer: B) Slow, heavy, dragging hours

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13. In the poem, when Time destroys itself, what will happen?
A) Time will be reborn
B) People will be trapped in sadness
C) Eternal joy and heaven will begin
D) A new Earth will be created

✅ Answer: C) Eternal joy and heaven will begin

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14. What does Milton compare to a "plummet" (a heavy weight)?
A) Love
B) Truth
C) Time’s slow movement
D) Dreams

✅ Answer: C) Time’s slow movement

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15. The "supreme throne" mentioned in the poem refers to:
A) A royal king
B) A judge’s seat
C) God’s throne in Heaven
D) The throne of Time

✅ Answer: C) God’s throne in Heaven

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✏️ Difficult Level (16–20)

16. Which three virtues will "shine" around God’s throne according to the poem?
A) Strength, Beauty, and Wealth
B) Truth, Peace, and Love
C) Knowledge, Wisdom, and Power
D) Courage, Justice, and Temperance

✅ Answer: B) Truth, Peace, and Love

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17. The line "Attir'd with stars, we shall forever sit" uses which poetic device?
A) Hyperbole
B) Simile
C) Metaphor
D) Alliteration

✅ Answer: C) Metaphor

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18. What does the "individual kiss" from Eternity suggest?
A) Eternity will punish everyone separately
B) Each soul will receive personal joy and welcome
C) Time will forgive people individually
D) Death will personally come to each soul

✅ Answer: B) Each soul will receive personal joy and welcome

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19. Which statement is true about the poet’s attitude towards earthly things?
A) He treasures them deeply
B) He thinks they are worthless compared to Heaven
C) He wants to preserve them forever
D) He believes they are more important than Heaven

✅ Answer: B) He thinks they are worthless compared to Heaven

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20. The "wandering bark" (ship) mentioned in many sonnets is replaced in "On Time" with which image?
A) A river
B) A flood of joy
C) A ship of dreams
D) A battle

✅ Answer: B) A flood of joy

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