For Anne Gregory Class 10 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Knowledge

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Get ready to revise and test your understanding of For Anne Gregory! This interactive MCQ quiz is designed to help CBSE Class 10 English students master key concepts, literary devices, and themes from the poem.

About the Quiz

Poem Name: For Anne Gregory
Poet: William Butler Yeats
Book: First Flight (CBSE Class 10 English)
Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
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✔ Covers meaning, poetic devices, and key lines
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For Anne Gregory

1 / 15

“I heard an old religious man
But yesternight declare
That he had found a text to prove
That only God, my dear,
Could love you for yourself alone
And not your yellow hair.”

Choose the option that lists the person who correctly wrote a quote best representing the central idea of the given stanza.

Choose the correct option out of the ones given below.

Harpreet	Manav	Joel	Nawaz
You can never meet your potential until you truly learn to love yourself.	Never apologize for being yourself.	God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be.	Your time is limited so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Nawaz

Manav

Harpreet

Joel

2 / 15

But I can get a hair-dye
And set such colour there,
Brown, or black, or carrot,
That young men in despair
May love me for myself alone
And not my yellow hair.

The form of the given stanza is a part of

an argument

an engagement.

an agreement.

a disapproval.

3 / 15

But I can get a hair-dye
And set such colour there,
Brown, or black, or carrot,
That young men in despair
May love me for myself alone
And not my yellow hair.”

What is the poet’s tone in the extract?

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thoughtful

authoritative

agitated

insulting

argumentative

Select the appropriate option.

1, 4

3, 5

1, 5

2, 4

4 / 15

The structure of the poem as a dialogue serves to:

Add humor to a serious topic

Demonstrate the complexity of human relationships

Emphasize the speaker's authority on the subject

Create dramatic tension between opposing viewpoints

5 / 15

The speaker's tone towards Anne Gregory's situation can best be described as:

Sympathetic and understanding

Mocking and sarcastic

Indifferent and detached

Critical and judgmental

6 / 15

What does the image of "honey-coloured Ramparts at your ear" symbolize in the poem?

The fragility and impermanence of youth

The beauty of Anne Gregory's hair

The allure and temptation of physical beauty

The protection and security offered by love

7 / 15

Which literary device does the poet employ most effectively to convey the theme of transient beauty?

Personification of yellow hair

Juxtaposition of external and internal beauty

Extended metaphor comparing love to nature

Symbolism of changing seasons

8 / 15

What does the speaker mean by "Only God, my dear, could love you for yourself alone"?

Human love is irrelevant to personal happiness

Human love is often superficial and based on appearance

God's love is the only true love

God's love is based on physical beauty

9 / 15

“I heard an old religious man
But yesternight declare
That he had found a text to prove
That only God, my dear,
Could love you for yourself alone
And not your yellow hair.”

‘yesternight’ is a word made of a combination of two words to form a new word. Hence, it is a compound word.

Choose the words that DO NOT fit the description.

For Anne Gregory Class 10 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Knowledge

1, 4

3, 5

3, 4

2, 6

10 / 15

What inference can be made about Anne Gregory's character based on the poem?

She is kind and compassionate towards others

She is confident and self-assured

She is insecure and uncertain about her beauty

She is vain and self-absorbed

11 / 15

But I can get a hair-dye
And set such colour there,
Brown, or black, or carrot,
That young men in despair
May love me for myself alone
And not my yellow hair.”

Select the sentence in which the word ‘set’ is used in the similar manner as line 2 of the extract.

Do you have another set of the books that I can read?

The dessert needs to set for two hours before being served.

The set for the school play looked quite grand.

I want to set him up and get my work done this time.

12 / 15

The poem's underlying commentary on society reflects:

The changing standards of beauty over time

The conflict between tradition and modernity

The superficiality of modern relationships

The objectification of women based on appearance

13 / 15

What is the central theme of For Anne Gregory?

The superficiality of love based on appearance

The importance of physical beauty

The value of inner qualities over outer beauty

The role of luck in love

14 / 15

But I can get a hair-dye
And set such colour there,
Brown, or black, or carrot,
That young men in despair
May love me for myself alone
And not my yellow hair.

Read the statements 1 and 2 given below and choose the option that correctly assesses these statements.

The speaker wants to change her hair colour so that it may appeal to young men.

The speaker’s appearance due to her gorgeous yellow hair is largely the reason young men hope to get her attention.

1 is false, 2 is true and clearly inferred from the poem.

1 is true and can be inferred from the poem, 2 is false.

1 cannot be clearly inferred from the poem, 2 is false.

1 is true, 2 cannot be clearly inferred from the poem.

15 / 15

How does the poem portray the impact of physical appearance on relationships?

Physical appearance can be misleading and superficial

Physical appearance is necessary for love

Physical appearance is irrelevant to relationships

Physical appearance is the most important factor

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7	Nnn	67 %	8 minutes 31 seconds	10
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11	M Rabi	53 %	12 minutes 40 seconds	8
12	Oji	47 %	3 minutes 37 seconds	7
13	369boy	47 %	5 minutes 28 seconds	7
14	Prachi	47 %	7 minutes 45 seconds	7
15	Heyyyy	33 %	4 minutes 39 seconds	5
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18	SIDDHI	27 %	5 minutes 5 seconds	4
19	rk	20 %	1 minutes 33 seconds	3

Key Topics Covered in the Quiz

✔ Summary & explanation of the poem
✔ Message and central idea
✔ Literary devices (rhyme scheme, alliteration, metaphor, etc.)
✔ Themes of beauty and love

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