The Ball Poem Class 10 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Understanding!

Are you preparing for CBSE Class 10 English Poem "The Ball Poem"? This interactive MCQ quiz will help you revise the poem's theme, literary devices, and key messages effectively!

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Poem Name: The Ball Poem
Poet: John Berryman
Subject: Class 10 English (First Flight)
Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Difficulty Level: Concept-Based & Exam-Oriented
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✔ Covers theme, symbolism, and poetic devices
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✔ Perfect for quick revision before CBSE board exams

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The Ball Poem

1 / 15

Money is external.
He is learning, well behind his desperate eyes,
The epistemology of loss, how to stand up
Knowing what every man must one day know
And most know many days, how to stand up

Which option lists who is speaking these lines?

An observer.

The boy’s parent.

A friend.

The ball salesman.

2 / 15

How does the poem suggest the boy should cope with his loss?

By learning to accept the loss and move on

By forgetting about the ball

By blaming himself for the loss

By buying a new ball immediately

3 / 15

What does the poet mean by "the epistemology of loss"?

The study of how to avoid loss

The philosophy of gaining wealth

The science of material possessions

The understanding of what it means to lose something

4 / 15

Choose the option that CORRECTLY identifies what the narrator is feeling in the line given below.

As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down

guilt

shock

shame

fearlessness

hopelessness

(2), (3), and (5)

(1) and (3)

(2), (4), and (5)

(2) and (5)

5 / 15

What does the loss of the ball symbolize in the poem?

The loss of a friend

The loss of hope

The loss of innocence

The loss of a material possession

6 / 15

An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. I would not intrude on him;

The boy is very young in this poem. As a mature, balanced grown-up, he might look back and think that his reaction of ‘ultimate shaking grief’ was

disproportionate to the loss.

pretension to procure a new toy.

according to his exposure and experience then.

a reaction to the failure of retrieving the toy.

justified and similar to what it would be currently.

3 & 5

5 & 2

2 & 4

1 & 3

7 / 15

What is the central theme of The Ball Poem?

The inevitability of loss and the process of growing up

The value of friendship

The joy of childhood

The importance of material possessions

8 / 15

An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. I would not intrude on him;

The poet uses the word ‘ultimate’ to describe the boy’s reaction.

Pick the meaning that DOES NOT display what, ‘ultimate’ means in the context given.

fateful

conclusive

consequent

final

9 / 15

According to the poet, from whom do we mostly learn about loss?

Elders.

Experiences.

Books.

Teachers.

10 / 15

The boy is learning how to stand up…

This means that he is learning to be _____ in the face of difficulties.

defensive

resilient

judgemental

patient

11 / 15

I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over — there it is in the water!
No use to say ‘O there are other balls’:
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went

The poet feels that there is no point in consoling the boy as

it would give him false hope.

it might distress him further.

whatever he has lost is irretrievable.

he might demand a new ball.

12 / 15

What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over- there it is in the water!

The poem begins with a question. Based on your reading of the poem, the speaker

wants the boy to answer the question.

expects the passers-by to respond.

is looking for answers in a self-help book.

is thinking to himself.

13 / 15

What does the poet suggest about the boy's emotional state when he says, "He senses first responsibility"?

The boy feels responsible for others

The boy realizes the importance of taking care of his belongings

The boy understands the weight of loss for the first time

The boy feels guilty for losing the ball

14 / 15

An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. I would not intrude on him;

Why does the speaker choose not to intrude?

This is so because the poet

experiences a sense of distress himself, by looking at the boy’s condition.

feels that it’s important that the boy learn an important life lesson, undisturbed.

knows that it would embarrass the boy in his moment of grief.

realizes that he doesn’t have sufficient funds to purchase a new ball for the boy.

15 / 15

The word that DOES NOT indicate a physical manifestation of sorrow in the boy, is

rigid.

trembling.

shaking.

worthless.

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Key Topics Covered in the Quiz

✔ Meaning of loss and growing up
✔ Symbolism of the ball
✔ Poetic devices used in the poem
✔ Exam-oriented competency-based MCQs

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