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
✔ Includes extract-based & high-order MCQs
✔ Perfect for quick revision before CBSE board exams

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The Ball Poem

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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

The poet says money is external. What does it mean in this extract?

Money promotes materialism and hunger for power among youngsters.

Money buys materialistic things and can be earned again when lost.

Money helps us purchase materials that make life worth living.

Money only impacts a person’s external environment.

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

shaking.

trembling.

worthless.

rigid.

3 / 15

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

The study of how to avoid loss

The understanding of what it means to lose something

The science of material possessions

The philosophy of gaining wealth

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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 extract suggests that the poet is

an onlooker observing

imagining the incident

the boy talking about himself

a parent recounting the incident

5 / 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 poet seems to have indicated the merry bouncing of the ball to

create a sense of rhythm in these lines.

contrast with the dejected feeling of the boy.

support the happiness of the experience of playing.

indicate the cheerful mood of the boy.

6 / 15

Which option lists who is speaking these lines?

The boy’s parent.

The ball salesman.

A friend.

An observer.

7 / 15

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

Elders.

Teachers.

Experiences.

Books.

8 / 15

The boy is learning how to stand up…

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

resilient

defensive

judgemental

patient

9 / 15

What is the central theme of The Ball Poem?

The inevitability of loss and the process of growing up

The joy of childhood

The value of friendship

The importance of material possessions

10 / 15

The word ‘harbour’ DOES NOT have a meaning similar to

port.

pier.

cargo.

dock.

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Pick the option that lists the boy’s thoughts, matching with the line -

As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down.

the ball poem class 10 extra questions answers

Option 2

Option 1

Option 4

Option 3

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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

final

consequent

13 / 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.

5 & 2

3 & 5

1 & 3

2 & 4

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

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

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

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

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

15 / 15

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

The loss of innocence

The loss of a friend

The loss of a material possession

The loss of hope

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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
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