“The Second Coming”
Important MCQ on The Second Coming
1. Who wrote the poem "The Second Coming"?
→ B) W.B. Yeats
2. What historical event forms the background of the poem?
→ C) World War I
3. In Christianity, "The Second Coming" refers to the return of—
→ C) Jesus Christ
4. In the poem, the falcon cannot hear the—
→ B) falconer
5. The line "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold" suggests—
→ C) chaos
6. What is symbolized by the word “gyre”?
→ A) time
7. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" implies—
→ B) growing spiral
8. What spreads over the world according to the poem?
→ C) mere anarchy
9. What is “drowned” in the poem?
→ C) the ceremony of innocence
10. What is “loosed upon the world”?
→ B) mere anarchy
11. Who lacks all conviction according to Yeats?
→ B) the best
12. Who are full of passionate intensity?
→ C) the worst
13. What does the falcon symbolize?
→ D) order/control
14. The phrase "the falcon cannot hear the falconer" is an example of—
→ B) metaphor
15. What is “at hand” in the line “Surely some revelation is at hand”?
→ C) revelation
16. What happens immediately after the phrase “The Second Coming!” is uttered?
→ C) a vast image appears
17. What troubles the poet’s sight?
→ B) vast image
18. Where is the vast image seen?
→ C) desert sands
19. What does the image have the body of?
→ C) lion
20. What kind of gaze does the beast have?
→ A) blank and pitiless
21. What do the desert birds do around the beast?
→ C) reel
22. What do the desert birds symbolize?
→ A) chaos and confusion
23. What phrase refers to the long period of spiritual sleep?
→ B) twenty centuries of stony sleep
24. What disturbs the long sleep mentioned in the poem?
→ A) cradle rocking
25. Where is the rough beast heading?
→ C) Bethlehem
26. What does the rough beast symbolize?
→ B) Anti-Christ
27. What does the phrase "slouches towards Bethlehem" suggest?
→ C) lazy and threatening movement
28. What is the beast waiting for?
→ C) to be born
29. How does the poet describe the beast’s thighs?
→ C) slow-moving
30. What is “Spiritus Mundi”?
→ C) collective soul
31. Which poetic device dominates the poem's atmosphere?
→ C) symbolism
32. What is meant by "the darkness drops again"?
→ C) return of ignorance
33. Which historical time period does "twenty centuries" refer to?
→ C) After Christ’s birth
34. What is the tone of the poem?
→ C) foreboding and apocalyptic
35. What kind of image does the poem create of the world?
→ C) dystopian
36. Who or what is most active in the poem's universe?
→ C) the rough beast
37. Which line indicates a break from innocence?
→ C) the ceremony of innocence is drowned
38. “Blood-dimmed tide” is an image of—
→ C) violence and destruction
39. “Surely some revelation is at hand”—What does “revelation” mean here?
→ B) divine truth or prophetic vision
40. What major religious event is associated with "Bethlehem" in the poem?
→ C) Birth of Christ
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