English Comprehension The Daffodils

The Daffodils

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats over vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host of golden daffodils;

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Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle in the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their head in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Outdid the sparkling waves in glee:

Poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company;

I gazed _____ and  gazed ______ but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought.

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon the inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills

And dances with the daffodils.

Multiple-Choice Question:

1. The poet compares himself with

(A) a cloud that is rainy                  (B) a cloud

(C) a floating cloud                          (D) a daffodil

2. The daffodils made the waves shy in their

(A) dancing          (B) shining           (C) sparkling        (D) shaking

3. The poet’s wealth from daffodils is

(A) the bliss of solitude                   (B) their dancing

          (C) their bright colour                       (D) his  joyful  heart

4. The word ‘sprightly’ means

(A) happy            (B) blissful           (C) joyful              (D) playing

5. What shines as stars in the sky?

(A) lake                (B) trees               (C) clouds            (D) daffodils

6. How many of them the poet could see?

(A) five hundred                              (B) ten thousand

(C) twenty thousand                       (D) six thousand

Fill in the blanks:

7. The poet wandered as a ______.
8. The _____ danced in the breeze.
9. The poet’s heart is filled with ______.
10. They twinkle in the ______.
11. The poet often thinks about them in ______ or in _____ Moods .
12. The daffodils toss their heads in _____ dance.

True/False:

13. The poet looked at them continuously without any thoughts.
14. His heart was filled with sadness.
15. The poet was in the company of his friends.
16. The crowd here refers to the daffodils.
17. They outdid the waves.
18. They were coloured white.

Answer key

(1)–(C); (2)–(A); (3)–(A); (4)–(C); (5)–(D); (6)–(B); (7)–Cloud; (8)–Daffodils; (9)–Pleasure; (10)–milky way; (11)–vacant, pensive; (12)–sprightly; (13)–True; (14)–False; (15)–False; (16)–True; (17)–True; (18)–False