Class IX, Ncert Cbse English (Communicative)
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THE SEVEN AGES by William Shakespeare
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
(according to CBSE CCE questions structure)
A. Read the stanzas given below and answer the questions:
All the world’s a stage
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.
(1) The poet says ‘All the men and women .are merely players because:
a. they are good players
b. they are not serious
c. they play their roles in the drama of life
d. they play for a short period in life drama
(2) Life is like a stage because:
a. life is a drama
b. life is temporary
c. life is temporary ;like actor’s role on the stage
d. men and women are actors and actresses playing their roles.
(3) The meanings of ‘entrance’ and ‘exit’ on the stage of life are:
a. death and birth
b. beginning of a drama ‘The Seven Stages’
c. man’s development and deterioration
d. birth and death.
B. Read the stanzas given below and answer the questions.
At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
(4) The first stage in the drama of life is –
a. first act of life
b. the infancy
c. the new actor on the stage
d. the beginning of the drama
(5) ‘muling’ and ‘puking’ means –
a. crying and demanding
b. crying and sleeping
c. sleeping in the arms of a nurse
d. crying and vomiting in the arms of a nurse.
(6) The main characteristic of an infant is –
a. cannot walk
b. sleeps all the time
c. depends on others
d. cannot play.
More MCQs and solutions
The Seven Ages (NCERT CBSE Class 9 English Literature Reader)
- Class 9 The Seven Ages | Cbse Ncert English Literature Reader | Textbook Exercise Answers
- NCERT Guess Questions | CBSE English Literature Reader | Class IX, The Seven Ages by William Shakespeare
