A Tiger in the Zoo Class MCQ Questions and Answers
Here are MCQs with answers based on the poem "A Tiger in the Zoo" by Leslie Norris for Class 10. These questions cover key themes, literary devices, and important lines from the poem.
1. Who is the poet of the poem "A Tiger in the Zoo"?
a) Ted Hughes
b) Leslie Norris
c) William Wordsworth
d) Robert Frost
Answer: b) Leslie Norris
2. What is the tiger doing in the cage?
a) Pacing silently
b) Roaring loudly
c) Sleeping peacefully
d) Playing with a ball
Answer: a) Pacing silently
3. Where does the poet imagine the tiger should be?
a) In the jungle
b) In a circus
c) In a zoo
d) On a farm
Answer: a) In the jungle
4. What do the "pads of velvet" signify in the poem?
a) The tiger’s soft paws
b) The tiger’s bed
c) The tiger’s fur
d) The tiger’s stripes
Answer: a) The tiger’s soft paws
5. What is the tiger's reaction to being caged?
a) He accepts it peacefully
b) He walks in rage and frustration
c) He tries to escape
d) He becomes playful
Answer: b) He walks in rage and frustration
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6. What literary device is used in "pads of velvet"?
a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Alliteration
d) Personification
Answer: c) Alliteration
7. How does the poet describe the tiger's eyes in the cage?
a) Gleaming with excitement
b) Filled with rage
c) Shining with joy
d) Drooping with sadness
Answer: b) Filled with rage
8. What does the poet compare the tiger’s strength to?
a) A raging river
b) Quiet fury
c) A wild storm
d) A blazing fire
Answer: b) Quiet fury
9. What does the line "He stalks in his vivid stripes" mean?
a) The tiger is running freely in the wild
b) The tiger is walking gracefully in his cage
c) The tiger is hunting in the jungle
d) The tiger is playing with his stripes
Answer: b) The tiger is walking gracefully in his cage
10. Why does the poet highlight the tiger's "vivid stripes"?
a) To show the beauty of the tiger
b) To show how cages enhance his stripes
c) To show the contrast between his beauty and his captivity
d) To show the tiger's pride in his stripes
Answer: c) To show the contrast between his beauty and his captivity
11. What kind of freedom does the poet wish for the tiger?
a) To roam freely in the jungle
b) To live in a bigger cage
c) To be loved by humans
d) To be protected in sanctuaries
Answer: a) To roam freely in the jungle
12. What does the line "Locked in a concrete cell" suggest?
a) The tiger lives in a luxurious cage
b) The tiger's natural habitat is concrete
c) The tiger is imprisoned in a man-made enclosure
d) The tiger enjoys his new home
Answer: c) The tiger is imprisoned in a man-made enclosure
13. What is the tone of the poem?
a) Joyful
b) Sympathetic and melancholic
c) Angry and bitter
d) Satirical
Answer: b) Sympathetic and melancholic
14. What is the central theme of the poem?
a) Human dominance over nature
b) The tiger’s life in the wild and captivity
c) The tiger's strength and power
d) The beauty of nature
Answer: b) The tiger’s life in the wild and captivity
15. What literary device is used in the line "In his quiet rage"?
a) Hyperbole
b) Oxymoron
c) Alliteration
d) Metaphor
Answer: b) Oxymoron
16. What do the “long grass” and “water hole” represent in the poem?
a) The tiger’s natural habitat in the wild
b) The tiger’s cage in the zoo
c) A peaceful sanctuary
d) The tiger’s hunting ground in the zoo
Answer: a) The tiger’s natural habitat in the wild
17. What is the significance of the "plump deer" in the poem?
a) It symbolizes the tiger’s prey in the wild
b) It is the tiger’s food in the zoo
c) It represents the tiger’s friends in the wild
d) It shows the tiger’s fear of humans
Answer: a) It symbolizes the tiger’s prey in the wild
18. What does the poet criticize in the poem?
a) The tiger’s hunting habits
b) Human cruelty and captivity of animals
c) Zoos for preserving wildlife
d) The tiger’s aggressive nature
Answer: b) Human cruelty and captivity of animals
19. How does the poem end?
a) With hope for the tiger’s freedom
b) By depicting the tiger roaring in the jungle
c) By showing the tiger pacing silently in the cage
d) With the tiger escaping his cage
Answer: c) By showing the tiger pacing silently in the cage
20. What message does the poet convey through the poem?
a) Animals are happier in captivity
b) Animals deserve to live freely in their natural habitat
c) Tigers are dangerous and should be caged
d) Tigers need to adapt to human interference
Answer: b) Animals deserve to live freely in their natural habitat
