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Answer the following questions by choosing the most appropriate options.

1. What does the poem celebrate?


(a) the mail train
(b) human connections
(c) the railway system
(d) none of the above

2. Where was the mail train heading?


(a) Paris
(b) London
(c) Glasgow
(d) Crawford

3. ‘Snorting noisily as she passes’. Which figure of speech is used here?


(a) personification
(b) alliteration
(c) metaphor
(d) sarcasm

4. Why does-no one wake up from their sleep as the train passes?
(a) They are intoxicated
(b) They sleep in sound-proof rooms.
(c) The train created no noise.
(d) They have become habituated to the train’s passing and ignore it.

5. Which of these is NOT carried by the train?


(a) letters
(b) news
(c) cheques
(d) furnaces

6. ‘For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?’ Which literary device is
used here?
(a) simile
(b) metaphor
(c) rhetorical question
(d) irony

7. Which regions does the train pass through?


(a) The seabeach
(b) hills and plains
(c) mountains
(d) war zones

8. Select the correct option that displays the characteristics of the


personified train correctly.
(a) kind
(b) aggressive
(c) methodical
(d) steady

9. Which of these is repeated numerous times in the poem?


(a) letters
(b) cheques
(c) postal orders
(d) sleeping people

10. Which types of letters are mentioned in the poem?


(a) chatty
(b) boring
(c) adoring
(d) all of the above

11. What is the main purpose of the Night Mail?


(a) To transport passengers across the country.
(b) To deliver mail to various destinations.
(c) To compete with other modes of transportation.
(d) To provide entertainment for people along the route.

12. What evidence from the poem suggests the Night Mail is reliable?
(a) It carries letters for both rich and poor.
(b) It travels through diverse landscapes.
(c) It arrives on time despite challenging terrain.
(d) It wakes people up in their sleep.

13. Why don’t the sheepdogs react to the Night Mail (stanza 6)?
(a) They are scared of the loud noises.
(b) They are too busy herding sheep.
(c) They are accustomed to the train’s regular passage.
(d) The train travels too fast for them to notice.

14. What happens in the farmhouse as the Night Mail passes?


(a) Everyone wakes up to check the mail.
(b) The train sounds its whistle loudly.
(c) A jug in the bedroom shakes.
(d) The farmhouse lights turn on.

15. The phrase “Pulling up Beattock” suggests the train is:


(a) Departing from a station
(b) Beginning a climb
(c) Reaching its destination
(d) Slowing down

16. What feeling does the poem suggest is universal?


(a) The fear of being forgotten
(b) The excitement of receiving mail
(c) The annoyance of being woken up at night
(d) The joy of travelling by train
17. The poem is set in:
(a) The United States
(b) France
(c) Scotland and England
(d) A fictional world

18. What is the main theme of the poem?


(a) The power of technology
(b) The dangers of night travel
(c) The importance of communication
(d) The beauty of the Scottish countryside

19. Identify the poetic device.


“Towards the fields of apparatus, the furnaces
Set on the dark plain like gigantic chessmen.”
(a) Metaphor
(b) Personification
(c) Simile
(d) Alliteration

20. Who among the following wrote the poem “The Night Mail”?
(a) William Wordsworth
(b) W. B. Yeats
(c) W. H. Auden
(d) P.B. Shelly

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