The Ball Poem Class 10 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Understanding!

Are you preparing for CBSE Class 10 English Poem "The Ball Poem"? This interactive MCQ quiz will help you revise the poem's theme, literary devices, and key messages effectively!

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Poem Name: The Ball Poem
Poet: John Berryman
Subject: Class 10 English (First Flight)
Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Difficulty Level: Concept-Based & Exam-Oriented
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✔ Covers theme, symbolism, and poetic devices
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✔ Perfect for quick revision before CBSE board exams

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The Ball Poem

1 / 15

I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over — there it is in the water!
No use to say ‘O there are other balls’:
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went

‘Merrily over — there it is in the water!’ The dash here is meant to convey

some familiar experience.

a sense of unexpected interruption.

a feeling of excitement.

some thoughtful moments.

2 / 15

What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over- there it is in the water!

The poet seems to have indicated the merry bouncing of the ball to

support the happiness of the experience of playing.

indicate the cheerful mood of the boy.

contrast with the dejected feeling of the boy.

create a sense of rhythm in these lines.

3 / 15

The word that DOES NOT indicate a physical manifestation of sorrow in the boy, is

shaking.

trembling.

rigid.

worthless.

4 / 15

What does the poet mean by "the epistemology of loss"?

The study of how to avoid loss

The science of material possessions

The understanding of what it means to lose something

The philosophy of gaining wealth

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What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over- there it is in the water!

Alliteration is a literary device that occurs with the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Pick the option that showcases an example of alliteration from the extract.

I saw it go

What is the boy now

and then/ Merrily over

who has lost his ball

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What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over- there it is in the water!

The extract suggests that the poet is

imagining the incident

a parent recounting the incident

an onlooker observing

the boy talking about himself

7 / 15

The poet uses the ball as a symbol of the boy’s

ability to bounce back.

extended family.

sense of adventure.

carefree childhood days.

8 / 15

How does the poem suggest the boy should cope with his loss?

By blaming himself for the loss

By forgetting about the ball

By buying a new ball immediately

By learning to accept the loss and move on

9 / 15

An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. I would not intrude on him;

The boy is very young in this poem. As a mature, balanced grown-up, he might look back and think that his reaction of ‘ultimate shaking grief’ was

disproportionate to the loss.

pretension to procure a new toy.

according to his exposure and experience then.

a reaction to the failure of retrieving the toy.

justified and similar to what it would be currently.

2 & 4

5 & 2

3 & 5

1 & 3

10 / 15

Pick the option that lists the boy’s thoughts, matching with the line -

As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down.

the ball poem class 10 extra questions answers

Option 2

Option 1

Option 3

Option 4

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What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over- there it is in the water!

The poem begins with a question. Based on your reading of the poem, the speaker

is looking for answers in a self-help book.

is thinking to himself.

expects the passers-by to respond.

wants the boy to answer the question.

12 / 15

Choose the option that CORRECTLY identifies what the narrator is feeling in the line given below.

As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down

guilt

shock

shame

fearlessness

hopelessness

(2), (4), and (5)

(1) and (3)

(2) and (5)

(2), (3), and (5)

13 / 15

What does the loss of the ball symbolize in the poem?

The loss of a friend

The loss of innocence

The loss of hope

The loss of a material possession

14 / 15

Money is external.
He is learning, well behind his desperate eyes,
The epistemology of loss, how to stand up
Knowing what every man must one day know
And most know many days, how to stand up

According to the poet, from whom do we mostly learn about loss?

Teachers.

Elders.

Experiences.

Books.

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Which option lists who is speaking these lines?

The boy’s parent.

The ball salesman.

A friend.

An observer.

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Key Topics Covered in the Quiz

✔ Meaning of loss and growing up
✔ Symbolism of the ball
✔ Poetic devices used in the poem
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