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
✔ Includes extract-based & high-order MCQs
✔ Perfect for quick revision before CBSE board exams

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The Ball Poem

1 / 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!

Choose the situation that corresponds to the emotion behind the exclamation mark in the poem.

I don't know where I've placed my ID card. Let me check the bag once more. Ah, finally!

I've been trying to call mom for the past 20 minutes and can't get through. I don't know how.... Aarrgh! Again!

Hey! Hey! That's no way to dispose of the garbage. Have you no community sense? Please put it in the bin.

I knew it! I knew he'll fare well in his auditions for 'Young Chef'. Now, we prepare for the semi-finals.

2 / 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

The boy is learning how to stand up…

This means that he is learning to be _____ in the face of difficulties.

resilient

defensive

judgemental

patient

3 / 15

How does the boy's reaction to losing the ball reflect his understanding of life?

He stops valuing his possessions

He becomes materialistic

He realizes that life is full of losses

He learns to be careless

4 / 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!

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.

who has lost his ball

and then/ Merrily over

I saw it go

What is the boy now

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

is thinking to himself.

is looking for answers in a self-help book.

wants the boy to answer the question.

expects the passers-by to respond.

6 / 15

Which option lists who is speaking these lines?

The ball salesman.

The boy’s parent.

An observer.

A friend.

7 / 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;

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Why does the speaker choose not to intrude?

This is so because the poet

knows that it would embarrass the boy in his moment of grief.

experiences a sense of distress himself, by looking at the boy’s condition.

feels that it’s important that the boy learn an important life lesson, undisturbed.

realizes that he doesn’t have sufficient funds to purchase a new ball for the boy.

8 / 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

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

carefree childhood days.

ability to bounce back.

extended family.

sense of adventure.

9 / 15

What is the central theme of The Ball Poem?

The value of friendship

The inevitability of loss and the process of growing up

The importance of material possessions

The joy of childhood

10 / 15

The poet feels that there is no point in consoling the boy as

he might demand a new ball.

it would give him false hope.

whatever he has lost is irretrievable.

it might distress him further.

11 / 15

What is the significance of the ball in the poem?

It represents the boy's childhood and innocence

It is a metaphor for the boy's dreams

It represents the boy's future

It symbolizes the boy's wealth

12 / 15

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

The philosophy of gaining wealth

The study of how to avoid loss

The science of material possessions

The understanding of what it means to lose something

13 / 15

What does the poet suggest about the boy's emotional state when he says, "He senses first responsibility"?

The boy feels responsible for others

The boy understands the weight of loss for the first time

The boy realizes the importance of taking care of his belongings

The boy feels guilty for losing the ball

14 / 15

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

trembling.

shaking.

worthless.

rigid.

15 / 15

Why does the poet say, "No use to say 'O there are other balls'"?

To show that material things can be replaced

To emphasize the uniqueness of the lost ball

To highlight the boy's attachment to the ball

To suggest that the boy should stop crying

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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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