STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING - Chapter 12 English Class VIII

(Anundoram Borooah Academy)

English - Class VIII
Chapter 12
STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING

EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) :

Understanding the text (পাঠটো বুজি পোৱা) :

1. Multiple choice questions (বহু বিকল্পী উত্তৰধৰ্মী প্রশ্ন) :
(a) Choose the correct answer (শুদ্ধ উত্তৰটো বাছি উলিওৱা) :

(i) According to the poet the owner of the woods lives in a small town.
(ii) According to the poet the owner of the woods lives in a small village.
(iii) According to the poet the owner of the woods lives in a big city.
Answer : (ii) According to the poet the owner of the woods lives in a small village.

(b) Choose the correct answer ( শুদ্ধ উত্তৰটো বাছি উলিওৱা) :

(i) The woods are filled up with snow.
(ii) The woods are filled up with water.
(iii) The woods are filled up with smoke.
Answer : (i) The woods are filled up with snow.

(c) Choose the correct answer (শুদ্ধ উত্তৰটো বাছি উলিওৱা) :

(i) It was the brightest morning of the year.
(ii) It was the darkest evening of the year.
(iii) It was the warmest day of the year.
Answer : (ii) It was the darkest evening of the year.

2. Very short answer type questions (অতি চমু উত্তৰৰ প্রশ্ন) :

(a) Name the poet of the poem, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
("Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. "কবিতাটিৰ কবিৰ নাম লিখা।)
Answer : The name of the poet of the poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' is Robert Frost.

(b) What does the poet seem to know about the woods?
(হাবিটোৰ বিষয়ে কবিয়ে কি জানে বুলি ধাৰণা হয় ?)
Answer : About the woods the poet seems to know that it belongs to a man who lives in a village.

(c) Where does the owner of the woods live?
(হাবিৰ গৰাকীজন ক’ত বাস কৰে?)
Answer : The owner of the woods lives in a village.

(d) Which word in the poem show the poet's sense of responsibility?
(কবিতাত থকা কোনটো শব্দই কবিৰ দায়িত্বজ্ঞান থকাৰ কথা বুজায়?)
Answer : The following (words ) lines show the poet's sense of responsibility, But I have promises to keep Ans miles to go before I sleep.

3. Short answer type questions (চমু উত্তৰৰ প্ৰশ্ন) :

(a) Where did the poet stop?
(কবিয়ে ক’ত ৰৈছিল ?
Answer : The poet stopped between the woods and frozen lake.

(b) Why did the horse shake its harness bells?
(ঘোঁৰাটোৱে কিয় তাৰ পেটীৰ ঘন্টাটো জোঁকাৰি দিছিল?)
Answer : The horse shook its harness bell to ask the poet if there was some mistake for the poet.

(c) What other sounds besides the harness bells heard there?
(ঘোঁৰাৰ পেটীৰ ঘন্টাৰ শব্দৰ বাহিৰে আন কি শব্দ শুনিব
পোৱা গৈছিল ?)
Answer : The other sounds besides the harness bell were the sounds of easy wind and of downy flake.

(d) Why can't the poet prolong his stay?
(কবিয়ে কিয় তেওঁ থমকি ৰো ৱাটো দীৰ্ঘ কৰা নাছিল?)
Answer : The poet could not prolong his stay because he had promises to keep and many miles to go before sleep.

4. Essay type questions (ৰচনাধৰ্মী প্রশ্নোত্তৰ) :

(a) What are the various references to winter that you find in the poem?
(কবিতাটোত তুমি শীতকালৰ কি কি প্ৰসংগৰ উল্লেখ
পোৱা?)
Answer : There are some references to winter in the poem.
They are : the woods was full of snow. There was a lake the water of which was frozen. The easy wind was blowing. There was downy flake. It was the darkest evening of the year.

(b) What is the poet's response to the beauty of the woods?
(হাবিখনৰ সৌন্দৰ্যৰ প্ৰতি কবিৰ সঁহাৰি কি ?
Answer : The poet's response to the beauty of the woods was romantic. He loved the woods and its atmosphere. It seemed lovely, dark and deep to the poet. But for his sense of duty he could not enjoy the scene for long time.

Updated on 3rd October 2023
By :- J.A.C | B.Sc | D.C.A