Chapter 6 – Mild the Mist Upon the Hill Extra Questions and Answers
Content structure
- A. Multiple choice questions & answers (MCQs)
- B. Fill in the blanks
- C. True or False
- D. Short questions & answers
- E. Long questions & answers
- F. Grammar
A. Multiple Choice Questions and Answers (MCQs)
1. What covers the hill in the poem “Mild the Mist upon the Hill”?
(a) Snow
(b) Mist
(c) Smoke
(d) Dust
Ans: (b) Mist
2. How is the day’s sorrow described?
(a) Loud and clear
(b) Silent sorrow
(c) Joyful song
(d) Angry roar
Ans: (b) Silent sorrow
3. Whose sheltering roof does the poet recall?
(a) Mother’s
(b) Father’s
(c) Friend’s
(d) Brother’s
Ans: (b) Father’s
4. What part of the house is remembered?
(a) The old kitchen
(b) The old hall door
(c) The attic window
(d) The garden gate
Ans: (b) The old hall door
5. How are the summer mists described?
(a) Dark and scary
(b) Blue and sweet
(c) Hot and dry
(d) Yellow and harsh
Ans: (b) Blue and sweet
6. Where do the summer mists settle?
(a) Riverbanks
(b) Mountain-chain on the horizon
(c) Inside the hall
(d) Forest trees
Ans: (b) Mountain-chain on the horizon
7. What word does the poet use for the mists on the mountains?
(a) Curtain
(b) Pall
(c) Blanket
(d) Shade
Ans: (b) Pall
8. Where does the damp stand?
(a) In dry sand
(b) In long, green grass
(c) In the kitchen
(d) On rooftops
Ans: (b) In long, green grass
9. What does the poet notice passing in the air?
(a) Cold winds
(b) Dreamy scents of fragrance
(c) Falling leaves
(d) Flying birds
Ans: (b) Dreamy scents of fragrance
10. What emotion does the rainy day symbolize?
(a) Joy
(b) Anger
(c) Sorrow
(d) Strength
Ans: (c) Sorrow
11. What connects the present evening to the past?
(a) Mist and fragrance
(b) Loud thunder
(c) Bright sunshine
(d) Strong winds
Ans: (a) Mist and fragrance
12. What natural element is compared to tears?
(a) Mist
(b) Damp in the grass
(c) Mountain pall
(d) Blue horizon
Ans: (b) Damp in the grass
13. How does the poet see the evening after rain?
(a) Harsh and stormy
(b) Calm and cloudy
(c) Bright and sunny
(d) Cold and snowy
Ans: (b) Calm and cloudy
14. What do the fragrances in the air symbolize?
(a) Present troubles
(b) Memories of the past
(c) Distant lands
(d) Heavy sorrow
Ans: (b) Memories of the past
B. Fill in the blanks
1. The mist on the hill is described as ______. (mild)
2. The day has ______ its fill. (wept)
3. The day has spent its store of silent ______. (sorrow)
4. The poet feels gone back to the days of ______. (youth)
5. The poet watches the cloudy ______ fall. (evening)
6. The cloudy evening comes after a day of ______. (rain)
7. The poet describes blue ______ of summer. (mists)
8. The summer mists cover the horizon’s ______. (mountain-chain)
9. Dreamy scents of ______ pass through the air. (fragrance)
10. The rain is described as the day’s silent ______. (sorrow)
11. The poet feels like a ______ when remembering the past. (child)
12. The mist is compared to a ______ over the mountains. (pall)
13. The damp in the grass is compared to ______ tears. (morning’s)
14. The scents in the evening are described as ______. (dreamy)
15. The fragrances in the air remind the poet of past ______. (years)
C. True or false
1. The mist on the hill is described as harsh. (False)
S/S: The poem says the mist is “mild,” not harsh.
2. The poet recalls being under the mother’s roof. (False)
S/S: The poem mentions “’neath my father’s sheltering roof,” not the mother’s.
3. The poet watches the snowy evening fall. (False)
S/S: The line says, “I watch this cloudy evening fall,” not snowy evening.
4. The summer mists are described as blue and sweet. (True)
S/S: The poet writes, “Blue mists, sweet mists of summer,” showing both color and sweetness.
5. The dampness stands in the dry, brown sand. (False)
S/S: The poem says, “The damp stands in the long, green grass,” not in sand.
6. The mist is described as dark and heavy. (False)
S/S: It is described as “mild” and “sweet,” which shows it is gentle, not heavy.
7. The evening sky is bright and sunny. (False)
S/S: The poet clearly calls it a “cloudy evening,” not sunny.
8. The rain is shown as a symbol of sorrow. (True)
S/S: The poem compares the rain to “silent sorrow,” like tears of sadness.
9. The poet feels like an old traveler in the memory. (False)
S/S: The poet says she feels “a child once more,” not a traveler.
10. The poet speaks of future moments with excitement. (False)
S/S: The poem reflects on the past, not on the future.
D. Short Questions and Answers
1. What does the poet mean by “Mild the mist upon the hill”?
Ans: It means a soft and gentle mist is covering the hill.
2. What does “Spent its store of silent sorrow” mean?
Ans: It means the rain has ended after expressing the day’s sadness.
3. Why does the poet say, “Oh, I’m gone back to the days of youth”?
Ans: The rainy scene reminds the poet of his happy childhood days.
4. What does “I am a child once more” express?
Ans: It expresses the poet’s feeling of becoming young and innocent again.
5. What is meant by “’neath my father’s sheltering roof”?
Ans: It means the poet remembers being safe and protected in his father’s home.
6. Why does the poet mention “the old hall door”?
Ans: The old hall door reminds the poet of his childhood home and family.
7. What does the poet do in the evening?
Ans: The poet watches the quiet evening and remembers his childhood.
8. What does “Blue mists, sweet mists of summer” suggest?
Ans: It suggests soft, beautiful, and pleasant summer mists.
9. How do the mists affect the horizon?
Ans: The mists cover the distant mountains and make the scene dreamy.
10. What does “The damp stands in the long, green grass” mean?
Ans: It means the long green grass remains wet after the rain.
E. Long Questions and Answers
1. What atmosphere does the poet create in the beginning of the passage?
Ans: The poet creates a calm and peaceful atmosphere with the soft mist on the hill after a rainy day.
2. How does the poet describe the sorrow of the day?
Ans: The poet compares the rain to tears and says the day has expressed all its silent sorrow.
3. What does the poet recall about the father’s sheltering roof?
Ans: The father’s sheltering roof reminds the poet of the safety, love, and warmth of childhood family life.
4. Why is the old hall door important in the poet’s memory?
Ans: The old hall door reminds the poet of the childhood home and the happy, safe days spent with family.
5. How is the cloudy evening described by the poet?
Ans: The poet describes a cloudy evening after rain, with mist, wet grass, and a calm atmosphere that brings back childhood memories.
6. How does the poet describe the horizon’s mountain chain?
Ans: The mountains are covered with soft blue summer mist, making the distant landscape look peaceful and dreamy.
7. How do the fragrances connect the present with the past?
Ans: The sweet fragrances remind the poet of childhood and bring back memories of the happy days spent at home.
8. What central theme emerges from the passage?
Ans: The central theme is nostalgia. The beauty of nature brings back the poet’s childhood memories and feelings of love and comfort.
F. Grammar
Do as Directed
1. Dreamy scents of fragrance pass. (Change the voice)
Ans: Fragrance is passed by dreamy scents.
2. I am a child once more. (Change into negative without changing meaning)
Ans: I am not anything but a child once more.
3. I am a child once more. (Change into interrogative)
Ans: Am I not a child once more?
4. Blue mists pall the horizon’s mountain-chain. (Make it exclamatory)
Ans: How beautifully the blue mists pall the horizon’s mountain-chain!
5. I watch this cloudy evening fall after a day of rain. (Change into compound)
Ans: I watch this cloudy evening fall, and it comes after a day of rain.
6. I watch this cloudy evening fall after a day of rain. (Change into complex)
Ans: I watch this cloudy evening fall when the day has ended in rain.
7. Mild the mist upon the hill. (Rewrite using “There”)
Ans: There is mild mist upon the hill.
8. Telling not of storms to-morrow. (Make it affirmative)
Ans: It tells of calm weather to-morrow.
9. The poet sat ‘neath his father’s sheltering roof. (Rewrite without contraction of “’neath”)
Ans: The poet sat beneath his father’s sheltering roof.
10. I watch this cloudy evening fall. (Change into past tense)
Ans: I watched this cloudy evening fall.
11. Dreamy scents of fragrance pass. (Change into future tense)
Ans: Dreamy scents of fragrance will pass.
12. The damp stands in the long, green grass. (Change into continuous tense)
Ans: The damp is standing in the long, green grass.
13. Dreamy scents of fragrance pass. (Make it negative without changing meaning)
Ans: Dreamy scents of fragrance do not fail to pass.
14. I am a child once more. (Change into past tense)
Ans: I was a child once more.
15. Mild the mist upon the hill. (Rewrite using “very”)
Ans: The mist upon the hill is very mild.
16. Silent sorrow was spent by the day. (Change into active voice)
Ans: The day spent silent sorrow.
17. Blue mists pall the horizon’s mountain-chain. (Change into passive voice)
Ans: The horizon’s mountain-chain is palled by blue mists.
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