The Ballad of Father Gilligan(MCQ)

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✅ 1. Who is the main character in the poem?


A) W.B. Yeats

B) Peter Gilligan

C) A dying man

D) A bishop

Answer: B) Peter Gilligan



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✅ 2. Why was Father Gilligan weary?


A) He was old

B) He was praying all day

C) He had been traveling

D) Half his flock were sick or dead

Answer: D) Half his flock were sick or dead



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✅ 3. What is the ‘moth-hour of eve’?


A) Morning time

B) Midnight

C) Evening twilight

D) Noon

Answer: C) Evening twilight



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✅ 4. What did Father Gilligan say that he regretted?


A) “I am too old to work”

B) “My body spake, not I!”

C) “I will not go”

D) “I must sleep now”

Answer: B) “My body spake, not I!”



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✅ 5. What did he do after he cried for forgiveness?


A) Went to sleep in bed

B) Rode off to visit the sick

C) Knelt and fell asleep

D) Ate his dinner

Answer: C) Knelt and fell asleep



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✅ 6. What covered the world as he slept?


A) Darkness

B) Stars

C) Rain

D) Fog

Answer: A) Darkness



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✅ 7. When did Father Gilligan wake up?


A) Midnight

B) At dawn

C) At sunset

D) At noon

Answer: B) At dawn



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✅ 8. What was his first thought on waking?


A) To eat something

B) To rest more

C) That the man must have died

D) To pray again

Answer: C) That the man must have died



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✅ 9. What did he do after waking up?


A) Prayed

B) Saddled his horse and rode off

C) Cried in grief

D) Went back to sleep

Answer: B) Saddled his horse and rode off



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✅ 10. How did he ride to the man’s house?


A) Slowly

B) Joyfully

C) With little care

D) With music

Answer: C) With little care



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✅ 11. What did the sick man’s wife say?


A) “He is still alive”

B) “He is not here”

C) “Father! You come again!”

D) “We were waiting”

Answer: C) “Father! You come again!”



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✅ 12. What did the priest fear?


A) That he had gone to the wrong house

B) That the man had died without receiving last rites

C) That he was being blamed

D) That he had no horse

Answer: B) That the man had died without receiving last rites



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✅ 13. What surprised Father Gilligan?


A) The man’s house was empty

B) The man had died peacefully

C) His horse was missing

D) It was still night

Answer: B) The man had died peacefully



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✅ 14. What did the man’s wife say about the dying man?


A) He cried for you

B) He died in anger

C) He turned and died as merry as a bird

D) He asked for food

Answer: C) He turned and died as merry as a bird



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✅ 15. What did Father Gilligan do after hearing this?


A) Thanked the woman

B) Cried aloud

C) Knelt and prayed

D) Left silently

Answer: C) Knelt and prayed



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✅ 16. Who helped Father Gilligan unknowingly?


A) His assistant

B) A doctor

C) An angel sent by God

D) The man’s wife

Answer: C) An angel sent by God



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✅ 17. What quality of God is highlighted in the poem?


A) Justice

B) Strength

C) Mercy and compassion

D) Anger

Answer: C) Mercy and compassion



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✅ 18. How is God described in the final stanza?


A) A ruler in gold

B) A healer of the world

C) Wrapped in purple robes, caring for planets

D) A storm-bringer

Answer: C) Wrapped in purple robes, caring for planets



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✅ 19. What does the poem show about human weakness?


A) It is a sign of failure

B) It is not acceptable

C) It is understandable and can be forgiven by God

D) It should be hidden

Answer: C) It is understandable and can be forgiven by God



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✅ 20. What is the main message of the poem?


A) Do your duties at all costs

B) One must work even when tired

C) God helps those who help themselves

D) God’s grace covers human shortcomings

Answer: D) God’s grace covers human shortcomings



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✅ 21. What is the form of the poem?


A) Sonnet

B) Ballad

C) Ode

D) Epic

Answer: B) Ballad



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✅ 22. What literary device is used in "He died as merry as a bird"?


A) Metaphor

B) Alliteration

C) Simile

D) Hyperbole

Answer: C) Simile



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✅ 23. What does the phrase "God covered the world with shade" suggest?


A) It was nighttime

B) God made people blind

C) It began to rain

D) People were afraid

Answer: A) It was nighttime



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✅ 24. Why does Father Gilligan say “My body spake, not I”?


A) To blame someone else

B) To explain he was too tired

C) To ask for food

D) To deny his thoughts

Answer: B) To explain he was too tired



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✅ 25. What shows that God is forgiving in the poem?


A) He punishes Father Gilligan

B) He delays the man’s death

C) He sends an angel to help in Father’s absence

D) He sends rain as a sign

Answer: C) He sends an angel to help in Father’s absence



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✅ 26. What is meant by “With planets in His care”?


A) God controls the universe

B) God loves the earth only

C) God lives on a planet

D) God counts the stars

Answer: A) God controls the universe



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✅ 27. What emotion does Father Gilligan feel upon realizing God's help?


A) Pride

B) Anger

C) Grief

D) Gratitude

Answer: D) Gratitude



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✅ 28. What kind of rhyme scheme does the poem follow?


A) Free verse

B) ABAB

C) AABB

D) ABCB

Answer: D) ABCB



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✅ 29. What is Father Gilligan’s reaction when the woman says he came before?


A) He is angry

B) He is confused

C) He is proud

D) He is silent

Answer: B) He is confused



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✅ 30. Which quality of Father Gilligan is shown most clearly?


A) Laziness

B) Greed

C) Devotion and humility

D) Power and control

Answer: C) Devotion and humility



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