MCQ: The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde

Multiple Choice Questions on The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde

01. ‘The Selfish Giant’ is:

a. A play

b. A poem

c. A Story

d. A novel

Ans: c. A Story

02. ‘The Selfish Giant’ is a composition by:

a. Robert Frost

b. Tolstoy

c. Ruskin Bond

d. Oscar Wilde

Ans: d. Oscar Wilde

03. The writer of the story ‘The Selfish Giant’ is:

a. Tolstoy

b. Oscar Wilde

c. O. Henry

d. Gorky

Ans: b. Oscar Wilde

04. When was Oscar Wilde born?

a. 1851

b. 1852

c. 1853

d. 1854

Ans: d. 1854

05. Where was Oscar Wilde born?

a. New York

b. London

c. Dublin

d. Moscow

Ans: c. Dublin

06. ‘The Selfish Giant’ was first published in:

a. 1888

b. 1889

c. 1890

d. 1891

Ans: a. 1888

07. ‘The Selfish Giant’ is included in Wilde’s collection of stories named:

a. The Happy Prince and Other Tales

b. Panchtantra

c. Mansarovar

d. Lamb’s Tales From Shakspeare

Ans: a. The Happy Prince and Other Tales

08. When did the children go to the Giant’s garden?

a. Night

b. Morning

c. Afternoon

d. Evening

Ans: c. Afternoon

09. Giant’s garden was a:

a. Small garden

b. Unattractive garden

c. Large and lovely garden

d. Dry garden

Ans: c. Large and lovely garden

10. How many peach-trees were there in Giant’s garden?

a. Ten

b. Eleven

c. Twelve

d. Fourteen

Ans: c. Twelve

11. The Giant’s garden was full of:

a. Green grass

b. water

c. Animals

d. Thorns

Ans: a. Green grass

12. What was the name of the Giant’s friend?

a. Spanish Ogre

b. Cornish Ogre

c. English Ogre

d. Indian Ogre

Ans: b. Cornish Ogre

13. The Giant had stayed with his friend Cornish Ogre for:

a. Four years

b. Five years

c. Six years

d. Seven years

Ans: d. Seven years

14. When the Giant came back after seven years, what did he see?

a. The old men sitting in the garden

b. The women weeping in the garden

c. The children playing in the garden

d. The goats grazing in the garden

Ans: c. The children playing in the garden

15. What happened when the Giant cried in a very gruff voice?

a. The old men ran away

b. The women ran away

c. The children ran away

d. The goats ran away

Ans: c. The children ran away

16. ‘My own garden is my own garden’ is the statement of:

a. The story teller

b. The selfish Giant

c. A villager

d. An old lady

Ans: b. The selfish Giant

17. Who built a high wall all round the garden?

a. The story teller

b. The selfish Giant

c. A villager

d. An old lady

Ans: b. The selfish Giant

18. The Giant built a high wall all round the garden to:

a. Keep the birds out of the garden

b. Keep the horses out of the garden

c. Keep goats out of the garden

d. Keep the outsiders out of the garden

Ans: d. Keep the outsiders out of the garden

19. On the high wall the selfish Giant put up a:

a. Sword

b. Shield

c. Notice-board

d. Spear

Ans: c. Notice-board

20. What was written on the notice board of the Giant?

a. Trespassers will be rewarded

b. Trespassers will be punished

c. Trespassers will be appreciated

d. Trespassers will be prosecuted

Ans: d. Trespassers will be prosecuted

21. The Giant was:

a. Very selfish

b. Very cunning

c. Very clever

d. Very helpful

Ans: a. Very selfish

22. The children in ‘The Selfish Giant’ tried to play:

a. In other garden

b. on the school playground

c. on the road

d. on the bridge

Ans: c. on the road

23. The children in the story ‘The Selfish Giant’ did not like the new place of playing because:

a. The road was dusty

b. The road was full of hard stones

c. Both a and b

d. The road was narrow

Ans: c. Both a and b

24. Which season was there in the Giant’s garden when it was spring all over the country?

a. Summer

b. Winter

c. Spring

d Autumn

Ans: b. Winter

25. In the Giant’s garden the trees forgot to:

a. Dance

b Bear fruit

c. Sing

d. Blossom

Ans: d. Blossom

26. A beautiful flower of the Giant’s garden slipped back into the ground:

a. On seeing the high walls

b. On seeing the empty garden

c. On seeing the Giant

d. On seeing the notice-board

Ans: d. On seeing the notice-board

27. Who were the only people that were pleased to see the condition of the Giant’s garden?

a. North Wind and the Hail

b. The Snow and the Frost

c. The giant

d. Children

Ans: b. The Snow and the Frost

28. What did the Snow do?

a. Covered up the grass with white cloak

b. Painted all the trees silver

c. Roared all day about the garden

d. Rattle on the roof of the castle

Ans: a. Covered up the grass with white cloak

29. What did the Frost do?

a. Covered up the grass with white cloak

b. Painted all the trees silver

c. Roared all day about the garden

d. Rattle on the roof of the castle

Ans: b. Painted all the trees silver

30. Who invited the North Wind to stay with them?

a. The Snow

b. The Frost

c. Both a and b

d. The Giant

Ans: c. Both a and b

31. The North Wind was wrapped in:

a. Blanket

b. Quilt

c. Shawl

d. Furs

Ans: d. Furs

32. What did the North Wind do?

a. Covered the grass with white cloak

b. Painted the trees silver

c. Roared all day about the garden

d. Rattle on the roof of the castle

Ans: c. Roared all day about the garden

33. What did the Hail do?

a. Covered the grass with white cloak

b. Painted the trees silver

c. Roared all day about the garden

d. Rattled on the roof of the castle

Ans: d. Rattled on the roof of the castle

34. The Hail was dressed in:

a. White

b. Grey

c. Silver

d. Black

Ans: b. Grey

35. The breath of the Hail was like:

a. Ice

b. Dust

c. Air

d. Water

Ans: a. Ice

36. The Autumn did not give golden fruit to the Giant’s garden because:

a. There were no children

b. There were huge walls

c. There was a notice board

d. The Giant was too selfish

Ans: d. The Giant was too selfish

37. One morning the Giant heard the music of:

a. King’s musicians

b. Children

c. A little linnet

d. A band party

Ans: c. A little linnet

38. From where did the children creep in the Giant’s garden?

a. Through a little hole in the wall

b. Through the door

c. Through a window

d. By climbing the wall

Ans: a. Through a hole in the wall

39. The trees of the Giant’s garden were so glad to have:

a. The children back again

b. The birds back again

c. The musicians back again

d. The animals back again

Ans: a. The children back again

40. Who was standing at the farthest corner of the Giant’s garden?

a. A lamb

b. A little boy

c. A dwarf

d. A goat

Ans: b. A little boy

41. The little boy could not reach up to the branches of the tree because he was:

a. Too weak

b. Too fat

c. Too tiny

d. Too lazy

Ans: c. Too tiny

42. Seeing the Giant the children:

a. Began to dance

b. Began to weep

c. Ran away

d. Began to laugh

Ans: c. Ran away

43. The little boy did not see the Giant coming because:

a. He was blind

b. His eyes were full of tears

c. He was sleeping

d. He was playing

Ans: b. His eyes were full of tears

44. The little boy of the story ‘The Selfish Giant’ kissed:

a. The tree

b. His brother

c. The Giant

d. His mother

Ans: c. The Giant

45. Who knocked down the wall of the Giant’s garden?

a. The children

b. The villagers

c. The Giant

d. The little boy

Ans: c. The Giant

46. The people found the Giant playing with:

a. The lambs

b. The flowers

c. The buds

d. The children

Ans: d. The children

47. Every afternoon the children came and played with:

a. The little boy

b. The Giant

c. The trees

d. The gardener

Ans: b. The Giant

48. Years went over and the Giant became:

a. Very young

b. Very old

c. Very strong

d. Very experienced

Ans: b. Very old

49. ‘The children are the most beautiful flowers of all’. It is the statement of:

a. The Giant

b. The teacher

c. The saint

d. The preacher

Ans: a. The Giant

50. Who was the little child in the story ‘The Selfish Giant’:

a. Devil

b. Satan

c. Jesus

d. Adam

Ans: c. Jesus