A Nation's Strength MCQs

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a/an ____ poet.

a. Scottish b. American c. English d. Australian

2. The poem "A Nation's Strength" was written by

a.  Ralph Waldo Emerson b. c. William Ross Wallace d. Robert Louis Stevenson Ellen M.H. Gates

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in

a. 1802 b. 1881 c. 1803 d.1882

4.Ralph Waldo Emerson died in a. 1802 C. 1881 b. 1803 1882

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in –

a.  Boston b. Chicago c. Washington d. New York

 6. Besides a poet, he was also an essayist and a

a. scholar b. c. professor d. philosopher novelist

7. can make, 'Not gold, but only A people great and strong

a. Children b. men c. people d. women

8. 'Men who, for truth and honour's sake, Stand fast and long

 a. wait b. endure c. suffer d. sit

 9. Brave men who work while others sleep, Who dare while others –

a. escape b. fly c. desert d. disappear

 10. They build a nation's pillars And lift them to the sky

a. strong b. solid c. heavy d. deep