MCQs – The Forsaken Merman by Matthew Arnold

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman Shamil | Last updated: February 11, 2025

1. What is the central theme of The Forsaken Merman?
a) The power of nature
b) The conflict between love and religious duty
c) The adventures of a mythical hero
d) The beauty of the ocean
✔ b) The conflict between love and religious duty

2. Who is the speaker in the poem?
a) Margaret
b) The merman
c) A sailor
d) A priest
✔ b) The merman

3. Why does Margaret leave her husband and children?
a) She falls in love with another man
b) She wishes to return to human society and religion
c) She is forced to leave by the gods
d) She drowns in the sea
✔ b) She wishes to return to human society and religion

4. Where does Margaret go after leaving the merman and her children?
a) To another kingdom
b) To a monastery to pray
c) To a mountaintop
d) To a desert
✔ b) To a monastery to pray

5. What is the tone of The Forsaken Merman?
a) Joyful and celebratory
b) Melancholic and sorrowful
c) Humorous and lighthearted
d) Angry and resentful
✔ b) Melancholic and sorrowful

6. What does the sea symbolize in the poem?
a) Chaos and destruction
b) Love and freedom
c) Religious devotion
d) Wealth and prosperity
✔ b) Love and freedom

7. What is the rhyme scheme of The Forsaken Merman?
a) Free verse
b) Rhyming couplets
c) Irregular rhyme and meter
d) Sonnet form
✔ c) Irregular rhyme and meter

8. How do the merman and his children feel after Margaret leaves?
a) Happy and hopeful
b) Confused and sorrowful
c) Angry and vengeful
d) Indifferent and emotionless
✔ b) Confused and sorrowful

9. What literary device is prominently used in the poem?
a) Hyperbole
b) Allegory
c) Imagery
d) Irony
✔ c) Imagery

10. What is the final fate of Margaret in the poem?
a) She returns to the merman
b) She is lost in prayer and never returns
c) She drowns in the sea
d) She becomes the queen of a new kingdom
✔ b) She is lost in prayer and never returns

MCQs from Some Famous Poems of Matthew Arnold

  1. MCQs Thyrsis by Matthew Arnold
  2. MCQs – Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold
  3. MCQs – The Scholar-Gipsy by Matthew Arnold
  4. MCQs – Empedocles on Etna by Matthew Arnold
  5. MCQs – The Forsaken Merman by Matthew Arnold

Summary of Some Famous poems of Matthew Arnold

  1. Summary – Dover Beach 
  2. Summary – The Scholar-Gipsy 
  3. Summary – Thyrsis 
  4. Summary – Empedocles on Etna 
  5. Summary – The Forsaken Merman 

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