MCQs – The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot

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

1. What is the form of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock?
(A) Sonnet
(B) Dramatic monologue
(C) Elegy
(D) Epic

Answer: (B) Dramatic monologue

2. Which literary technique is prominent in the opening lines of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock?
(A) Simile
(B) Personification
(C) Alliteration
(D) Metaphor

Answer: (D) Metaphor

3. The poem begins with an epigraph from which literary work?
(A) The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
(B) The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
(C) Paradise Lost by John Milton
(D) The Odyssey by Homer

Answer: (A) The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

4. What is the recurring imagery in the poem that represents time?
(A) Moonlight
(B) Coffee spoons
(C) Rivers
(D) Wind

Answer: (B) Coffee spoons

5. What does Prufrock repeatedly ask himself in the poem?
(A) “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”
(B) “Shall I part my hair behind?”
(C) “Do I dare disturb the universe?”
(D) “Why should I weep?”

Answer: (C) “Do I dare disturb the universe?”

6. Which of the following lines in the poem suggests Prufrock’s indecisiveness?
(A) “Let us go then, you and I”
(B) “And in short, I was afraid”
(C) “I grow old … I grow old”
(D) “I shall wear white flannel trousers”

Answer: (B) “And in short, I was afraid”

7. In the poem, Prufrock compares himself to which biblical figure?
(A) Jesus
(B) Lazarus
(C) Moses
(D) David

Answer: (B) Lazarus

8. What type of love song does the poem present?
(A) Romantic and hopeful
(B) Nostalgic and melancholic
(C) Joyful and celebratory
(D) Passionate and dramatic

Answer: (B) Nostalgic and melancholic

9. What is Prufrock’s concern about his physical appearance?
(A) His hands are too rough
(B) His clothes are too outdated
(C) His hair is growing thin
(D) His shoes are worn out

Answer: (C) His hair is growing thin

10. What is the tone of the final stanza of the poem?
(A) Hopeful and optimistic
(B) Dreamlike and surreal
(C) Angry and rebellious
(D) Joyful and romantic

Answer: (B) Dreamlike and surreal

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