Teaching RPSC Assistant Professor Mock Test Series 2024-25 English Literature Reading Comprehension Poem-based passage
Comprehension Passage
Read the following poem and answer the questions-
And certain men, being maddened by those rhymes,
Or else by toasting her a score of times,
Rose from the table and declared it right
To test their fancy by their sight;
But they mistook the brightness of the moon
For the prosaic light of day –
Music had driven their wits astray –
And one was drowned in the great bog of Cloone.
Strange, but the man who made the song was blind;
Yet, now I have considered it, I find
That nothing strange; the tragedy began
With Homer that was a blind man,
And Helen has all living hearts betrayed.
O may the moon and sunlight seem
One inextricable beam,
For if I triumph I must make men mad.
The Tower by WB Yeats
What event prompted certain men to rise from the table?
1
They were maddened by toasting her a score of times.
2
They were inspired by a speech.
3
They wanted to fight for freedom.
4
They sought to write their own rhymes.
5
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