The poem “Fog” by W.H. Davies vividly describes the disorienting experience of being caught in thick fog. The poet observes how the fog distorts perception, transforming boys into men and men into giants. The thick fog affects his senses, causing physical discomfort and confusion about his surroundings. He loses his sense of distance and space, unable to distinguish between streetlights and stars. Amid this chaos, the poet encounters a blind man who confidently guides him home. This contrast highlights that blindness, in this situation, becomes an advantage, as the blind man’s familiarity with navigating darkness surpasses the poet’s impaired vision.
20 Multiple Choice Questions with Answers
1. What does the poet observe as the fog grows thick?
A. The sky turning blue
B. Boys turning into men and men into giants
C. Trees disappearing
D. The sun shining brightly
Answer: B
2. How does the fog affect the poet’s throat?
A. Makes it dry
B. Clutches it, causing him to cough
C. Makes it feel normal
D. Warms it up
Answer: B
3. What physical discomfort does the poet describe?
A. Cold hands
B. Heavy eyes like burning lead
C. Numb feet
D. Aching ears
Answer: B
4. What happens to the poet’s sense of space and distance?
A. It becomes sharper
B. It gets distorted
C. It remains the same
D. It improves slightly
Answer: B
5. What does the poet compare the streetlights to?
A. Stars in the sky
B. Fireflies
C. Candlelight
D. Lanterns
Answer: A
6. Who helps the poet find his way home?
A. A police officer
B. A blind man
C. A neighbor
D. A friend
Answer: B
7. How does the blind man guide the poet?
A. By holding his hand
B. By tapping the stones in front of him
C. By giving verbal directions
D. By using a map
Answer: B
8. What emotion does the poet feel while following the blind man?
A. Fear
B. Trust
C. Doubt
D. Anger
Answer: B
9. How does the poet describe his experience of following the blind man?
A. Like an adult
B. Like a child
C. Like a stranger
D. Like a traveler
Answer: B
10. What is the central theme of the poem?
A. The beauty of nature
B. The confusion caused by fog
C. The advantages of blindness in certain situations
D. The danger of traveling alone
Answer: C
11. What literary device is used in “Like balls of burning lead”?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole
Answer: A
12. Why does the poet lose all judgment?
A. He is scared of the fog
B. The fog makes it impossible to perceive distance or space
C. He is tired from walking
D. He is overwhelmed by emotions
Answer: B
13. What effect does the fog have on the halted cars?
A. Makes them invisible
B. Makes their lights look like stars
C. Makes them disappear
D. Makes them move slowly
Answer: B
14. What does the poet ask the man passing by?
A. For help finding his way
B. For food
C. For water
D. For a lift in his car
Answer: A
15. What is the tone of the poem?
A. Joyful
B. Reflective
C. Humorous
D. Angry
Answer: B
16. What does the fog symbolize in the poem?
A. Clarity
B. Confusion and uncertainty
C. Strength
D. Weakness
Answer: B
17. What quality of the blind man is emphasized in the poem?
A. His physical strength
B. His confidence and adaptability
C. His wealth
D. His intelligence
Answer: B
18. How does the poet feel about the blind man leading him?
A. He resents it
B. He appreciates it
C. He doubts it
D. He ignores it
Answer: B
19. What lesson does the poet learn from the blind man?
A. To trust others in difficult situations
B. To never go out in the fog
C. To avoid asking for help
D. To rely only on himself
Answer: A
20. What literary device is used in “It clutched my throat, I coughed”?
A. Alliteration
B. Personification
C. Hyperbole
D. Metaphor
Answer: B
Reading Comprehension
A. Answer the following questions:
1. What does ‘I’ refer to in the poem?
Ans. ‘T’ in the poem refers to the poet.
2. How do the poet’s eyes look like in the fog?
Ans. The poet’s eyes were looking like balls of burning lead in the fog
3. Why did the poet lose his judgement and why?
Ans. The poet lost his judgement because due to fog it grew so black that he failed to understand anything.
4. Who was the man who passed by the poet?
Ans. A blind man passed by the poet.
5. How did the poet reach home?
Ans. The poet reached home with the help and guidance of the blind man.
6. Which word indicated to us that the second man was blind?
Ans. The word blind man used in the last line of the poem tells us that the second man was blind.
7. What message do you get from this poem?
Ans. The poem gives us the message that the blind has skills that can prove an advantage over people with vision.
B. Write true or false against the given statements:
1. The man was able to see everything in the fog.
2. In the fog, his eyes looked like burning lead.
3. He imagines that lamps, lights and cars are heavenly stars.
4. The blind man helped him to cross the road.
5. The poet reached his home safely.
Ans. 1. False, 2. True, 3. True, 4. True, 5. True..