ICSE Class 10 When Great Trees Fall — Maya Angelou — Mock Test (2027)
Free online mock test for When Great Trees Fall — Maya Angelou (ICSE Class 10 English Literature) — 20 competency-based questions based on the latest CISCE 2027 syllabus, with instant marking. Try the samples below, then take the full test free.
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Sample questions
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1.Compare these two statements about the poem’s shift from describing the loss of great trees to the loss of important people: Statement (1): When great souls die, people sense the air becoming thin or "sterile." Statement (2): This eerie change in the air makes breathing feel temporarily shallow.
- a.(1) and (2) have no direct link
- b.(2) is true and (1) is false
- c.(1) is the cause for (2)
- d.(1) and (2) reinforce each other
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2.The poet emphasizes that our connected reality seems to _______ once major guiding figures vanish.
- A.resurface stronger with unwavering purpose
- B.collapse, leaving us adrift in sorrow
- C.glow brighter, fueled by new mentors
- D.scatter into countless fleeting illusions
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3.Identify the proper sequence: 1. Grief causes our "eyes" to see painfully clearly. 2. Memory dwells on unsaid words, incomplete promises. 3. We briefly breathe, but the air feels sterile. 4. The poem shifts from literal trees falling to metaphorical human loss.
- A.4, 3, 1, 2
- B.3, 1, 4, 2
- C.1, 2, 3, 4
- D.2, 3, 4, 1
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4.What kind of “electric vibration” fills the spaces after healing starts?
- A.A chaotic roar
- B.A low, destructive hum
- C.A soothing, comforting feeling
- D.A sudden explosive surge
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5.Which phrase best describes the mental state caused by such a loss, according to the poem?
- A."Not so much maddened as reduced to ignorance"
- B."An explosion of constant anger"
- C."Completely joyful after acceptance"
- D."Calmly unaffected, continuing as usual"
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