“The Trees” MCQs with Answers from CBSE Class 10 English First Flight Book Poem 7
The Trees MCQs – MCQs of Class 10 English Poem 7 The Trees by Adriene Rich have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 10 can prepare the MCQs of Poem 7 The Trees from the NCERT First Flight book. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take a free test of the MCQs of The Trees. These MCQ Questions have been selected based on the latest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.
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1. What is the poetess doing?
A. Watching trees
B. Writing long letters
C. Weeding
D. Worrying about deforestation
2. Choose the correct option that mentions the correct poetic device against the correct example.
i) Simile: long cramped boughs
Metaphor: like newly discharged patients
ii) Personification: small twigs stiff with exertion
Simile: like newly discharged patients
iii) Refrain: under the roof
Simile: leaves strain toward the glass
iv) Personification: like newly discharged patients
Refrain: half-dazed, moving
A. Option (i)
B. Option (ii)
C. Option (iii)
D. Option (iv)
3. Long-cramped and half-dazed are combinations of two words joined together to form compound words.
Choose the option that DOES NOT correctly fit the definition of the same.
i. discharged
ii. backstage
iii. comeback
iv. toward
v. knighthood
A. i, iii,v
B. ii, iii, iv
C. ii, iii, v
D. i, ii, iv
4. The phrase, “newly discharged patients” suggests that the trees were
A. angry or irritated because they were not receiving medical help or remedy, but now they’re cured and want to stay away from clinics.
B. discontent or disturbed and in need of support from the clinic staff, but now their complaints have been addressed, and they are content to live their lives.
C. misunderstood or mistreated and in need of medical attention or care, but now they’re healthy and ready to step out and promote the facility.
D. unwell or unhappy and in need of medical help or remedy, but now they’re cured and ready to venture out and live their lives.
5. The poem talks about trees breaking out of confined spaces. This is a reference to women-
A. shifting away from their domestic confines.
B. seeking revenge for their age-old oppressions.
C. realizing the difference between friends and enemies.
D. focusing on their family and home
6. Based on the extract, choose the option that lists the most likely symbolic meaning of (1), (2), (3), (4), respectively.
A. caution, women, restrictions, individuality
B. individuality, caution, ideas, women
C. restrictions, women, opportunities, individuality
D. opportunities, support, caution, women
7. The poet talks about the house as
A. a safe sanctuary from predators.
B. a place of confinement.
C. a representation of family.
D. a concrete alternative to a natural on
8. In the line – The night is fresh, the whole moon shines
in a sky still open
The poet uses the indefinite article for ‘sky’ instead of the definite one. This is so because the poet is referring to
A. the ceiling of the verandah as ‘a sky’ versus the door kept open, being ‘the sky’.
B. some part of the sky still left open for women to explore, away from limitations set by patriarchal norms.
C. the opportunities symbolized by an open sky outside can be utilized by a single woman.
D. the portion of the sky bathed in moonlight versus the part that is still dark.
9. Choose the option that DOES NOT state the meaning of the underlined word.
‘I scarcely mention…’
A. tactfully
B. hardly
C. barely
D. only just
10. “The night is fresh, the whole moon shines
in a sky still open…”
Choose the option that correctly depicts the imagery in the last two lines of the extract.
A. Option (1)
B. Option (2)
C. Option (3)
D. Option (4)
11. The word “boughs” mean
A. seeds
B. fruits
C. branches
D. roots
12. What does the poetess not mention in the letters?
A. The arrival of the forest from the house.
B. The departure of the forest from the office.
C. The departure of the forest from the house.
D. None of the above
13. What do the roots do all night?
A. try to free themselves
B. try to respire
C. try to appear long
D. none of the above
14. Name the literary device used in “The moon is broken like a mirror,”
A. metaphor
B. simile
C. alliteration
D. imagery
15. What rushes to meet the trees?
A. wind
B. light
C. Sun
D. Moon
16. By morning, the forest will be full of _____
A. insects
B. Sun
C. trees
D. birds
17. What does “half dazed” mean
A. half-shocked
B. half-asleep
C. confused
D. All of the above
18. Choose an option which is not a synonym of “whisper”.
A. mumble
B. howl
C. whir
D. swish
19. Since the earliest ties between humans and oaks, a very strong symbolic image of oaks has developed in which these trees have become associated with –
(i) longevity, strength, stability, endurance
(ii) power, justice, and honesty
(iii) fertility, fecundity, prolificacy
(iv) scarceness, scarcity, poverty
(v) unavailability, deficiency
A. Option (i) and (v)
B. Option (iii) and (iv)
C. Option (ii) and (v)
D. Option (i), (ii) and (iii)
20. Identify the poetic device used in “Winds rush to meet them”
A. Simile
B. Personification
C. Alliteration
D. Metaphor
21. Name the poet of the poem “The trees”
A. Adrienne Rich
B. Robert Frost
C. Carolyn Wells
D. Walt Whitman
22. Who has been personified in the line “no sun bury its feet in shadow”?
A. sun
B. feet
C. shadow
D. none of the above
23. What are the trees compared to?
A. insects
B. newly discharged patients
C. birds
D. children
24. What reaches like a voice into the rooms?
A. Noise of the roots
B. shuffling of the branches
C. smell of leaves and lichens
D. light of the moon
25. What rushes to meet the trees?
A. wind
B. light
C. Sun
D. Moon
26. The pieces of the moon can be seen in the crown of which tree?
A. Apple tree
B. Hemlock tree
C. oak tree
D. walnut tree
27. What had been empty?
A. trees
B. forest
C. house
D. World
28. What is the poetess doing?
A. writing long letters
B. reading
C. sleeping
D. watching television
29. Name the literary device used in “The moon is broken like a mirror,”
A. metaphor
B. simile
C. alliteration
D. imagery
30. By morning, the forest will be full of _____
A. insects
B. Sun
C. trees
D. birds
ANSWER KEY
| 1 | B | 16 | C |
| 2 | B | 17 | D |
| 3 | C | 18 | B |
| 4 | D | 19 | D |
| 5 | A | 20 | B |
| 6 | C | 21 | A |
| 7 | B | 22 | A |
| 8 | B | 23 | B |
| 9 | A | 24 | C |
| 10 | C | 25 | A |
| 11 | C | 26 | C |
| 12 | C | 27 | B |
| 13 | A | 28 | A |
| 14 | B | 29 | B |
| 15 | A | 30 | C |
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