When Great Trees Fall MCQs: Treasure Chest Workbook Solutions ICSE Class 10 English by Maya Angelou. The Treasure Chest (A Collection of ICSE Poems and Short Stories) is popular and council prescribe textbook for ICSE Class 10 English. Visit official website CISCE for detail information about ICSE Board Class-10 English.
When Great Trees Fall MCQs: Treasure Chest Workbook Solutions ICSE Class 10
Board | ICSE |
Publications | Evergreen Publications |
Subject | English |
Class | 10 |
Book Name | Treasure Chest |
Chapter | When Great Trees Fall |
Writer | Maya Angelou |
Topics | Solutions of Workbook MCQs |
Evergreen Workbook Solutions
(When Great Trees Fall MCQs: Treasure Chest ICSE Class 10 English by Maya Angelou)
Que-1: Which extended metaphor is used in the poem?
A. The deaths of great men
B. The falling of great trees
C. Nature
D. Big and small animals
Ans: B. The falling of great trees
Que-2: When do animals seek safety?
A. When the earth shakes
B. When wolves howl
C. When great trees fall
D. When hunters appear
Ans: C. When great trees fall
Que-3: What positive happens when great men die?
A. Our senses are benumbed.
B. Our memory is suddenly sharpened.
C. We feel sorry for ourselves.
D. We feel pity for great men.
Ans: B. Our memory is suddenly sharpened.
Que-4: In what state are we thrown suddenly when we hear about the death of a great soul?
A. Sullen
B. Indifferent
C. Sorrowful
D. Amusing
Ans: C. Sorrowful
Que-5: What do great men generally care for?
A. Our souls
B. Our bodies
C. Our wealth
D. Our health
Ans: A. Our souls
Que-6: The phrase ‘dark cold, caves’ symbolises …… …… in the poem.
A. Cheerfulness
B. Depth of mind
C. Despair
D. Ignorance
Ans: C. Despair
Que-7: What happens to our souls on hearing the news of a great man who has impacted our lives greatly?
A. We begin to cry.
B. We become mad.
C. We become silent.
D. Our souls shrivel.
Ans: D. Our souls shrivel.
Que-8: Which figure of speech is used in the line ‘We can be. Be and be’?
A. Personification
B. Irony
C. Alliteration
D. Sarcasm
Ans: C. Alliteration
Que-9: Which of these statements is NOT true?
A. When great trees fall the rocks on distant hills shudder.
B. When great trees fall small animals do not bother.
C. The falling of great trees causes ripples for miles.
D. We should try to be better than we are.
Ans: B. When great trees fall small animals do not bother.
Que-10: The poem ‘When Great Trees Fall’ is on the whole
A. Depressing
B. Realistic and positive
C. Ironical
D. Amusing
Ans: B. Realistic and positive
Morning Star Workbook Solutions
(When Great Trees Fall MCQs: Treasure Chest ICSE Class 10 English by Maya Angelou)
Que-1: Which of the following poetic devices is used in the title of the poem?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Metonymy
Ans: B. Metaphor
Que-2: What happens to the ‘small things’ when great trees fall?
A. They die due to shock
B. They look up to large things for shelter
C. They curl up in silence
D. None of the above
Ans: C. They curl up in silence
Que-3: Which figure of speech is used in the line given below? ‘the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile.’
A. Asyndeton
B. Anaphora
C. Refrain
D. Polyptoton
Ans: A. Asyndeton
Que-4: Which of the following poetic devices is used in the lines given below? We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly,/see with
A. Anaphora
B. Polyptoton
C. Epizeuxis
D. Epistrophe
Ans: D. Epistrophe
Que-5: What is suggested by the phrase-memory ‘gnaws on’?
A. The phase of forgetfulness
B. Time spent on grieving for the dead
C. Unsaid words and unkept promises
D. None of the above
Ans: C. Unsaid words and unkept promises
Que-6: How do the survivors see the world after the departure of the great souls from this world?
A. The world becomes unrecognizable
B. The world remains the same
C. The world loses its beauty
D. All of the above
Ans: A. The world becomes unrecognizable
Que-7: Which figure of speech is used in the line given below? ‘Our minds, formed and informed by their radiance,…..’
A. Alliteration
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Polyptoton
Ans: D. Polyptoton
Que-8: What is suggested by the line- ‘Our minds, formed and informed’?
A. The great souls remain in our mind
B. The great souls shape the way people think
C. The great souls have great minds
D. The great souls cannot touch the minds of people
Ans: B. The great souls shape the way people think
Que-9: The image of ‘dark, cold caves’ conveys which of the following?
A. Loneliness and incomprehension that accompanies the loss of great souls
B. The feeling of despair felt by the bereaved
C. The world after the departure of great souls
D. Both (a) and (b)
Ans: D. Both (a) and (b)
Que-10: What is suggested by Maya Angelou when she says, ‘after a period peace blooms’?
A. Healing follows grief
B. Peace occurs while remembering the great souls
C. People remain silent during the period of mourning
D. None of the above
Ans: A. Healing follows grief
Que-11: How does the speaker think that the bereaved can continue to ‘Be and be better’?
A. By forgetting the departed souls after some time
B. By the inspiration provided by the great souls
C. By accepting the fact that they are gone forever
D. None of the above
Ans: B. By the inspiration provided by the great souls
Que-12: Which of the following lines contains the same literary device as the one in the title, When Great Trees Fall?
A. Were gathered there for vengeance and I knew That if I dipped my hand the spawn would clutch it.
B. The woods decay, the woods decay and fall The vapours weep their burden to the ground.
C. Admit impediments, love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove.
D. In small towns by the river We all want to walk with the gods.
Ans: B. The woods decay, the woods decay and fall
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