When Great Trees Fall MCQs: Treasure Chest Workbook Solutions ICSE Class 10 English

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 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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