ICSE Class 10 Haunted Houses — H.W. Longfellow — Mock Test (2027)
Free online mock test for Haunted Houses — H.W. Longfellow (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.
What to expect: This mock test covers key concepts from the Haunted Houses — H.W. Longfellow chapter — including application-based and competency-focused questions aligned with how ICSE actually sets the paper.
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Sample questions
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1.Identify the correct sequence below: 1. Our small lives remain balanced ("equipoise"). 2. There's a push-and-pull between joys and higher aspirations. 3. This tension fosters a stable existence. 4. We experience "opposite attractions and desires."
- A.1, 4, 2, 3
- B.2, 1, 3, 4
- C.4, 2, 1, 3
- D.3, 1, 4, 2
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2.What does the poet suggest about the number of guests at a meal?
- A.Everyone is accounted for
- B.People always dine alone
- C.There are more (ghosts) than the host invited
- D.The living outnumber the spirits
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3."Our little lives are kept in equipoise/By opposite attractions and desires" implies that _______.
- A.human existence balances pleasure and aspiration
- B.all humans become ghostlike after they die
- C.the poem highlights only sorrow and regret
- D.the speaker values illusions over realism
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4.Arrange the following lines in the poem's progression: 1. The moon from a cloud throws a floating bridge of light. 2. This luminous path trembles above the sea. 3. Our imaginations cross it into mystery. 4. The poet compares it to entry into "night."
- A.1, 2, 3, 4
- B.2, 1, 4, 3
- C.4, 3, 2, 1
- D.3, 1, 2, 4
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5.Statement (1): "There are more guests at table than the hosts/Invited." Statement (2): The poem insists these extra guests are dangerous intruders.
- A.(1) is true and (2) is false
- B.(2) is true and (1) is false
- C.(1) is the cause for (2)
- D.(1) and (2) are independent of each other
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