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.
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Sample questions
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1.The line "We have no title-deeds to house or lands" suggests that _______.
- A.modern owners always lose legal papers
- B.ancestral spirits still claim a hold on these estates
- C.real estate is worthless in this village
- D.no one can ever inhabit these haunted dwellings
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2.Statement (1): Ghosts manifest on doorsteps and stairs. Statement (2): They leave "impalpable impressions," impossible to physically feel.
- 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) reinforce each other
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3.Select the correct chronological flow: 1. We have no actual title-deeds to property. 2. Graves yield dusty hands still grasping their old estates. 3. Early owners, now forgotten, remain attached to those lands. 4. The poet suggests these ancestors never fully let go.
- A.3, 1, 4, 2
- B.2, 4, 3, 1
- C.1, 3, 2, 4
- D.4, 2, 1, 3
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4.Choose the option that orders these statements correctly: 1. The poet notes that houses where people lived and died become haunted. 2. Ghosts glide silently on errands through open doors. 3. They make no sound with their feet upon the floors. 4. He calls these spirits "harmless phantoms."
- A.2, 4, 1, 3
- B.4, 1, 3, 2
- C.1, 2, 3, 4
- D.1, 3, 4, 2
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5.Which option best exhibits the figure of speech hinted at by the phrase: “Owners and occupants of earlier dates... hold in mortmain still their old estates”?
- A.“They come and go with no footprints behind.”
- B.“Time, the great devourer, spares no living soul.”
- C.“Forgotten graves stretch dusty hands to claim their land.”
- D.“Melancholy hearts yearn for a lost dawn.”
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