ICSE Class 10 A Considerable Speck — Robert Frost — Mock Test (2027)
Free online mock test for A Considerable Speck — Robert Frost (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.Decide how these statements follow the poem's logic: 1. The speaker contemplates dropping a lethal ink period on the speck. 2. He halts upon realizing it has self-directed inclinations. 3. He wonders if it's just dust or truly alive. 4. He initially believed the speck was something blown by his breath.
- A.4, 1, 3, 2
- B.1, 3, 2, 4
- C.4, 3, 2, 1
- D.1, 4, 3, 2
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2.Observing the mite's behavior, the speaker concludes it's not simple dust but a creature with its own ______.
- A.cunning trick
- B.living will
- C.fragile wings
- D.hidden friend
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3.Select the best order of the following events in 'A Considerable Speck' that describe the mite's contradictory responses: 1. The poem describes the mite's contradictory responses: terror plus cunning. 2. Ultimately, it stops, accepting the narrator's power over its fate. 3. This is after a series of frantic movements across the page. 4. The speaker finds no evil in the insect and spares it.
- A.3, 1, 2, 4
- B.1, 2, 3, 4
- C.1, 3, 4, 2
- D.3, 4, 1, 2
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4.The narrator confesses to not having 'tenderer-than-thou' love, meaning:
- A.He hates all creatures
- B.He isn't blindly protective of every living thing
- C.He hunts insects for pleasure
- D.He wrote a treatise on insect kindness
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5."It ran with terror and with cunning crept" shows the mite’s:
- A.Absolute confusion
- B.Combination of fear and cleverness
- C.Tendency to chase other insects
- D.Desire to walk in circles
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