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.What is said about the "unsteady floor" of that spirit-bridge?
- A.It never shakes at all
- B.It sways and bends as thoughts wander
- C.It disintegrates at daybreak
- D.It's safe and unchanging
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2.The poem says this spirit-world passes lightly through "earthly mists and vapours." Which phrase describes this movement?
- A.It struggles heavily
- B.It wafts like a vital breath
- C.It collides with the living
- D.It devours all sunshine
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3.Which of the given options contains the figure of speech that appears in the following lines from Longfellow’s poem, ‘Haunted Houses’? ‘The spirit-world around this world of sense Floats like an atmosphere, …’
- a.‘Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear.’
- b.‘When Frost was spectre-gray’
- c.‘An hundred years should go to praise / Thine eyes’
- d.‘She sways like a flower in the wind of our song;’
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4.Identify the correct listing of statements that aligns with the poem's ideas: 1. The spirit-world surrounds our tangible world like an atmosphere. 2. It wafts through earthly mists and vapors. 3. It is a vital breath of ethereal air. 4. The living realm is entangled with the ghosts' domain.
- A.1, 3, 4, 2
- B.4, 1, 2, 3
- C.1, 2, 3, 4
- D.2, 4, 3, 1
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5.Identify the proper arrangement here: 1. A stranger at the fireside fails to see or hear the ghosts. 2. The poet sees everything from past to present. 3. The stranger only perceives current reality ("what is"). 4. The poem hints the speaker has a broader vision.
- A.2, 1, 3, 4
- B.1, 3, 2, 4
- C.1, 2, 4, 3
- D.2, 4, 1, 3
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