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.In *Haunted Houses*, the poet’s perspective on ownership of property is that _______.
- A.once a legal deed is signed, spirits vanish
- B.no one truly owns land; past dwellers still ‘hold’ it
- C.the living alone have full, rightful claim to estates
- D.neighbors share equal rights to a single property
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2.The "perpetual jar of earthly wants" arises from _______, according to the poem.
- A.frequent wars with ghosts
- B.the poet's personal envy
- C.the pull of a mysterious cosmic influence
- D.neighbors demanding too much money
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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.Why can the stranger at the fireside perceive less than the poet?
- A.The stranger is partially deaf
- B.He sees only the present, not the past
- C.He chooses to ignore all ghosts
- D.He's afraid to ask the poet anything
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5.In the illuminated hall, how does Longfellow describe these "quiet, inoffensive ghosts"?
- A.They're as silent as pictures
- B.They cause a disturbance
- C.They vanish when lights turn on
- D.They talk loudly among themselves
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