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.Which cosmic influence does the poet say stir on "earthly wants and aspirations high"?
- A.The blazing sun overhead
- B.An unseen star or undiscovered planet
- C.The next-door neighbor's fortune
- D.A magical comet from another galaxy
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2.The poem portrays ghosts as ________ visitors among the living.
- A.vicious
- B.messy
- C.harmless
- D.loud
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3.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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4.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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5.How does the poet hint he might be a ghost himself?
- A.He states, "I died last autumn"
- B.He sees forms the stranger doesn't
- C.He cracks the floorboards with his footsteps
- D.He flees each time daylight arrives
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