The Trees Class 10 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Understanding

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Are you prepared for your Class 10 English exam? This MCQ quiz on "The Trees" by Adrienne Rich will help you revise important themes, literary devices, and exam-oriented questions.

About the Quiz

Poem Name: The Trees
Poet: Adrienne Rich
Book: First Flight (Poetry)
Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
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✔ Covers themes, symbolism, and poetic devices
✔ Includes competency-based and high-level MCQs
✔ Ideal for quick revision before exams

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The Trees

1 / 15

All night the roots work
to disengage themselves from the cracks
in the veranda floor.
The leaves strain toward the glass
small twigs stiff with exertion
long-cramped boughs shuffling under the roof
like newly discharged patients
half-dazed, moving
to the clinic doors.

Choose the option listing the image that the poem metaphorically represents.

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Option (ii)

Option (iii)

Option (i)

Option (iv)

2 / 15

The trees inside are moving out into the forest,
the forest that was empty all these days
where no bird could sit no insect hide
no sun bury its feet in shadow
the forest that was empty all these nights
will be full of trees by morning.

State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE:

The extract uses trees as a symbol for conservative people.

True

False

3 / 15

Choose the correct option that mentions the correct poetic device against the correct example.

simile	long cramped boughs
metaphor	like newly discharged patients

personification	small twigs stiff with exertion
simile	like newly discharged patients

refrain	under the roof
simile	leaves strain toward the glass

personification	like newly discharged patients
refrain	half-dazed, moving

Option (3)

Option (1)

Option (2)

Option (4)

4 / 15

"The forest that was empty all these days" suggests:

Deforestation concerns

The suppression of authentic identity

Seasonal changes in forests

A physical absence of trees

5 / 15

I sit inside, doors open to the veranda
writing long letters
in which I scarcely mention the departure
of the forest from the house.
The night is fresh, the whole moon shines
in a sky still open…

The poet uses the indefinite article for ‘sky’ instead of the definite one. This is so because the poet is referring to

b. some part of the sky still left open for women to explore, away from limitations set by patriarchal norms.

c. the opportunities symbolized by an open sky outside can be utilized by a single woman.

a. the ceiling of the verandah as ‘a sky’ versus the door kept open, being ‘the sky’.

d. The portion of the sky bathed in moonlight versus the part that is still dark.

6 / 15

Select the appropriate option to complete the sentence, according to the extract.

The idea of a forest that has been ‘empty all these days’ is _____.

scary

unnatural

magical

legendary

7 / 15

Choose the option that correctly depicts the imagery in the last two lines of the extract.

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Option (2)

Option (3)

Option (1)

Option (4)

8 / 15

How does the use of enjambment impact this extract?

It makes the lines lyrical.

It forces frequent pauses.

It simplifies the meaning.

It builds momentum.

9 / 15

What is the central theme of the poem The Trees?

The cycle of life and death

The importance of forests

The beauty of nature

The struggle for freedom and growth

10 / 15

The poet talks about the house as

a safe sanctuary from predators.

a concrete alternative to a natural on

a representation of the family.

a place of confinement.

11 / 15

long-cramped and half-dazed are combinations of two words joined together to form compound words.

Choose the option that DOES NOT correctly fit the definition of the same.

discharged

backstage

comeback

toward

knighthood

1, 2, 4

2, 3, 5

1, 4, 5

2, 3, 4

12 / 15

Choose the image that represents the main object of the extract literally.

Option (ii)

Option (iii)

Option (i)

Option (iv)

13 / 15

If you were to interpret the poem as a metaphor for human life, what would the trees represent?

Human failures and regrets

Human fears and insecurities

Human achievements and successes

Human desires and aspirations

14 / 15

The metaphor of trees "struggling" to break free symbolizes:

The violent nature of social transformation

Nature's resistance to urbanization

Women's internal conflict between domesticity and freedom

Environmental degradation

15 / 15

Choose the option that DOES NOT state the meaning of the underlined word. ‘I scarcely mention…’

hardly

barely

tactfully

only just

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Key Topics Covered in the Quiz

✔ Symbolism of the trees and their movement
✔ Poetic devices used in the poem
✔ Message and deeper meaning of the poem
✔ Exam-focused high-level MCQs

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