The Trees Class 10 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Understanding

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.

The extract talks about trees breaking out of confined spaces. This is a reference to women

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

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 talks about the house as

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.

Based on the extract, choose the option that lists the most likely symbolic meaning of (1) – (4) respectively.

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.

The phrase, “newly discharged patients” suggests that the trees were

What is the central theme of the poem The Trees?

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.

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.

The poet has used a poetic device in the given lines. What effect does she wish to create by its use?

…no bird could sit
no insect hide
no sun…

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.

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…

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

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 that lists the examples of exertion.

1. Neha had been up all night keeping accounts and now she’s resting.
2. Swati was running for five miles non-stop last evening.
3. Hemant is watching his favorite show and having snacks.
4. Sachin helped a senior citizen board a flight in the morning.

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

"The glass has been broken" is significant because:

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…

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

The poem's shift from indoor to outdoor imagery represents: