1. What is the central theme of the poem ‘The Trees’?
- a) Joy of spring
- b) Human friendship
- c) Freedom and escape
- d) Beauty of moonlight
Correct Answer: c) Freedom and escape
2. The trees in the poem symbolize:
- a) Plants only
- b) Caged birds
- c) Nature’s struggle for freedom
- d) A city garden
Correct Answer: c) Nature’s struggle for freedom
3. Why is the forest described as ‘empty all these days’?
- a) Because the trees were confined indoors
- b) Because there was no rain
- c) Because animals left it
- d) Because people cut them all
Correct Answer: a) Because the trees were confined indoors
4. Which sense is most strongly evoked in ‘the smell of leaves and lichen’?
- a) Sight
- b) Smell
- c) Hearing
- d) Taste
Correct Answer: b) Smell
5. ‘The moon is broken like a mirror’ is an example of:
- a) Simile
- b) Personification
- c) Alliteration
- d) Hyperbole
Correct Answer: a) Simile
6. ‘My head is full of whispers’ suggests:
- a) The poet hears gossip
- b) The poet’s imagination is restless
- c) The wind is strong
- d) The birds are singing
Correct Answer: b) The poet’s imagination is restless
7. The trees breaking the glass represent:
- a) Anger
- b) Resistance to confinement
- c) Beauty of glass
- d) Carelessness of people
Correct Answer: b) Resistance to confinement
8. What does ‘long-cramped boughs shuffling under the roof’ convey?
- a) Freedom of trees
- b) Joy of dancing
- c) Tiredness and struggle
- d) Strength of branches
Correct Answer: c) Tiredness and struggle
9. Why does the poet compare trees to ‘newly discharged patients’?
- a) To show their weakness and slow movement
- b) To show they are healthy again
- c) To show their anger
- d) To show their silence
Correct Answer: a) To show their weakness and slow movement
10. The poet scarcely mentions the ‘departure’ in her letters because:
- a) She is careless
- b) She is detached and reflective
- c) She is forgetful
- d) She dislikes trees
Correct Answer: b) She is detached and reflective
11. What is the poet doing while trees are moving?
- a) Sleeping
- b) Writing long letters
- c) Watering the plants
- d) Reading books
Correct Answer: b) Writing long letters
12. The poet’s tone in the poem can best be described as:
- a) Angry and violent
- b) Calm and observant
- c) Happy and playful
- d) Fearful and anxious
Correct Answer: b) Calm and observant
13. Why does the poet leave the ‘doors open to the veranda’?
- a) To let the air in
- b) To allow the trees’ escape
- c) To see the moonlight
- d) To talk with others
Correct Answer: b) To allow the trees’ escape
14. The empty forest becoming full again symbolizes:
- a) Hope and renewal
- b) Destruction
- c) Boredom
- d) Urbanization
Correct Answer: a) Hope and renewal
15. ‘Whispers’ in the poet’s head represent:
- a) Voices of people
- b) Inner thoughts and secrets of nature
- c) Noise of traffic
- d) Sound of broken glass
Correct Answer: b) Inner thoughts and secrets of nature
16. The poem highlights the conflict between:
- a) Man and man
- b) Man and woman
- c) Nature and human confinement
- d) Day and night
Correct Answer: c) Nature and human confinement
17. Why do the roots ‘work all night’?
- a) To search for water
- b) To free themselves from cracks
- c) To grow flowers
- d) To damage the veranda
Correct Answer: b) To free themselves from cracks
18. The act of ‘trees stumbling forward’ signifies:
- a) Their weakness
- b) Their determination to escape
- c) Their anger at humans
- d) Their confusion
Correct Answer: b) Their determination to escape
19. Which natural element ‘rushes to meet’ the trees?
- a) Sunlight
- b) Rain
- c) Winds
- d) Clouds
Correct Answer: c) Winds
20. Why does the moon appear ‘broken like a mirror’?
- a) Because of clouds
- b) Because branches block its light
- c) Because trees are moving
- d) Because it sets
Correct Answer: b) Because branches block its light
21. The poem suggests that keeping trees indoors is:
- a) Necessary for decoration
- b) Against their natural growth
- c) A symbol of love
- d) A part of gardening
Correct Answer: b) Against their natural growth
22. The forest without trees is like:
- a) A room without air
- b) A garden without flowers
- c) A bird without wings
- d) All of the above
Correct Answer: d) All of the above
23. If the trees symbolize human freedom, their escape means:
- a) Rebellion against suppression
- b) Laziness
- c) Anger of people
- d) Joy of entertainment
Correct Answer: a) Rebellion against suppression
24. The poem indirectly criticizes:
- a) Nature’s weakness
- b) Human confinement of nature
- c) Forests and animals
- d) Gardening practices
Correct Answer: b) Human confinement of nature
25. The breaking of glass in the poem shows:
- a) Nature breaking human-made barriers
- b) Carelessness of people
- c) Storm’s violence
- d) Fragility of the night
Correct Answer: a) Nature breaking human-made barriers
26. The line ‘no sun bury its feet in shadow’ is an example of:
- a) Personification
- b) Alliteration
- c) Hyperbole
- d) Metaphor
Correct Answer: a) Personification
27. ‘The whole moon shines / in a sky still open’ creates an image of:
- a) Darkness
- b) Freedom and vastness
- c) Confinement
- d) Silence
Correct Answer: b) Freedom and vastness
28. The poet uses ‘clinic doors’ to compare:
- a) The poet’s house with a hospital
- b) Trees’ struggle with patients leaving slowly
- c) Doctors with trees
- d) The moon with medicine
Correct Answer: b) Trees’ struggle with patients leaving slowly
29. What lesson does the poem teach us?
- a) To cut trees for beauty
- b) To respect nature’s need for freedom
- c) To keep plants indoors
- d) To plant fewer trees
Correct Answer: b) To respect nature’s need for freedom
30. Which of these best captures the poem’s message?
- a) Human power is supreme
- b) Nature finds a way to reclaim its freedom
- c) Trees are weak and helpless
- d) Forests are unnecessary
Correct Answer: b) Nature finds a way to reclaim its freedom
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