WHEN GREAT TREES FALL MCQS

Who is the author of the poem "When Great Trees Fall"?

• Robert Frost

• W.H. Auden

• Thomas Hood

• Maya Angelou

What happens to the rocks on distant hills when great trees fall?

• They hunker down

• They shudder

• They lumber

• They are eroded

What happens to powerful animals like lions when great trees fall?

• They hunker down in caves

• They lumber after safety

• They hunker down in tall grasses

• They recoil into silence

What does the elephants' lumbering after safety indicate?

• The impact of the magnitude of loss

• That even large animals can get scared

• Elephants cant detect danger

• Both a) and c)

What figure of speech does the sentence "When great trees fall" indicate?

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

What happens to the forest creatures when great trees fall?

• They hide underground

• They recoil into silence

• Their senses are eroded beyond fear

• Both b) and c)

What happens to the air around us when great souls die?

• Light, vibrant and rich

• Light, rare and sterile

• Heavy, rare and hollow

• Heavy, empty and rare

What do our eyes briefly see when great souls die?

• The loss

• Promised walks

• Hurtful clarity

• Great souls

What does our suddenly sharpened memory examine?

• No unkind words unsaid

• Promised walks not taken

• Dependence of their nurture

• Both a) and b)

What do people feel when great souls die?

• Remorse or repentance

• Agonizing nostalgia

• Difficulty to live

• All of the above