The persons created of presented in a literary work are
Answer
(D)
characters
2
Pick the odd item
Answer
(A)
fiction
3
A group of lines separated from other groups in a poem is known as
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(C)
stanza
4
Dialogue is the predominant feature of
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(B)
drama
5
Pick the odd item
Answer
(A)
comedy
6
A literary work in which animals are used as characters is a
Answer
(B)
fable
7
''True wit is nature to advantage drest.
What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed''.
The extract is an example of
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(C)
rhyme
8
A character who creates humour in a play is a
Answer
(D)
clown
9
A short witty statement in poetry constitutes a/an
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(C)
epigram
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A literary work is didactic f it
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(D)
teaches
11
Pick the odd item
Answer
(C)
''No coffin, no grave''
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A poem that expresses grief over the death of a notable figure in society is a/an
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(D)
elegy
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Pick the odd item
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(A)
Daniel Defoe
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A recurrent image in a literary work is the
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(B)
motif
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A dominant feature of poetry is its
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(A)
economy of language
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The position from which a story is presented is the
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(B)
point of view
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''For my yoke is easy and my burden is light'' illustrates the use of
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(C)
paradox
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The dominant literary device used in ''A drowsing numbness pains my sense'' is
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(B)
symbolism
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Setting has to do with
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(A)
time and place
20
''And yonder all before us lie. Deserts of vast eternity'' illustrates the use of
Answer
(A)
allegory
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UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question
The fact was that, no sooner had the sickles began o play than, the
atmosphere suddenly felt as if cress would grow in it without other
nourishment. it rubbed people's cheeks like damp flannel when they
walked abroad: There was a gusty, high warm wind: isolated raindrops atarred the window-panes at remote distancees; the sunlight
would flap out like a quickly opened fan, throw the pattern of the window
upon the floor of the room in a milky, colourless shine, and withdraw as suddenly as it had passed.
The passage deals with
Answer
(A)
atmosphere
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UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question
The fact was that, no sooner had the sickles began o play than, the
atmosphere suddenly felt as if cress would grow in it without other
nourishment. it rubbed people's cheeks like damp flannel when they
walked abroad: There was a gusty, high warm wind: isolated raindrops atarred the window-panes at remote distancees; the sunlight
would flap out like a quickly opened fan, throw the pattern of the window
upon the floor of the room in a milky, colourless shine, and withdraw as suddenly as it had passed.
The passage illustrates the use of .....prose.
Answer
(A)
descriptive
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UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question
The fact was that, no sooner had the sickles began o play than, the
atmosphere suddenly felt as if cress would grow in it without other
nourishment. it rubbed people's cheeks like damp flannel when they
walked abroad: There was a gusty, high warm wind: isolated raindrops atarred the window-panes at remote distancees; the sunlight
would flap out like a quickly opened fan, throw the pattern of the window
upon the floor of the room in a milky, colourless shine, and withdraw as suddenly as it had passed.
The dominant literary device used in the passage is
Answer
(B)
simile
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The last five lines make use of......imagery
Answer
(D)
visual
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UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question
The fact was that, no sooner had the sickles began o play than, the
atmosphere suddenly felt as if cress would grow in it without other
nourishment. it rubbed people's cheeks like damp flannel when they
walked abroad: There was a gusty, high warm wind: isolated raindrops atarred the window-panes at remote distancees; the sunlight
would flap out like a quickly opened fan, throw the pattern of the window
upon the floor of the room in a milky, colourless shine, and withdraw as suddenly as it had passed.
The feeling induced is one of
Answer
(A)
excitement
26
Read the poem below and answer the question
Dillgent foot-worker
legs lithe, foot loose
to frantic drums
and frenetic flutes
Acrobat strokes swift in the air
wrought masterly like
a frenzied antelope
Gyrating to the April music
of the lush Savannah
The poem describes
Answer
(A)
dancing
27
Read the poem below and answer the question
Dillgent foot-worker
legs lithe, foot loose
to frantic drums
and frenetic flutes
Acrobat strokes swift in the air
wrought masterly like
a frenzied antelope
Gyrating to the April music
of the lush Savannah
The atmosphere of the poem is one of
Answer
(B)
excitement
28
Read the poem below and answer the question
Dillgent foot-worker
legs lithe, foot loose
to frantic drums
and frenetic flutes
Acrobat strokes swift in the air
wrought masterly like
a frenzied antelope
Gyrating to the April music
of the lush Savannah
''frenetic flutes'' illustrates the use of
Answer
(C)
metaphor
29
The dominant literary device in the poem is
Answer
(B)
simile
30
Read the poem below and answer the question
Dillgent foot-worker
legs lithe, foot loose
to frantic drums
and frenetic flutes
Acrobat strokes swift in the air
wrought masterly like
a frenzied antelope
Gyrating to the April music
of the lush Savannah
The poem is an example of a/an
Answer
(C)
pastoral
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : I pray thee over -name them, and as thou namest them, I will describe them. And according to my description level at my affection.
B : First there is the neapolitan prince.
A : Ay, that's a colt indeedd, for he doth nothing but talk of his horse, and he makes it a great appropriation his own good parts that he can shoe him himself. I am much afeared my lady his mother played false with a smith
Speaker A is
Answer
(B)
Portia
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : I pray thee over -name them, and as thou namest them, I will describe them. And according to my description level at my affection.
B : First there is the neapolitan prince.
A : Ay, that's a colt indeedd, for he doth nothing but talk of his horse, and he makes it a great appropriation his own good parts that he can shoe him himself. I am much afeared my lady his mother played false with a smith
Speaker B is
Answer
(C)
Nerissa
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : I pray thee over -name them, and as thou namest them, I will describe them. And according to my description level at my affection.
B : First there is the neapolitan prince.
A : Ay, that's a colt indeedd, for he doth nothing but talk of his horse, and he makes it a great appropriation his own good parts that he can shoe him himself. I am much afeared my lady his mother played false with a smith
The attitude of Speaker A to the person mentioned by Speaker B is one of
Answer
(B)
contempt
34
Read the extract below and answer the question
This kindness will I show.
Go with me to a notary; seal me there
Your single bond, and , in a merry sport,
If you repay me not on such a day,
....let the forfeit
Be nominated for an equal pound....
(Act One Scene 111)
The ''Kindness'' the speaker has agreed to ''show'' is
Answer
(D)
interest-free loan
35
Read the extract below and answer the question
This kindness will I show.
Go with me to a notary; seal me there
Your single bond, and , in a merry sport,
If you repay me not on such a day,
....let the forfeit
Be nominated for an equal pound....
(Act One Scene 111)
The ''Kindness'' is to be repaid within
Answer
(B)
three months
36
Read the extract below and answer the question
This kindness will I show.
Go with me to a notary; seal me there
Your single bond, and , in a merry sport,
If you repay me not on such a day,
....let the forfeit
Be nominated for an equal pound....
(Act One Scene 111)
''merry sport'' in line 3 means a
Answer
(A)
feast
37
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : Let me choose,
For as I am, live upon the rack.
B : Upon the rack, Bassanio? then confess
What treason there is mingled with your love.
(Act Three Scene 11)
Speaker B is
Answer
(C)
Portia
38
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : Let me choose,
For as I am, live upon the rack.
B : Upon the rack, Bassanio? then confess
What treason there is mingled with your love.
(Act Three Scene 11)
The ''rack'' symbolizes
Answer
(C)
penitence
39
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : Let me choose,
For as I am, live upon the rack.
B : Upon the rack, Bassanio? then confess
What treason there is mingled with your love.
(Act Three Scene 11)
Speaker A had earlier been advised to
Answer
(A)
pause a day or two
40
Read the extract below and answer the question
....if you pick us, do we not bleed? if
You tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not
die? -And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
''you'' refers to
Answer
(D)
Jews
41
Read the extract below and answer the question
....if you pick us, do we not bleed? if
You tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not
die? -And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
''you'' and ''we'' are related by their common
Answer
(C)
profession
42
Read the extract below and answer the question
....if you pick us, do we not bleed? if
You tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not
die? -And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
The speech asserts the speaker's demand for
Answer
(D)
justice
43
Read the extract below and answer the question
How to choose right, but then I am forsworm;
So will I never be; so you may miss me;
But if you do, you'll make me whish a sin,
That l had been forsworn.
(Act Three Scence ll)
The speaker is addressing
Answer
(C)
Bassanio
44
Read the extract below and answer the question
How to choose right, but then I am forsworm;
So will I never be; so you may miss me;
But if you do, you'll make me whish a sin,
That l had been forsworn.
(Act Three Scence ll)
By the expression ''I am forsworn'', the reader becomes aware of the speaker's
Answer
(C)
predicament
45
Read the extract below and answer the question
How to choose right, but then I am forsworm;
So will I never be; so you may miss me;
But if you do, you'll make me whish a sin,
That l had been forsworn.
(Act Three Scence ll)