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'His sleepy mouth, plugged by the heavy nipple Tugs like a puppy, grunting as he feeds'. The repeated u sound in the above passage is an example of
Aonomatopoeia
Balliteration
Cassonance
Dconsonance.
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Question 2
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'In Germany, under the law, everything is prohibited except that which is permitted, in the Soviet Union, everything is prohibited, including that which is permitted'. The last sentence is an example of
Ainnuendo
Bparadox
Ceuphemism
Dallusion.
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Question 3
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From that moment on he began to notice what was happening in town, but in a very inexact way, for Father Anthony Isabel, in part because of his age and in part also because he swore he had seen the devil on three occasions (something which seem to the town just a bit out of place), was considered by his parishioners as a good man, peaceful and obliging, but with his head habitually in the clouds.
The phrase, something which seemed to the town just a bit out of place, is an example of
Ahyperbole
Bunderstatement
Csarcasm
Dsynecdoche.
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Question 4
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'Nature sent him into the world strong and lusty, in a thriving condition, wearing his own hair on his head the proper branches of this reasoning vegetable, until the axe of intemperance has lopped off his green boughs, and left him a withered trunk...'
In this passage, axe of intemperance means
Ahot temper
Bcool temper
Cevil mind
Drecklessness.
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Question 5
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'Chini was breathing with a love ripeness in her eye. She was elegant, sophistication, and Nigerian costume with charm. her every movement stimulated a flow of poetry from Francois and an ebb of embarrassment from her. she called him "My mad French lover".'
The tone of this passage is
Asensual
Bdetached
Cplayful
Dstimulating.
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Question 6
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The bustle in a house
The morning after death
Is solemnest of industries
Enacted upon earth-
The sweeping up the heart
And putting love away
We shall not want to use again
Until eternity.
The predominant mood of this poem is best captured by the words
Amisplaced anxiety
Bgreat relief
Csolemn resignation
Dmorbid fear.
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Question 7
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Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye;
Much sense is starkest madness.
'This the majority
In this, as all, prevails.
Assent, and you are sane;
Demur,-you're straightway dangerous,
And handled with a chain.
This poem reflects the
Atyranny of the majority
Bapproval of the majority factor
Cunhappiness that might is right
Dgreat love for mad poeple.
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Question 8
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'' It was dawn, and the windows were dark except for the Workmen cafes. The sky was like a avast flat wall of cobalt, with roofs and spires of black paper pasted upon it. Drowsy men were sweeping the pavements with ten-foot brooms, and ragged families picking over the dustbins. Workmen and girls with piece of chocolate in one hand and bread in the other were pouring into the railway station.'
The picture presented above is one of
Apoverty in urban areas
Bmonotony of the town life
Clandscape at sunrise
Dsordid industrial town.
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Question 9
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Characterization in a novel means the
Alist of characters featuring in it
Bmode of presenting the fictional individuals
Cpeculiar mannerisms of the narrator
Dresolution of the conflict between the characters.
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Question 10
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A poem written on a grand theme, in an appropriately grand style, dealing with heroic figures is called
Aa soliloquy
Ba tragi-comedy
Can epic
Dan epigram.
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Question 11
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A poem of mourning and dedicated written on the death of an individual is called
Aam elegy
Ban eulogy
Ca sonnet
Dan ode.
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Question 12
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The literary device which uses ridicule to correct social ills is known as
Asatire
Bparadox
Chyperbole
Depigram.
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Question 13
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Which of the following terms is exclusive to drama?
ADialogue
BPlot
CProtagonist
DSoliloquy.
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Question 14
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Which of the following could be said to be a permanent feature of a poem?
ARhyme
BRepetition
CRhythm
DSymbolism.
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Question 15
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Reversal of fortune as used in the criticism of a literary work describes the
Arise to fame of the central character
Bsuccess of the hero or heroine
Creward of the hero
Dsudden change in the fate of the central character.
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Question 16
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Which of the following is NOT a form of poetic expression
ASestet
BLyric
CSonnet
DElegy.
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Question 17
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The epilogue in a play refers to the
Aconflict in the play
Btail-piece
Copening chorus
Ddramatic action.
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Question 18
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When the speech is written so as to be understood in one way by a certain character, while the audience or another character understands it to have some secret and special meaning, the literary device used in this context is called
Adramatic irony
Bparadox
Callusion
Dhyperbole.
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Question 19
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'No; This my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine
Making the green and red .'
In the above lines the figure of speech used is
Ametaphor
Bsimile
Chyperbole
Dparadox
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Question 20
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Tunde's long and vigorous speech was followed by a deafening silence.
The phrase deafening silence is used as a figure of speech called
