Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
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We wear the mask that grins and lies illustrate

Airony
Bpersonification
Csynecdoche
Dalliteration
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Question 12
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The dominant mood is one of

Asadness
Bfear
Cjoy
Doptimism
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Question 13
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The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is

Aaabcc
Bababac
Caabbc
Dabbac
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Question 14
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The poet's tone is 

ASupplicatory
Bdefiant
Cconciliatory
Dcompliant
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Question 15
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The poem is about 

Adebtors
Bdreams
Ccostumes
Dappearances
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Question 16
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The main character is

Aplayful
Binquisitive
Csad
Dhumorous
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Question 17
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. ..and he had rushed at them, scattering them as some strieked and some laughed illustrates

Aonomatopoeia
Bclimax
Cmetaphor
Dmetonymy
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Question 18
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The dominant literary device in the passage is

Apersonification
Bantithesis
Clitotes
Dparallelism
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Question 19
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The feelings is conveyed by the

Amouldings on the door
Bboys; actions
Ctender care of his mother
Dlittle girl's taunts
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Question 20
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The dominant feeling in the passage is that of

Anostalgia
Banger
Cexpectancy
Dfear
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Question 21
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The lawyer addressed the bench illustrates

Asimile
Boxymoron
Calliteration
Dmetonymy
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Question 22
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Utopia is a term used to describe

Astrange circumstances
Bdifficult conditions
Cpleasant feelings
Dideal societies
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Question 23
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A dramatic performance without words is 

Amime
Ban aside
Ca monologue
Da soliloguy
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Question 24
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Nando's family lives within the lower income bracket illustrates 

Asarcasm
Ballusion
Cclimax
Deuphemism
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Question 25
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A dramatist is someone who....plays

Awrites
Bdírects
Ccommissions
Dpromotes
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Question 26
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ldentify the odd item:

Athird-person narrative
Bliterary appreciation
Cfirst-person narrative
Depistolary technique
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Question 27
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I feel a million times better than I felt yesterday is

Aan apostrophe
Ba euphemism
Can irony
Da hyperbole
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Question 28
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The most intense part of a conflict is the

Aresolution
Bclimax
Cdenouement
Ddeus ex machina
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Question 29
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a short play performed in the pause between the act of a longer play is 

Adenouement
Binterlude
Cprologue
Depilogue
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Question 30
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The mood of the poem is one of

Ajoy
Bdoubt
Canger
Dcertainty
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