Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
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The last lines of both stanzas present

ANegative but similar ideas
Bopposite ideas
CPositive but opposite ideas
Dsimilar ideas
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Question 12
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But they have soothed us calmly, your lies illustrate

Aparadox
Birony
Csynecdoche
Dzeugma
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Question 13
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Did your read our minds in your lies? exemplifies

Apersonification
Boxymoron
Cpathetic fallacy
Drhetorical question
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Question 14
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The tone of the speaker shows

Acontentment
Bhelplessness
Cpatience
Dresilience
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Question 15
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The main theme of the poem is

Aevil of lying
Bhopeless hope
Cmessage of peace
Dmessage of war
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Question 16
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The last sentence conveys the mood of

Aanxiety
Bdespondency
Cexcitement
Dnonchalance
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Question 17
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Flood waters met in a mocking kiss illustrates

Acontrast
Beuphemism
Cpersonification
Dlitotes
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Question 18
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The overall feeling evoked by the passage is one of

Aanger
Bempathy
Clove
Drelief
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Question 19
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The reference to mountain illustrates

Aallusion
Birony
Cparallelism
Dantithesis
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Question 20
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The narrative technique used is

A1st person
BDialogue
C3rd person
Dstream of consciousness
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Question 21
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At the fall of their house, the widow lost her husband, her sewing machine and her ear-rings illustrates

Abathos
Bepigram
Cpathos
Doxymoron
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Question 22
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A novel that recounts the adventures of a likeable rogue is

Apanegyric
Bgothic
Cpicaresque
Dgrotesque
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Question 23
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Poetry gets bored of being alone
It wants to go outdoors to chew the winds.


The mental picture evoked in the above lines is that of

Asmell and touch
Bsight and hearing
Ctaste and touch
Dsight and taste
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Question 24
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More haste, less speed illustrates the use of

Aanaphora
Bparadox
Clitotes
Dsynecdoche
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Question 25
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An aside in drama is used mostly to create a sense of

Aadmiration
Bconspiracy
Cgreatness
Dsuperiority
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Question 26
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Men swift to see things done , do not run their commanding.

The words in italics exemplify

Apun
Bend rhyme
Cinternal rhyme
Dparadox
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Question 27
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Disguise in drama mostly portrays the theme of

Aknown identity
Bplain identity
Cunknown identity
Dmistaken identity
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Question 28
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The warriors conquered my men and my country illustrates the use of

AParadox
BLitotes
CParallelism
DZeugma
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Question 29
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A word or a phrase that is repeated at regular intervals in a poem or a play is a

Adirge
Brefrain
Clullaby
Dverse
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Question 30
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Lines 3 and 4 illustrate

Aantithesis
Boxymoron
Canti-climax
Dmetonymy
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