Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
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The dominant image is one of 

Abeginning
Bflying
Crunning
Dwaiting
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Question 12
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The poem is a 

Ahaiku
Bkenning
Climerick
Dlyric
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Question 13
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The lines that provide evidence for what the poem is about are _____

A2 and 3
B7 and 8
C9 and 10
D11 and 12
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Question 14
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The poem is about

Aunforgettable
Bsacrificial
Cunrequited
Dselfish
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Question 15
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The mood is one of

Aanxiety
Bdespondency
Csorrow
Dregret
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Question 16
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In _____ and moved inwards the kitchen, like one sleepwalking, the simile portrays one who is 

Aabsent minded
Bdisappointed
Cpassion driven
Dmorose
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Question 17
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The technique of narration is

AFirst person
BSecond person
CThird person
Dstream of consciousness
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Question 18
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The figure of speech used in she was listening to the silence of the room is

Aconceit
Birony
Coxymoron
Dzeugma
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Question 19
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The passage is about 

Aa meeting place
Bjenny's expert cooking
Cthe disappointment of love
Dthe passion of love
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Question 20
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The _______ comes after the loose ends of the plot have been tied up.

Aclimax
Bdenouncement
Cepilogue
Depilogue
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Question 21
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Characters in a play that the author uses as a vehicle for commentary is

Achorus
Bdancers
Cdrummers
Dsingers
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Question 22
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Read the lines below and answer the question:

The curl of my lips, the swing of my waist, the

The ride of my breast, the stride of my steps, the

Flash of my tech and the palm of my hand

The image created in the line appeals to the sense of 

Asight
Btaste
Csmell
Dtouch
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Question 23
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Read the lines below and answer the question:

The curl of my lips, the swing of my waist, the

The ride of my breast, the stride of my steps, the

Flash of my tech and the palm of my hand

The line is an example of 

Aeuphemism
Bparallelism
Cpersonification
Dsynecdoche
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Question 24
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One of the important means available to a writer of a literary work is 

Adiction
Bfiction
Cstage
Dstanza
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Question 25
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Read the lines below and answer the question:
The closing of the day

Is the beginning of the day

The lines

Aare alliterated
Bare repeated
Cend stop
Drun on
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Question 26
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The Shakespearean sonnet differs from the Petrachan sonnet by ending with a 

Acouplet
Bquatrain
Csestet
Dtercet
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Question 27
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The device used in She gave him lots of cash and tender attention is

Abathos
Bpathos
Csuspense
Dzeugma
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Question 28
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A narrative composed in the form of a letter is

Aan eponymous novel
Ban epistolary novel
Ca novella
Da panegyric
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Question 29
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The mood of the poet is that of 

Aanger
Bapathy
Cdrunkenness
Dsadness
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Question 30
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The metrical pattern is

Aanapestic
Bdactylic
Ciambic
Dtrochaic
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