Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 201
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The last sentence conveys the mood of

Aanxiety
Bdespondency
Cexcitement
Dnonchalance
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Question 202
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Flood waters met in a mocking kiss illustrates

Acontrast
Beuphemism
Cpersonification
Dlitotes
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Question 203
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The overall feeling evoked by the passage is one of

Aanger
Bempathy
Clove
Drelief
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Question 204
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The reference to mountain illustrates

Aallusion
Birony
Cparallelism
Dantithesis
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Question 205
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The narrative technique used is

A1st person
BDialogue
C3rd person
Dstream of consciousness
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Question 206
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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 207
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A novel that recounts the adventures of a likeable rogue is

Apanegyric
Bgothic
Cpicaresque
Dgrotesque
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Question 208
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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 209
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More haste, less speed illustrates the use of

Aanaphora
Bparadox
Clitotes
Dsynecdoche
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Question 210
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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 211
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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 212
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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 213
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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 214
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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 215
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Lines 3 and 4 illustrate

Aantithesis
Boxymoron
Canti-climax
Dmetonymy
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Question 216
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The tone of the poet is

Ajocular
Bharsh
Cmournful
Dsombre
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Question 217
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The poem is

Aallegoric
Bdidactic
Cmetaphysical
Dromantic
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Question 218
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In drama, catharsis is the

Achange of setting
Bconflict between two characters
Cresolution of conflict
Dpurgation of emotion from tension
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Question 219
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My bounty is as boundless as the sea my love as deep

The above lines illustrate

Aapostrophe
Bepigram
Chyperbole
Deuphemism
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Question 220
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A story with elements that have both literal and figurative meanings is

Aan allegory
Ba fable
Ca novella
Dan epistle
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