Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 31
jamb 2018

______is a subdivision of a poem?

Asentence
Blines
Cstanza
Drhyme
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Question 32
jamb 2018

Which element of drama tells the actor what to do?

Adialogue
Bstage directions
Ccast
Dscenes
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Question 33
jamb 2018

Define “rhyme”?

Acomparing two things using “like” or “as”
Bthe repetition of a letter
Cthe repetition of an ending sound
Dthe repetition of vowel sounds
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Question 34
jamb 2018

''Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind" illustrates_________

Ainversion
Bparadox
Chumor
Dmood
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Question 35
jamb 2018

What structure is poetry written in?

Asentences and paragraphs
Bsentences and stanzas
Clines and paragraphs
Dlines and stanzas
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Question 36
jamb 2018

A “sub-chapter” in a piece of drama is a______________

AAct
BSetting
CVerse
DScene
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Question 37
jamb 2018

_____________refers to time and place of a drama?

Aplace
Bscene
Csetting
Dact
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Question 38
jamb 2018

In drama, the antagonist is_____________

Athe director of the drama
Bthe evil witch
Cthe character opposing the lead character
Dthe “harsh guy
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Question 39
jamb 2018

A folk-tale is a__________?

ANovel
BWork Of Fiction
CBiography
DNovelette
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Question 40
jamb 2018

These elements are sections of text within a chapter, they are separated and contain dialogue_____________

ASyncopation
BFree Verse
CParagraphs
DEuphony
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Question 41
jamb 2018

This element shows how sections are separated into parts with numbers and titles_____________

AParagraph
BTheme
CChapters
DCharacters
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Question 42
jamb 2018

The writer of a poem is called__________?

AAuthor
BPoet
CWriter
DNarrator
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Question 43
jamb 2018

Which of these is the meaning of “CAST”?

Aa list of all characters in a drama
Bwhat the character is saying
Cthe person who writes the drama
Da list of protagonists in a drama
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Question 44
jamb 2018

What does the playwright do?

AWrites a poem
BWrites a book
CWrites a play
DDirects a drama
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Question 45
jamb 2018

"Peter's pretty partner paid the bills" is an example of___________?

AAlliteration
BRhyme
CSatire
DDigression
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Question 46
jamb 2018

A literary device in which parts of a sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction Is known as__________

ASimile
BAside
CParallelism
DIrony
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Question 47
jamb 2018

Group of lines are called _____

ASentences
BStanzas
CDanzas
DLine Grouping
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Question 48
jamb 2018

The phrase “living death” in a literary work is an example_____________

ASynecdoche
BProse
COxymoron
DAside
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Question 49
jamb 2018

Tension between the protagonist and the antagonist is called______

AClimax
BConcrete
CConflict
DConfident
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Question 50
jamb 2018

In drama, the protagonist is ________

Athe writer of the drama
Bthe leading character
Cthe “nice guy”
Dthe actor
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