Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 41
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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 42
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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 43
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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 44
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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 45
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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 46
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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 47
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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 48
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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 49
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The mood of the poet is that of 

Aanger
Bapathy
Cdrunkenness
Dsadness
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Question 50
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The metrical pattern is

Aanapestic
Bdactylic
Ciambic
Dtrochaic
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Question 51
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The major divisions in a play are

Aacts
Bchapters
Cscenes
Dstanzas
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Question 52
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The overwhelming confidence and pride that lead to the fall of the protagonist is

Acatharsis
Bego
Charmatia
Dhubris
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Question 53
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Ife is a woman of great virtue

She is a woman of great vice illustrate

Aantithesis
Balliteration
Cparadox
Dpathos
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Question 54
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A narrative that extols the deeds of a heroic figure is a 

Aballad
Bfolktale
Cpanegyric
Dpastoral
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Question 55
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The dominant device used in "Macbeth doth murdered sleep; the innocent sleep" is

Aalliteration
Bconceit
Cmetonymy
Dpersonification
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Question 56
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Which of the following helps best to create and sustain interest in a literary work?

Aplot
Brhyme
Crhythm
Dsuspense
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Question 57
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The choir is on wheels to a convention illustrates

AHyperbole
BAllusion
CMetonymy
DPersonification
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Question 58
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A poem that is shaped in the image of the object it talks about is

Aconcrete
Blyrical
Cmetaphysical
Dromantic
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Question 59
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Thy love ne'er alter, till thy sweet life end.' implies

Aan enduring love
Ba family love
Can undying love
Da fickle love
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Question 60
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Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, illustrates the use of

Aalliteration
Bonomatopoeia
Cassonance
Dpersonification
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