Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 51
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The speaker and the addressee are

Afather and daughter
Bmaster and servant
Clovers
Dfriends
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Question 52
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The speech is made in

AOberon's place
Bthe woods
Cthe Queen's palace
DTheseus' palace
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Question 53
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The speaker is
 

AHermia
BHelena
CHippolyta
DTatiana
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Question 54
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Seven metrical feet in a line of a stanza is

Ahexametre
Bheptametre
Cseptet
Dtriolet
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Question 55
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A short poem lamenting the death of someone is

Aan ode
Ba threnody
Ca sonnet
Dan epic
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Question 56
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The third stanza of the Shakespearean sonnet is

Aquatrain
Boctave
Csextet
Dcouplet
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Question 57
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Resolution in a literary work is also referred to as

Aevents that increase action
Bfinal outcome
Cthe complication
Devent that increases tension
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Question 58
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A character that is built around a single idea or quality is a _______ character.

Aheroic
Bflat
Cchoral
Dsound
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Question 59
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A fable is also known as

Aan apologue
Ban epigram
Ca farce
Da parody
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Question 60
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Jonsey's speech Your mayoral hopeful is addressed to

Athe audience
BBassey
Cno one
Dhimself
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Question 61
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Bassy is a ____ in the play.

Anarrator
Bdirector
Cproducer
Dcharacter
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Question 62
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In the Town hall is the

Asetting
Blocation
Catmosphere
Dstage
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Question 63
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Jonsey's opening speech illustrates

Aepilogue
Bsoliloquy
Cmime
Daside
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Question 64
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The speaker resolves to tell

ALysander of Hermia's infidelity
BDemetrius of Hermia's flight
CEgeus of Hermia's flight
DTheseus of Hermia's infidelity
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Question 65
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The speaker has just said farewell to

AHelena
BDemetrius
CHermia
DLysander
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Question 66
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The speaker's mood stems from

Abeing rejected by the lover
Bhaving to go into the forest
Cwanting to punish Hermia
Dmeeting with Hermia
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Question 67
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The speech shows that the speaker is

Ahigh spirits
Bdissappointed
Cexcited
Din a bad mood
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Question 68
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The speaker is

AEgeus
BHermia
CDemetrius
DHelena
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Question 69
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The dominant literary device used in the extract is

Aparallelism
Bapostrophe
Cpersonification
Dantithesis
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Question 70
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The extract presents the image of a

Aenough time
Bbright day
Cdark night
Dcalm weather
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