Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 71
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The two stanzas are built on

Aalternate rhyme
Bidentical rhymes
Ccouplets
Drun-on lines
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Question 72
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In the last stanza, the persona is

Afantasizing
Bangry
Cmalnourished
Dpretending
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Question 73
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Reading the poem, one notices that the poet is being
 

Ahyperbolic
Beuphemistic
Cironic
Dsarcastic
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Question 74
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The metrical structure is predominantly

Atrochaic
Bdactyllic
Ciambic
Dspondaic
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Question 75
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child of scorn illustrates

Aeuphemism
Bcontrast
Cmetaphor
Dmetonymy
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Question 76
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The third stanza of the Shakespearean sonnet is

Acouplet
Bsextet
Coctave
Dquatrain
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Question 77
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A dead metaphor is

Aoverused and ineffective
Bimplied and not funny
Cimplied and underused
Doverused and funny
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Question 78
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The moon looked on the massacre in horror ! illustrates

Apathetic fallacy
Bprologue
Cepilogue
Dtransferred epithet
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Question 79
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The speaker's language is best described as

Acomic
Bsatiric
Cconceit
Dmetaphoric
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Question 80
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It is a state of

Adeception
Bignorance
Cillusion
Dinnocence
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Question 81
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The architect of the speaker's current state is

AHippolyta
BOberon
CTitania
DTheseus
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Question 82
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The speaker has just come out of

Aan appalling experience
Ba nightmare
Can induced sleep
Da rehearsal
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Question 83
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The speaker is

ABottom
BPuck
CQuince
DPeaseblossom
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Question 84
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The speaker appears to be

Ablaming himself
Bcommending the addressee
Cenjoying himself
Dlamenting the sight
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Question 85
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The pair are lovers by

Aaccident
Bfate
Cdesign
Dfortune
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Question 86
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This sweet sight refers to

ABottom and Titania
BDemetrius and Helena
CLysander and Hermia
DPyramus and Thisbe
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Question 87
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The relationship between the speaker and thou in the first line is one of

Acompanionship
Bfriendship
Cking and courtier
Dmaster and errand boy
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Question 88
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The speaker is

AEgeus
BOberon
CPuke
DTheseus
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Question 89
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Speaker Y's speech can be described as

Acowardly
Bsolemn
Ctaunting
Dsilly
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Question 90
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The wars are over

AHelena
BTitania
CHermia
DHippolyta
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