Literature Past Questions And Answers
Which of the following is central to narrative fiction ?
- A. Verisimilitude
- B. Dialogue
- C. Objectivity
- D. Subjectivity
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Read the extract and answer the question
It is here,......thou art slain;
No medicine in the world can do thee good,
In thee there is not half an hour of life;
The treacherous instrument is in thy hand,
Unbated and envenom d: the foul practice
Hath turn'd itself on me; lo; here I lie,
(Act 5, Scene Two, Lines 298-303)
The character being addressed is
- A. Hamlet
- B. the queen
- C. the king
- D. fortinbras
These question are based on literary Appreciation.
Theseus: now, fair Hippolyta,our nuptial hour Draw on space for happy day bring in Another moon. But, O, me thinks how slow.The old moon wanes,she lingers my desires,Like to a step-drama or a dowager,Long withering out a young man's revenue.
William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The literary device used in the excerpt above are
- A. personification and simile
- B. alliteration and synechdocheand
- C. rhyme and refrain
- D. irony and suspense
Poison ivy came up like a rose
in red and thorny garb
I look, liked and did dare touch
my pals my avid touch espied
with green and frosty eyes
I should've only looked, and not leapt,
For away and over my rising moon she flew
On clipped wings of my dream
Now a song-filled air pocket of serenades
A love's wretch, my dream is a hornbill
Flightless and tottering.
My dream remains a dream still
Now my dream is a locked-up serenade
The theme of the poem is_______
- A. Love in the garden
- B. The acceptance
- C. The rising moon
- D. Unrequited Love
A pause within a line of poetry is
- A. an alliteration
- B. a caesura
- C. a metre
- D. an assonance
The protagonist is the
- A. author
- B. villain
- C. hero
- D. speaker
This question is based on Thomas Hardy'
The death of Prince can be said to
- A. portray Tess as a fated character
- B. reveal the family's total dependence on the animal
- C. cause Tesas'misfortunes
- D. foreshadow Tess'ultimate fate
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Pun as a literary device deals with
- A. placing words side by side
- B. playing on words
- C. arrangement of words
- D. placing two opposite phrases
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A poet's use of regular rhythm is known as
- A. allegory
- B. assonance
- C. metre
- D. onomatopoeia

