A dominant feature of poetry is its

• A. economy of language
• B. depiction of scences
• C. use of dialogue
• D. narration of tales

Beauty in poetry depends mainly on

• A. expression and rhythm
• B. length and theme
• C. vowels and consonants
• D. mood and verse form

Read the extract and answer the question

X : Tis gone will not answer.

Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;

Is not this something more than fantasy?

What think you on't?

Z : Before my God. I might not this believe

Without the sensible and true avouch

Of mine own eyes.

(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)

The atmosphere is

• A. frightening
• B. peaceful
• C. relaxed
• D. bleak

This question is based on General Literary Principles

A group of three lyric stanzas in classical Greek poetry is referred to as

• A. triplet
• B. triolet
• C. trilogy
• D. triad

An ode is a

• A. poem about love
• B. poem of mourning
• C. praise poem
• D. narrative poem

Exaggerating one's personal features for comic effect is

• A. caricature
• B. lampoon
• C. contrast
• D. satire

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet

Read the extract below and answer the question

A : What, hasthis thing appeared again tonight?

B : I have seen nothing

(Act I, Scene one, lines 21-22)

The speaker is addressing

• A. Marcellus
• B. Francisco
• C. the ghost
• D. Horatio

Read the extract and answer the question

At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer

What I desire to give; and much less take

What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;

And all the more it seeks to hide itself,

The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!

And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!

(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)

The speaker is expressing

• A. love
• B. hatred
• C. sorrow
• D. regret

Poetry is written in

• A. chapters
• B. paragraphs
• C. scenes
• D. lines

Read the extract below and answer the question

I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so

Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil

Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness

But fare thee well: there is a ducat for thee

(Act 11, sc lll)

Merry devil illustrates

• A. oxymoron
• B. simile
• C. paradox
• D. personification