WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

Caliban: Ay, that I will; and I'II be wise hereafter,

And seek for grace. What a thrice-double ass

Was I, to takethis drunkard for a god,

And worship this dull foot!

Prospero : Go to; away!

Alonso : Hence, and bestowyour luggage where you found it.

Sebastian :Or stole, rather.

(Act V, scene one lines 293 - 299)

''this drunkard'' is

• A. Trinculo
• B. Stephano
• C. Gonzalo
• D. Alonso

''Horrendous horrors haunted Helen's happiness'' illustrates

• A. alliteration
• B. rhythm
• C. repetition
• D. assonance

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today. Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster? (act 111, scene two lines 23-27)

The addressee asks that the speaker be

• A. punished severely
• B. hanged on a tree
• C. beaten to death
• D. bitten to death

Read the poem below and answer the question

Dillgent foot-worker

legs lithe, foot loose

to frantic drums

and frenetic flutes

Acrobat strokes swift in the air

wrought masterly like

a frenzied antelope

Gyrating to the April music

of the lush Savannah

The atmosphere of the poem is one of

• A. anxiety
• B. excitement
• C. eagerness
• D. despair

Section B: NON - AFRICAN DRAMA

OLIVER GOLDSMITH - SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER

What makes Mr. Hardcastle a humorous character?

The central idea of a story or a poem is the

• A. title
• B. climax
• C. theme
• D. conflict

Based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

DUKE:... Thou know'st no less but all; I have unclasped to thee the book even of my secret soul. What exactly has the Duke unclasped?

• A. The book of his relationship with Olivia
• B. The secret of his soul
• C. The details of his relationship with Viola
• D. The details of his relationship with Olivia

Read the extract below and answer the question

.....I owe you much, and like a wilful youth

That which I owe is lost: but if you please

To shoot another arrow that self way

which you did shoot the first.

And thankfully rest debtor for the first

(Act 1 sc 1)

The first line of the extract illustrates

• A. irony
• B. sarcasm
• C. parallelism
• D. simile

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the passage below and answer the following questions:

Along marched the crowd, determined not to be distracted from its cause and the course it had charted. If anyone could intimidate the chief, it was Sasu, who led the crowd. The chief nurtured unruffled restraint. He knew Sasu, knew that Sasu would not waste the trust between them on renegades.

One way to divert a mob from its goal is to join in with it, lead it on, but, finally, veer it from the course of its cause. Onward, towards the chief's palace marched the crowd, singing war songs.

The sun frowned as the palace guards, rattling like leaves in a storm - fear branded on their faces, came out to survey the threatening crowd and prepare for a siege. Just then, Sasu turned about, heading away from the palace - with the crowd, and the war songs.

• A. surprise
• B. anger
• C. approval
• D. disdain

A author's story about himself is a/an

• A. biography
• B. essay
• C. diary
• D. autobiography