Read the extract and answer the question:

I do I know not what, and fear to find

Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind

Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,

'What is decreed must be, and be this so

(Act 1, Scene 5)

What has the speaker just done?

• A. sent a ring to Orsino
• B. Written a letter to Malvolio
• C. Met her brother who is presumed dead
• D. sent a ring to Cesario

Read the extract below and answer the question:

...... Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive

if you will lead these graces to the grave

And leave the world no copy.

(Act 1, Scene 5)

Where are they?

• A. On a street
• B. At the Duke's palace
• C. At the sea Coast
• D. At Olivia's house

Read the extract and answer the question:

I do I know not what, and fear to find

Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind

Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,

'What is decreed must be, and be this so

(Act 1, Scene 5)

In lines 1 and 2, the speaker admits

• A. having very attractive eyes
• B. acting unreasonably
• C. falling in love
• D. not taking advantage of an opportunity

Read the extract below and answer the question:

......O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,

Me thoughtshe purged the air of pestilence;

That instant was, I turned into a hert,

And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,

E'er since pursue me.

(Act 1, Scene 1)

The image is itself based on

• A. pun
• B. alliteration
• C. allusion
• D. wit

The repetition of similar vowel sounds within lines is

• A. parallelism
• B. allusion
• C. assonance
• D. alliteration

Read the extract and answer the question:

I do I know not what, and fear to find

Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind

Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,

'What is decreed must be, and be this so

(Act 1, Scene 5)

How does fate treat the speaker at the end of the play?

• A. She marries Sebastian
• B. He marries Maria
• C. She marries Orsino
• D. He falls in love with Olivia

An elegy is a poem

• A. commemorating a birth
• B. commemorating a national celebration
• C. mourning the dead
• D. mourning the passage of time

Read the extract below and answer the question:

......O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,

Me thoughtshe purged the air of pestilence;

That instant was, I turned into a hert,

And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,

E'er since pursue me.

(Act 1, Scene 1)

The effect of the figure of speech is to highlight Olivia's

• A. glittering eyes
• B. state of mind
• C. determination and hope
• D. beauty and purity

Read the prose passage and answer the question:

Ngotho was pleased. And Nyolabi and Njeri were full of joy at the news. For the first time many years something like a glimmer of light shone in Ngotho's eyes. He could even be seen making an effort to walk upright. Here at last was a son who might eventually be a match for the Howlands and Jacobos and any others who at all despised him. Kamanu too was pleased. He hoped he could go on helping Njoroge. Njoroge might do something for the family. Njoroge was happy. His first impulse when he learnt what he had gone through was to kneel down and thank God for all He had done for him. ' Give me more and more learning and make me the instrument of thy light and peace. 'To go to Secondary School, the big mission at Siriana, was no small achievement.

The expression '' a glimmer of light'' stands for

• A. courage
• B. disaster
• C. tolerance
• D. hope

Read the extract below and answer the question:

...... Lady, you arethe cruell'st she alive

if you will lead these graces to the grave

And leave the world no copy.

(Act 1, Scene 5)

What has prompted the speech?

• A. The lady is about to kill herself
• B. The speaker is unable to woo the lady
• C. The lady will not marry Orsino
• D. The lady is unforgiving