Read the passage below and answer the question:

The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were enough weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficiently fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up into the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet. and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick on the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure, and the sword

The attitude of the survivors is best summed up by the word

• A. indifference
• B. persistence
• C. resignation
• D. victory

Read the extract below and answer the question

A : Will you stay no longer nor will you not that I go with you?

B : By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly over me; the Malignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours; therefore I shall crave of you your leave that I may bear my evils alone

(Act II Scene 1)

Speaker B is

• A. grateful
• B. happy
• C. angry
• D. sad

Read the passage below and answer the question:

The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were enough weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficiently fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up into the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet. and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick on the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure, and the sword

The device used in the last sentence is

• A. climax
• B. sarcasm
• C. euphemism
• D. hyperbole

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night

Read the extract below and answer the question

So please my lord, I might not be admitted; But from her handmaid to return this answer:

The element itself, till seven years heat,

Shall not behold her face at ample view......

(Act 1 Scene 1)

The message is in connection with

• A. warfare
• B. love
• C. revenge
• D. shipwreck

The main character in a literary work is the

• A. anatagonist
• B. protagonist
• C. narrator
• D. villan

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night

Read the extract below and answer the question

So please my lord, I might not be admitted;

But from her handmaid to return this answer:

The element itself, till seven years heat,

Shall not behold her face at ample view......

(Act 1 Scene 1)

The speaker is

• A. Cesario
• B. Fabian
• C. Valentine
• D. Feste

A literary work which extols one's virtues and accomplishments is

• A. a eulogy
• B. a pastoral
• C. an elegy
• D. an allegory

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night Read the extract below and answer the question

So please my lord, I might not be admitted;

But from her handmaid to return this answer:

The element itself, till seven years heat,

Shall not behold her face at ample view......

(Act 1 Scene 1)

The report is made to

• A. Olivia
• B. Malvolio
• C. Viola
• D. Orsino

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the poem below and answer the question

Now, Joy is born of parents poor,

And Pleasure of our richer kind;

Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing

As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day

And dances by false glare at night;

But joy's a Butterfly, that loves

To spread its wings in Nature's light.

''False glare'' refers to

• A. man-made light
• B. nature's light
• C. the moon's light
• D. the sun's light

Read the extract below and answer the question

A : How dost thou like this tune?

B : It gives a very echo to the seat

Where Love is throned

A : Thou dost speak masterly

My life upon't , young though thou art, thine eye

Hath stayed upon some favour that it loves;

Hath is not, boy?

B : A little, by your favour (Act ll Scene 4)

Speaker A is

• A. Sir Toby
• B. Sir Andrew
• C. Duke Orsino
• D. Countess Olivia