AIC SS 1 Literature Revision Test for 3rd Term 2022/23

1. The novel, the novella and the short story are the major sub-genres of ________.

A) non-fiction
B) poetry
C) prose
D) drama

2. The Italian sonnet is made up of ___________.

A) One octave and one sestet
B) three rhymed couplet and one octave
C) Three quatrains and one sestet
D) Two quatrains and two octave

3. The protagonist is the ______

A) author
B) speaker
C) antagonist.
D) hero
E) villain

4. As chapter is to prose, so ___ is to poetry.

A) line
B) couplet
C) paraphrasing.
D) chorus
E) stanza

5. Verbal irony occurs when a speaker on stage

A) tries to deceive the audience
B) is misunderstood
C) is funny.
D) is alone
E) says the opposite of what the speaker means

6. Through the trees I’ll hear a SINGLE ringing sound, a cowbell JINGLE. The capitalized illustrate _______ rhyme.

A) dimeter
B) middle rhyme.
C) internal
D) decasyllabic
E) end

7. A mountain of fufu was placed before the hungry visitors. The device used above is _________

A) hyperbole
B) alliteration
C) euphemism
D) assonance
E) simile

8. The omniscient narrator is _____

A) God
B) realistic
C) all knowing
D) always humorous
E) limited

9. Which of the following is not a type of play?

A) Tragedy
B) Comedy
C) Tragi-comedy
D) farce
E) Tragic flaw

10. A short introductory speech delivered as a part of a play is called

A) a prologue
B) an introduction
C) an epilogue
D) first words.
E) a preamble

11. Pick the odd one of the option listed.

A) simile
B) euphemism
C) hyperbole
D) oxymoron
E) rhythm

12. The major distinctive feature of drama is

A) singing
B) dialogue
C) epilogue
D) setting
E) plot

13. A poem written in praise of someone or something is

A) a ballad
B) lullaby
C) an ode
D) a sonnet
E) an epic

14. The central idea of a story or poem is the

A) title
B) conflict
C) climax
D) topic
E) theme

15. The timing and location of a literary work is ______

A) timing
B) plot
C) atmosphere
D) setting
E) theme

16. The elegy ____

A) is set in the countryside
B) conforms to a fixed pattern of lines
C) has a mournful tone
D) is a church poem.
E) celebrates heroic deeds

17. The major genre of literature are ______

A) prose, drama, poetry
B) comedy, drama and prose
C) fiction, non-fiction, drama
D) poetry, prose, fiction

18. In a story, the adversary of the protagonist is the ___

A) cast
B) heroine
C) hero
D) foil
E) antagonist

19. The art of giving human attributes to non-human object is _____

A) allegory
B) anecdote
C) allusion
D) personification
E) simile

20. A long narrative poem which deals with heroic deeds is _____

A) euphony
B) ode
C) sonnet
D) epic
E) lyric

21. A poem of four lines is called a ___

A) sonnet
B) quatrain
C) couplet
D) sestet
E) octave

22. A literary piece used to mock or ridicule a society or practice is called _________

A) a fable
B) an allegory
C) a farce
D) a satire
E) a pun

23. The story of a person’s life written by another is _________

A) autobiography
B) anthology
C) short story
D) history
E) biography

24. When charaacters talk to each other, it is referred to as ______

A) monologue
B) dialogue
C) recitation
D) soliloquy

25. A poem consisting of fourteen lines is ____

A) a narrative
B) an elegy
C) an ode
D) a sonnet
E) lyric

26. The most exciting and tense part of a story is the

A) prologue
B) climax
C) exposition
D) epilogue
E) middle

27. Lines of unrhymed poetry are known as

A) free verse
B) assonance
C) verse
D) consonance

28. A dramatic performance with only bodily movements and without words is _____ (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

A) an opera
B) a soliloquy
C) mime
D) an asidea
E) farce

29. Peter’s pretty partner paid the bills” is an example of___

A) digression
B) alliteration
C) assonance
D) rhythm
E) satire

30. A character whose flaws combined with external forces lead to his suffering is a __

A) heroine
B) hero
C) villian
D) protagonist
E) tragic-hero

31. A deliberate use of exaggeration for the purpose of humour/emphasis is____

A) hyperbole
B) personification
C) irony
D) metaphor
E) simile

32. The paragraph in prose can be compared to ____________ in poetry.

A) couplet
B) verse
C) line
D) scene
E) stanza

33. A literary device that creates a mental picture of a situation is _____

A) symbolism
B) flashback
C) epilogue
D) picaresque
E) imagery

34. In a literary work , a clown normally ___

A) disguises as the antagonist
B) creates the atmosphere
C) supports the protagonist
D) directs the action
E) creates cosmic relief

35. A narrative in the oral tradition that may include legends and fables is a _________

A) romance
B) ballad
C) pastoral
D) folktale
E) eulogy

36. Pick the odd item______________

A) ode
B) metaphor
C) ballad
D) elegy

37. An author’s story about himself is a/an _____

A) biography
B) autobiography
C) essay
D) selfism
E) diary

38. The feeling and attitudes of a writer are conveyed by __________

A) style
B) language
C) setting
D) mood
E) theme

39. Rhyming words ______

A) have similar spellings
B) are paralled lines
C) sound alike
D) are disjointed
E) convey meaning

40. The specific literary term used to distinguish a novel from a play is _________

A) act
B) genre
C) diction
D) passage
E) verse

41. A struggle between opposition forces in a literary work is the ______

A) denouement
B) conflict
C) climax
D) relief
E) plot

42. "The baby's skin was like a rose petal"
This sentence is an example of:

A) metaphor
B) contrast
C) simile
D) personification

43. "the leaves danced in the wind"
This sentence is an example of:

A) personification
B) alliteration
C) metaphor
D) simile

44. A literary work written in form of a letter is ____

A) tautological
B) letter writing
C) romantic
D) epistolary
E) creative

45. The concluding part of a play where the conflict is resolved is the

A) denouement
B) resolution
C) enjambment
D) climax
E) solution

46. A writer’s choice of words is his

A) tone
B) words
C) diction
D) setting
E) mood

47. The main objective of drama is to ____(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

A) strengthen and beautify us
B) educate and entertain us
C) all of above
D) educate us
E) entertain us

48. If the sound of a word suggests its probable meaning, we have a case of ______________

A) euphemism
B) litotes
C) onomatopoeia
D) criticism
E) synaesthesia

49. In the poetic line, “I am the enemy you killed, my friend,” the literary device most noticeable there is a/an ___

A) oxymoron
B) hyperbole
C) onomatopoeia
D) metaphor
E) synaesthesia

50. A narrative poem ____

A) propounds a philosophy
B) preaches a sermon
C) tells a story or tale
D) argues in a narrative manner

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