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) poetry
B) drama
C) non-fiction
D) prose
  • 2. The Italian sonnet is made up of ___________.
A) Two quatrains and two octave
B) One octave and one sestet
C) Three quatrains and one sestet
D) three rhymed couplet and one octave
  • 3. The protagonist is the ______
A) antagonist.
B) hero
C) author
D) villain
E) speaker
  • 4. As chapter is to prose, so ___ is to poetry.
A) line
B) chorus
C) couplet
D) paraphrasing.
E) stanza
  • 5. Verbal irony occurs when a speaker on stage
A) tries to deceive the audience
B) is misunderstood
C) says the opposite of what the speaker means
D) is alone
E) is funny.
  • 6. Through the trees I’ll hear a SINGLE ringing sound, a cowbell JINGLE. The capitalized illustrate _______ rhyme.
A) middle rhyme.
B) internal
C) end
D) decasyllabic
E) dimeter
  • 7. A mountain of fufu was placed before the hungry visitors. The device used above is _________
A) hyperbole
B) euphemism
C) alliteration
D) simile
E) assonance
  • 8. The omniscient narrator is _____
A) limited
B) all knowing
C) always humorous
D) realistic
E) God
  • 9. Which of the following is not a type of play?
A) Tragic flaw
B) Tragedy
C) farce
D) Comedy
E) Tragi-comedy
  • 10. A short introductory speech delivered as a part of a play is called
A) a preamble
B) an epilogue
C) first words.
D) an introduction
E) a prologue
  • 11. Pick the odd one of the option listed.
A) oxymoron
B) euphemism
C) rhythm
D) hyperbole
E) simile
  • 12. The major distinctive feature of drama is
A) epilogue
B) dialogue
C) plot
D) setting
E) singing
  • 13. A poem written in praise of someone or something is
A) an ode
B) an epic
C) a sonnet
D) lullaby
E) a ballad
  • 14. The central idea of a story or poem is the
A) conflict
B) topic
C) title
D) theme
E) climax
  • 15. The timing and location of a literary work is ______
A) plot
B) theme
C) timing
D) atmosphere
E) setting
  • 16. The elegy ____
A) celebrates heroic deeds
B) has a mournful tone
C) conforms to a fixed pattern of lines
D) is set in the countryside
E) is a church poem.
  • 17. The major genre of literature are ______
A) comedy, drama and prose
B) fiction, non-fiction, drama
C) poetry, prose, fiction
D) prose, drama, poetry
  • 18. In a story, the adversary of the protagonist is the ___
A) antagonist
B) heroine
C) hero
D) cast
E) foil
  • 19. The art of giving human attributes to non-human object is _____
A) personification
B) allegory
C) simile
D) anecdote
E) allusion
  • 20. A long narrative poem which deals with heroic deeds is _____
A) lyric
B) epic
C) ode
D) sonnet
E) euphony
  • 21. A poem of four lines is called a ___
A) sonnet
B) quatrain
C) sestet
D) octave
E) couplet
  • 22. A literary piece used to mock or ridicule a society or practice is called _________
A) a satire
B) an allegory
C) a pun
D) a farce
E) a fable
  • 23. The story of a person’s life written by another is _________
A) anthology
B) short story
C) biography
D) autobiography
E) history
  • 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 sonnet
B) an ode
C) a narrative
D) lyric
E) an elegy
  • 26. The most exciting and tense part of a story is the
A) exposition
B) prologue
C) epilogue
D) climax
E) middle
  • 27. Lines of unrhymed poetry are known as
A) assonance
B) free verse
C) consonance
D) verse
  • 28. A dramatic performance with only bodily movements and without words is _____ (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
A) a soliloquy
B) farce
C) an asidea
D) mime
E) an opera
  • 29. Peter’s pretty partner paid the bills” is an example of___
A) satire
B) rhythm
C) alliteration
D) assonance
E) digression
  • 30. A character whose flaws combined with external forces lead to his suffering is a __
A) tragic-hero
B) heroine
C) protagonist
D) hero
E) villian
  • 31. A deliberate use of exaggeration for the purpose of humour/emphasis is____
A) hyperbole
B) simile
C) metaphor
D) irony
E) personification
  • 32. The paragraph in prose can be compared to ____________ in poetry.
A) line
B) stanza
C) couplet
D) verse
E) scene
  • 33. A literary device that creates a mental picture of a situation is _____
A) flashback
B) symbolism
C) epilogue
D) imagery
E) picaresque
  • 34. In a literary work , a clown normally ___
A) directs the action
B) creates cosmic relief
C) supports the protagonist
D) creates the atmosphere
E) disguises as the antagonist
  • 35. A narrative in the oral tradition that may include legends and fables is a _________
A) pastoral
B) ballad
C) eulogy
D) folktale
E) romance
  • 36. Pick the odd item______________
A) elegy
B) ballad
C) ode
D) metaphor
  • 37. An author’s story about himself is a/an _____
A) biography
B) selfism
C) diary
D) autobiography
E) essay
  • 38. The feeling and attitudes of a writer are conveyed by __________
A) mood
B) language
C) style
D) setting
E) theme
  • 39. Rhyming words ______
A) are disjointed
B) have similar spellings
C) are paralled lines
D) convey meaning
E) sound alike
  • 40. The specific literary term used to distinguish a novel from a play is _________
A) passage
B) act
C) genre
D) diction
E) verse
  • 41. A struggle between opposition forces in a literary work is the ______
A) conflict
B) plot
C) climax
D) relief
E) denouement
  • 42. "The baby's skin was like a rose petal"
    This sentence is an example of:
A) contrast
B) metaphor
C) personification
D) simile
  • 43. "the leaves danced in the wind"
    This sentence is an example of:
A) metaphor
B) personification
C) alliteration
D) simile
  • 44. A literary work written in form of a letter is ____
A) romantic
B) tautological
C) letter writing
D) epistolary
E) creative
  • 45. The concluding part of a play where the conflict is resolved is the
A) enjambment
B) solution
C) climax
D) resolution
E) denouement
  • 46. A writer’s choice of words is his
A) diction
B) tone
C) mood
D) setting
E) words
  • 47. The main objective of drama is to ____(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
A) all of above
B) educate us
C) entertain us
D) strengthen and beautify us
E) educate and entertain us
  • 48. If the sound of a word suggests its probable meaning, we have a case of ______________
A) euphemism
B) onomatopoeia
C) criticism
D) synaesthesia
E) litotes
  • 49. In the poetic line, “I am the enemy you killed, my friend,” the literary device most noticeable there is a/an ___
A) onomatopoeia
B) hyperbole
C) oxymoron
D) metaphor
E) synaesthesia
  • 50. A narrative poem ____
A) propounds a philosophy
B) preaches a sermon
C) argues in a narrative manner
D) tells a story or tale
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