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