- 1. Which of the following is common to all forms of literature?
A) chorus
B) language
C) narrator
D) action
- 2. Beauty in poetry depends mainly on
A) expression and rhythm
B) mood and verse form
C) length and theme
D) vowels and consonants
- 3. Read the extract below and answer this question.
But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.
3. The predominant figure of speech in the above extracts is
A) Personification
B) Metaphor
C) Simile
D) Oxymoron
- 4. The subject matter of the above extract is
A) storm
B) sea waves
C) earthquake
D) house movement
- 5. The image depicted in the extract is one of
A) merriment
B) destruction
C) amiration
D) happiness
- 6. 'penny wise; pound foolish' is an example of
A) paradox
B) hyperbole
C) metonymy
D) metaphor
- 7. Which of the following helps best to create and sustain interest in a literary work?
A) suspense
B) rhyme
C) rhythm
D) plot
- 8. Ife is a woman of great virtue
She is a woman of great vice illustrate
A) alliteration
B) paradox
C) antithesis
D) pathos
- 9. Read the lines below and answer the question:
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My sense, as though of hemlock I have drunk
The metrical pattern is
A) dactylic
B) iambic
C) anapestic
D) trochaic
- 10. The Shakespearean sonnet differs from the Petrachan sonnet by ending with a
A) tercet
B) quatrain
C) sestet
D) couplet
- 11. The ___ comes after the loose ends of the plot have been tied up.
A) climax
B) epilogue
C) denouncement
D) epilogue
- 12. UNSEEN PROSE 12-16
Read the passage and answer the following question
The message was unambiguous: her John was on his way back. For how long had he been gone? Jenny wondered.
She wrung her hands in silent expectation. She stood, turned about, and sat, motionless. She was listening in the silence of the room and looking into the gloom of the unlit room.
She seemed to pull herself together as she rose to her full height, switched on the light and turned on the TV, to no station in particular, selecting no programme at all. She sat in front of the TV, not watching. Her heart was pounding, slowly, she hoisted herself from the armchair and moved towards the kitchen, like one sleepwalking.
She must get some food ready for the sojourner. Her rapid heartbeat did not show in her slow-motion actions. Her cooking done, Jenny was carrying the dish on a tray to the dining table when the doorbell rang. Jenny dropped the tray.
The passage is about
A) the disappointment of love
B) a meeting place
C) jenny's expert cooking
D) the passion of love
- 13. The figure of speech used in she was listening to the silence of the room is
A) oxymoron
B) zeugma
C) conceit
D) irony
- 14. The technique of narration is
A) Third person
B) Second person
C) First person
D) stream of consciousness
- 15. In ___ and moved inwards the kitchen, like one sleepwalking, the simile portrays one who is
A) absent minded
B) disappointed
C) morose
D) passion driven
A) regret
B) anxiety
C) despondency
D) sorrow
- 17. UNSEEN POETRY 17-21
Read the poem and answer the question
My heart was in fearful flight
Pursued by Cupid, arrow poised
Waiting for my flight's end
When I'd turn about
Or I'd fall supine
My fleeing heart to pierce
Enslave or enthrall and ravish hopeless
So, I'm pining and pining away
For you high up there have perched
Out of reach of my now yearning
Which was why my heart'd been fleeing
From cupid's poised arrow
The poem is about
A) unrequited
B) sacrificial
C) unforgettable
D) selfish
- 18. UNSEEN POETRY 17-21
Read the poem and answer the question
My heart was in fearful flight
Pursued by Cupid, arrow poised
Waiting for my flight's end
When I'd turn about
Or I'd fall supine
My fleeing heart to pierce
Enslave or enthrall and ravish hopeless
So, I'm pining and pining away
For you high up there have perched
Out of reach of my now yearning
Which was why my heart'd been fleeing
From cupid's poised arrow
The lines that provide evidence for what the poem is about are ___
A) 11 and 12
B) 9 and 10
C) 2 and 3
D) 7 and 8
- 19. UNSEEN POETRY 17-21
Read the poem and answer the question
My heart was in fearful flight
Pursued by Cupid, arrow poised
Waiting for my flight's end
When I'd turn about
Or I'd fall supine
My fleeing heart to pierce
Enslave or enthrall and ravish hopeless
So, I'm pining and pining away
For you high up there have perched
Out of reach of my now yearning
Which was why my heart'd been fleeing
From cupid's poised arrow
The poem is a
A) haiku
B) kenning
C) limerick
D) lyric
- 20. UNSEEN POETRY 17-21
Read the poem and answer the question
My heart was in fearful flight
Pursued by Cupid, arrow poised
Waiting for my flight's end
When I'd turn about
Or I'd fall supine
My fleeing heart to pierce
Enslave or enthrall and ravish hopeless
So, I'm pining and pining away
For you high up there have perched
Out of reach of my now yearning
Which was why my heart'd been fleeing
From cupid's poised arrow
The dominant image is one of
A) flying
B) waiting
C) running
D) beginning
- 21. UNSEEN POETRY 17-21
Read the poem and answer the question
My heart was in fearful flight
Pursued by Cupid, arrow poised
Waiting for my flight's end
When I'd turn about
Or I'd fall supine
My fleeing heart to pierce
Enslave or enthrall and ravish hopeless
So, I'm pining and pining away
For you high up there have perched
Out of reach of my now yearning
Which was why my heart'd been fleeing
From cupid's poised arrow
In the poem, cupid is
A) an allusion
B) a metonymy
C) the persona's rival
D) the persona's mistress
- 22. The play Antony and Cleopatra is set mainly in
A) Egypt and Rome
B) Egypt and Persia
C) Italy and Spain
D) Rome and Greece
A) Roman triumvirs
B) Roman generals
C) Roman senators
D) Roman governors
- 24. Octavius Caesar is Antony’s
A) Enemy
B) Ally
C) Brother
D) Rival and fellow ruler
- 25. Antony loses the battle because
A) Cleopatra’s fleet withdraws
B) His soldiers betray him
C) He is sick
D) Octavius cheats
- 26. Cleopatra flees the battle of Actium
A) On Anthony’s order
B) By mistake
C) Because of a storm
D) Out of fear
- 27. Antony attempts suicide because he thinks Cleopatra is
A) Betrayed him
B) Married
C) Captured
D) Dead
- 28. Antony eventually dies in
A) Egypt
B) Cleopatra’s arms
C) Prison
D) Rome
- 29. Cleopatra commits suicide by
A) Poison
B) Asp (snake) bite
C) Sword
D) Hanging
- 30. Cleopatra chooses death because
A) She wants to follow Antony
B) She is afraid of Octavius
C) All of the above
D) She fears humiliation in Rome
- 31. Octavius Caesar represents
A) Discipline and order
B) Weakness
C) Disorder
D) Passion
A) Order
B) Passion and emotion
C) Discipline
D) Reason
- 33. Shakespeare uses the play to show conflict between
A) Rich and poor
B) Old and young
C) War and peace
D) Love and duty
- 34. The setting of Egypt symbolizes
A) Pleasure and luxury
B) Discipline
C) War
D) Order
A) Pleasure
B) Weakness
C) Chaos
D) Order and discipline
- 36. Antony’s downfall is caused mainly by
A) His soldiers
B) His love for Cleopatra
C) His enemies
D) Fate only
A) Cleopatra’s rule
B) Antony’s victory
C) Octavius’s triumph
D) War
A) Punish Egypt
B) Honour Cleopatra
C) Bury Antony honourably
D) Kill Cleopatra
- 39. Enobarbus praises Cleopatra’s beauty in
A) A speech
B) A letter
C) A song
D) A poem
- 40. The relationship between Antony and Octavius can best be described as
A) Brotherhood
B) Rivalry
C) Neutral
D) Friendship
- 41. The tragic end of the lovers emphasizes
A) Honour
B) Wealth
C) The power of fate and love
D) The power of fate and love
- 42. ''....the dragon-fly
hangs like a blue thread
losened from the sky...'' illustrates
A) litotes
B) contrast
C) simile
D) metaphor
A) celebrates heroic deeds
B) conforms to a fixed pattern of lines
C) has a mournful tone
D) is set in the countryside
- 44. A line of poetry is measured by the
A) number of words
B) number of feet it contains
C) images
D) rhythm
- 45. The recurrence of rhythmic pattern of stress in a poem is a
A) scansion
B) couplet
C) metre
D) consonance
- 46. "Friendship is a sheltering tree'' illustrates
A) metaphor
B) personification
C) Oxymoron
D) simile
- 47. . "I don't fancy forbidden fruits of fashions and fads'' illustrates
A) repetition
B) assonance
C) alliteration
D) refrain
- 48. A long and serious narrative about heroic characters is a/an
A) elegy
B) burlesque
C) ballad
D) epic
- 49. This book should fill the memory, rule the heart and guide the feet.
The above expression illustrates the use of
A) repetition
B) metaphor
C) refrain
D) synecdoche
- 50. An omniscient narrator in a novel
A) is a character in the story
B) knows nothing about the characters and events
C) knows everything about the characters and events
D) detaches himself from the story
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