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AIC SS 1 Literature Revision Test for 3rd Term 2022/23
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  • 1. The novel, the novella and the short story are the major sub-genres of ________.
A) poetry
B) prose
C) drama
D) non-fiction
  • 2. The Italian sonnet is made up of ___________.
A) three rhymed couplet and one octave
B) Three quatrains and one sestet
C) Two quatrains and two octave
D) One octave and one sestet
  • 3. The protagonist is the ______
A) hero
B) villain
C) antagonist.
D) speaker
E) author
  • 4. As chapter is to prose, so ___ is to poetry.
A) stanza
B) line
C) couplet
D) chorus
E) paraphrasing.
  • 5. Verbal irony occurs when a speaker on stage
A) is funny.
B) says the opposite of what the speaker means
C) tries to deceive the audience
D) is misunderstood
E) is alone
  • 6. Through the trees I’ll hear a SINGLE ringing sound, a cowbell JINGLE. The capitalized illustrate _______ rhyme.
A) internal
B) middle rhyme.
C) end
D) dimeter
E) decasyllabic
  • 7. A mountain of fufu was placed before the hungry visitors. The device used above is _________
A) euphemism
B) assonance
C) alliteration
D) hyperbole
E) simile
  • 8. The omniscient narrator is _____
A) realistic
B) all knowing
C) always humorous
D) God
E) limited
  • 9. Which of the following is not a type of play?
A) Tragi-comedy
B) Tragedy
C) farce
D) Comedy
E) Tragic flaw
  • 10. A short introductory speech delivered as a part of a play is called
A) an epilogue
B) first words.
C) an introduction
D) a preamble
E) a prologue
  • 11. Pick the odd one of the option listed.
A) rhythm
B) hyperbole
C) simile
D) oxymoron
E) euphemism
  • 12. The major distinctive feature of drama is
A) epilogue
B) plot
C) setting
D) dialogue
E) singing
  • 13. A poem written in praise of someone or something is
A) lullaby
B) a ballad
C) an epic
D) a sonnet
E) an ode
  • 14. The central idea of a story or poem is the
A) climax
B) topic
C) conflict
D) theme
E) title
  • 15. The timing and location of a literary work is ______
A) theme
B) setting
C) atmosphere
D) plot
E) timing
  • 16. The elegy ____
A) is set in the countryside
B) has a mournful tone
C) is a church poem.
D) conforms to a fixed pattern of lines
E) celebrates heroic deeds
  • 17. The major genre of literature are ______
A) prose, drama, poetry
B) comedy, drama and prose
C) poetry, prose, fiction
D) fiction, non-fiction, drama
  • 18. In a story, the adversary of the protagonist is the ___
A) antagonist
B) hero
C) foil
D) heroine
E) cast
  • 19. The art of giving human attributes to non-human object is _____
A) personification
B) simile
C) allegory
D) allusion
E) anecdote
  • 20. A long narrative poem which deals with heroic deeds is _____
A) lyric
B) epic
C) sonnet
D) ode
E) euphony
  • 21. A poem of four lines is called a ___
A) sestet
B) couplet
C) octave
D) sonnet
E) quatrain
  • 22. A literary piece used to mock or ridicule a society or practice is called _________
A) an allegory
B) a farce
C) a fable
D) a satire
E) a pun
  • 23. The story of a person’s life written by another is _________
A) biography
B) short story
C) anthology
D) history
E) autobiography
  • 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) an elegy
C) a sonnet
D) an ode
E) a narrative
  • 26. The most exciting and tense part of a story is the
A) exposition
B) epilogue
C) prologue
D) climax
E) middle
  • 27. Lines of unrhymed poetry are known as
A) consonance
B) assonance
C) verse
D) free verse
  • 28. A dramatic performance with only bodily movements and without words is _____ (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
A) an opera
B) an asidea
C) mime
D) a soliloquy
E) farce
  • 29. Peter’s pretty partner paid the bills” is an example of___
A) alliteration
B) rhythm
C) satire
D) assonance
E) digression
  • 30. A character whose flaws combined with external forces lead to his suffering is a __
A) heroine
B) tragic-hero
C) protagonist
D) villian
E) hero
  • 31. A deliberate use of exaggeration for the purpose of humour/emphasis is____
A) metaphor
B) irony
C) simile
D) hyperbole
E) personification
  • 32. The paragraph in prose can be compared to ____________ in poetry.
A) scene
B) couplet
C) verse
D) line
E) stanza
  • 33. A literary device that creates a mental picture of a situation is _____
A) epilogue
B) picaresque
C) imagery
D) symbolism
E) flashback
  • 34. In a literary work , a clown normally ___
A) supports the protagonist
B) directs the action
C) creates cosmic relief
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) romance
B) eulogy
C) pastoral
D) folktale
E) ballad
  • 36. Pick the odd item______________
A) metaphor
B) ode
C) ballad
D) elegy
  • 37. An author’s story about himself is a/an _____
A) biography
B) essay
C) autobiography
D) selfism
E) diary
  • 38. The feeling and attitudes of a writer are conveyed by __________
A) style
B) setting
C) theme
D) mood
E) language
  • 39. Rhyming words ______
A) are disjointed
B) convey meaning
C) sound alike
D) are paralled lines
E) have similar spellings
  • 40. The specific literary term used to distinguish a novel from a play is _________
A) diction
B) passage
C) genre
D) verse
E) act
  • 41. A struggle between opposition forces in a literary work is the ______
A) plot
B) climax
C) conflict
D) denouement
E) relief
  • 42. "The baby's skin was like a rose petal"
    This sentence is an example of:
A) metaphor
B) personification
C) simile
D) contrast
  • 43. "the leaves danced in the wind"
    This sentence is an example of:
A) alliteration
B) personification
C) simile
D) metaphor
  • 44. A literary work written in form of a letter is ____
A) creative
B) letter writing
C) romantic
D) tautological
E) epistolary
  • 45. The concluding part of a play where the conflict is resolved is the
A) enjambment
B) denouement
C) climax
D) resolution
E) solution
  • 46. A writer’s choice of words is his
A) words
B) setting
C) diction
D) tone
E) mood
  • 47. The main objective of drama is to ____(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
A) educate and entertain us
B) all of above
C) 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) euphemism
B) criticism
C) onomatopoeia
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) metaphor
B) onomatopoeia
C) synaesthesia
D) hyperbole
E) oxymoron
  • 50. A narrative poem ____
A) preaches a sermon
B) tells a story or tale
C) propounds a philosophy
D) argues in a narrative manner
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