Literature-in-English

Question 1

1Instructions in a play script telling actors how to move are

Easy

A. stage directions B. soliloquies C. dialogue D. prologues

Question 2

2A short, wise saying that expresses a general truth is a

Easy

A. riddle B. ballad C. proverb D. sonnet

Question 3

3"The pen is mightier than the sword" uses

Medium

A. metonymy B. apostrophe C. simile D. onomatopoeia

Question 4

4Going back in time to show earlier events is

Easy

A. prologue B. foreshadowing C. flashback D. denouement

Question 5

5Tragedy, according to Aristotle, produces in the audience

Hard

A. laughter only B. confusion C. catharsis through pity and fear D. boredom

Question 6

6A song sung to mourn the dead is a

Easy

A. dirge B. lullaby C. ballad D. ode

Question 7

7A play written mainly to amuse, with a happy ending, is a

Easy

A. tragedy B. comedy C. elegy D. epic

Question 8

8Identify the figure of speech: "a deafening silence"

Easy

A. hyperbole B. oxymoron C. synecdoche D. simile

Question 9

9The atmosphere of a poem describing a funeral is likely to be

Easy

A. sombre B. comic C. exciting D. joyful

Question 10

10The turning point or highest point of tension in a plot is the

Easy

A. prologue B. exposition C. resolution D. climax

Question 11

11A story told by a character using "I" uses the

Easy

A. first-person point of view B. third-person point of view C. second-person view D. omniscient view

Question 12

12A long narrative poem about heroic deeds is an

Easy

A. haiku B. ode C. epic D. ballad only

Question 13

13"The classroom was a zoo" is an example of

Hard

A. personification B. metaphor C. simile D. onomatopoeia

Question 14

14Writing that ridicules human folly to bring about change is

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A. tragedy B. satire C. romance D. elegy

Question 15

15A short story that teaches a moral, often with animals as characters, is

Easy

A. an epic B. a sonnet C. a tragedy D. a fable

Question 16

16A villanelle has

Hard

A. 5 lines B. 19 lines with two refrains C. 14 lines D. 3 lines

Question 17

17An omniscient narrator

Hard

A. is a character in the story B. speaks only dialogue C. knows nothing D. knows the thoughts of all characters

Question 18

18"The silence was deafening" is an example of

Hard

A. oxymoron (paradox) B. simile C. personification D. alliteration

Question 19

19Comic relief is

Easy

A. a humorous scene in a serious play B. the main plot C. the epilogue D. the climax

Question 20

20A poem of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, is a

Easy

A. limerick B. haiku C. ode D. sonnet