Literature-in-English

Question 1

1A play that exaggerates situations wildly for laughs is a

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A. melodrama only B. tragedy C. epic D. farce

Question 2

2"The lorry groans uphill, its belly full of yams, its horn a hoarse old man who will not rest." The lorry's horn is compared to

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A. a yam B. a market woman C. a hoarse old man D. a hill

Question 3

3A line or group of lines repeated at intervals in a poem is a

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A. apostrophe B. refrain C. pun D. couplet

Question 4

4A song sung to mourn the dead is a

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

Question 5

5Writing that ridicules human weakness or society in order to correct it is

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

Question 6

6The main character in a story is the

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A. antagonist B. narrator C. foil D. protagonist

Question 7

7In medias res means a story begins

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A. with a summary B. at the end C. in the middle of the action D. with the narrator's birth

Question 8

8Characterisation is

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A. the plot B. the rhyme C. the setting D. the way a writer presents and develops characters

Question 9

9The pattern of rhyme at the end of lines is the

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A. stanza B. rhyme scheme C. metre D. refrain

Question 10

10A story of a person's life written by that person is an

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A. allegory B. novella C. biography D. autobiography