Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.An autobiography becomes a literary work when

A It is a faithful account of the author's
B It underlines the salient events in the author's life
C It relates the author's life to the major events of the day
D Its value resides principally in its style

Question 37:

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.In poetry, a quatrain is a group of four

A Lines
B Stanzas
C Refrains
D Poems

Question 38:

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.Criticism is a literary activity which seeks to

A Discover the beauty of a literary work
B Finds faults in a literary work
C Analyse and evaluate a literary work
D Compare literary works

Question 39:

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.In poetry, 'run-on-line' can be found

A In most kinds of poems
B Only in free verse
C Uniquely in blank verse
D Peculiarly in rhyming couplets

Question 40:

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.'I find no peace, and all my war is done;Ifear and hope, I burn and freeze like ice;I flee above the wind, yet can I not arise;And nought I have and all the world in season'. The fight of speech most prominently used in the passage above is

A Oxymoron
B Alliteration
C Euphemism
D Hyperbole