Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

'Even children knew of Simi! Wives knelt and prayed that their men might sin a hundred times with a hundred women, but may their erring feet never lead them to Simi of the slow eyelids. For then men lost hope of salvation, their homes and children became ghost of a past illusion, learning from Simi to a new view of life, and love immersed in a cannibal's reality. Simi broke men, and friendship'.<br/>It is obvious from this passage that Simi is

A Famous for her love of children
B A goddess worshipped by children, women and men
C A woman other women like to befriend
D An alluring, irresistible man-snatcher
E Disliked for teaching sex-education.

Question 577:

The tendency in words to echo the meaning by the actual sound is called

A Onomatopoeia
B Assonance
C Alliteration
D Rhyme
E Phonetics.

Question 578:

The expression 'All the world is a stage' is a good example of the figure of speech known as

A Personification
B Paradox
C Onomatopoeia
D Simile
E Metaphor.

Question 579:

The 'Settings in a novel refers to

A The point in the story where we first encounter the main character
B The overall social and physical background of the main events in the novel
C The home country of the hero or heroine
D The location where the main event in the novel takes place
E All the various places mentioned in the novel.

Question 580:

'Then suddenly her heart was whipped up, she now rode on strange waves: alone defying the wind and the rain; alone, fighting hunger and thirst in the desert; alone, struggling with strange demons in the forest, bringing glad tidings to her people'. <br/>The mood of the lady in this passage is one of

A Defeat
B Depression
C Triumphant defiance
D Simple elation
E Sorrow.