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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 976:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.<br/>'A great city is a battlefield...You need to be a fighter to live in it, not exist, mark you, live. Anybody can exist, dragging his soul around behind him like a worn-out coat; but living is different'<br/>'To Sir with Love' by E.R. Braithwaite<br/>The literary device predominantly used in this passage is
  • A Simile
  • B Oxymoron
  • C Symbolism
  • D Sarcasm
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Question 977:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.<br/>The leaves are withered. Roses fold and shrink<br/>Dog, the panting athlete shows his tongue A dwarled shadow flees. Hides under legs. Nuts <br/>wrinkle and crack <br/>'Poems in Four Parts' by W.Kamera<br/>One dominant image presented in the poem above is that of
  • A Spent life
  • B Summer
  • C Death
  • D Tiredness
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Question 978:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.<br/>'If it is true that the world talks too much<br/>then let's all keep quiet<br/>and hear the eloquence<br/>of silence' <br/>If it is True' by Richard Ntini<br/>One striking device used by the poet above is
  • A Rhythm
  • B Contrast
  • C Alliteration
  • D End-rhyme
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Question 979:
This question i based on William Shakespeare''s Macbeth.<br/>''This supernatural soliciting<br/>Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill,<br/>Why hath it given me earnest of success,...<br/>What does the phrase ''earnest of success'' refer to?
  • A Macbeth becoming thane of Cawdor
  • B Banquo''s children becoming future kings
  • C Macbeth becoming king
  • D Banquo''s wearing of the crown
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Question 980:
This question i based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.<br/>'... I think our country skins beneath the yoke; It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash is added to her wounds.'<br/>Who made the above statement and to whom?
  • A Macduff to Ross
  • B Malcolm to Macduff
  • C Malcolm to Ross
  • D Macduff to Malcolm.
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