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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1211:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.<br/>'There was something very disturbing about his features today, there was something which suggested an untidiness of a sort rather like a cotton dress washed in salty water and worn until it reeks of human sweet. There was something very vulnerable about his looks, something quite restless.<br/>Nuruddin Farah, 'Sweet and Sour Milk'<br/>The passage above illustrates the use of
  • A Climax
  • B Deus ex machina
  • C Trance
  • D Suspense
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Question 1212:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.<br/>Sound effects in the theater are realizable through the use of
  • A Props
  • B Acoustics
  • C Proscenium
  • D Echoes
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Question 1213:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.<br/>When a protagonist is purged of the dominant emotions of pity and fear at the end of a tragedy, it is called
  • A Catharsis
  • B Dementia
  • C Purgation
  • D Redemption
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Question 1214:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.<br/>When a statement is made on stage to the hearing of only the audience, it is called
  • A A prologue
  • B A soliloquy
  • C An aside
  • D A diatribe
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Question 1215:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.<br/>A playwright who solves the dilemma of his characters by rescuing them from impossible circumstances using extra human device has employed
  • A Deus ex machina
  • B Dramatis personae
  • C Contrived manipulation
  • D Dramatic reversals
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