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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1471:
This question is based on the Literary Appreciation 'James started showing interest in Buchi a long time ago. In playing the hunter, he realised that he needed a bait.<br/>This turned out to be his frequent offer of assistance to the needy young woman. But Buchi has proved to be a difficult game.<br/>The more James trailed her the more he realised that she could not be easily caught.'The choice of words in the passage above is remarkable because it is
  • A Largely confusing
  • B Very difficult
  • C Quite appropriate
  • D Drawn from hunting
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Question 1472:
This question is based on the Literary Appreciation<br/>'' To see a world in a grain of sand<br/>And a heaven in a wild flower.<br/>Hold infinity in the palm of your hand<br/>And eternity in an hour.''<br/>William Blake, To Sea a World in a Grain of Sand<br/>The predominant figure of speech used in the lines above is
  • A Metaphor
  • B Hyperbole
  • C Simile
  • D Paradox
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Question 1473:
This question is based on the Literary Appreciation'The gloom will give way to light<br/>And the thorny path cleared of pain<br/>The storms will bow to the prompting of peace<br/>Lost moments of glory will be restored<br/>And strangled opportunities reborn<br/>We shall yet regain the dawn<br/>The suggestion that runs through the short poem above is that of
  • A Anxiety and worry
  • B Anticipation of positive change
  • C Sorrow and dejection
  • D Fear of change
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Question 1474:
This question is based on General Literary Principles <br/>Farce thrives on
  • A Big events
  • B Premonition
  • C Absurdity
  • D Incidents
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Question 1475:
This question is based on General Literary Principles <br/>The form of poetry that celebrates with nostalgia the ideal world of the countryside is referred to as
  • A An ode
  • B A ballad
  • C An elegy
  • D A pastoral
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