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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1601:
This question is based on Literary Principles<br/>'And the promised pleasure will the face of vanished treasure in the face of plundered pound hidden beneath roots of greener grasses in a land far from the masses<br/>The tone of the poem above is
  • A Optimistic
  • B Interrogative
  • C Persuasive
  • D Pessimistic
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Question 1602:
This question is based on Literary Principles<br/>The expression 'The ripest is the saddest encounter' is an example of
  • A Euphemism
  • B Paradox
  • C Hyperbole
  • D Metaphor
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Question 1603:
This question is based on Literary Principles'My heart is a quiet drum, sometimes it flares like a parched thunder cracking through a damask sky it lifts me in its fired spectacle'.<br/>Cynthia James: Drumology<br/>The imagery in the excerpt above is largely
  • A Olfactory and visual
  • B Olfactory and tactile
  • C Auditory and visual
  • D Tactile and auditory
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Question 1604:
This question is based on Literary Principles'If an eagle be imprisoned On the back of a coin And the coin is tossed into the sky <br/>That coin will flutter But the eagle will never fly.'<br/>Henry Dumas: America<br/>The poem above achieves its literary effect through the use of
  • A Alliteration
  • B Parallelism
  • C Repetition
  • D Solecism
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Question 1605:
This question is based on Literary Principles<br/>''They came on like a whirlwind, and dashed over the line snorting, kicking, squealing in a compact, pie bald tossing mob of bay,brown, grey backs, eyes staring, necks extended, nostrils red,long tails, streaming. As soon as they had leaped upon the road the thick dust flew upwards from under their hoofs, and within six yards of Glorgio only a brown cloud with vague forms of necks and cruppers rolled by, making the soil tremble.. <br/>Joseph Conrald: Nostromo <br/>The passage above describes a troop of
  • A Cows
  • B Elephants
  • C Camels
  • D Horses
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