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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1986:
These question is based on Literary Appreciation.<br/>"Busy old fool<br/>Unruly sun<br/>Why dost thou thus<br/>Through windows<br/>And through curtains<br/>Call on us?"<br/>J. Donne: The Sun Rising<br/>The excerpts above suggests
  • A Welcoming the sun
  • B Indictment of the sun
  • C Praise of nature
  • D Invitation to the sun
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Question 1987:
These question is based on Literary Appreciation.<br/>"Busy old fool<br/>Unruly sun<br/>Why dost thou thus<br/>Through windows<br/>And through curtains<br/>Call on us?"<br/>J. Donne: The Sun Rising<br/>The figure of speech involved in the lines above is
  • A Epigram
  • B Pun
  • C Simile
  • D Personification
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Question 1988:
These question is based on Literary Appreciation.<br/>Will no one tell me what she sings<br/>perhaps the plaintive numbers flow<br/>for old, unhappy, far off things<br/>And battles long ago.<br/>Or is it some more humble lay,<br/>Familiar matter of today?<br/>The lines above shows that the persona
  • A So hates the words of the girl
  • B Understands the girl's songs
  • C Does not understand the girl's language
  • D Is so much in love with the girl
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Question 1989:
These question is based on Literary Appreciation.<br/>Will no one tell me what she sings<br/>perhaps the plaintive numbers flow<br/>for old, unhappy, far off things<br/>And battles long ago.<br/>Or is it some more humble lay,<br/>Familiar matter of today?<br/>The lines above end in a literary device known as
  • A Irony
  • B Conceit
  • C Transfered epithet
  • D Rhetorical question
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Question 1990:
These question is based on Literary Appreciation.<br/>Oh incomprehensible God!<br/>Shall my pilot be<br/>My inborn stars to that<br/>Final call to thee...<br/>The literary device used in the first line is
  • A Burlesque
  • B Rhetoric
  • C Passion
  • D Apostrophe
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