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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Literature In English Questions

Question 416:
Nani's sternness and frequent use of the cane
  • A Was responsible for his transfers
  • B Exacted obedience from his wife
  • C Fiiled his children with fear and pain
  • D Gave him a very good reputation
  • E Made his teacher rebel against him
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Question 417:
Kongi's harvest is
  • A A political drama
  • B Social comedy
  • C A play about natural rulers
  • D A historical tragedy
  • E A domestic comedy.
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Question 418:
Stars hide your fires;<br/>let no light see my black and deep desires <br/>They eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eyes fears, when it is done to see' <br/>In these lines Shakespare uses
  • A Hyperbole
  • B Metonymy
  • C Onomatopoeia
  • D Simile
  • E Apostophe
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Question 419:
'I am become a name; <br/>For always roaming with a hungry heart <br/>Much have i seen and known; cities of men <br/>And manners, climates, council, governments'<br/>These line fairly represent the attitude of Ulysses' life. This attitude may be described as
  • A Complaining continually about life
  • B Unwillingness to agree and work with others.
  • C Ceaseless labour and search for challenges
  • D Dislike of one's country or home
  • E Roaming and idling.
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Question 420:
'Fast fading violets covered up in leaves <br/>And mid May's eldest child <br/>The coming must-rose full of dewy wine <br/>The murmurous haunt of files on summer eves'.<br/>('Ode to a nightingale')<br/>The poetic beauty of the last line owes to the use of
  • A Smile
  • B Onomatopeia
  • C Metaphor
  • D Archaism
  • E Metonymy
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