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Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

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Question 56:
Read the poem and answer questions<br/>Sleep, O sleep<br/>With thy Rod of Incantation,<br/>Charm my Imagination,<br/>Then, only then. I cease to weep.<br/>By thy power,<br/>The virgirn, by Iime Oertaken<br/>For years folom, forsaken,<br/>Enjoys the happy nour.<br/>What's to sleep?<br/>TIs a visionary blesSing<br/>A dream that's past expressing<br/>Our uumost wish possessin9<br/>O mayi aways Keep.<br/><br/>“Sleep” in the poem is an example of ____________
  • A Aliteration
  • B Assonance
  • C Onomatopoeia
  • D Pun
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Question 57:
Read the poem and answer questions<br/>Sleep, O sleep<br/>With thy Rod of Incantation,<br/>Charm my Imagination,<br/>Then, only then. I cease to weep.<br/>By thy power,<br/>The virgirn, by Iime Oertaken<br/>For years folom, forsaken,<br/>Enjoys the happy nour.<br/>What's to sleep?<br/>TIs a visionary blesSing<br/>A dream that's past expressing<br/>Our uumost wish possessin9<br/>O mayi aways Keep.<br/><br/>The power of “sleep” is described as ____________
  • A Majestic
  • B Magical
  • C Poetic
  • D Worshipful
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Question 58:
A stylistic device which uses the name of one thing to describe another is called a ____________
  • A Synonym
  • B Metonym
  • C Metaphor
  • D Antonym
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Question 59:
For a play to be successful on stage. it must not be short of ____________
  • A Audience
  • B Speeches
  • C Actions
  • D Characters
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Question 60:
One of the following is a characteristic of a novel ____________
  • A It is written only in dialogues
  • B It adopts the poetic form
  • C It is written mainly in prose
  • D It employs phrases and sentences
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