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Question 1 of 50
1. Question
In drama, comic relief often occurs in ____________
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Question 2 of 50
2. Question
A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play is
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3. Question
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4. Question
The repetition of the same vowel sounds in a line is
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Question 5 of 50
5. Question
A character in the story who narrates what happens to him or her is
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6. Question
An understatement is otherwise called
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Question 7 of 50
7. Question
The loneliest people live in the most crowded places illustrates
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Question 8 of 50
8. Question
A person’s life story written by another person is
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Question 9 of 50
9. Question
The term used to depict the freedom of a poet with language is
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Question 10 of 50
10. Question
A poem in which a lone speaker seems to be addressing someone else is a
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Question 11 of 50
11. Question
A story which explains a natural phenomenon is
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Question 12 of 50
12. Question
A short poem that expresses an idea in a clever way is
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Question 13 of 50
13. Question
A literary work that vividly portrays life can be described asCorrectIncorrect -
Question 14 of 50
14. Question
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Question 15 of 50
15. Question
One of the following is used to develop character.CorrectIncorrect -
Question 16 of 50
16. Question
A curtain raiser is an introductory performance that is
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Question 17 of 50
17. Question
A stanza of four lines is a
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Question 18 of 50
18. Question
________ in drama operates against a character who is unaware of a situation which the audience know about
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Question 19 of 50
19. Question
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Said the Lion: “On music I dote”
But something is wrong with my throat
When I practice a scale
The listeners quail
And flee at the first note”
What type of poem is this?
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Question 20 of 50
20. Question
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Said the Lion: “On music I dote”
But something is wrong with my throat
When I practice a scale
The listeners quail
And flee at the first note”
The rhyme scheme of the poem is
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Question 21 of 50
21. Question
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
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The goldsmith at work is a priest at the altar . As though he were performing the Eucharist, he is engaged in deliberate motions of reverence. The small vials of various liquids such as mercury are little vessels of communion wine. The minuscule rings of intricately crafted gold are like miniature wafers.
He dips one tiny ring into a liquid, lifts it up to the sky, and presses it into a space in the growing length of the necklace. It fits-it is dipping bread into wine and slipping it between the parted lips of a communicant.Our lent vigils are not as solemn as the goldsmith’s silent solemnity that directs his work. We look on as the wizardry of the master matter craftsman displays itself. We are held in thrall………
The subject matter of the passage is
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Question 22 of 50
22. Question
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
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The goldsmith at work is a priest at the altar . As though he were performing the Eucharist, he is engaged in deliberate motions of reverence. The small vials of various liquids such as mercury are little vessels of communion wine. The minuscule rings of intricately crafted gold are like miniature wafers.
He dips one tiny ring into a liquid, lifts it up to the sky, and presses it into a space in the growing length of the necklace. It fits-it is dipping bread into wine and slipping it between the parted lips of a communicant.Our lent vigils are not as solemn as the goldsmith’s silent solemnity that directs his work. We look on as the wizardry of the master matter craftsman displays itself. We are held in thrall………
The dominant devices used are
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Question 23 of 50
23. Question
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
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The goldsmith at work is a priest at the altar. As though he were performing the Eucharist, he is engaged in deliberate motions of reverence. The small vials of various liquids such as mercury are little vessels of communion wine. The minuscule rings of intricately crafted gold are like miniature wafers.
He dips one tiny ring into a liquid, lifts it up to the sky, and presses it into a space in the growing length of the necklace. It fits-it is dipping bread into wine and slipping it between the parted lips of a communicant.Our lent vigils are not as solemn as the goldsmith’s silent solemnity that directs his work. We look on as the wizardry of the master matter craftsman displays itself. We are held in thrall………
The use of the above devices creates an atmosphere of
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Question 24 of 50
24. Question
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
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The goldsmith at work is a priest at the altar. As though he were performing the Eucharist, he is engaged in deliberate motions of reverence. The small vials of various liquids such as mercury are little vessels of communion wine. The minuscule rings of intricately crafted gold are like miniature wafers.
He dips one tiny ring into a liquid, lifts it up to the sky, and presses it into a space in the growing length of the necklace. It fits-it is dipping bread into wine and slipping it between the parted lips of a communicant.Our lent vigils are not as solemn as the goldsmith’s silent solemnity that directs his work. We look on as the wizardry of the master matter craftsman displays itself. We are held in thrall………
The writer’s attitude is one of
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Question 25 of 50
25. Question
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
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The goldsmith at work is a priest at the altar. As though he were performing the Eucharist, he is engaged in deliberate motions of reverence. The small vials of various liquids such as mercury are little vessels of communion wine. The minuscule rings of intricately crafted gold are like miniature wafers.
He dips one tiny ring into a liquid, lifts it up to the sky, and presses it into a space in the growing length of the necklace. It fits-it is dipping bread into wine and slipping it between the parted lips of a communicant.Our lent vigils are not as solemn as the goldsmith’s silent solemnity that directs his work. We look on as the wizardry of the master matter craftsman displays itself. We are held in thrall………
The narrative technique captures the _________ of the scene
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Question 26 of 50
26. Question
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At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we’d gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother’s wife had been wife to other brother’s brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.The theme of the poem is
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Question 27 of 50
27. Question
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At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we’d gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother’s wife had been wife to other brother’s brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.The mood of the poet is that of
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Question 28 of 50
28. Question
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At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we’d gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother’s wife had been wife to other brother’s brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.”The earth has stopped breathing and sighed” illustrates
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Question 29 of 50
29. Question
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At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we’d gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother’s wife had been wife to other brother’s brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.The run-on lines convey the speaker’s
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Question 30 of 50
30. Question
Read the poem and answer the question
At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we’d gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother’s wife had been wife to other brother’s brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.There is a predominance of words associated with
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Question 31 of 50
31. Question
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
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Caliban: Ay, that I will; and I’ll be wise hereafter,
And seek for grace. What a thrice-double ass
Was I, to take this drunkard for a god,
And worship this dull fool!Prospero: Go to; away!
Alonso: Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it
Sebastian: Or stole it, rather.
(Act V, scene one lines 293 – 299)What is Caliban promising to do?
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Question 32 of 50
32. Question
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
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Caliban: Ay, that I will; and I’ll be wise hereafter,
And seek for grace. What a thrice-double ass
Was I, to take this drunkard for a god,
And worship this dull fool!Prospero: Go to; away!
Alonso: Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it
Sebastian: Or stole it, rather.
(Act V, scene one lines 293 – 299)Prospero has asked Caliban to
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Question 33 of 50
33. Question
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
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Caliban: Ay, that I will; and I’ll be wise hereafter,
And seek for grace. What a thrice-double ass
Was I, to take this drunkard for a god,
And worship this dull fool!Prospero: Go to; away!
Alonso: Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it
Sebastian: Or stole it, rather.
(Act V, scene one lines 293 – 299)The contents of ”your luggage” are
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Question 34 of 50
34. Question
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
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Caliban: Ay, that I will; and I’ll be wise hereafter,
And seek for grace. What a thrice-double ass
Was I, to take this drunkard for a god,
And worship this dull fool!Prospero: Go to; away!
Alonso: Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it
Sebastian: Or stole it, rather.
(Act V, scene one lines 293 – 299)”this drunkard” is
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Question 35 of 50
35. Question
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
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Caliban: Ay, that I will; and I’ll be wise hereafter,
And seek for grace. What a thrice-double ass
Was I, to take this drunkard for a god,
And worship this dull fool!Prospero: Go to; away!
Alonso: Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it
Sebastian: Or stole it, rather.
(Act V, scene one lines 293 – 299)Sebastian says ”Or stole it, rather” because the luggage
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Question 36 of 50
36. Question
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Prospero: Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated
In what thou hadst to say. So, with good life
And observation strange, my manner ministers
Their several kinds have done. My high charms work,
And these, mine enemies are all knit up
In their distractions. They now are in my power;
And in these fits I leave them,………
(Act III, Scene Three, lines 85 – 91)Prospero is speaking to
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Question 37 of 50
37. Question
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Prospero: Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated
In what thou hadst to say. So, with good life
And observation strange, my manner ministers
Their several kinds have done. My high charms work,
And these, mine enemies are all knit up
In their distractions. They now are in my power;
And in these fits I leave them,………
(Act III, Scene Three, lines 85 – 91)The first line means that the addressee
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Question 38 of 50
38. Question
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Prospero: Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated
In what thou hadst to say. So, with good life
And observation strange, my manner ministers
Their several kinds have done. My high charms work,
And these, mine enemies are all knit up
In their distractions. They now are in my power;
And in these fits I leave them,………
(Act III, Scene Three, lines 85 – 91)Prospero’s enemies include the voyagers but not
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Question 39 of 50
39. Question
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Prospero: Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated
In what thou hadst to say. So, with good life
And observation strange, my manner ministers
Their several kinds have done. My high charms work,
And these, mine enemies are all knit up
In their distractions. They now are in my power;
And in these fits I leave them,………
(Act III, Scene Three, lines 85 – 91)What has just taken place is that
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Question 40 of 50
40. Question
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Prospero: Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated
In what thou hadst to say. So, with good life
And observation strange, my manner ministers
Their several kinds have done. My high charms work,
And these, mine enemies are all knit up
In their distractions. They now are in my power;
And in these fits I leave them,………
(Act III, Scene Three, lines 85 – 91)Prospero decides to
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Question 41 of 50
41. Question
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X: So they are.
My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
My father’s loss, the weakness which I feel,
The wrack of all my friends, not this man’s threats
To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else O’ th’ earth
Liberty make use of, ………..
(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)The speaker is …….
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Question 42 of 50
42. Question
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X: So they are.
My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
My father’s loss, the weakness which I feel,
The wrack of all my friends, not this man’s threats
To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else O’ th’ earth
Liberty make use of, ………..
(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)”this man” is
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Question 43 of 50
43. Question
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X: So they are.
My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
My father’s loss, the weakness which I feel,
The wrack of all my friends, not this man’s threats
To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else O’ th’ earth
Liberty make use of, ………..
(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)”this maid” is
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Question 44 of 50
44. Question
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X: So they are.
My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
My father’s loss, the weakness which I feel,
The wrack of all my friends, not this man’s threats
To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else O’ th’ earth
Liberty make use of, ………..
(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)Those present in this scene are
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Question 45 of 50
45. Question
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X: So they are.
My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
My father’s loss, the weakness which I feel,
The wrack of all my friends, not this man’s threats
To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else O’ th’ earth
Liberty make use of, ………..
(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)”So they are” refers to the
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Question 46 of 50
46. Question
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If I speak true! If hollowly, invert
What best is boded me to mischief! I,
Beyond all limit of what else I’ the world,
Do love, prize, honour you.
(Act III, Scene One, lines 70 – 73)The speaker is
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Question 47 of 50
47. Question
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If I speak true! If hollowly, invert
What best is boded me to mischief! I,
Beyond all limit of what else I’ the world,
Do love, prize, honour you.
(Act III, Scene One, lines 70 – 73)Who is with the speaker?
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Question 48 of 50
48. Question
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If I speak true! If hollowly, invert
What best is boded me to mischief! I,
Beyond all limit of what else I’ the world,
Do love, prize, honour you.
(Act III, Scene One, lines 70 – 73)The speaker wants to
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Question 49 of 50
49. Question
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If I speak true! If hollowly, invert
What best is boded me to mischief! I,
Beyond all limit of what else I’ the world,
Do love, prize, honour you.
(Act III, Scene One, lines 70 – 73)The speaker is lured to that place by
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Question 50 of 50
50. Question
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If I speak true! If hollowly, invert
What best is boded me to mischief! I,
Beyond all limit of what else I’ the world,
Do love, prize, honour you.
(Act III, Scene One, lines 70 – 73)The setting is
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