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LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS

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''That it will rain is not unlike'' illustrates the use of"

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Catharsis is normally associated with____________

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Read the extract and answer the question
Work on,
My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 - 49)

The speaker is addressing

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Othello:    So please your grace, my ancient;
A man he is of honesty and trust
To his conveyance i assign my wife
Grace shall think
To be sent after me

(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 279-283)

 

A man he is honesty and trust refers to_________

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Oral literature is part of

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Who lied in the chapel
Now lies in the Abbey

 

The dominant device used is___________

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Poetry is written in

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A praise poem is ____________

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Conflict in a literary work begins to unfold with

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Othello:    Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this?
Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do that
Which heaven hath forbid the ottomites?
For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl!
He hat stirs next to carve for his own rage
Holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion.
Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isle
From her propriety, What is the matter, masters?
Honest Iago, that looks dead with grieving
Speak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge thee

Iago:       I do not know

   (Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165) 

The underlined expression refers to the____________

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Othello:    So please your grace, my ancient;
A man he is of honesty and trust
To his conveyance i assign my wife
Grace shall think
To be sent after me

(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 279-283)

 

Othello is speaking to_____________

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Read the stanza and answer this question

For days I wept and felt depressed
The one and all I loved had left
But then on me our Bill impressed
'Your love is where she looks bereft'

The rhyme scheme is

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Speaker:    I durst, my Lord, to wager she is honest
Lay down my soul at stake. If you think other,
Remove your thought. It doth abuse your bosom
If any wretch have put this your head,
Let heaven requite it with the serpents curse
For if she be not honest, chaste and true
There's no man happy. The purest of their wives
Is foul as slander

   (Acts IV, Scene Two, Lines 12-19) 

 

The speaker is addressing__________

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The Main Character in a Play or Novel is the ____________

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A short play is also called a

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The climax in a literary work is the_____________

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Othello:    Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this?
Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do that
Which heaven hath forbid the ottomites?
For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl!
He hat stirs next to carve for his own rage
Holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion.
Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isle
From her propriety, What is the matter, masters?
Honest Iago, that looks dead with grieving
Speak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge thee

Iago:       I do not know

   (Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165) 

 

The major consequence of the brawl is that___________

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...... refers to the structure of a work of art.

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An...... is an indirect and usually unfavourable remark

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Speaker:    I think this tale would win my daughter too,
Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the best
Men do their broken weapons rather use
Than their bare hands

(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 171-174)

 

According to the speaker__________

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A Poem that celebrates an object, person or event is

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Diction is a writer's choice of___________

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Read the extract and answer the question
Work on,
My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 - 49)

The speaker is

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A humorous poem with five lines, the first two ryhming with the last is______________

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A short play perfomed during the pause between the acts of a longer play is____________

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He is my most beloved enemy ilustrates__________

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Read the stanza and answer this question

For days I wept and felt depressed
The one and all I loved had left
But then on me our Bill impressed
'Your love is where she looks bereft'

The lines are iambic

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Read the following lines to answer this question

The livid waters roared and snarled and flapped
At the poor battered and weeping yacht.

 

The picture presented is one of

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Weeping Pilliow illustrates________

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Yet, let me flap this bug with gilded wings,
This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings

 

The poets intention is to___________

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A play on words for literary effect is_________

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Dramatis personae is the same as ____________

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A poem which celebrates simple country life is___________

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Hamartia, in a literary work refers to a hero's_________

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But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost

 

The extract is about____________

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Othello:    So please your grace, my ancient;
A man he is of honesty and trust
To his conveyance i assign my wife
Grace shall think
To be sent after me

(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 279-283)

Othello is leaving to__________

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The ....... produces comic relief in drama

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''The sun smiled gently on the scene'' illustrates"

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A narrative poem that relates heroic exploits is an___________

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"Its a matter of sad joy" Iillustrates__________

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Othello:    Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this?
Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do that
Which heaven hath forbid the ottomites?
For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl!
He hat stirs next to carve for his own rage
Holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion.
Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isle
From her propriety, What is the matter, masters?
Honest Iago, that looks dead with grieving
Speak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge thee

Iago:       I do not know

   (Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165) 

 

Othello is brought to the scene because___________

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Read the stanza and answer this question

For days I wept and felt depressed
The one and all I loved had left
But then on me our Bill impressed
'Your love is where she looks bereft'

The lines constitute

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The eight-line part of a Petrarchan sonnet is the________________

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Othello:    So please your grace, my ancient;
A man he is of honesty and trust
To his conveyance i assign my wife
Grace shall think
To be sent after me

(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 279-283)

 

The speech illustrates the use of________

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Speaker:    I think this tale would win my daughter too,
Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the best
Men do their broken weapons rather use
Than their bare hands

(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 171-174)

 

The tale being referred to is___________

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Death be not proud, though some have called thee might and dreadful is an example of___________

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Poetry is written in

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The major part of the Petrarch sonnet is the

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Read the extract and answer the question
Work on,
My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 - 49)

Just before this speech,

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The leading character in a literary work is the________

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An essential features of drama is___________

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Over the cobbles it clattered and crashed is an example of__________

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A literary work in which the characters are animals is a ____________

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Before a play is performed, it is ___________

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'Many hands make light work' illustrates the use of'

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Yet, let me flap this bug with gilded wings,
This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings

 

The lines illustrates________

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Yet, let me flap this bug with gilded wings,
This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings

 

The alliteration in stinks and stings effectively conveys__________

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A play that moves the audience to pity and fear is a ____________

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Through ........ the ills of society are criticised with the objective of having them corrected

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Ten thousand saw i at glance....... Illustrates_________

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