LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS

The eight-line part of a Petrarchan sonnet is the________________

Through the trees, I'll hear a single

Ringing sound, a cowbell jingle 

The underlined is an example of____________ryhme

Poetry is written in

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

A dramatic performance with ONLY bodily movements and no speech is a _____________

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

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

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

He is my most beloved enemy ilustrates__________

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

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

An essential part of the plot is____________

The leading character in a literary work is the________

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____________

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

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

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 speaker is_____________

Before a play is performed, it is ___________

Beware her faintly failing health, and gentle gallands around her speed  Illustrates_________

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____________

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

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

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

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

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

The Main Character in a Play or Novel is the ____________

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) 

In "Who began this" This refers to the ______________

A short single act drama is called____________

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

Over the cobbles it clattered and crashed is an example of__________

A narrative poem that relates heroic exploits is an___________

The character assumed by the author in his writing is

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________

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

Catharsis is normally associated with____________

A short play is also called a

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_________

"Its a matter of sad joy" Iillustrates__________

The metrical beat in the The Splendor falls on castle walls is___________

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

Diction is a writer's choice of___________

Weeping Pilliow illustrates________

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

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___________

Conflict in a literary work begins to unfold with

A Poem that celebrates an object, person or event is

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 effect of the extract is conveyed through the use of___________

The cast appears at the end of a play for the ___________

A poem which celebrates simple country life is___________

The major part of the Petrarch sonnet is the

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_____________

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 then_________

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

The lines illustrates________

Who lied in the chapel
Now lies in the Abbey

The dominant device used is___________

A Sonnet has a final couplet when it has___________

Read the following lines to answer this question

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

The dominant device used in the lines is

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 predominant figure of speech in the extract is____________

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__________

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___________

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 underlined expression means___________