Literature in English is the study of works written in the English language. It includes all forms of writing, such as novels, plays, short stories, and poetry. This subject involves exploring and analyzing these texts to understand their themes and meanings.
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Question 1031: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
.....So tedious is this day
As is the night before some festival
To an impatient child that hath new robes And may not wear them'.
What makes Juliet's night so tedious is the
Options:
A) murder of Tybalt by Romeo
B) arranged marriage between her and Paris
C) eagerness to be married to Romeo
D) unconsummated marriage with Romeo
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1032:
This question is based on Isidore Okpewho's The Victims.
'It ish only becaush of your late feda that we have been sho shilent. When we came to thish town and had nowhere to shtay, hw gave ush shelter, then let ush work on hish farm and fed ush there
He ish the one we are yeshpecting '.
This passage is written in this way in order to show that the speaker
Options:
A) cannot spell correctly
B) cannot speak English correctly
C) is a stranger
D) is very angry
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1033:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
Cast in a play refers to
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A) all the actors
B) three of the actors
C) a few of the actors
D) an exclusive social class in the play
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1034: This question is based on General Literary Principles.In literary work, verbal irony refers to a
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A) device in which the speaker means the opposite of what he says
B) situation in which a character speaks or acts against the trend of events
C) difficult situation which defies a logical or rational resolution
D) device in which the actor on stage means exactly what he says
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1035: Marcus Antonius roused the public to mutiny in his funeral speech in Julius Ceasar partly because he succeeded in discrediting Brutus ans Cassius by calling them 'honorable men', when in fact he consciously organized his speech to prove that they were dishonorable. This device is known as
Options:
A) allegory
B) hyperbole
C) irony
D) 'O Julius Caesar! thou art might yet!
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1036:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A trilogy is the
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A) sequence of three one-act drama written by the same author
B) set of three players written by the same authors
C) collection of three poems of equal length
D) series of related stories divided into three equal parts
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1037: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo's and Juliet.
The multiple deaths in the play serve as a punishment for
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A) imposing life partner on children
B) treating others with hatred
C) disobeying one's own parents
D) shedding kinsmen's blood
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1038:
This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
In the play, the central idea is that gender equality is
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A) both undersirable and unattainable
B) attainable and desirable
C) obnoxious but desirable
D) desirable but unattainable
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1039: Which of the following is a major source of interest in As You Like It?
Options:
A) The effective use of disguise
B) The disappointment of lovers
C) The fidelity of Shakspeare's characters
D) The authors irreverent use of language
E) The consistency of roles
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The correct answer is E .
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Question 1040: Based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four, To drop his philosophy of life and imbibe the tenets of the party, Winston is subjected to all forms of torture and inhuman treatment by
Options:
A) O'Brien
B) thought police
C) Big Brother
D) Goldstein
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The correct answer is C .