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 701:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
X: I am told he's a man of an excellent understanding
Y: Is he?
X: Very generous.
Y: I believe I shall like him.
X: Young and brave.
Y: I'm sure I shall like him.
X: And very handsome.
Y:....,I'll have him.
Who are the speakers X and Y and about whom are they speaking ?
Options:
A) Neville and Kate about Hastings
B) Kate and her mother about Marlow
C) Miss Hardcastle and Mr. Hardcastle about Tony
D) Mr. Hardcastle and Kate about Marlow
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 702: These questions are based on general Literary principlesThe plot of a story generally refers to the
Options:
A) intrigue made by a character against the hero
B) way in which the events of the story are organized
C) way in which the writer begin the story
D) way the writer ends the story
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 703:
The question is based on Williams Shakespeare's OTHELLO
"O heaven; How got she out?
O treason of the blood!
Father; from hence trust not your daughters' minds
By what you see them act. Is there not charms
By which the property of youth and maid-hood
May be abused?
The speaker of the excerpt above is________
Options:
A) Brabantio
B) Othello
C) Gratiano
D) Roderigo
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 704:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.'Lift not the painted veil which those who live call life: though unreal shapes be picture there,
And it but mimic all we would believe
With colours idly spread - behind, lurk fear,'
P.B Shelley, Sonnet.
The stanza above is an example of a
Options:
A) quatrain
B) couplet
C) free verse
D) limerick
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 705: The 'curse' the old master put on Brother Jero is that he would
Options:
A) drown in water
B) be killed by armed robbers
C) come to ruin by women
D) loss his prophetic visions
E) die in a road mishap.
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 706:
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
The epilogue in a literary composition is
Options:
A) at the beginning
B) in the middle
C) at the end
D) just before the end
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 707:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.
Blank verse
Options:
A) is nonsensical verse
B) consists of unhymed five stress lines
C) is verse used by the nobility
D) consists of rhyme in the second and fourth line
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 708: In Great Expectations. while Pip was going away from home to take the coach in London, Joe and Biddy threw old shoes at him because
Options:
A) Pip had in a haste forgotten to pack those old shoes of his
B) they wanted to play a practical joke on Pip for the last time
C) Pip had made them angry by his joy to leave home
D) they believede that the act would bring him good luck.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 709:
This question is based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man the Sea.
The old man's experience is a lesson in
Options:
A) endurance and hardwork
B) happiness and reliance
C) indolence and regret
D) achievement and celebration
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 710:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
Unity of time in a tragedy implies that all actions should take place
Options:
A) simultaneously
B) intermittently
C) in a single revolution of the sun
D) within the same locale
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The correct answer is A .