16 questions. Try each one, then open the answer to check yourself and read the explanation.
The conclusion of a of an article, a speech or a rendition which is done in an impressive and effective manner is known as
Answer: C (envoi)
An envoi is a short, striking conclusion to a poem, speech or piece of writing.
Hermeneutic in literature is associated with
Answer: C (interpretation)
Hermeneutics is the theory and practice of interpretation.
The spacio-temporal setting of a literary work is different from the psychological setting because
Answer: D (The latter is mental and the former is physical)
Spatio-temporal setting is the physical place and time; psychological setting is the mental atmosphere or mood.
A marvellous stillness pervaded the world and the stars together with the serenity of their rays. Which of the following is missing in the extract?
Answer: D (euphemism)
The line paints a calm, visual mood and gives the stars 'serenity', but it softens nothing unpleasant, so there is no euphemism.
A genre of literature that can be seen as language gamesmanship is
Answer: A (poetry.)
Poetry plays freely with words, sounds and rules of language (poetic licence).
__________is a play on words that are either identical in sound or very similar in sound but are sharply diverse in significance.
Answer: A (paronomasia)
Paronomasia is another name for a pun.
Which of the following is not a rhetorical figure?
Answer: D (catastrophe)
Anaphora, epistrophe and chiasmus are patterns of words; catastrophe is the final disaster in a tragedy's plot.
We will build bridges between the rich and the poor. We will ensure that everyone is equal. Nobody will lament in this nation anymore. Everybody will smile and no one will be sorrowful for a second. The speaker is being
Answer: C (idealistic)
Promising a nation where nobody is ever sad is unrealistic: the speaker is idealistic.
Anadiplosis is a repetition of the last __________ of a preceding clause.
Answer: B (word)
Anadiplosis repeats the last word of one clause at the start of the next: 'fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate'.
Long ladder leads to the long way home is an example of
Answer: C (alliteration)
The 'l' sound is repeated at the start of several words: alliteration.
Scatological imagery describes
Answer: A (human excrement)
Scatological images describe excrement and filth, as in Armah's The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born.
Classical Literature originated from
Answer: B (Greece)
Classical literature refers to the works of ancient Greece (and later Rome).
The poem "Daffodils" by William Wordsworth centres on
Answer: B (nature)
'Daffodils' celebrates a field of flowers and the joy nature brings.
The mood of the persona in the first stanza of the poem "The School Boy" is that of
Answer: B (happiness)
In Blake's poem the boy first delights in rising on a summer morning with birds singing; school later spoils it.
John Donne's "The Flea" is a typical example of
Answer: A (Metaphysical poem)
'The Flea' builds a witty argument on a far-fetched conceit, typical of metaphysical poetry.
Which of the following is not a period in the English Literature?
Answer: B (Scandinavian)
English literary periods include Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Neo-classical; 'Scandinavian' is not one.