Categories Exams Past Questions (Senior Classes) LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Post author By Acadlly Acadlly 0% 32 SSCE/NECO/GCE (LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS) LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Attempt all 60 questions from the selected questions from question bank. You can use the NEXT, PREV, CLEAR and FINISH buttons to navigate around the CBT.You have 1 hour to answer all questions.Goodluck 1 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Poetry is written in chapters paragraphs scenes lines 2 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Speaker: I think this tale would win my daughter too,Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the bestMen do their broken weapons rather useThan their bare hands(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 171-174) The tale being referred to is___________ Brabantio's rejection of Othello's love for his daughter Othello's war exploits Brabantio's rejection of the Othello and Desdemona relationship Duke's war exploits 3 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS ...... refers to the structure of a work of art. Style Plot Form Setting 4 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Oral literature is part of poetry folklore music drama 5 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Yet, let me flap this bug with gilded wings,This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings The poets intention is to___________ Arouse sympathy Show Contempt Create Humor Create fun 6 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: So please your grace, my ancient;A man he is of honesty and trustTo his conveyance i assign my wifeGrace shall thinkTo be sent after me(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 279-283) The speech illustrates the use of________ Irony Litotes Paradox Comic relief 7 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The leading character in a literary work is the________ Protagonist Antagonist Foil Villain 8 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Read the extract and answer the questionWork 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 Othello lago Lodovico Bianca 9 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this?Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do thatWhich heaven hath forbid the ottomites?For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl!He hat stirs next to carve for his own rageHolds his soul light; he dies upon his motion.Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isleFrom her propriety, What is the matter, masters?Honest Iago, that looks dead with grievingSpeak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge theeIago: I do not know (Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165) To Othello, Iago is________________ Untrustworthy A negligent guard Sincere A loyal senator 10 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Yet, let me flap this bug with gilded wings,This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings The lines illustrates________ End ryhme Free Verse Blank Verse Internal rhyme 11 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS 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____________ Personification Contrast Oxymoron Paradox 12 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS 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____________ An earthquake A flood An explosion A storm 13 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Oh spite! Oh Hell!! I see you are all bentTo set aganist me for your merriment. The lines illustrate__________ Apostrophe Epitaph Epigram Allusion 14 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A short single act drama is called____________ Allusion Farce Opera Playlet 15 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The climax in a literary work is the_____________ Central part of the dialogue Beginning Middle Peak of the conflict 16 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The Main Character in a Play or Novel is the ____________ Antagonist Protagonist Narrator Villain 17 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Hamartia, in a literary work refers to a hero's_________ strength of character good works Inordinate ambition tragic flaw 18 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Death be not proud, though some have called thee might and dreadful is an example of___________ Euphemism Aliteration Apostrophe Metaphor 19 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Conflict in a literary work begins to unfold with exposition episode climax resolution 20 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The ....... produces comic relief in drama chorus clown protagonist antagonist 21 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A short play is also called a novelette slapstick farce playlet 22 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this?Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do thatWhich heaven hath forbid the ottomites?For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl!He hat stirs next to carve for his own rageHolds his soul light; he dies upon his motion.Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isleFrom her propriety, What is the matter, masters?Honest Iago, that looks dead with grievingSpeak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge theeIago: I do not know (Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165) Othello is brought to the scene because___________ Cassio has stabbed Montano A bell has been rung Iago is drunk People are fighting 23 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Speaker: I durst, my Lord, to wager she is honestLay down my soul at stake. If you think other,Remove your thought. It doth abuse your bosomIf any wretch have put this your head,Let heaven requite it with the serpents curseFor if she be not honest, chaste and trueThere's no man happy. The purest of their wivesIs foul as slander (Acts IV, Scene Two, Lines 12-19)The speaker is__________ Iago Cassio Desdemona Emilia 24 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS 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__________ Distaste Admiration Approval Indifference 25 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Catharsis is normally associated with____________ Farce Comedy Pantomime Tragedy 26 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Speaker: I think this tale would win my daughter too,Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the bestMen do their broken weapons rather useThan their bare hands(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 171-174) According to the speaker__________ The fight was unnecessary The charges were a waste of time There were other matters demanding the attention of the Senate The tale was good enough to win a woman's heart 27 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS ''The sun smiled gently on the scene'' illustrates" hyperbole paradox euphemism personification 28 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A dramatic performance with ONLY bodily movements and no speech is a _____________ Slapstick Mime Farce Burlesque 29 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Speaker: I think this tale would win my daughter too,Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the bestMen do their broken weapons rather useThan their bare hands(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 171-174) ........this tale justifies_________ Cassio's promotion above Iago Roderigo's unrequited love for Desdemona Desdemona's attraction to Othello Brabantio's rejection of Othello's love for his daughter 30 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS An essential part of the plot is____________ Foreshadow Characterization Exposition Atmosphere 31 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A short play perfomed during the pause between the acts of a longer play is____________ An Interlude An interval A prologue An epilogue 32 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Beware her faintly failing health, and gentle gallands around her speed Illustrates_________ Synecdoche Alliteration Repetition Oxymoron 33 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS "Its a matter of sad joy" Iillustrates__________ Irony Euphemism Oxymoron Metonymy 34 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Speaker: I durst, my Lord, to wager she is honestLay down my soul at stake. If you think other,Remove your thought. It doth abuse your bosomIf any wretch have put this your head,Let heaven requite it with the serpents curseFor if she be not honest, chaste and trueThere's no man happy. The purest of their wivesIs foul as slander (Acts IV, Scene Two, Lines 12-19) The speaker is addressing__________ Roderigo Othello Montano Duke 35 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this?Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do thatWhich heaven hath forbid the ottomites?For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl!He hat stirs next to carve for his own rageHolds his soul light; he dies upon his motion.Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isleFrom her propriety, What is the matter, masters?Honest Iago, that looks dead with grievingSpeak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge theeIago: I do not know (Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165) The underlined expression refers to the____________ Return of the victorious army to Cyprus Killing of Roderigo by Iago Intervention of the storm in the war Stabbing of Montano by Cassio 36 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Poetry is written in poetic descriptive dramatic narrative 37 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Read the following lines to answer this questionThe livid waters roared and snarled and flappedAt the poor battered and weeping yacht.The dominant device used in the lines is assonance simile personification alliteration 38 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Speaker: I think this tale would win my daughter too,Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the bestMen do their broken weapons rather useThan their bare hands(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 171-174) The underlined expression means___________ Wait till the war is ended Seek counsel elsewhere Take your revenge Make the best out of this 39 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS ''That it will rain is not unlike'' illustrates the use of" metonymy metaphor lilotes irony 40 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A Sonnet has a final couplet when it has___________ Two sestets An octave A sestet Three quatrains 41 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this?Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do thatWhich heaven hath forbid the ottomites?For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl!He hat stirs next to carve for his own rageHolds his soul light; he dies upon his motion.Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isleFrom her propriety, What is the matter, masters?Honest Iago, that looks dead with grievingSpeak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge theeIago: I do not know (Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165) The major consequence of the brawl is that___________ Iago is given charge of the city Roderigo demands his money back Cassio is dismissed Montano is killed 42 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A play on words for literary effect is_________ A Satire A Paradox A Pun An Elegy 43 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Through the trees, I'll hear a singleRinging sound, a cowbell jingle The underlined is an example of____________ryhme End Internal Feminine Masculine 44 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS 'Many hands make light work' illustrates the use of' synecdoche metonymy zeugma hyperbole 45 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: So please your grace, my ancient;A man he is of honesty and trustTo his conveyance i assign my wifeGrace shall thinkTo be sent after me(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 279-283)Othello is leaving to__________ Take over the government of Cyprus Fight in Rhodes Make peace with the Turks Meet the government of Cyprus 46 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Speaker: I think this tale would win my daughter too,Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the bestMen do their broken weapons rather useThan their bare hands(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 171-174) The speaker is_____________ Othello Cassio Duke Brabantio 47 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: So please your grace, my ancient;A man he is of honesty and trustTo his conveyance i assign my wifeGrace shall thinkTo be sent after me(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 279-283) A man he is honesty and trust refers to_________ Iago Cassio Gratiano Lodovico 48 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The cast appears at the end of a play for the ___________ Introduction Intermission Curtain Call Musical 49 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A narrative poem that relates heroic exploits is an___________ Epigram Epic Epitaph Epilogue 50 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this?Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do thatWhich heaven hath forbid the ottomites?For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl!He hat stirs next to carve for his own rageHolds his soul light; he dies upon his motion.Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isleFrom her propriety, What is the matter, masters?Honest Iago, that looks dead with grievingSpeak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge theeIago: I do not know (Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165) In "Who began this" This refers to the ______________ Bell Theft War Brawl 51 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The major part of the Petrarch sonnet is the sestet octave tercet quintet 52 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Read the extract and answer the questionWork 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 himself herself Cassio Duke 53 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The eight-line part of a Petrarchan sonnet is the________________ Quatrain Octave Quartet Octameter 54 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS An essential features of drama is___________ Soliloquy Aside Conflict Irony 55 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A Poem that celebrates an object, person or event is a sonnet an ode a balled a dirge 56 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Dramatis personae is the same as ____________ Chorus Foil Prompter Cast 57 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Who lied in the chapelNow lies in the Abbey The dominant device used is___________ Pun Paradox Zeugma Chiasmus 58 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Ten thousand saw i at glance....... Illustrates_________ Caesura Hyperbole Climax Bathos 59 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS He is my most beloved enemy ilustrates__________ Synecdoche Litotes Metonymy Oxymoron 60 / 60 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Read the extract and answer the questionWork 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, Roderigo is killed Othello falls into a trance Montano fights with Cassio Bianca flings a handkerchief at Cassio Your score is LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Send feedback english language past questions Commerce Past Questions english language past questions and answers Agric Past Questions Share on Social Media x facebook linkedinwhatsappFollow us on Social Media x facebook instagram youtubegoogle playTop 10 Affordable or Tuition-Free Universities in the USA Top Universities and IELTS-Free Scholarships Free Tuition: Study at German Universities Companies Sponsoring Work Visas in Canada 2024 Master’s Scholarships in the UK without IELTS Top 25 Master’s Scholarships Without IELTS or TOEFL Top 15 USA Scholarships Offering $50,000+ Related posts: BIOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS (SSCE) AGRIC PAST QUESTIONS (SSCE) ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST OF ORALS PAST QUESTIONS (SSCE) CHEMISTRY POST UTME PAST QUESTIONS Tags Literature, Past Questions (SSS) ← GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS → CONSTITUTION Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. 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