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English literature For those studying or preparing for, this page contains 15 important questions and answers arranged in sequence. Each question is accompanied by the correct answer and, where necessary, a detailed explanation to help clarify your concepts. Read carefully and assess your own preparation.

1. Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse?

a) Alliterative verse

b) sonnet forms

c) Iambic Pentameter

d) Dactylic Hexameter

Answer: Iambic Pentameter

2. The repetition of beginning consonant sound is known as................

a) Personification

b) Onomatopoeia

c) Alliteration

d) Rhyme

Answer: Alliteration

3. Jaws of death" is an example of..............

a) Personification

b) Simile

c) Symbol

d) Metaphor

Answer: Personification

4. .A fantasy is..............

a) A funny place.

b) Real life evens

c) A funny film

d) An imaginary story

Answer: An imaginary story

5. If a part of a Speech or Writing breaks the Theme, it is called...........

a) anti-climax

b) Digression

c) pomposity

d) Exaggeration

Answer: Digression

6. What is an Epic?

a) A long poem of Heroic deeds

b) A sonnet

c) A romance

d) A prose compositions

Answer: A long poem of Heroic deeds

7. What is Elegy?

a) Song of Lamentations

b) Enemy

c) Historical poem

d) Figurative story

Answer: Song of Lamentations

8. Dramatic Monologue ' is used in.............

a) Drama

b) Short story

c) Novel

d) Poetry

Answer: Poetry

9. Who Excels in dramatic monologue?

a) William Wordsworth

b) S.T.Coleridge

c) Robert Browning

d) John Milton

Answer: Robert Browning

10. Drama originated in the ancient Greece in the 5th century as a religious rite to worship.............

a) Dionysus

b) Zeus

c) Cupid

d) Apollo

Answer: Dionysus

11. ."A short speech by a player at the end of a play " is called.............

a) A soliloquy

b) A prorogue

c) An epilogue

d) Monologue

Answer: An epilogue

12. .A person who writes plays is called........

a) Play-write

b) Dramatiser

c) Playwright

d) Play writer

Answer: Playwright

13. What is the meaning of "Chorus"?

a) A duet song

b) A group of people trained to sing together

c) A part of song

d) A song which is singing alone

Answer: A group of people trained to sing together

14. It is impossible to write a drama without a.........

a) Pen

b) Director

c) Plot

d) Pencil

Answer: Plot

15. The Hero or central character of a literary work is..........

a) Protagonist

b) Villain

c) Chorus

d) Antagonist

Answer: Protagonist

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