1. A story which explains a natural phenomenon is

A. legend
B. parable
C. myth ✔
D. fiction

Explanation:
A myth explains the origin of natural or supernatural phenomena.

2. A narrative in which characters and events are invented is

A. fiction ✔
B. epistolary
C. autobiography
D. biography

Explanation:
Fiction is a literary work based on imagination rather than fact.

3. Lines and stanzas are to poetry as action and dialogue are to

A. music
B. prose
C. fiction
D. drama ✔

Explanation:
Drama is structured through action and dialogue.

4. The performers in a play constitute the

A. chorus
B. characters
C. audience
D. cast ✔

Explanation:
The cast refers to all the actors performing in a play.

Use the following lines to answer questions 5 to 6 Truth may bend but will never break: It will ever rise above falsehood as oil above water.

5. The alliteration in the first line

A. draws attention to the key ideas ✔
B. draws attention to the rhythm of the line
C. makes the idea sound more true
D. makes the line sound more pleasant

Explanation:
Alliteration emphasizes important ideas through repeated consonant sounds.

6. The simile in the second line

A. expresses the idea more vividly ✔
B. tells one that oil is heavier than water
C. makes a comparison between oil and water
D. expresses the idea in a complex manner

Explanation:
A simile makes ideas clearer and more vivid by comparison.

7. The types of literary work are

A. eras
B. episodes
C. genres ✔
D. cantos

Explanation:
Genres are categories of literary works.

8. The choice of words to create special effects is called

A. fallacy
B. atmosphere
C. diction ✔
D. mood

Explanation:
Diction refers to an author's choice of words.

“Those that I fight I do not hate, Those that I guard I do not love”

9. A long narrative chronicling a family's heroic deeds is a/an

A. opera
B. epistle
C. fable
D. saga ✔

Explanation:
A saga narrates heroic achievements of a family over generations.

10. The above lines illustrate

A. paradox ✔
B. euphemism
C. personification
D. metonymy

Explanation:
A paradox presents an apparent contradiction with deeper meaning.

11. ............... in drama operates against a character who is unaware of a situation known to the audience

A. Verbal irony
B. Dramatic irony ✔
C. Satire
D. Parody

Explanation:
Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows more than a character.

12. The use of dialogue creates a/an ................ effect

A. humorous
B. poetic
C. ironic
D. dramatic ✔

Explanation:
Dialogue advances action and heightens dramatic tension.

Read the following lines and answer questions 14 – 16 But since, alas! frail beauty must decay,
curled or uncurled, since looks will turn to gray;
since painted or unpainted, all shall fade.

13. One of the following is not a form of poetry

A. Sonnet
B. Ode
C. Suspense ✔
D. Lyric

Explanation:
Suspense is a narrative technique, not a poetic form.

14. A literary device used in the first line is

A. paradox
B. litotes
C. hyperbole
D. metaphor ✔

Explanation:
Beauty is metaphorically described as something that decays.

15. The device used in the second and third lines is

A. antithesis ✔
B. pun
C. onomatopoeia
D. euphemism

Explanation:
Antithesis contrasts opposite ideas for emphasis.

16. The use of the word 'since' illustrates

A. alliteration
B. repetition ✔
C. assonance
D. consonance

Explanation:
Repeated use of a word is repetition.

17. Identify the odd item

A. poetry
B. prose
C. melodrama ✔
D. drama

Explanation:
Melodrama is a dramatic style, not a literary genre.

18. The clash of interest that originates from opposing forces in literature is

A. climax
B. denouement
C. conflict ✔
D. aside

Explanation:
Conflict drives the plot of a literary work.

19. A major character whose flaws combine with external forces that lead to his downfall is a

A. flat character
B. round character
C. romantic hero
D. tragic hero ✔

Explanation:
A tragic hero falls due to a personal flaw and fate.

20. Which of the following is not a drama?

A. Burlesque
B. Resolution ✔
C. Pantomime
D. Opera

Explanation:
Resolution is a stage in plot development, not a dramatic form.

PART II

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the poem and answer questions 21 to 25

I wonder how long, you awful parasite
Shall share me this little bed,
And make me, from sweet dreams be lost
By sucking blood from my poor head.
I should but say man has much
Blood, which you and your families do feed
on; for supper, dinner, and lunch,
And besides, you do in my bed breed.
Clever thou art, tiny creature;
You attend me when I am deep asleep;
When thou art sure, I cant you capture,
Just as the time I snore deep.
''Tis so strange that before twilight,
The bed clear of you would seem;
For not one you is in my sight
As if your presence was in a dream.

21. The poem is about a

A. nightmare
B. dream
C. raid of bugs ✔
D. raid of mosquitoes

Explanation:
The poem describes tiny parasites invading the poet’s bed and sucking blood, which refers to bedbugs.

22. The poem is generally made up of

A. rhyming couplets ✔
B. heroic couplets
C. end-stopped lines
D. run-on lines

Explanation:
The poem follows a regular rhyming pattern of paired lines.

23. The poem is a/an

A. monologue ✔
B. dialogue
C. epilogue
D. prologue

Explanation:
The poet speaks alone, addressing the parasite.

24. The poet's mood is one of

A. sarcasm ✔
B. indifference
C. joy
D. despair

Explanation:
The poet mocks and ridicules the parasite in a sarcastic tone.

25. The dominant attitude of the poet is one of

A. amazement ✔
B. pity
C. regret
D. nonchalance

Explanation:
The poet expresses surprise at the cleverness of the tiny creature.

Read the passage and answer questions 26 to 30
The bright sun continued to smile. Andrew's face beamed with pleasure with every passing moment. Very few of his contemporaries have so succeeded in reaching the top of the ladder. Andrew in particular had been an orphan of storm. His father's death during his third year in the secondary school coupled with the physical misfortune which he suffered when a stockfish machine severed his left middle finger, constituted a serious setback but Andrew did not despair. The courage to fail is very cheap; every fool can afford to fail. But it raises one above the herd of cowards and never‑do‑wells to be up and struggling. The reward of forbearance in the end is resounding success. And so it was for Andrew ever since he finished his university education; it had been success galore. He had got a good job in one of the country's insurance companies. His pay was good, his prospects seemed bright. The habitual Thomases in his family found it very hard to believe. At forty he had a good car and had already built a house of his own. The world was at his feet.

26. "Orphan of storm" implies that Andrew

A. had a good life
B. was orphaned at birth
C. had a difficult early life ✔
D. was not afraid of storms

Explanation:
The phrase suggests hardship and misfortune during Andrew’s early life.

27. The passage is an example of a/an

A. autobiography
B. expository passage
C. descriptive passage ✔
D. biography

Explanation:
The passage vividly describes Andrew’s life, struggles, and success.

28. The mood of the extract is one of

A. love
B. admiration ✔
C. hatred
D. resignation

Explanation:
The writer admires Andrew’s perseverance and success.

29. "The world was at his feet" implies that Andrew

A. was loving
B. was standing on the world
C. was arrogant
D. achieved success easily ✔

Explanation:
The expression means he had achieved great success and opportunities.

30. "Habitual Thomases" is an example of an

A. allegory
B. aphorism
C. allusion ✔
D. apostrophe

Explanation:
It alludes to the biblical Thomas known for doubting.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer questions 31 to 35

P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q : I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act I, scene ii, lines 116‑120)

31. Speaker P is

A. Alonso
B. Antonio
C. Ferdinand
D. Prospero ✔

Explanation:
Prospero speaks these lines reflecting on betrayal.

32. Speaker Q is

A. Miranda ✔
B. Prospero
C. Sebastian
D. Caliban

Explanation:
Miranda responds sympathetically to Prospero.

33. The dialogue recalls

A. their exile to the island ✔
B. the killing of the king
C. their love affairs
D. the grandmother's death

Explanation:
Prospero recalls his betrayal and banishment.

34. Speaker P wants his partner to

A. pity his condition ✔
B. fight his brother
C. justify his action
D. love him

Explanation:
Prospero desires Miranda’s understanding and sympathy.

35. The speakers are

A. grandfather and son
B. lovers
C. father and daughter ✔
D. friends

Explanation:
Prospero and Miranda are father and daughter.

Read the extract and answer questions 36 to 40
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act III, scene i, lines 78‑83)

36. The speaker is

A. Ferdinand ✔
B. Stephano
C. Miranda
D. Prospero

Explanation:
Ferdinand speaks, expressing his deep feelings.

37. After this speech, the character addressed

A. sings
B. dances
C. kneels ✔
D. weeps

Explanation:
Miranda kneels, expressing humility and affection.

38. The character addressed is

A. Prospero
B. Ferdinand ✔
C. Alonso
D. Juno

Explanation:
The speech is directed toward Ferdinand.

39. The speaker is expressing

A. love ✔
B. hatred
C. sorrow
D. regret

Explanation:
The speech reflects romantic love.

40. The character who secretly watches and listens is

A. Trinculo
B. Stephano
C. Caliban
D. Prospero ✔

Explanation:
Prospero secretly observes Ferdinand and Miranda.