1. A speech in a play in which a character speaks his or her thoughts alone is

A. a monologue
B. an aside
C. an epilogue
D. a soliloquy ✔

Explanation:
A soliloquy is a speech where a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud when alone.

2. In literature, repetition is used essentially for

A. rhyme
B. suspense
C. allusion
D. emphasis ✔

Explanation:
Repetition reinforces ideas and gives emphasis to key points.

3. The pattern of a poem without reference to its content is referred to as the

A. limerick
B. metre
C. free verse
D. form ✔

Explanation:
Form refers to the structural arrangement of a poem.

Read the stanza and questions 5 to 7

Pan, O great Pan, to thee
Thus do we sing!
Thou who keep'st chaste and free
As the young spring:
Ever be thy honour spake
From that place the more is broke
To the place day doth unyoke

4. The performance in a play constitute the

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

Explanation:
The cast consists of the actors who perform in a play.

5. The stanza is an example of

A. appellation
B. apostrophe ✔
C. euphemism
D. elegy

Explanation:
The poet directly addresses Pan, an absent divine figure, which is apostrophe.

6. Pan is used here as

A. an allusion ✔
B. symbol
C. irony
D. metonymy

Explanation:
Pan refers to the Greek god, making it a literary allusion.

7. The rhyme scheme of the stanza is

A. abcabcc ✔
B. ababcdd
C. babacc
D. bcbccaa

Explanation:
The ending sounds follow the pattern abcabcc.

8. A metrical foot in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable is

A. iambic
B. spondaic
C. trochaic ✔
D. dactylic

Explanation:
A trochee consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one.

9. ........... is the location of the action of the plot

A. Setting ✔
B. Narrative technique
C. Point of view
D. Characterization

Explanation:
Setting refers to the place and time of events in a literary work.

10. A ballad is essentially a ........... poem

A. descriptive
B. dramatic
C. pastoral
D. narrative ✔

Explanation:
Ballads tell stories, often in song form.

11. The four lines of the Shakespearian sonnet rhyme

A. abcd
B. abba
C. abab ✔
D. cdcd

Explanation:
Each quatrain of a Shakespearean sonnet follows the abab pattern.

12. A story in which characters or actions represent abstract ideas or moral qualities is

A. an epic
B. a legend
C. an allegory ✔
D. a satire

Explanation:
Allegory uses characters and events to symbolize abstract ideas.

13. The use of imagery in prose or verse

A. appeals to the senses ✔
B. develops the plot
C. creates confusion
D. obscures meaning

Explanation:
Imagery appeals to sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

Use the line to answer questions 14 and 15

“Our leaders will not compromise freedom Nor will our heads give up liberty.”

14. The lines illustrate

A. soliloquy
B. parallelism ✔
C. dialogue
D. contrast

Explanation:
The similar sentence structures show parallelism.

15. “heads” in the second line is an example of

A. synecdoche ✔
B. inversion
C. epithet
D. conceit

Explanation:
A part (heads) is used to represent the whole (people).

16. A character that develops in the course of a novel or play is described as

A. flat
B. antagonist
C. round ✔
D. protagonist

Explanation:
A round character shows growth and complexity.

17. A dirge is a poem sung

A. to send a child to sleep
B. to make workers happy
C. at a birthday party
D. at a funeral ✔

Explanation:
A dirge is a mournful song for the dead.

18. In drama, the ............. creates humour

A. hero
B. clown ✔
C. villain
D. chorus

Explanation:
The clown provides comic relief.

19. “Let me not love thee if I love thee not” illustrates

A. metaphor
B. proverb
C. paradox ✔
D. meiosis

Explanation:
The statement appears contradictory but conveys meaning.

20. ........... is a literary device used to express unpleasant ideas in a more acceptable manner

A. Epilogue
B. Epigram
C. Euphemism ✔
D. Eulogy

Explanation:
Euphemism softens harsh or unpleasant expressions.

PART II: UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the passage and answer questions 21 to 25

A modest two‑room hut built of mud and roofed with straw graciously sheltered the Mensahs. One of the rooms advertised itself as a living room. The kind earthenware pot willingly kept company with four ever‑smiling stools. The pot eternally contained cool water for guests. The second room was a warm‑hearted bedroom without a bed. The poor pair had to sleep on bare straw mats on the polished dirt floor. Some over‑washed rags deputized for blankets and sheets and pillows. Two strong dry logs, facing each other like bitter rivals, burned themselves out at night, not merely to keep the couple warm but mainly to ward off hungry mosquitoes and other hostile pests. There was no door to ward off the cold night air. Some rude devices, however, were contrived to keep the room quite safe from prying eyes and curious domestic animals. Would any thief be ever tempted to peep into such a rude room of such a poor pair?

21. The writer’s attitude to the couple is one of

A. resignation
B. indifference
C. patronage
D. praise ✔

Explanation:
The writer admires the couple’s resilience despite poverty.

22. The dominant literary device used in the passage is

A. litotes
B. personification ✔
C. simile
D. paradox

Explanation:
Objects are given human qualities throughout the passage.

23. The rhetorical question that ends the passage stresses the

A. wickedness of the thieves
B. poverty of the couple ✔
C. security of the hut
D. filthiness of the surroundings

Explanation:
The question emphasizes how poor the couple is.

24. The expression “such a rude room of such a poor pair” illustrates

A. onomatopoeia
B. pun
C. rhyme
D. alliteration ✔

Explanation:
There is repetition of the initial consonant sound “r” and “p”.

25. The setting is

A. dawn
B. sunset
C. midday
D. night ✔

Explanation:
References to night air and burning logs indicate nighttime.

POETRY

Read the poem and answer questions 26 to 30

Proud mothers of the coming age,
’Tis good to find you now engage
Your minds and time your lives to raise
Above the level of bygone days.

’Tis good to see you play your part
With spirit and undaunted heart,
It gives young Attic’s throbbing soul
A glimpse of a bright and glorious goal.

God bless you, mothers of our race,
God cause to shine on you His face;
And give you strength and all you crave
To bring forth sons and daughters brave

26. The rhyme scheme is

A. aabb ccdd eeff ✔
B. abab abab aabb
C. abca abbc abab
D. abba abca abab

Explanation:
Each stanza follows aabb pattern consistently.

27. The theme of the poem is

A. the love of mother
B. invoking the spirit of womanhood ✔
C. admiration for women's hard work
D. the suffering of women

Explanation:
The poem celebrates women’s role in shaping the future.

28. The literary device used in line 7 is

A. conceit
B. personification ✔
C. hyperbole
D. pathos

Explanation:
Human qualities are given to abstract ideas.

29. The poet’s tone is one of

A. sadness
B. joy ✔
C. condemnation
D. sarcasm

Explanation:
The poem expresses hope and celebration.

30. “To bring forth sons and daughters brave” illustrates

A. paradox
B. zeugma
C. inversion ✔
D. epigram

Explanation:
The normal word order is reversed for poetic effect.

THE TEMPEST (SHAKESPEARE)

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

Silence! One word more
Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What!
An advocate for an impostor! Hush!
(Act I, Scene Two, lines 478 – 480)

31. The speaker is

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

Explanation:
Prospero speaks angrily in Act I, Scene II.

32. The addressee is

A. Ariel
B. Ferdinand
C. Caliban
D. Miranda ✔

Explanation:
Prospero is scolding Miranda for pleading.

33. The “impostor” is

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

Explanation:
Antonio usurped Prospero’s dukedom.

34. The “advocate” and the “impostor” are

A. conspirators
B. suspicious of each other
C. enemies
D. attracted to each other ✔

Explanation:
Miranda defends Ferdinand, whom Prospero calls an impostor.

35. The speaker’s utterance betrays his

A. anger ✔
B. pretence
C. hatred
D. sorrow

Explanation:
Prospero speaks harshly and angrily.

Read the extract and answer questions 36 to 40

You cram these words into mine ears against
The stomach of my sense. Would I had never
Married my daughter there! For, coming thence,
My son is lost, and, in my rate, she too,
(Act II, Scene One, lines 99 – 102)

36. The speaker is

A. Gonzalo
B. Antonio
C. Sebastian
D. Alonso ✔

Explanation:
Alonso laments his son’s loss.

37. The speaker’s utterance betrays his

A. anger
B. pretence
C. hatred
D. sorrow ✔

Explanation:
He mourns Ferdinand’s presumed death.

38. Where did the wedding take place?

A. Algiers
B. Milan
C. Tunis ✔
D. Naples

Explanation:
Claribel was married in Tunis.

39. The setting is

A. outside Prospero's cell
B. on a ship
C. in front of Prospero's cell
D. another part of the island ✔

Explanation:
This scene occurs elsewhere on the island.

40. “.......in my rate” means

A. I'm very certain
B. so far as I can see ✔
C. there's no doubt
D. as it appears

Explanation:
The phrase expresses personal judgment or opinion.