1. The protagonist is the

A. author
B. villain
C. hero ✔
D. speaker

Explanation:
The protagonist is the main or central character in a literary work.

2. As chapter is to prose, so … is to poetry

A. couplet
B. stanza ✔
C. line
D. chorus

Explanation:
A stanza is a structural division of a poem, just as a chapter is in prose.

3. Verbal irony occurs when a speaker on stage

A. says the opposite of what the speaker means ✔
B. is misunderstood
C. tries to deceive the audience
D. is alone

Explanation:
Verbal irony involves saying something contrary to the intended meaning.

4. A humorous scene in a play intended to ease tension is

A. climax
B. tragi-comedy
C. comedy
D. comic relief ✔

Explanation:
Comic relief reduces tension by inserting humour into serious moments.

5. A dead metaphor is one that is

A. overused and ineffective ✔
B. extended in meaning
C. implied
D. mixed

Explanation:
A dead metaphor has lost its originality through frequent use.

6. “My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep” is an example of

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

Explanation:
The exaggeration emphasizes the speaker’s intense love.

7. The underlined words illustrate … rhyme

A. end
B. decasyllabic
C. internal ✔
D. dimeter

Explanation:
Internal rhyme occurs within the same line of poetry.

8. A literary work is a satire when it

A. finds fault
B. humorously criticises to improve a situation ✔
C. provokes laughter
D. teaches a lesson for social improvement

Explanation:
Satire uses humour to criticise societal faults constructively.

9. Foreshadowing is a device used to

A. prepare the reader for the direction a plot will take ✔
B. introduce the plot
C. shed light on events through background information
D. recall the past

Explanation:
Foreshadowing hints at future events in a story.

10. “A mountain of fufu was placed before the hungry visitors.” The device used is

A. hyperbole ✔
B. euphemism
C. alliteration
D. assonance

Explanation:
The expression exaggerates quantity for emphasis.

11. The pattern of beats to denote movement in poetry is

A. refrain
B. rhyme
C. scansion
D. metre ✔

Explanation:
Metre refers to the rhythmic structure of a poem.

12. The extract is an example of a/an

A. dirge
B. epigram ✔
C. oxymoron
D. parody

Explanation:
An epigram is a short, witty poem expressing a sharp idea.

13. The tone of the extract is one of

A. anger
B. pity
C. sarcasm ✔
D. indifference

Explanation:
The lines mock the king through sarcastic expression.

14. A poem whose shape resembles the object described is a/an

A. emblematic poem ✔
B. romantic poem
C. elegy
D. sonnet

Explanation:
An emblematic poem visually reflects its subject.

15. The omniscient narrator is

A. all knowing ✔
B. limited
C. realistic
D. always humorous

Explanation:
An omniscient narrator knows everything about the characters and events.

16. Which of the following does not define a character?

A. the way the character appears ✔
B. what the character says
C. what others say about the character
D. what the character does

Explanation:
Character definition depends on actions, speech, and reactions, not appearance alone.

17. A bard is a

A. novelist
B. playwright
C. poet ✔
D. narrator

Explanation:
A bard is traditionally a poet, especially one who recites verse.

18. A literary work that vividly portrays life can be described as

A. realistic ✔
B. romantic
C. idealistic
D. sarcastic

Explanation:
Realism reflects life as it truly is.

19. Which of the following is not a type of play?

A. Tragedy
B. Tragic flaw ✔
C. Comedy
D. tragi-comedy

Explanation:
A tragic flaw is a character trait, not a play type.

20. The attitude of an author towards the subject matter is

A. theme
B. tone ✔
C. style
D. setting

Explanation:
Tone expresses the author’s feelings toward the subject.

Read the passage and answer questions 21 to 25
Each profession, intellectual or manual, deserves consideration, whether it requires painful physical effort or manual dexterity, wide knowledge or the patience of an ant. Ours, like that of the doctor, does not allow for any mistake. You don't joke with life, and life is both body and mind. To warp a soul is as much a sacrilege as murder. Teachers – at kindergarten level, as at university level – form a noble army accomplishing daily feats, never praised, never decorated. An army forever on the move, forever vigilant: an army without drums, without gleaming uniforms. This army, thwarting traps and snares, everywhere plants the flag of knowledge and morality.

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

21. The writer's mood is that of

A. excitement
B. optimism ✔
C. indifference
D. frustration

Explanation:
The writer expresses hope and admiration for teachers.

22. The writer of the passage is a

A. doctor
B. soldier
C. teacher ✔
D. student

Explanation:
The passage praises the teaching profession from an insider’s view.

23. The dominant image in the passage is that of

A. soldiery ✔
B. medicine
C. religion
D. education

Explanation:
Teachers are repeatedly compared to an army.

24. The underlined illustrates

A. antithesis
B. allusion
C. parallelism ✔
D. parody

Explanation:
The repeated sentence structure creates balance.

25. “The flag of knowledge and morality” illustrates

A. euphemism
B. litotes
C. metaphor ✔
D. metonymy

Explanation:
Knowledge is symbolically represented as a flag.

POETRY

Read the poem and answer questions 26 to 30
Here stood our ancestral home
The crumbling wall marks the spot
Here a sheep was led to the slaughter
To appease the gods and atone
For faults which our destiny
Has blossomed into crimes
There my cursed father once stood
And shouted to us, his children
To come back from our play
To our evening meal and sleep.

26. The mood of the poem is

A. hopeful
B. joyful
C. nostalgic ✔
D. exciting

Explanation:
The poet reflects sadly on the past.

27. The sheep was led to the slaughter

A. to prepare their evening meal
B. because it was a troublesome sheep
C. because their father was a butcher
D. as a sacrifice to their gods ✔

Explanation:
The poem refers to ritual sacrifice.

28. “To appease the gods” implies

A. seeking the favour of the gods ✔
B. offering meals to the gods
C. accusing the gods for their misfortune
D. reciting incantations to the gods

Explanation:
Appeasing means calming or pleasing the gods.

29. The underlined means that

A. they were living in a house with a high wall
B. their building is no longer where it used to be ✔
C. the children had caused the wall to crumble
D. their father made them pull down the wall

Explanation:
The ancestral home is now in ruins.

30. The image used in line six is taken from

A. war
B. the moon
C. flowers ✔
D. prison

Explanation:
The word “blossomed” draws imagery from flowers.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: *The Tempest*
Read the extract and answer questions 31 to 35
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again. And then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again.
(Act III, Scene Two, lines 132–140)

THE TEMPEST

31. The speaker is

A. Ferdinand
B. Gonzalo
C. Alonso
D. Caliban ✔

Explanation:
Caliban speaks about the magical sounds of the island.

32. The character addressed is

A. Horatio
B. Caliban
C. Stephano ✔
D. Ferdinand

Explanation:
Caliban addresses Stephano.

33. The speaker is a

A. carnivore
B. savage ✔
C. sailor
D. devourer

Explanation:
Caliban is portrayed as a savage character.

34. What are “noises” in the extract?

A. shouting
B. clapping
C. thunder
D. music ✔

Explanation:
The sounds are described as pleasant and musical.

35. Another character present is

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

Explanation:
Trinculo is present alongside Stephano.

Read the extract and answer the question
Faith, sir, you need not fear. When we were boys,
Who would believe that there were mountaineers
Dew-lapped like bulls, whose throats had hanging at 'em
Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men
Whose heads stood in their breasts? Which now we find
Each putter-out of five for one will bring us
Good warrant of.
(Act III, Scene Three, lines 44–49)

36. The speaker is

A. Gonzalo ✔
B. Stephano
C. Ferdinand
D. Caliban

Explanation:
Gonzalo speaks reflectively about strange tales.

37. The character addressed is

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

Explanation:
Gonzalo speaks to King Alonso.

38. In the extract a … is laid before them

A. problem
B. banquet ✔
C. bed
D. gift

Explanation:
A magical banquet appears before the characters.

39. “Dew-lapped like bulls” refers to the

A. mountaineers ✔
B. people of the land
C. savages
D. shipwreck

Explanation:
The description refers to strange mountain people.

40. What happens to the spirits?

A. they are killed
B. they stay on
C. they serve Prospero
D. they disappear ✔

Explanation:
The spirits vanish after the banquet scene.