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Sample Literature Exam Questions and Answers
LITERARY APPRECIATION
1. ________ is a technique for saying something while apparently saying something else.
A. Euphony
B. Anaphora
C. Paradox
D. Innuendo
Read and answer the question below
Look out a window
at the traffic below.
Where are they going
I don’t really know
Each has a destination
that they want to get to;
Some it will be work
with a long drive ahead,
While others it will be home
so they can rest their head.
2. The rhyme scheme of the verse is __________.
A. aabcc
B. abbbc
C. abcab
D. aaaab
3. A _______ character in a story who has many aspects to his or her personality and may be unpredictable.
A. whole
B. virtuous
C. flat
D. round
Read and answer the question below
“The man had the strength of a thousand elephants”
4.The device used in the above statement is _______.
A. hyperbole
B. metaphor
C. irony
D. sarcasm
Read and answer the question below
There was a young lady of Lynn,
Who was so uncommonly thin
That when she essayed
To drink lemonade
She slipped through the straw and fell in.
5.The poem above can be described as a _________.
A. landays
B. lament
C. lyric
D. limerick
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6. Poetry is a _________.
A. piece of literary work that is not really concise in nature but expresses deep thoughts.
B. piece of work that majorly conveys social issues and cultural values.
C. genre of literature that seeks to correct all the ills of the society.
D. literary work that expresses people’s thoughts, feelings, emotions.
7. Alliteration in poetry, also known as ___________ rhyme refers to matching initial consonant sounds in words.
A. imperfect
B. head
C. perfect
D. syllabic
Read the poem below and answer the question
I wonder how long, you awful parasite
Shall share with me this little bed
And make me, from sweet dreams be lost
By sucking blood from my poor head
I should not say man has much
Blood which you and your families do feed
On; for supper, diner and lunch
And besides, you do in my bed breed
Clever thou art, tiny creature;
You attend me when I am asleep
When thou art sure, I can’t you capture
Just at the time I snore deep
Tis so strange that before twilight
The bed clear of you would seem;
For not one of you is on my sight
As if your presence was in a dream
8. The subject of the poem is a _________.
A. bad habit
B. healthy meal
C. insect bite
D. sound sleep
Read the passage and answer the question.
In England, her love for Henry blossomed like spring flowers after a hard winter. But she abhorred the way he dressed in England. They fell in love when she was working in the little coffee shop across from the Crystal Palace. Tall and jovial, he fell romantically in love with her at first sight.
After a brief and hilarious courtship, they got married in a small Presbyterian Chapel in North London. Her people came and mother shed a tear when it was announced that the newly wed couple would go to Africa. From that day, her world collapsed. He had never even hinted that he had joined the colonial service, neither did she know her honeymoon would be a hurried affair in Brighton. She wept most of the time on board the M.V. Apapa that took them to Africa.
Eight years and her temper grew worse. She got farther and farther away from her husband. They never had a child. A child would have made all the difference in the world.
9. The last sentence of the final paragraph insinuates that the couple were _____.
A. not close
B. miserable
C. childless
D. desired a child
10. A serious play with sad ending is called ______.
A. comedy
B. farce
C. pantomime
D. tragedy
