ABU Literature in English 2013/2014 Past Questions

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The most distinctive element of drama is

A.Setting
B.Dialogue
C.Action
D.Plot

Catharsis in tragedy is the purgation of emotions of

A.Pity and fear
B.Tears and terror
C.Hatred and sorrow
D.Heroism and pride

The reader's emotional identification with an admirable character in a study is referred to as

A.Sympathy
B.Foreshadowing
C.Recognition
D.Empathy

The All-Knowing narrator in a story is called the

A.First person narrator
B.Omniscient narrator
C.Divine narrator
D.Author

A figure of speech that establishes an elaborate parallel between unlike things is

A.Caesura
B.conceit
C.Metaphor
D.Simile

Lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter are are known as

A.Simile
B.Blank verse
C.Tyme
D.Monometer

The final outcome or unravelling of the main conflict in a plot is referred to as

A.Denotation
B.Archetype
C.Denouncement
D.Persona

The typical rhyme scheme of the English sonnet is

A.abab ebeb ecec ff
B.abab abab cde cde
C.abba abba cde cde
D.abab cdcd efef gg

The struggle of the protagonist with forces that threaten to destroy him is known as

A.Conflict
B.Confrontation
C.Battle Connotation

The type of comedy usually satiric that relies on exaggerated character types and ridiculous situations is

A.Melodrama
B.Tragi-comedy
C.Farce
D.Cacophony

Denotation refers to the ..... meaning of a word

A.Literary
B.Literal
C.Figurative
D.Ironical

The dramatic convention in which an actor alone on the stage speaks his thoughts aloud is

A.Aside
B.Apostrophe
C.Overstatement
D.Soliquy