BUK Literature in English 2009/2010 Past Questions

A short and witty poem is known as

A literary work which extols oneʼs virtues and accomplishments is

George Orwellʼs Animal farm is an example of a

A poem of lamentation on death is

The misuse of words that sound somewhat similar is

The main character in a literary work is the

‘All hands on deckʼ is an example of

‘I have read Shakespeareʼ is an example of

In ‘The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, the furrow followed freeʼ, the dominant device used is

An address to a person or object not present is

A non-verbal story-telling by a character on stage is

```Read the poem below and answer the following questions
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And pleasure of our richer kind;
Though pleasureʼs free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasureʼs a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But Joyʼs a butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Natureʼs light.```
The dominant device used in presenting ‘Joyʼ and ‘Pleasureʼ in the first stanza is

```Read the poem below and answer the following questions
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And pleasure of our richer kind;
Though pleasureʼs free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasureʼs a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But Joyʼs a butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Natureʼs light.```
The feelings associated with ‘Joyʼ and ‘Pleasureʼ are conveyed through the use of

```Read the poem below and answer the following questions
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And pleasure of our richer kind;
Though pleasureʼs free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasureʼs a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But Joyʼs a butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Natureʼs light.```
‘False glareʼ refers to

```Read the poem below and answer the following questions
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And pleasure of our richer kind;
Though pleasureʼs free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasureʼs a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But Joyʼs a butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Natureʼs light.```
‘Pleasureʼs a mothʼ is an example of a/an

```Read the passage below and answer questions 56 to 69
The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the men had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficient fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up away in the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick in the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure and the sword.```
A suitable title for the passage is the

```Read the passage below and answer questions 56 to 69
The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the men had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficient fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up away in the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick in the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure and the sword.```
The writerʼs mood is one of

```Read the passage below and answer questions 56 to 69
The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the men had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficient fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up away in the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick in the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure and the sword.```
The mood is expressed through the use of

```Read the passage below and answer questions 56 to 69
The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the men had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficient fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up away in the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick in the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure and the sword.```
The attitude of the survivors is best summed up by the word

```Read the passage below and answer questions 56 to 69
The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the men had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficient fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up away in the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick in the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure and the sword.```
The device used in the last sentence is

```Read the passage below and answer questions 56 to 69
The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the men had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficient fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up away in the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick in the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure and the sword.```
‘....... the dragon-fly hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky .....ʼ illustrates

```Read the passage below and answer questions 56 to 69
The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the men had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficient fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up away in the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick in the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure and the sword.```
A pause within a line of a poem is a

```Read the passage below and answer questions 56 to 69
The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the men had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficient fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up away in the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick in the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure and the sword.```
The limerick

```Read the passage below and answer questions 56 to 69
The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the men had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficient fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up away in the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick in the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure and the sword.```
The recurrence of rhythmic pattern of stress in a poem is

```Read the passage below and answer questions 56 to 69
The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the men had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficient fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up away in the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick in the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure and the sword.```
A humorous imitation of a serious literary work is

```Read the passage below and answer questions 56 to 69
The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the men had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficient fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up away in the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick in the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure and the sword.```
A struggle between opposing forces in a literary work is the

```Read the passage below and answer questions 56 to 69
The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the men had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficient fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up away in the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick in the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure and the sword.```
Pick the odd item from the option listed below

```Read the passage below and answer questions 56 to 69
The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the men had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficient fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up away in the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick in the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure and the sword.```
‘Friendship is a sheltering treeʼ illustrates

```Read the passage below and answer questions 56 to 69
The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the men had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficient fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up away in the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick in the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure and the sword.```
The dominant device used in drama is

```Read the passage below and answer questions 70-74
Here in the station, it is in no way different save that the city is busy in its snow. But the old men cling to their seats as though they were symbolic and could not be given up. Now and then they sleep, their grey old heads resting resting with painful awkwardness in the backs of the benches.
Also, they are not at rest. For an hour, they may sleep in the gasping exhaustion of the illnourished and aged who have to walk in the night. Then, a policeman comes by on his round and nudges them upright.
‘You canʼt sleep hereʼ, he growls.
A strange ritual then begins. An old man is difficult to wake. One man after a slight lurch, does not move at all, he sleeps on steadily. Once in a while one of the sleepers will not wake; he will have had his wish to die in the great droning, center of the hive rather than in some lonely room fulfilled.```
The style of the writing is

‘..... on the backs of the benchesʼ illustrates

```Read the passage below and answer questions 70-74
Here in the station, it is in no way different save that the city is busy in its snow. But the old men cling to their seats as though they were symbolic and could not be given up. Now and then they sleep, their grey old heads resting resting with painful awkwardness in the backs of the benches.
Also, they are not at rest. For an hour, they may sleep in the gasping exhaustion of the illnourished and aged who have to walk in the night. Then, a policeman comes by on his round and nudges them upright.
‘You canʼt sleep hereʼ, he growls.
A strange ritual then begins. An old man is difficult to wake. One man after a slight lurch, does not move at all, he sleeps on steadily. Once in a while one of the sleepers will not wake; he will have had his wish to die in the great droning, center of the hive rather than in some lonely room fulfilled.```
The passage conveys a mood of

```Read the passage below and answer questions 70-74
Here in the station, it is in no way different save that the city is busy in its snow. But the old men cling to their seats as though they were symbolic and could not be given up. Now and then they sleep, their grey old heads resting resting with painful awkwardness in the backs of the benches.
Also, they are not at rest. For an hour, they may sleep in the gasping exhaustion of the illnourished and aged who have to walk in the night. Then, a policeman comes by on his round and nudges them upright.
‘You canʼt sleep hereʼ, he growls.
A strange ritual then begins. An old man is difficult to wake. One man after a slight lurch, does not move at all, he sleeps on steadily. Once in a while one of the sleepers will not wake; he will have had his wish to die in the great droning, center of the hive rather than in some lonely room fulfilled.```
‘..... gasping exhaustion of the ill-nourished and agedʼ infers

```Read the passage below and answer questions 70-74
Here in the station, it is in no way different save that the city is busy in its snow. But the old men cling to their seats as though they were symbolic and could not be given up. Now and then they sleep, their grey old heads resting resting with painful awkwardness in the backs of the benches.
Also, they are not at rest. For an hour, they may sleep in the gasping exhaustion of the illnourished and aged who have to walk in the night. Then, a policeman comes by on his round and nudges them upright.
‘You canʼt sleep hereʼ, he growls.
A strange ritual then begins. An old man is difficult to wake. One man after a slight lurch, does not move at all, he sleeps on steadily. Once in a while one of the sleepers will not wake; he will have had his wish to die in the great droning, center of the hive rather than in some lonely room fulfilled.```
‘droningʼ and ‘hiveʼ illustrates

```Read the poem and answer questions 75-79.
Sleep, O sleep,
With thy rod of incantation,
Charm my imagination,
Then, only then, I cease to weep.

By thy power
The virgin, by Time Oʼertaken,
For years forlorn, forsaken,
Enjoys the happy hour.

Whatʼs to sleep?
‘Tis visionary Blessing;
A dream thatʼs past expressing;
Our utmost wish possessing;
So may I always keep.```
The poem is

```Read the poem and answer questions 75-79.
Sleep, O sleep,
With thy rod of incantation,
Charm my imagination,
Then, only then, I cease to weep.

By thy power
The virgin, by Time Oʼertaken,
For years forlorn, forsaken,
Enjoys the happy hour.

Whatʼs to sleep?
‘Tis visionary Blessing;
A dream thatʼs past expressing;
Our utmost wish possessing;
So may I always keep.```
The dominant device used in the first line is

```Read the poem and answer questions 75-79.
Sleep, O sleep,
With thy rod of incantation,
Charm my imagination,
Then, only then, I cease to weep.

By thy power
The virgin, by Time Oʼertaken,
For years forlorn, forsaken,
Enjoys the happy hour.

Whatʼs to sleep?
‘Tis visionary Blessing;
A dream thatʼs past expressing;
Our utmost wish possessing;
So may I always keep.```
The poem makes use of

```Read the poem and answer questions 75-79.
Sleep, O sleep,
With thy rod of incantation,
Charm my imagination,
Then, only then, I cease to weep.

By thy power
The virgin, by Time Oʼertaken,
For years forlorn, forsaken,
Enjoys the happy hour.

Whatʼs to sleep?
‘Tis visionary Blessing;
A dream thatʼs past expressing;
Our utmost wish possessing;
So may I always keep.```
‘Sleepʼ in the poem is an example of

```Read the poem and answer questions 75-79.
Sleep, O sleep,
With thy rod of incantation,
Charm my imagination,
Then, only then, I cease to weep.

By thy power
The virgin, by Time Oʼertaken,
For years forlorn, forsaken,
Enjoys the happy hour.

Whatʼs to sleep?
‘Tis visionary Blessing;
A dream thatʼs past expressing;
Our utmost wish possessing;
So may I always keep.```
The power of ‘sleepʼ is described as

In ‘The wretched beggarʼs cleaned his nails with dried salivaʼ the device used is