UI Literature-In-English 2019/2020 Past Questions

The Joys of Motherhood suggests that

The major thematic preoccupation of Joys of Motherhood is

"The piercing chill I feel, My dead wife's comb in our bedroom Under my heel" (trans. By Harold Henderson). What is the form of the above poem?

A sonnet is a poem .......... of lines

A stanza of three lines linked by rhyme is called a ..........

Point out the odd item:

Pregnant clouds Ride stately on its back The clouds are described as "pregnant" because

The antagonist in a tragedy is .........

The device whereby the narrator recalls something that happened in the past is

The first person narrative point of view is characterized by the frequent use of

As a comic dramatic piece, a farce makes use of improbable situations and characters that are

Both comedy and tragedy have

Farce can be described as a dramatic piece marked by

In ..........., the major character is selfish, devilish, wicked and exploitative.

In a play, tragic responses are brought to a head through three elements

When a play includes witty and graceful situation, it can be classified as

When the plot of a play begins in the middle, and only unfolds the past through flashback, it is called ..........

Which of the following is true of Opera?

Which of the following statements best describes comedy?

A story in which the characters are animals but behave like human beings is a

The words "prove" and "above" are examples of the rhyme called

When words in poetry rise and fall in a measured way, it is referred to as .........

Which of the following is NOT a form of poetic expression?

............ is the deliberate use of exaggeration for the sole purpose of humour in poetry

A character who remains unchanged in a story is described as