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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
'James started showing interest in Buchi a long time ago. In playing the hunter, he realised that he needed a bait.
This turned out to be his frequent offer of assistance to the needy young woman. But Buchi has proved to be a difficult game.
The more James trailed her the more he realised that she could not be easily caught.'The choice of words in the passage above is remarkable because it is
  • A. largely confusing
  • B. very difficult
  • C. quite appropriate
  • D. drawn from hunting
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

'' To see a world in a grain of sand

And a heaven in a wild flower.

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand

And eternity in an hour.''


William Blake, To Sea a World in a Grain of Sand

The predominant figure of speech used in the lines above is
  • A. metaphor
  • B. hyperbole
  • C. simile
  • D. paradox
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
'The gloom will give way to light
And the thorny path cleared of pain
The storms will bow to the prompting of peace
Lost moments of glory will be restored
And strangled opportunities reborn
We shall yet regain the dawn

The suggestion that runs through the short poem above is that of
  • A. anxiety and worry
  • B. anticipation of positive change
  • C. sorrow and dejection
  • D. fear of change
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
Farce thrives on
  • A. big events
  • B. premonition
  • C. absurdity
  • D. incidents
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
The form of poetry that celebrates with nostalgia the ideal world of the countryside is referred to as
  • A. an ode
  • B. a ballad
  • C. an elegy
  • D. a pastoral
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