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1001

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The term given to a type of incident or device which recurs frequently in Literature is

  • A. motif
  • B. ritual
  • C. myth
  • D. concept
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1002

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Using the name of one thing for something else with which it is closely associated is an instance of

  • A. parody
  • B. paradox
  • C. parallelism
  • D. metonymy
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1003

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Mock-heroic poetry elevates

  • A. the beauty in human relationships as exemplified in Homer
  • B. trivial subject-matter by using the style of the classical epic
  • C. the stripping off of appearances in a witty manner
  • D. the important tales of heroes of the past era
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1004

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Lineation refers to

  • A. tracing family descent of poeple in verse
  • B. the unit in the rhythmic structure of verse
  • C. the arrangement of lines in verse form
  • D. the grouping together of a number of units of rhythm
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1005

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'He would hear the heavy uneven breathing of the child. It was as if she were carrying a weight with great effort up a long hill...He prayed again ''Father, look after her. Give her peace...Take away my peace forever, but give her peace''

Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter.

The man's reactions to the presence of the dying child show that he is

  • A. tolerant
  • B. compassionate
  • C. prayerful
  • D. loving
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