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A tragic hero, according to the Aristotelian precept, must be a

  • A. central character after whom the play is named
  • B. king with deep affection for his subjects
  • C. noble character with hubris
  • D. lowly character who suddenly stumbles on some fortunes
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This question is based on RAIDER OF THE TREASURE TROVE.

The poetic device in the expression "Rage is chief" is ___

  • A. oxymoron
  • B. simile
  • C. metaphor
  • D. hyperbole
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*For seven days it rained that June;
A storm half out to sea kept turning around like a dog trying to settle himself on a rug; We were the fleas that
complained in his hair.
John Updike, Wash

The image set in the lines above are of

  • A. rain and flood in June
  • B. discomfort and likely destruction
  • C. the days of Noah
  • D. an animal insects and fun
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The overwhelming pride that destroys the tragic hero is called

  • A. nemesis
  • B. catharsis
  • C. hubris
  • D. tragedy
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'Fierce harmattan sun on innocent tendrils; torrential downpour on leaking thatch roofs; painful comfort of helpless eunuchs; thorny beauty of modern witches; the falcon's call on day-old-chicks, ours is a tragicomic dialogue:... mute echoes of pains' .

The sonority and rhythmical structure of the lines above are achieved through a pause- pattern called

  • A. scansion
  • B. enjambment
  • C. caesura
  • D. apostrophe
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