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UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question

The killing of a whale at sea isn't pleasant to witness or even to contemplate. Hunted down through solar and other highly specialized equipment, the whale has no more chance of escape like a steer in a slaughterhouse. The manner of his death, however, is very different. A grenade-tipped harpoon explodes deep within his body, often causing prolonged suffering before the gentle-giant, whose intelligence may be second only to our own, is reduced to a carcass ready for processing into crayons, lipstick, shoe polish, fertilizer, margarine and pet food.
The inhumane manner of death, however, is the least part of the scandal known as the whaling industry. Much more important is the fact that the killing is quite unnecessary. Adequate substitutes exist for every single use to which the whale carcasses are currently put, and although some 32,000 whales are killed every year, the sum of commodities they provide is insignificant in the world's economy.

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The underlined expression suggests that the writer

  • A. has an aversion for the process
  • B. finds the activity fascinating
  • C. is aloof to the activity
  • D. does not dislike the process
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''.....gentle giant'' conveys the picture of being

  • A. ferocious
  • B. tame
  • C. timid
  • D. brave
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''...like a steer in a slaughterhouse'' is an example of

  • A. simile
  • B. metaphor
  • C. personification
  • D. assonance
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Read the poem below and answer the question

Thou art the judge of man
Judging his plans and behaviour
Judging his speech and egotism
You are the patient Judge

Nations plan without having thee in view
They boast of their will
But soon you show them their follies
You are the patient Judge

Tomorrow and Tomorrow, go here and there
Time smiles and laughs
He frowns his face and consults with fate
You are the patient Judge

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The poetic device used in the first line is

  • A. apostrophe
  • B. personification
  • C. euphemism
  • D. litotes
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The last line of each stanza illustrates

  • A. repetition
  • B. refrain
  • C. chorus
  • D. alliteration
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