Free Printable Literary Appreciation Quiz

1.

A literary work by an author using a fictitious name is called a/an --

a)

pseudonym

b)

eponym

c)

synonym

d)

memoir

2.

The heightened tension in a play is momentarily eased through

a)

verbal irony

b)

transferred epithet

c)

comic relief

d)

pathetic fallacy

3.

A Shakespearean sonnet has the rhyme scheme

a)

abab cdcd efef gg

b)

abba abba cde def

c)

abab adcd efef gg

d)

abba abba cde cde

4.

"Oh star, wither thy candle!" is an example of

a)

synecdoche

b)

personification

c)

metonymy

d)

apostrophe

5.

A figure of speech in which words are underplayed is

a)

pun

b)

paradox

c)

litotes

d)

antithesis

6.

Read the extract below and answer the question

There they left him everyone

Left him there without a lick

Left him there for birds to pick

Left him there for carrion.

The theme echoed in the poem is that of..

a)

loneliness

b)

feasting

c)

festivity

d)

abandonment

7.

Read the extract below and answer question

There they left him everyone

Left him there without a lick

Left him there for birds to pick

Left him there for carrion.

The poem paints a picture of a person denied the luxury of.....

a)

shelter

b)

burial

c)

food

d)

water

8.

Read the extract below and answer questions

There they left him everyone

Left him there without a lick

Left him there for birds to pick

Left him there for carrion.

The tone of the poem is one of...

a)

disapproval

b)

happiness

c)

indifference

d)

contentment

9.

Two heads are better than one illustrates

a)

synecdoche

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

inversion

d)

metonymy

10.

A novel which focuses on the adventures of a rogue is a/an

a)

Romanesque

b)

picturesque

c)

picaresque

d)

burlesque

11.

"The whole town was present at the wedding ceremony" exemplifies the use of

a)

repetition

b)

paradox

c)

oxymoron

d)

hyperbole

12.

Read the extract below and answer question

Surprised and hurt he sits and awaits his turn

Aloof with wish that all in hell do burn

But what with all of them intent to spurn

The things of pain and right and vice we learn?

The tone of the poem is

a)

cordial

b)

jovial

c)

vengeful

d)

spiteful

13.

Read the extract below and answer question

Surprised and hurt he sits and awaits his turn

Aloof with wish that all in hell do burn

But what with all of them intent to spurn

The things of pain and right and vice we learn?The lines are

a)

end-rhymed lines

b)

internal rhymes

c)

end-stopped lines

d)

alternate rhymes

14.

As the chains clatter, the prisoner groans, grunts and gasps illustrates

a)

euphemism

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

15.

A character trait which leads the hero to his downfall is called

a)

anagnorisis

b)

peripeteia

c)

catharsis

d)

harmatia

16.

The conflict in a plot requires

a)

complication

b)

climax

c)

resolution

d)

drama

17.

A character who does not change in the course of events in a play is

a)

villainous

b)

round

c)

foil

d)

flat

18.

A character whose name is the title of a literary work is

a)

pseudonym

b)

foil

c)

eponymous

d)

anonymous

19.

"The peacock proceeds in a pompous one-bird procession" exemplifies the use of

a)

repetition

b)

assonance

c)

homophone

d)

alliteration

20.

A rhyming two-line poem is a/an

a)

tercet

b)

sestet

c)

quatrain

d)

couplet

21.

A clown evokes

a)

amusement

b)

regret

c)

hatred

d)

anger

22.

The most important element of drama is

a)

theme

b)

setting

c)

plot

d)

characterisation

23.

Two words of opposite meaning is

a)

personification

b)

oxymoron

c)

metaphor

d)

irony

24.

A panegyric poem is composed to

a)

rebuke

b)

praise

c)

educate

d)

condemn

25.

Read the passage and answer questions 25 to 28

I have had different relationships – with people, places and things. Yet, none is more remarkable than the one I have with Lagos. It has been a love-hate kind of fling. Sometimes, I love her so much and run into her arms. At other times, she gives off a repulsive stench.

Lagos, a land of the great, where excellence and folly dwell side by side; where wealth

and poverty hold hands- one with a smile, the other with a grin. My first visit to Lagos Island made me irritated and excited at the same time. There are snacks cramped together at the edge of the ocean. The houses, which are just bits of wood held together, compete with heaps of refuse. Lagos, the night of nightmarish dreams.The

writer's view of Lagos is one of

a)

confusion

b)

ambivalence

c)

nostalgia

d)

uncertainty

26.

Read the passage and answer questions 25 to 28

I have had different relationships – with people, places and things. Yet, none is more remarkable than the one I have with Lagos. It has been a love-hate kind of fling. Sometimes, I love her so much and run into her arms. At other times, she gives off a repulsive stench.

Lagos, a land of the great, where excellence and folly dwell side by side; where wealth

and poverty hold hands- one with a smile, the other with a grin. My first visit to Lagos Island made me irritated and excited at the same time. There are snacks cramped together at the edge of the ocean. The houses, which are just bits of wood held together, compete with heaps of refuse. Lagos, the night of nightmarish dreams.

The dominant literary device in the second paragraph is

a)

simile

b)

metonymy

c)

contrast

d)

paradox

27.

Read the passage and answer questions 25 to 28

I have had different relationships – with people, places and things. Yet, none is more remarkable than the one I have with Lagos. It has been a love-hate kind of fling. Sometimes, I love her so much and run into her arms. At other times, she gives off a repulsive stench.

Lagos, a land of the great, where excellence and folly dwell side by side; where wealth

and poverty hold hands- one with a smile, the other with a grin. My first visit to Lagos Island made me irritated and excited at the same time. There are snacks cramped together at the edge of the ocean. The houses, which are just bits of wood held together, compete with heaps of refuse. Lagos, the night of nightmarish dreams.

The

narrative technique used in the passage is

a)

interior monologue

b)

first person

c)

stream of consciousness

d)

third person

28.

…where wealth and poverty hold hands illustrates

a)

allusion

b)

euphemism

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

29.

Read the poem and answer questions 29-30

What use is it to slumber here,

Though the heart be sad and weary?

What use is it to slumber here,

Though the day rise dark and dreary?

For that mist may break when the sun is high,

And this soul forget it’s sorrow;

And the rosy ray of the closing day

May promise a brighter morrow.

Stanza 1 and 2 produces a contrast of ___

a)

atmosphere

b)

emblems

c)

setting

d)

moods

30.

Read the poem and answer questions 29-30

What use is it to slumber here,

Though the heart be sad and weary?

What use is it to slumber here,

Though the day rise dark and dreary?

For that mist may break when the sun is high,

And this soul forget it’s sorrow;

And the rosy ray of the closing day

May promise a brighter morrow.

The change of rhyme scheme in the second stanza spells/ marks

a)

anticipation

b)

anxiety

c)

serenity

d)

hope

31.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE:

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Read the extract below and answer questions 31-35

Theseus: But in this kind, wanting your father’s voice

The other must be held the worthier.

Hermia: I would my father looked but with my eyes.

Theseus: Rather your eyes must with his judgement look.

Hermia:. I do entreat your Grace to pardon me.

I know not by what power I am made bold,

Nor how it may concern my modesty

In such a presence here to plead my thoughts:

( Act One, Scene 1, lines 55-

Hernia has....

a)

agreed to let Helena have Lysander

b)

decided to be a man

c)

told the Duke all her secrets

d)

refused to marry Demetrius

32.

Hermia is before Theseus because

a)

her father has forgiven her

b)

her father has disowned her

c)

she loves Demetrius

d)

she loves Lysander

33.

Hermia informs the Duke that she will

a)

give up her love for Lysander

b)

marry Demetrius after all

c)

prefer to become a nun

d)

retire to the forest

34.

Hermia:. I do entreat your Grace to pardon me.

The underlined expression means

a)

ask for time to think

b)

beg for mercy immediately

c)

revise my stand

d)

defend my conviction

35.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE:

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Read the extract below and answer questions 31-35

Theseus: But in this kind, wanting your father’s voice

The other must be held the worthier.

Hermia: I would my father looked but with my eyes.

Theseus: Rather your eyes must with his judgement look.

Hermia:. I do entreat your Grace to pardon me.

I know not by what power I am made bold,

Nor how it may concern my modesty

In such a presence here to plead my thoughts:

( Act One, Scene 1, lines 55-62)

Hermia ends this speech asking

a)

how her father could be so cruel to her

b)

who will fetch Lysander from the forest

c)

what will happen if she will not marry Demetrius

d)

why Helena has not been invited

36.

Read the extract and answer questions 36-40

He goes before me, and still dares me on;

When I come where he calls, then he is gone.

The villain is much lighter-heeled than I:

I followed fast, but faster he did fly,

That fallen am I in dark uneven way,

And here will rest me

(Act Three, Scene II, Lines 413-418)

The speaker is

a)

Demetrius

b)

Helena

c)

Lysander

d)

Hermia

37.

'Read the extract and answer questions 36-40

He goes before me, and still dares me on;

When I come where he calls, then he is gone.

The villain is much lighter-heeled than I:

I followed fast, but faster he did fly,

That fallen am I in dark uneven way,

And here will rest me

(Act Three, Scene II, Lines 413-418)

He in the first line refers to

a)

Bottom

b)

Puck

c)

Lysander

d)

Titania

38.

Read the extract and answer questions 36-40

He goes before me, and still dares me on;

When I come where he calls, then he is gone.

The villain is much lighter-heeled than I:

I followed fast, but faster he did fly,

That fallen am I in dark uneven way,

And here will rest me

(Act Three, Scene II, Lines 413-418)

The speaker is being separated from

a)

Helena

b)

Demetrius

c)

Hermia

d)

Titania

39.

Read the extract and answer questions 36-40

He goes before me, and still dares me on;

When I come where he calls, then he is gone.

The villain is much lighter-heeled than I:

I followed fast, but faster he did fly,

That fallen am I in dark uneven way,

And here will rest me

(Act Three, Scene II, Lines 413-418)

The speaker's language shows

a)

frustration

b)

anger

c)

impatience

d)

urgency

40.

Read the extract and answer questions 36-40

He goes before me, and still dares me on;

When I come where he calls, then he is gone.

The villain is much lighter-heeled than I:

I followed fast, but faster he did fly,

That fallen am I in dark uneven way,

And here will rest me

(Act Three, Scene II, Lines 413-418)

The speech is

a)

an aside

b)

a dialogue

c)

a soliloquy

d)

a lyric

Literary Appreciation Quiz

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