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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 151. |
In which of the following figures of speech a part of something is used to signify the whole? |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» C. synecdoche | |
| 152. |
In which of the following figures of speech is a literal term for one thing is applied to another with which it is closely associated? |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» D. metonymy | |
| 153. |
In which of the following figures of speech a statement that appears to be absurd or self-contradictory turns out to have a valid meaning |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | paradox |
| Answer» D. paradox | |
| 154. |
------is a form of paradox in which the adjective seem to contradict the noun it modifies. |
| A. | oxymoron |
| B. | paradox |
| C. | irony |
| D. | synecdoche |
| Answer» A. oxymoron | |
| 155. |
“terrible beauty “ is an example for------ |
| A. | oxymoron |
| B. | paradox |
| C. | irony |
| D. | synecdoche |
| Answer» A. oxymoron | |
| 156. |
“child is the father of man” is an instance for-------. |
| A. | oxymoron |
| B. | paradox |
| C. | irony |
| D. | synecdoche |
| Answer» B. paradox | |
| 157. |
“The crown’ or “Sceptre” used in the sense of “King”is an example for------ |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» D. metonymy | |
| 158. |
“ten hands” used for “ten workmen” is an example for----- |
| A. | simile |
| B. | synecdoche |
| C. | metaphor |
| D. | symbol |
| Answer» B. synecdoche | |
| 159. |
“My love is a red red rose” is an example for------- |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» B. metaphor | |
| 160. |
“My love is like a red red rose “ is an example for------- |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | synecdoche |
| D. | metonymy |
| Answer» A. simile | |
| 161. |
The term anagnorisis means ---------- |
| A. | recognition |
| B. | reversal |
| C. | both “a’ and “b” |
| D. | neither “a” nor “b” |
| Answer» A. recognition | |
| 162. |
The term peripetia means---------- |
| A. | recognition |
| B. | reversal |
| C. | both “a’ and “b” |
| D. | neither “a” nor “b” 168. the epic theatre was introduced by -------- |
| Answer» B. reversal | |
| 163. |
Who is the author of the work ‘Poetics”? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | homer |
| Answer» A. aristotle | |
| 164. |
Who is the author of the work “Republic”? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | homer |
| Answer» B. plato | |
| 165. |
Ben Jonson’s ‘Volpone’ is an example of ------ |
| A. | comedy of humours |
| B. | comedy of manners |
| C. | romantic comedy |
| D. | anti-romantc comedy |
| Answer» A. comedy of humours | |
| 166. |
The name of Bertolt Brecht is associated with ------- |
| A. | the absurd drama |
| B. | the epic theatre |
| C. | comedy of humours |
| D. | feminist theatre |
| Answer» B. the epic theatre | |
| 167. |
A light dramatic work with improbable plot and exaggerated characters is called ------ |
| A. | satire |
| B. | comedy |
| C. | farce |
| D. | humour. |
| Answer» C. farce | |
| 168. |
The type of play in which the plot was centred round intrigues and violent actions and which contains improbable events and sensational actions is called-------- |
| A. | meledrama |
| B. | tragedy |
| C. | farce |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» A. meledrama | |
| 169. |
“Oberon” is a Masque written by --------- |
| A. | ben johnson |
| B. | shakespeare |
| C. | marlow |
| D. | dr. johnson. |
| Answer» A. ben johnson | |
| 170. |
The French term for ‘unknotting’ ---------- |
| A. | denouement |
| B. | due ex machina |
| C. | decorum |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» A. denouement | |
| 171. |
The term -------- is applied to the falling action in a tragedy |
| A. | catastrophe |
| B. | catharsis |
| C. | crisis |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. catastrophe | |
| 172. |
The term peripetia means---------- |
| A. | recognition |
| B. | reversal |
| C. | both “a’ and “b” |
| D. | neither “a” nor “b” |
| Answer» B. reversal | |
| 173. |
The term Decorum Means---- |
| A. | recognition |
| B. | reversal |
| C. | appropriateness |
| D. | neither “a” nor “b” |
| Answer» C. appropriateness | |
| 174. |
Who among the following is not a French symbolist? |
| A. | mallarme |
| B. | verlaine |
| C. | richard wagner |
| D. | w.b. yeats |
| Answer» D. w.b. yeats | |
| 175. |
The type of lyric poem that was perfected by Robert Browning. |
| A. | dramatic monologue |
| B. | dramatic lyric |
| C. | dramatic romance |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» A. dramatic monologue | |
| 176. |
the term magic realism was originally applied to------ |
| A. | structuralist german painters |
| B. | surrealist german painters |
| C. | expressionist american painters |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. structuralist german painters | |
| 177. |
In prose fiction the term magic realism was associated with --- |
| A. | gabriel garcia |
| B. | marquez |
| C. | salman rushdi |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 178. |
The term absurd is used to refer to the place of |
| A. | samuel becket |
| B. | eliot |
| C. | shakespeare |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. samuel becket | |
| 179. |
The author of ‘’ A Room of One’s Own’’ |
| A. | virginia wolf |
| B. | mary elman |
| C. | kate millet |
| D. | ealine showalter |
| Answer» A. virginia wolf | |
| 180. |
The author of ‘’ Second Sex’’ |
| A. | virginia wolf |
| B. | mary elman |
| C. | kate millet |
| D. | ealine showalter |
| Answer» B. mary elman | |
| 181. |
The author of ‘’ Sexual Politics’’ |
| A. | virginia wolf |
| B. | mary elman |
| C. | kate millet |
| D. | ealine showalter |
| Answer» C. kate millet | |
| 182. |
The author of ‘’Towards Feminist Criticism’’ |
| A. | virginia wolf |
| B. | mary elman |
| C. | kate millet |
| D. | ealine showalter |
| Answer» D. ealine showalter | |
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