Post Utme Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 501:

What figure of speech does the following quotation contain?
Life's but a walking shadow (Macbeth)

A. A metaphor
B. An image
C. A synecdoche
D. An allusion

Question 502:

Which of the following statement is most true about poetry?

A. The meaning of words is more important than their sounds
B. The sounds of words are more important than their meanings
C. The sound of words is often more important than their meanings
D. Sounds and meanings of words are of little consequence

Question 503:

Which of these best defined exposition in drama?

A. The author's own general introduction to the play
B. The author's early exposure of his dramatis personae to conflict
C. Introduction to the characters and the general problem with which the play deals
D. The first performance of the play on stage

Question 504:

When the speaker in a poem cannot be identified with the poet. that speaker is called ____________

A. A persona
B. A dramatic persona
C. A soliloquist
D. A ventriloquist

Question 505:

Which of these definitions best describes a lyric?

A. A short poem
B. A short poem in which the poet himself
C. A poem expressing a personal idea. feeling or mood
D. A poem divided into stanzas