Post Utme Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 231:

Bent-double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we curse through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge,
Men marched asleep, many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shed. All went lame, all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; even deaf to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind

The dominant figure of speech in the first stanza is ____________

A. Hyperbole
B. Simile
C. Euphemism
D. Pun

Question 232:

Bent-double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we curse through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge,
Men marched asleep, many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shed. All went lame, all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; even deaf to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind

The expression Drunk with fatigue illustrates ____________

A. Metaphor
B. Synecdoche
C. Litotes
D. Irony

Question 233:

Bent-double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we curse through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge,
Men marched asleep, many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shed. All went lame, all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; even deaf to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind

The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is ____________

A. Aabb
B. Abab
C. Abcd
D. Abba

Question 234:

Bent-double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we curse through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge,
Men marched asleep, many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shed. All went lame, all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; even deaf to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind

Sludge in the extract means ____________

A. Water
B. Fire
C. Snow
D. Mud

Question 235:

Read the poem and answer questions
leep, O Sleep,
With thy Rod of Incantation,
Charm my Imagination,
Then, only then. I cease to weep.
By thy power,
The virgin, by Time O’ertaken
For years forlorn, forsaken,
Enjoys the happy hour.
What’s to sleep?
‘Tis a visionary blessing;
A dream that’s past expressing;
Our utmost wish possessing;
So may I always keep.

The poem is ____________

A. An epic
B. An ode
C. A lyric
D. A ballad