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Sulochanadevi Prelim Literature '23 Solution

This document provides a summary of an English Literature exam containing 16 multiple choice questions covering various texts. The questions assess knowledge of characters, plot details, themes and literary devices from works like The Merchant of Venice, poems like Daffodils, and short stories. The exam is worth 80 marks and takes 2 hours to complete, with Section A focusing solely on multiple choice questions.

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Sulochanadevi Prelim Literature '23 Solution

This document provides a summary of an English Literature exam containing 16 multiple choice questions covering various texts. The questions assess knowledge of characters, plot details, themes and literary devices from works like The Merchant of Venice, poems like Daffodils, and short stories. The exam is worth 80 marks and takes 2 hours to complete, with Section A focusing solely on multiple choice questions.

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English Literature Prelim Solution

Time: 2 hours Marks: 80

Section A- MCQ

Question 1 (16)

Read the following questions and choose the most appropriate response from the
choices given below.

1. ‘Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way of starved people’- who are the starved
people?
a. Nerissa and Portia
b. Antonio and Bassanio
c. Lorenzo and Jessica
d. Shylock and Tubal
2. According to Jesse Owens, the essential thing in life is ______.
a. not winning but taking part
b. 24-carat friendship
c. not conquering but fighting well
d. Aryan-supremacy
3. ‘He makes a sawn-like end, fading in music.’ – Who could make a swan-like end?
a. Lorenzo
b. Antonio
c. Gratiano
d. Bassanio
4. On the planet ________, the sun came out for _______, every _______ years.
a. Venus, two hours, six
b. Venus, one hour, seven
c. Pluto, two hours, seven
d. Venus, two hours, seven
5. ‘Fourscore ducats’ is equal to ____________.
a. 80
b. 20
c. 40
d. 4
6. Sibia was going with her mother and some other woman ___________.
a. to the bazaar
b. to the cavelet
c. to the jungle
d. to get paper grass from the cliff above
7. Where were the Daffodils?
a. In the Milky Way

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b. beside the lake beneath the trees
c. in the inward eye
d. in the margin of the bay.
8. The caged bird’s movement is restricted because _____________.
a. nobody listens to it
b. his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
c. he has no company
d. he dares to claim the sky
9. As Mrs Thompson had nothing to love and care for, she had become _________.
a. sick and helpless
b. sore, helpless, ill-tempered, and self-afflicting
c. cold and hot tempered
d. cold, hot tempered and miserable
10. ‘I wish your ladyship all heart’s content’- Who is wishing this to whom?
a. Nerissa to Portia
b. Jessica to Nerissa
c. Portia to Jessica
d. Jessica to Portia
11. The little girl struck all the rest of the matches she had in the packet ______.
a. to keep herself warm
b. as it was getting dark
c. to sit under the Christmas tree
d. to keep her grandmother with her
12. In the end the one-hundred metre race ______________.
a. was not run
b. was run by eight runners
c. was reduced to a walk
d. and nine smiling faces
13. What did Abou ask the Angel to do?
a. Write his name in the list of those who loved the lord.
b. Write his name as one who loves his fellow men.
c. To write his name in the list of blessed people.
d. To read all his lists.
14. ‘And you see my harvest, what I reap’. Name the figure of speech.
a. Simile b. Hyperbole c. Metaphor d. Alliteration
15. “Thou art come to answer ___________. An inhuman wretch incapable of pity.”
a. An adversary b. A stony adversary
c. A prodigal son d. The Jew
16. The quality of mercy drops naturally like ___________.
a. blessings b. nectar c. sceptre d. gentle rain

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