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1. Who is the author of the poem "Where the Mind Is Without Fear"?
A) William Wordsworth
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Robert Frost
D) P.B. Shelley
Answer: B) Rabindranath Tagore
2. What is the stanza form commonly used in "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost?
A) Couplet
B) Quatrain
C) Tercet
D) Sestet
Answer: B) Quatrain
3. Which literary term describes the use of "like" or "as" to compare two things?
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Personification
D) Alliteration
Answer: B) Simile
4. In literary terms, what is a ‘prologue’?
A) The ending part of a story
B) An introductory section of a literary work
C) A character’s speech to themselves
D) The main conflict of a play
Answer: B) An introductory section of a literary work
5. Who wrote the essay "Of Studies"?
A) Francis Bacon
B) Ralph Waldo Emerson
C) A.G. Gardiner
D) C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: A) Francis Bacon
6. Which poem is by P.B. Shelley?
A) The Night of the Scorpion
B) The Cloud
C) The Bet
D) Palanquin Bearers
Answer: B) The Cloud
7. What is the meaning of the literary term ‘epilogue’?
A) The beginning of the story
B) The final section after the main story ends
C) A character’s monologue
D) A type of rhyme
Answer: B) The final section after the main story ends
8. Identify the figure of speech in the phrase: "The wind whispered through the trees."
A) Metaphor
B) Personification
C) Apostrophe
D) Irony
Answer: B) Personification
9. Which novel was written by George Orwell?
A) Swami and Friends
B) Animal Farm
C) The Bet
D) Engine Trouble
Answer: B) Animal Farm
10. "Telephone Conversation" is a poem by which poet?
A) Nissim Ezekiel
B) Wole Soyinka
C) Sarojini Naidu
D) Robert Frost
Answer: B) Wole Soyinka
11. Which of the following is NOT a type of clause?
A) Main Clause
B) Adverbial Clause
C) Simple Clause
D) Noun Clause
Answer: C) Simple Clause
12. Choose the correct synonym of the word “Emphasize.”
A) Ignore
B) Highlight
C) Confuse
D) Avoid
Answer: B) Highlight
13. What is the full form of "etc." commonly used in English writing?
A) Et cetera
B) Extra terms
C) Estimated time
D) End of text
Answer: A) Et cetera
14. Which sentence is in passive voice?
A) She writes a letter.
B) The letter is written by her.
C) She is writing a letter.
D) She has written a letter.
Answer: B) The letter is written by her.
15. Identify the punctuation error in the following sentence: "He said 'I am coming soon'."
A) Missing comma after said
B) Missing full stop after soon
C) Missing quotation marks
D) No error
Answer: A) Missing comma after said
16. What is a “soliloquy” in drama?
A) A speech by a character alone on stage revealing inner thoughts
B) A conversation between two characters
C) A speech to the audience from the narrator
D) A humorous interlude in a play
Answer: A) A speech by a character alone on stage revealing inner thoughts
17. Which of the following is a correct example of a modal auxiliary verb?
A) Running
B) Can
C) Eat
D) Writing
Answer: B) Can
18. What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
A) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
B) AABB CCDD EEFF GG
C) ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
D) ABC ABC DEF DEF
Answer: A) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
19. Which literary movement is associated with the poem “The Road Not Taken”?
A) Romanticism
B) Modernism
C) Realism
D) Victorian
Answer: A) Romanticism
20. What is the meaning of ‘imagery’ in literature?
A) Use of vivid and descriptive language to create pictures in the reader’s mind
B) The rhyme pattern in poetry
C) The setting of a story
D) A character’s inner thoughts
Answer: A) Use of vivid and descriptive language to create pictures in the reader’s mind
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