1) These questions are based on general Literary principles
The large space above the proscenium in a theatre from which the scenes are controlled is called
- A. aside
- B. anachronism
- C. flies
- D. setting
2) These questions are based on general Literary principles
‘Good warriors make others come to them and do not go to others…
When you induce an opponent to come to you, then their force is always empty,
like attacking emptiness with fullness is throwing stones on eggs.’
Zhang Yu: The Art of War
The theme of the passage above is
- A. folly of soldiers
- B. spurring people to action
- C. war
- D. inspiration
3) These questions are based on general Literary principles
The repetition of single words or phrases at the beginning of a line is
- A. assonance
- B. onomatopoeia
- C. alliteration
- D. parallelism
4) These questions are based on general Literary principles
A ballad is meant to be
- A. acted
- B. discussed
- C. read
- D. sung
5) These questions are based on general Literary principles
In drama, dramaturge is he who
- A. writes or edits plays
- B. directs a play
- C. acts a film
- D. features in a play
These questions are based on general Literary principles
Travellogue is a work of art written
- A. by a famous playwright
- B. by an unpopular novelist
- C. on a journey
- D. before the death of the author
7) These questions are based on general Literary principles
Plays are basically meant to
- A. change the world
- B. be read for pleasure
- C. be presented on stage
- D. keep people out of trouble
8) These questions are based on general Literary principles
A character who re-enacts familiar experiences that readers easily identify with is
- A. round character
- B. stock character
- C. static character
- D. flat character
9) These questions are based on general Literary principles
The plot of a story generally refers to the
- A. intrigue made by a character against the hero
- B. way in which the events of the story are organized
- C. way in which the writer begin the story
- D. way the writer ends the story
10) These questions are based on general Literary principles
The metric pattern in a line of poetry with five stressed and five unstressed syllable is
- A. trochaic decametre
- B. iambic pentametre
- C. anapestic metre
- D. dactylic metre
