Exam 01 questions

College of Basic Education – Department of English
Monthly Exam in Literature 01 - Class A: Group 1 - Dec 23, 2018

(6 marks for number 1; 2 marks for each of the rest)
1. Define the following terms: Song, couplet, narrative poetry
a. Song:

b. Couplet:

c. Narrative poetry:


2. “Literature is a mirror to life”, discuss referring to the confusion caused by this definition.




3. Discuss the line “As idle as a painted ship” in “The Ancient Mariner” referring to the punishment of the sailors.





4. What is the rhyme scheme of the following lines
But this I mark, that symptoms none of woe
In thy incomparable work appear:
Well! I am satisfied, it should be so,
Since, on maturer thought, the course is clear;

5. Compare sonnet and villanelle.






6. What is the difference between “stanza” and “line in poetry?
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College of Basic Education – Department of English
Monthly Exam in Literature 01 - Class A: Group 2 - Dec 23, 2018

(6 marks for number 1; 2 marks for each of the rest)
1. Define the following terms:
a. Limerick:

b. Haiku:

c. dramatic monologue:


2. “Literature is a friendship with the letters”, discuss referring to the confusion caused by this definition.




3. What did the mariner do? Why were the other mariners punished with him? What was the punishment? Discuss referring to the poem.





4. What is the rhyme scheme of the following lines
Dear Child! dear Girl! that walkest with me here,
If thou appear st untouched by solemn thought,
Thy nature is not therefore less divine:
Thou liest in Abraham s bosom all the year;

5. Compare epic and ballad.






6. What is the difference between “writing” and “composition”?


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College of Basic Education – Department of English
Monthly Exam in Literature 01 - Class B: Group 1 - Dec 27, 2018

(6 marks for number 1; 2 marks for each of the rest)
1. Define the following terms: Song, couplet, narrative poetry
a. Ode:

b. Literature:

c. Song:

2. What is “dramatic monologue”? Discuss with examples.



3. Find Alliteration in the following lines:
And I had done a hellish thing,
And it would work em woe:
For all averred, I had killed the bird
That made the breeze to blow.
Ah wretch! said they, the bird to slay,
That made the breeze to blow!

4. What is the rhyme scheme of the following lines
In vain to me the smiling mornings shine,
And redd ning Phoebus lifts his golden fire:
The birds in vain their amorous descant join;
Or cheerful fields resume their green attire:

5. What is orature? Discuss referring to definitions.






6. What is the difference between “stanza” and “couplet” in poetry?
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College of Basic Education – Department of English
Monthly Exam in Literature 01 - Class B: Group 2 - Dec 27, 2018

(6 marks for number 1; 2 marks for each of the rest)
1. Define the following terms:
a. Epic:

b. Ballad:

c. Villanelle:

2. What is “narrative poetry”? Discuss with examples.



3. Find Alliteration in the following lines:
Nor dim nor red, like God s own head,
The glorious Sun uprist:
Then all averred, I had killed the bird
That brought the fog and mist.
Twas right, said they, such birds to slay,
That bring the fog and mist

4. What is the rhyme scheme of the following lines
Millions of ghosts and shadowy shapes let steal;
Who, swarming round my couch, with horrid yell,
Chattered and mocked, as though from deepest Hell
They had escaped.—I oft, with fervent zeal,

5. Compare Limerick and Haiku.






6. What is the difference between “Literature” and “literature”?