Month 2 exam

College of Basic Education – Department of English
Monthly Exam in Literature 02 - Sample 01

Q1/ What is the type of rhyme for each of the following pairs of words:
(choose from A to D)
a. Assonance b. Consonance c. Reverse Rhyme d. Pararhyme

1. Life – line
2. Pass – rat
3. Kill – call
4. Fake - sick
5. I - eye
6. Brick – bring



Q2/ Choose the right answer:
7. The animal was soft.
a. sight imagery b. sound imagery c. touch imagery d. taste imagery
8. “Lucy” refers to:
a. England b. a young woman c. a child d. the poet’s daughter
9. “Thee” means
a. she b. he c. you d. me
10. Which word does not refer to Nature in “Lucy”?
a. Lucy b. fields c. sea d. fire
11. There is a contrast in “Lucy” between:
a. fire and water b. Lucy and bowers c. sea and poet d. death and Lucy

Q3/ Answer with (a) for TRUE and (b) for FALSE
12. Metaphor is a comparison using “as”.
13. Imagery is language that generates mental images.
14. Lyric poems are short.
15. “The wall has ears” is an example of personification.
16. “Patriotic Songs” are a type of sonnets.

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College of Basic Education – Department of English
Monthly Exam in Literature 02 - Sample 02

Q1/ What is the type of rhyme for each of the following pairs of words:
(choose from A to D)
a. Assonance b. Consonance c. Reverse Rhyme d. Pararhyme

1. Ride – rhyme
2. Lake – late
3. Moon – mine
4. Mass – dice
5. Walk – park
6. Care – Fair




Q2/ Choose the right answer:
7. “Thine” means
a. his b. yours c. mine d. hers
8. She jumped happily in the sunshine.
a. sight imagery b. sound imagery c. touch imagery d. taste imagery
9. The poem “Lucy” was written by:
a. Shakespeare b. Wordsworth c. Tennyson d. Blake
10. There is a contrast in “Lucy” between:
a. bird and human b. love and hate c. sea and land d. sea and sky
11. Which word does not refer to Nature in “Lucy”?
a. mornings b. wheel c. mountains d. bowers

Q3/ Answer with (a) for TRUE and (b) for FALSE
12. “Hymn” is a type of lyric poetry.
13. Symbolism is using something that has another meaning other than the dictionary one.
14. Metaphor is a comparison of strikingly different things.
15. Lyric poems tell a story.
16. “The girl is singing” is an example of personification.

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College of Basic Education – Department of English
Monthly Exam in Literature 02 - Sample 03

Q1/ What is the type of rhyme for each of the following pairs of words:
(choose from A to D)
a. Assonance b. Consonance c. Reverse Rhyme d. Pararhyme

1. Role – fill
2. Cell – sale
3. Fork - door
4. Tone - toe
5. Said - rod
6. Done - dine

Q2/ Choose the right answer:
7. “Lucy” is about
a. Leaving the homeland b. losing someone c. a happy past d. being in love
8. There is a contrast in “Lucy” between:
a. past and present b. past and future c. present and future d. present, past and future
9. Which word refers to Nature in “Lucy”?
a. the poet b. Lucy c. wheel d. fire
10. “Thy” means
a. Her b. Shy c. your d. Lucy’s
11. It was sweet as chocolate.
a. sight imagery b. sound imagery c. touch imagery d. taste imagery

Q3/ Answer with (a) for TRUE and (b) for FALSE
12. “The taste of coffee” is smell imagery.
13. “The birds live in the trees” is an example of personification.
14. Simile is a comparison using “like” or “as”.
15. “Ballad” is a type of lyric poetry.
16. Lyric poems are personal.

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College of Basic Education – Department of English
Monthly Exam in Literature 02 - Sample 04

Q1/ What is the type of rhyme for each of the following pairs of words:
(choose from A to D)
a. Assonance b. Consonance c. Reverse Rhyme d. Pararhyme

1. Mind - while
2. Line – lion
3. Ox – forks
4. To - foot
5. Set - site
6. Pick – pill


Q2/ Choose the right answer:
7. “Melancholy” means
a. sad b. bright c. happily d. fair
8. There is a contrast in “Lucy” between:
a. fire and ice b. fields and bowers c. morning and night d. moon and sun
9. “Lucy” reflects the following feelings of the poet:
a. sadness b. happiness c. surprise d. sickness
10. The phone rang: ring, ring, ring.
a. sight imagery b. sound imagery c. touch imagery d. taste imagery
11. Which word refers to Nature in “Lucy”?
a. wheel b. fire c. bowers d. unknown men

Q3/ Answer with (a) for TRUE and (b) for FALSE
12. “The trees are breathing” is an example of personification.
13. Lyric poems are about emotions like love.
14. Symbolism is language that generates mental images.
15. Simile and metaphor are types of contrast.
16. “Epic” is a type of lyric poetry.