Grade 11 and 12 Literacy Week

Question 1

which of the following is not a literary device used for aesthetic effect?

Accepted Answer

Grammar

Question 2

According to Satrapi in ' The water Cell', Reza came to power because of

Accepted Answer

The British

Question 3

The repetition of beginning consonant words

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 4

How is style related to genre?

Accepted Answer

Genre is a type of style

Question 5

Which of the following is not the works of John Keats ?

Accepted Answer

None of the above

Question 6

Who is selvam?

Accepted Answer

Ruku's son

Question 7

A selection that is written to convince the reader to believe or do something.

Accepted Answer

Persuasive

Question 8

Who is the last to leave the Younger apartment at the end of the play?

Accepted Answer

Ruth

Question 9

What was strange about Emily Dickson ?

Accepted Answer

She rarely left home

Question 10

What does Ruth buy in her excitement about the Youngers’ new home?

Accepted Answer

Curtains

Question 11

Which of the following illustrates Nathan's love for Ruku?

Accepted Answer

All are examples of his love

Question 12

A poem that tells a story with plot, setting and characters

Accepted Answer

Narrative

Question 13

During one of the demostrations, Marji's mother is photographed. As consequence, she has to dye her hair

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

In 1980 in Iran , the following things happened 'EXCEPT'

Accepted Answer

Marji was no longer allowed to eat meat

Question 15

After the musical numbers, Danny brings Sonny a drink.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

What did Ruku do in the city to earn money?

Accepted Answer

Read letters

Question 17

Which of the following words describe the prevailing attitude of high modern literature?

Accepted Answer

Both a & c

Question 18

In the chapter ' persepolis', Satrapis grandmother boils water

Accepted Answer

To pretend she's cooking

Question 19

What used to be held in the building Sonny showed Danny for the new club?

Accepted Answer

Wrestling

Question 20

Who wrote 'The winter's tale'

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

Question 21

Is there a monument of Shakespeare in Stratford today?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

After the musical numbers, Danny brings Sonny a drink.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

The drought destroying all crops is an example of

Accepted Answer

Man versus nature

Question 24

Which of the following languages did not coexist in Anglo Norman England?

Accepted Answer

Dutch

Question 25

The repetition of similar sounding words

Accepted Answer

Rhyme

Question 26

There are different genres of music, dance, art and literature.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Where does Sonny first see Kira?

Accepted Answer

In the park

Question 28

Which is an exaggeration?

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole

Question 29

Shakespeare composed most of his plays in what sort of verse?

Accepted Answer

Iambic pentameter

Question 30

What is a funny poem of five lines called?

Accepted Answer

Limerick

Question 31

Where does Mama keep her plant?

Accepted Answer

Outside the window

Question 32

How much time has passed between Act I, scene i and Act I, scene ii?

Accepted Answer

Six hours

Question 33

A description that appeals to one of the five senses

Accepted Answer

Imagery

Question 34

How many languages did Chaucer know?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 35

What does Karl Lindner want the Youngers to do?

Accepted Answer

Give up moving to Clybourne Park

Question 36

Who would be called th English Homer and father of English poetry?

Accepted Answer

Geoffry Chaucer

Question 37

Why did the characters say " The revolution is like a Bicycle"

Accepted Answer

Because when the wheels don't Turn, it falls

Question 38

What page in the dictionary does Sonny find the definition of a muse?

Accepted Answer

728

Question 39

What is the word for a 'play on words' ?

Accepted Answer

Pun

Question 40

Made up stories that blend fact and fiction with futuristic technology

Accepted Answer

Science fiction

Question 41

Which culture is known for their long, rhymic poetic versus known as Qasidas?

Accepted Answer

Arabic

Question 42

What building took 7 years to build?

Accepted Answer

The hospital

Question 43

A selection that provides factual information about people, things, places, events, etc.

Accepted Answer

Expository

Question 44

Which of the following is not a main genre of literature?

Accepted Answer

Myth

Grade 11 and 12 Literacy Week

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Grade 11 and 12 Literacy Week

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