English Literature Mcqs

Unmoved – she notes the Chariots – pausing – At her low Gate – Unmoved – an Emperor be kneeling Upon her Mat – I’ve known her – from an ample nation – Then – close the Valves of her attention – Like Stone – What does ample mean ?

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Unmoved – she notes the Chariots – pausing – At her low Gate – Unmoved – an Emperor be kneeling Upon her Mat – I’ve known her – from an ample nation – Then – close the Valves of her attention – Like Stone – What does ample mean ?

A. Menacing
B. Large or abundant
C. Fearful and gracious
D. Beautiful

What did the family do to protect the children from the uncle ?

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What did the family do to protect the children from the uncle ?

A. They dressed the boys like girls and told them to behave as girls do
B. They locked the uncle away until the children were old enough to protect themselves
C. They dressed the girls like boys and told them to behave as boys do
D. They formed a mob and chased the uncle out of the village

It was possible, I reflected, that a mere different arrangement of the particulars of the scene, of the details of this picture, would be sufficient to modify, or perhaps to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful impression; and, acting upon this idea, I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the dwelling, and gazed down – but with a shudder even more thrilling than before – upon the re-modelled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly tree-stems, and the vacant eyelike windows. What is the meaning of the word tarn? Veldu eitt ?

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It was possible, I reflected, that a mere different arrangement of the particulars of the scene, of the details of this picture, would be sufficient to modify, or perhaps to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful impression; and, acting upon this idea, I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the dwelling, and gazed down – but with a shudder even more thrilling than before – upon the re-modelled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly tree-stems, and the vacant eyelike windows. What is the meaning of the word tarn? Veldu eitt ?

A. A bird
B. A small mountain lake
C. A wide river
D. A high cliff