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TGT English
1. For questions 1 to 10 read the following passage and answer the questions.

From Hard Times

"Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are wanted in
life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning
animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I
bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!"

The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a schoolroom, and the speaker's square
forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the
schoolmaster's sleeve. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which
had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves,
overshadowed by the wall. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's mouth, which was wide, thin,
and hard set. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's voice, which was inflexible, dry, and
dictatorial. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's hair, which bristled on the skirts of his bald
head, a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface, all covered with knobs, like the
curst of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside. The
speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders-nay, his very neckcloth,
trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was-all
helped the emphasis.

"In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts!"

The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and
swept their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels and there arranged in order, ready to have
imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim.

-Charles Dickens

Q. This selection could best be characterised as a/an:-
a. objective description of the nineteenth century world
b. amusing but pointed satire
c. solemn view of the importance of the scientific method
d. invective against British education

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2. For questions 1 to 10 read the following passage and answer the questions.

From Hard Times

"Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are wanted in
life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning
animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I
bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!"

The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a schoolroom, and the speaker's square
forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the
schoolmaster's sleeve. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which
had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves,
overshadowed by the wall. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's mouth, which was wide, thin,
and hard set. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's voice, which was inflexible, dry, and
dictatorial. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's hair, which bristled on the skirts of his bald
head, a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface, all covered with knobs, like the
curst of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside. The
speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders-nay, his very neckcloth,
trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was-all
helped the emphasis.

"In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts!"

The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and
swept their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels and there arranged in order, ready to have
imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim.

-Charles Dickens

Q. Which of the following literary techniques does Dickens effectively employ in this selection?
a. Hyperbole
b. Stream of conscious
c. Repetition
d. Parallel structure

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3. For questions 1 to 10 read the following passage and answer the questions.

From Hard Times

"Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are wanted in
life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning
animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I
bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!"

The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a schoolroom, and the speaker's square
forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the
schoolmaster's sleeve. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which
had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves,
overshadowed by the wall. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's mouth, which was wide, thin,
and hard set. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's voice, which was inflexible, dry, and
dictatorial. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's hair, which bristled on the skirts of his bald
head, a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface, all covered with knobs, like the
curst of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside. The
speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders-nay, his very neckcloth,
trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was-all
helped the emphasis.

"In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts!"

The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and
swept their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels and there arranged in order, ready to have
imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim.

-Charles Dickens

Q. Which of the following best describes the character that Dickens portrays in the second
paragraph?
a. Educated and erudite
b. Warm and understanding
c. Opinionated and intransigent
d. Malleable and open-minded

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4. For questions 1 to 10 read the following passage and answer the questions.

From Hard Times

"Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are wanted in
life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning
animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I
bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!"

The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a schoolroom, and the speaker's square
forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the
schoolmaster's sleeve. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which
had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves,
overshadowed by the wall. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's mouth, which was wide, thin,
and hard set. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's voice, which was inflexible, dry, and
dictatorial. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's hair, which bristled on the skirts of his bald
head, a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface, all covered with knobs, like the
curst of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside. The
speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders-nay, his very neckcloth,
trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was-all
helped the emphasis.

"In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts!"

The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and
swept their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels and there arranged in order, ready to have
imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim.

-Charles Dickens

Q. What does the word "commodious" mean in the following sentence: "The emphasis was helped
by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes
found commodious cellarage in two dark caves, overshadowed by the wall?
a. Foreboding
b. Dark
c. Friendly
d. Spacious

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5. For questions 1 to 10 read the following passage and answer the questions.

From Hard Times

"Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are wanted in
life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning
animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I
bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!"

The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a schoolroom, and the speaker's square
forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the
schoolmaster's sleeve. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which
had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves,
overshadowed by the wall. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's mouth, which was wide, thin,
and hard set. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's voice, which was inflexible, dry, and
dictatorial. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's hair, which bristled on the skirts of his bald
head, a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface, all covered with knobs, like the
curst of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside. The
speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders-nay, his very neckcloth,
trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was-all
helped the emphasis.

"In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts!"

The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and
swept their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels and there arranged in order, ready to have
imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim.

-Charles Dickens

Q. What is Dickens referring to when he speaks of "little vessels" in the last paragraph?
a. Containers
b. Travel
c. Students
d. Toy boats

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6. For questions 1 to 10 read the following passage and answer the questions.

From Hard Times

"Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are wanted in
life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning
animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I
bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!"

The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a schoolroom, and the speaker's square
forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the
schoolmaster's sleeve. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which
had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves,
overshadowed by the wall. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's mouth, which was wide, thin,
and hard set. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's voice, which was inflexible, dry, and
dictatorial. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's hair, which bristled on the skirts of his bald
head, a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface, all covered with knobs, like the
curst of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside. The
speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders-nay, his very neckcloth,
trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was-all
helped the emphasis.

"In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts!"

The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and
swept their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels and there arranged in order, ready to have
imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim.

-Charles Dickens

Q. The phrase "a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface":-
a. Synecdoche
b. Repetition
c. Simile
d. Metaphor

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7. For questions 1 to 10 read the following passage and answer the questions.

From Hard Times

"Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are wanted in
life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning
animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I
bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!"

The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a schoolroom, and the speaker's square
forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the
schoolmaster's sleeve. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which
had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves,
overshadowed by the wall. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's mouth, which was wide, thin,
and hard set. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's voice, which was inflexible, dry, and
dictatorial. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's hair, which bristled on the skirts of his bald
head, a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface, all covered with knobs, like the
curst of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside. The
speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders-nay, his very neckcloth,
trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was-all
helped the emphasis.

"In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts!"

The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and
swept their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels and there arranged in order, ready to have
imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim.

-Charles Dickens

Q. What inference can be drawn about what Dickens wants the reader to think about his character,
the speaker?
a. The speaker is to be liked
b. The speaker is insightful
c. The speaker is to be admired
d. The speaker is pompous

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8. For questions 1 to 10 read the following passage and answer the questions.

From Hard Times

"Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are wanted in
life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning
animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I
bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!"

The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a schoolroom, and the speaker's square
forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the
schoolmaster's sleeve. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which
had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves,
overshadowed by the wall. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's mouth, which was wide, thin,
and hard set. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's voice, which was inflexible, dry, and
dictatorial. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's hair, which bristled on the skirts of his bald
head, a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface, all covered with knobs, like the
curst of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside. The
speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders-nay, his very neckcloth,
trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was-all
helped the emphasis.

"In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts!"

The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and
swept their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels and there arranged in order, ready to have
imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim.

-Charles Dickens

Q. The phrase "the inclined plane of little, vessels" functions as what sentence part?
a. Predicate
b. Indirect object
c. Subject
d. Direct object

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9. For questions 1 to 10 read the following passage and answer the questions.

From Hard Times

"Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are wanted in
life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning
animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I
bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!"

The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a schoolroom, and the speaker's square
forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the
schoolmaster's sleeve. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which
had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves,
overshadowed by the wall. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's mouth, which was wide, thin,
and hard set. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's voice, which was inflexible, dry, and
dictatorial. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's hair, which bristled on the skirts of his bald
head, a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface, all covered with knobs, like the
curst of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside. The
speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders-nay, his very neckcloth,
trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was-all
helped the emphasis.

"In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts!"

The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and
swept their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels and there arranged in order, ready to have
imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim.

-Charles Dickens

Q. In the second paragraph, what is the author suggesting in describing the knobs on the speaker's
head?
a. He is old
b. His head is filled with data
c. He is soft in the head
d. He bumped his head

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10. For questions 1 to 10 read the following passage and answer the questions.

From Hard Times

"Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are wanted in
life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning
animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I
bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!"

The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a schoolroom, and the speaker's square
forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the
schoolmaster's sleeve. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which
had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves,
overshadowed by the wall. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's mouth, which was wide, thin,
and hard set. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's voice, which was inflexible, dry, and
dictatorial. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's hair, which bristled on the skirts of his bald
head, a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface, all covered with knobs, like the
curst of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside. The
speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders-nay, his very neckcloth,
trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was-all
helped the emphasis.

"In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts!"

The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and
swept their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels and there arranged in order, ready to have
imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim.

-Charles Dickens

Q. The setting of this excerpt is a/an:-
a. College
b. Classroom
c. Conference room
d. Auditorium

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11. For questions 11 to 20 read the following poem and answer the questions.

Church Monuments

While that my soul repairs to her devotion,
Here I entomb my flesh, that it betimes*
May take acquaintance of this heap of dust,
To which the blast of Death's incessant motion,
Fed with the exhalation of our crimes, (5)

Drives all at last. Therefore I gladly trust
My body to this school, that it may learn
To spell his elements, and find his birth
Written in dusty heraldry and lines;
Which dissolution sure doth best discern, (10)

Comparing dust with dust, and earth with earth.
These laugh at jet and marble, put for signs,
To sever the good fellowship of dust,
And spoil the meeting: what shall point out them,
When they shall bow and kneel and fall down flat (15)

To kiss those heaps which now they have in trust?
Dear flesh, while I do pray, learn here thy stem
And true descent, that, when thou shalt grow fat
And wanton in thy cravings, thou mayst know
That flesh is but the glass which holds the dust (20)

That measures all our time; which also shall
Be crumbled into dust. Mark here below
How tame these ashes are, how free from lust,
That thou mayst fit thyself against thy fall.

Q. The speaker in the poem is addressing which of the following?
a. A church congregation
b. The dead buried in a church
c. Himself and his body
d. Statues in a church

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12. For questions 11 to 20 read the following poem and answer the questions.

Church Monuments

While that my soul repairs to her devotion,
Here I entomb my flesh, that it betimes*
May take acquaintance of this heap of dust,
To which the blast of Death's incessant motion,
Fed with the exhalation of our crimes, (5)

Drives all at last. Therefore I gladly trust
My body to this school, that it may learn
To spell his elements, and find his birth
Written in dusty heraldry and lines;
Which dissolution sure doth best discern, (10)

Comparing dust with dust, and earth with earth.
These laugh at jet and marble, put for signs,
To sever the good fellowship of dust,
And spoil the meeting: what shall point out them,
When they shall bow and kneel and fall down flat (15)

To kiss those heaps which now they have in trust?
Dear flesh, while I do pray, learn here thy stem
And true descent, that, when thou shalt grow fat
And wanton in thy cravings, thou mayst know
That flesh is but the glass which holds the dust (20)

That measures all our time; which also shall
Be crumbled into dust. Mark here below
How tame these ashes are, how free from lust,
That thou mayst fit thyself against thy fall.

Q. At the beginning of the poem, the speaker makes a distinction between his soul and his body. In
the remainder of the poem the emphasis is mainly upon:-
a. his soul only
b. his body only
c. life after death
d. the relation between body and soul

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13. For questions 11 to 20 read the following poem and answer the questions.

Church Monuments

While that my soul repairs to her devotion,
Here I entomb my flesh, that it betimes*
May take acquaintance of this heap of dust,
To which the blast of Death's incessant motion,
Fed with the exhalation of our crimes, (5)

Drives all at last. Therefore I gladly trust
My body to this school, that it may learn
To spell his elements, and find his birth
Written in dusty heraldry and lines;
Which dissolution sure doth best discern, (10)

Comparing dust with dust, and earth with earth.
These laugh at jet and marble, put for signs,
To sever the good fellowship of dust,
And spoil the meeting: what shall point out them,
When they shall bow and kneel and fall down flat (15)

To kiss those heaps which now they have in trust?
Dear flesh, while I do pray, learn here thy stem
And true descent, that, when thou shalt grow fat
And wanton in thy cravings, thou mayst know
That flesh is but the glass which holds the dust (20)

That measures all our time; which also shall
Be crumbled into dust. Mark here below
How tame these ashes are, how free from lust,
That thou mayst fit thyself against thy fall.

Q. Where is the speaker in this poem?
a. In his study
b. At a funeral
c. In a school
d. On his deathbed

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14. For questions 11 to 20 read the following poem and answer the questions.

Church Monuments

While that my soul repairs to her devotion,
Here I entomb my flesh, that it betimes*
May take acquaintance of this heap of dust,
To which the blast of Death's incessant motion,
Fed with the exhalation of our crimes, (5)

Drives all at last. Therefore I gladly trust
My body to this school, that it may learn
To spell his elements, and find his birth
Written in dusty heraldry and lines;
Which dissolution sure doth best discern, (10)

Comparing dust with dust, and earth with earth.
These laugh at jet and marble, put for signs,
To sever the good fellowship of dust,
And spoil the meeting: what shall point out them,
When they shall bow and kneel and fall down flat (15)

To kiss those heaps which now they have in trust?
Dear flesh, while I do pray, learn here thy stem
And true descent, that, when thou shalt grow fat
And wanton in thy cravings, thou mayst know
That flesh is but the glass which holds the dust (20)

That measures all our time; which also shall
Be crumbled into dust. Mark here below
How tame these ashes are, how free from lust,
That thou mayst fit thyself against thy fall.

Q. In line 7, "this school" refers to:-
a. the Christian philosophy of death
b. a king's monument in an ancient city
c. the tombs and burial vaults in a church
d. a singing school for a church choir

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15. For questions 11 to 20 read the following poem and answer the questions.

Church Monuments

While that my soul repairs to her devotion,
Here I entomb my flesh, that it betimes*
May take acquaintance of this heap of dust,
To which the blast of Death's incessant motion,
Fed with the exhalation of our crimes, (5)

Drives all at last. Therefore I gladly trust
My body to this school, that it may learn
To spell his elements, and find his birth
Written in dusty heraldry and lines;
Which dissolution sure doth best discern, (10)

Comparing dust with dust, and earth with earth.
These laugh at jet and marble, put for signs,
To sever the good fellowship of dust,
And spoil the meeting: what shall point out them,
When they shall bow and kneel and fall down flat (15)

To kiss those heaps which now they have in trust?
Dear flesh, while I do pray, learn here thy stem
And true descent, that, when thou shalt grow fat
And wanton in thy cravings, thou mayst know
That flesh is but the glass which holds the dust (20)

That measures all our time; which also shall
Be crumbled into dust. Mark here below
How tame these ashes are, how free from lust,
That thou mayst fit thyself against thy fall.

Q. The metaphors in stanza two are derived from:-
a. architecture and art
b. the theater and pageantry
c. death and burial
d. education and scholarship

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16. For questions 11 to 20 read the following poem and answer the questions.

Church Monuments

While that my soul repairs to her devotion,
Here I entomb my flesh, that it betimes*
May take acquaintance of this heap of dust,
To which the blast of Death's incessant motion,
Fed with the exhalation of our crimes, (5)

Drives all at last. Therefore I gladly trust
My body to this school, that it may learn
To spell his elements, and find his birth
Written in dusty heraldry and lines;
Which dissolution sure doth best discern, (10)

Comparing dust with dust, and earth with earth.
These laugh at jet and marble, put for signs,
To sever the good fellowship of dust,
And spoil the meeting: what shall point out them,
When they shall bow and kneel and fall down flat (15)

To kiss those heaps which now they have in trust?
Dear flesh, while I do pray, learn here thy stem
And true descent, that, when thou shalt grow fat
And wanton in thy cravings, thou mayst know
That flesh is but the glass which holds the dust (20)

That measures all our time; which also shall
Be crumbled into dust. Mark here below
How tame these ashes are, how free from lust,
That thou mayst fit thyself against thy fall.

Q. Lines 10-11 may be best interpreted to mean:-
a. The body understands death best by direct comparison of itself with dust and earth
b. The spirit can best conquer death by acknowledging the body's affinity with earth and dust
c. The body understands death better than does the spirit
d. Death comprehends the body by reducing it to dust

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17. For questions 11 to 20 read the following poem and answer the questions.

Church Monuments

While that my soul repairs to her devotion,
Here I entomb my flesh, that it betimes*
May take acquaintance of this heap of dust,
To which the blast of Death's incessant motion,
Fed with the exhalation of our crimes, (5)

Drives all at last. Therefore I gladly trust
My body to this school, that it may learn
To spell his elements, and find his birth
Written in dusty heraldry and lines;
Which dissolution sure doth best discern, (10)

Comparing dust with dust, and earth with earth.
These laugh at jet and marble, put for signs,
To sever the good fellowship of dust,
And spoil the meeting: what shall point out them,
When they shall bow and kneel and fall down flat (15)

To kiss those heaps which now they have in trust?
Dear flesh, while I do pray, learn here thy stem
And true descent, that, when thou shalt grow fat
And wanton in thy cravings, thou mayst know
That flesh is but the glass which holds the dust (20)

That measures all our time; which also shall
Be crumbled into dust. Mark here below
How tame these ashes are, how free from lust,
That thou mayst fit thyself against thy fall.

Q. The phrase "fit thyself against thy fall" (line 24) is best interpreted to mean:-
a. Prepare to accept death
b. Gain grace to overcome eternal damnation
c. Understand original sin
d. Fight against death

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18. For questions 11 to 20 read the following poem and answer the questions.

Church Monuments

While that my soul repairs to her devotion,
Here I entomb my flesh, that it betimes*
May take acquaintance of this heap of dust,
To which the blast of Death's incessant motion,
Fed with the exhalation of our crimes, (5)

Drives all at last. Therefore I gladly trust
My body to this school, that it may learn
To spell his elements, and find his birth
Written in dusty heraldry and lines;
Which dissolution sure doth best discern, (10)

Comparing dust with dust, and earth with earth.
These laugh at jet and marble, put for signs,
To sever the good fellowship of dust,
And spoil the meeting: what shall point out them,
When they shall bow and kneel and fall down flat (15)

To kiss those heaps which now they have in trust?
Dear flesh, while I do pray, learn here thy stem
And true descent, that, when thou shalt grow fat
And wanton in thy cravings, thou mayst know
That flesh is but the glass which holds the dust (20)

That measures all our time; which also shall
Be crumbled into dust. Mark here below
How tame these ashes are, how free from lust,
That thou mayst fit thyself against thy fall.

Q. The words "against thy fall" (line 24) make a notable ending for the poem for all of the following
reasons EXCEPT:-
a. they echo the idea in line 15 that all things die and decay
b. the word "fall" is emphasized by being the only inexact rhyme in the poem
c. they remind the reader of Adam's fall into original sin
d. a strikingly new idea is introduced into the poem

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19. For questions 11 to 20 read the following poem and answer the questions.

Church Monuments

While that my soul repairs to her devotion,
Here I entomb my flesh, that it betimes*
May take acquaintance of this heap of dust,
To which the blast of Death's incessant motion,
Fed with the exhalation of our crimes, (5)

Drives all at last. Therefore I gladly trust
My body to this school, that it may learn
To spell his elements, and find his birth
Written in dusty heraldry and lines;
Which dissolution sure doth best discern, (10)

Comparing dust with dust, and earth with earth.
These laugh at jet and marble, put for signs,
To sever the good fellowship of dust,
And spoil the meeting: what shall point out them,
When they shall bow and kneel and fall down flat (15)

To kiss those heaps which now they have in trust?
Dear flesh, while I do pray, learn here thy stem
And true descent, that, when thou shalt grow fat
And wanton in thy cravings, thou mayst know
That flesh is but the glass which holds the dust (20)

That measures all our time; which also shall
Be crumbled into dust. Mark here below
How tame these ashes are, how free from lust,
That thou mayst fit thyself against thy fall.

Q. The attitude of the speaker can be best described as:-
a. playful
b. suspicious
c. meditative
d. urgent

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20. For questions 11 to 20 read the following poem and answer the questions.

Church Monuments

While that my soul repairs to her devotion,
Here I entomb my flesh, that it betimes*
May take acquaintance of this heap of dust,
To which the blast of Death's incessant motion,
Fed with the exhalation of our crimes, (5)

Drives all at last. Therefore I gladly trust
My body to this school, that it may learn
To spell his elements, and find his birth
Written in dusty heraldry and lines;
Which dissolution sure doth best discern, (10)

Comparing dust with dust, and earth with earth.
These laugh at jet and marble, put for signs,
To sever the good fellowship of dust,
And spoil the meeting: what shall point out them,
When they shall bow and kneel and fall down flat (15)

To kiss those heaps which now they have in trust?
Dear flesh, while I do pray, learn here thy stem
And true descent, that, when thou shalt grow fat
And wanton in thy cravings, thou mayst know
That flesh is but the glass which holds the dust (20)

That measures all our time; which also shall
Be crumbled into dust. Mark here below
How tame these ashes are, how free from lust,
That thou mayst fit thyself against thy fall.

Q. Which of the following is the most accurate description of the way death is treated in the poem?
a. Death is described in metaphorical terms of marble and color
b. Death is addressed as a kindly and comforting presence
c. Death is personified as a powerful destructive force
d. Death is treated as a cold intellectual abstraction

21. Select the correct spelling.
a. Privilege
b. Privelege
c. Priviledge
d. None of the above

22. Select the correct spelling.
a. Occassion
b. Ocassion
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c. Occasion
d. None of the above

23. Select the correct spelling.
a. Questionnaire
b. Questionaire
c. Questionair
d. None of the above

24. Select the correct spelling.
a. Auxiliary
b. Auxilliary
c. Auxilary
d. None of the above

25. Select the correct spelling.
a. Aile
b. Aisle
c. Aesle
d. None of the above

26. Select the correct spelling.
a. Accidentlly
b. Accidently
c. Accidentally
d. None of the above

27. Select the correct spelling.
a. Recept
b. Receit
c. Receipt
d. None of the above

28. Select the correct spelling.
a. Reccommend
b. Recommend
c. Reccomend
d. None of the above
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29. Select the correct spelling.
a. Embarass
b. Embaras
c. Embarrass
d. None of the above

30. Select the correct spelling.
a. Seive
b. Sieve
c. Sevie
d. None of the above

31. Select the correct Synonym.

ALTRUISM
a. Unselfishness
b. Greed
c. Together
d. None of the above

32. Select the correct Synonym.

CAPITULATE
a. Nag
b. Yield
c. Resist
d. None of the above

33. Select the correct Synonym.

FLACCID
a. Shocking
b. Weak
c. Effective
d. None of the above

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34. Select the correct Synonym.

JEOPARDY
a. Peril
b. Joke
c. Safety
d. None of the above

35. Select the correct Synonym.

MUNDANE
a. Cheat
b. Ordinary
c. Soft Spoken
d. None of the above

36. Select the correct Synonym.

PAUCITY
a. Abundance
b. Rich
c. Scarcity
d. None of the above

37. Select the correct Synonym.

SACRILEGE
a. Ruthless
b. Sense
c. Defilement
d. None of the above

38. Select the correct Synonym.

SUNDRY
a. Rich
b. Moist
c. Several
d. None of the above

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39. Select the correct Synonym.

TRITE
a. Fresh
b. Stereotyped
c. Original
d. None of the above

40. Select the correct Synonym.

EXUBERANT
a. Uncertain
b. Introvert
c. Enthusiastic
d. None of the above

41. Select the correct word/phrase to fill in the blank.

The cost of all these articles ________ risen.
a. has
b. have
c. are
d. None of the above

42. Select the correct word/phrase to fill in the blank.

The purpose of all these chapters and tests _________ to teach you correct grammar.
a. are
b. were
c. is
d. None of the above

43. Select the correct word/phrase to fill in the blank.

The farmer ____ the potatoes before noon.
a. has dug
b. digged
c. dug
d. None of the above

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44. Select the correct word/phrase to fill in the blank.

The curtains ____ cover the windows.
a. would barely
b. wouldn't barely
c. would have not barely
d. None of the above

45. Select the correct word/phrase to fill in the blank.

You can't go _____.
a. nor
b. either
c. neither
d. None of the above

46. Select the correct article.

________ bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
a. A
b. An
c. The
d. None of the above

47. Select the correct article.

I met him at __________ church.
a. the
b. an
c. a
d. None of the above

48. Select the correct article.

_________ able man has not always a distinguished look.
a. The
b. A
c. An
d. None of the above

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49. Select the correct article.

Varansi is _________ holy city.
a. an
b. the
c. a
d. None of the above

50. Select the correct article.

Yesterday _______ European called at my office.
a. an
b. the
c. a
d. None of the above

51. Select the option which is grammatically correct.
a. I have been busy from morning
b. I have been busy as of morning
c. I have been busy since morning
d. None of the above

52. Select the option which is grammatically correct.
a. He said to me that book was not for me
b. He told to me that book was not for me
c. He told me that that book was not for me
d. None of the above

53. Select the option which is grammatically correct.
a. Both my daughters are alumni of Cliffbriar Women's College
b. Both my daughters are an alumni of Cliffbriar Women's College
c. Both my daughters are alumnae of Cliffbriar Women's College.
d. None of the above

54. Select the option which is grammatically correct.
a. The mother was eager to visit her married daughter
b. The mother was eager for visiting her married daughter.
c. The mother was eagerly to visit her married daughter.
d. None of the above
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55. Select the option which is grammatically correct.
a. Some people have a maniac for mountain climbing
b. Some people have a mania for mountain climbing
c. Some people have a mania to mountain climbing
d. None of the above

56. Select the correct verb form.

FLUFF
a. Fluff
b. Fluffy
c. Fluffily
d. None of the above

57. Select the correct verb form.

CLIMBING
a. Climbing
b. Climber
c. Climb
d. None of the above

58. Select the correct verb form.

KNITTED
a. Knitting
b. Knit
c. Knitter
d. None of the above

59. Select the correct verb form.

BREATHE
a. Breathe
b. Breathing
c. Breather
d. None of the above

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60. Select the correct verb form.

COMBUSTION
a. Combustible
b. Combustion
c. Combust
d. None of the above

61. Identify the correct option for the under lined clauses.

Consult your teacher that you may understand this point.
a. Adjective subordinate clause
b. Noun subordinate clause
c. Adverb subordinate clause
d. None of the above

62. Identify the correct option for the under lined clauses.

Do you know when it will rain?
a. Adjective subordinate clause
b. Noun subordinate clause
c. Adverb subordinate clause
d. None of the above

63. Identify the correct option for the under lined clauses.

The girl who came to see me is my neighbour.
a. Adjective subordinate clause
b. Adverb subordinate clause
c. Noun subordinate clause
d. None of the above

64. Identify the correct option for the under lined clauses.

Pearls, which are sold in India, come from Ceylon.
a. Adjective subordinate clause
b. Adverb subordinate clause
c. Noun subordinate clause
d. None of the above

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65. Identify the correct option for the under lined clauses.

Getting money from Raj is like getting meat from a lion.
a. Adjective subordinate clause
b. Adverb subordinate clause
c. Noun subordinate clause
d. None of the above

66. Select the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression.

Hand and glove
a. Spread quickly
b. On intimate terms
c. Get married
d. None of the above

67. Select the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression.

A cloud in one's brow
a. To be full of
b. Sufficient
c. Be in sorrow
d. None of the above

68. Select the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression.

Move heaven and earth
a. Very busy
b. Bound by love
c. Make every possible effort
d. None of the above

69. Select the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression.

Break bread
a. Extinguis
b. Eat food
c. Deserve
d. None of the above

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70. Select the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression.

His arms were trussed up in plaster
a. Arms and plaster go hand in hand
b. His arms were tied up in plaster
c. He had plaster on his arms
d. None of the above

71. Select the figure of speech used in the lines quoted below.

Let's just say that Ms Milton is not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.
a. Apostrophe
b. Paradox
c. Litotes
d. Chiasmus

72. Select the figure of speech used in the lines quoted below.

I had so much home work last night that I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home.
a. Onomatopoeia
b. Synecdoche
c. Pun
d. Hyperbole

73. Select the figure of speech used in the lines quoted below.

But the prisoner would not answer, he only lay with wide, dark, bright eyes, like a bound animal.
a. Metaphor
b. Euphemism
c. Oxymoron
d. Simile

74. Select the figure of speech used in the lines quoted below.

You have a lot of work to do, so I'll lend you a hand.
a. Assonance
b. Apostrophe
c. Synecdoche
d. Irony

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75. Select the figure of speech used in the lines quoted below.

We talked with each other about each other, though neither of us spoke.
a. Metonymy
b. Synecdoche
c. Personification
d. Paradox

76. Identify the quoted lines with the literary work.

"The music in my heart I bore..
a. Lucy Gray
b. The Solitary Reaper
c. The Daffodils
d. None of the above

77. Identify the quoted lines with the literary work.

"Just for a handful of silver he left us.. These are the opening lines of a poem, The Lost Leader. Who
is this Lost Leader?
a. Robert Southey
b. Lord Tennyson
c. William Wordsworth
d. Coleridge

78. Identify the quoted lines with the literary work.

"Was this the face that launched a thousand ships"?

Whose face is referred to in this line?
a. Juliet
b. Helen
c. Cleopatra
d. None of the above

79. Identify the quoted lines with the literary work.

"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires, in helping you to achieve it"
a. Paulo Coelho-Alchemist
b. Ayn Rand- Fountainhead
c. Ben Jonson- Volpone
d. None of the above
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80. Identify the quoted lines with the literary work.

"Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them."
a. Margaret Mitchell-Gone with the wind
b. The Holy Bible-Book of Job
c. Margaret Walker-Jubilee
d. None of the above

81. Select the correct answer.

Who wrote 'To Live or Not to Live'?
a. Anita Desai
b. Nirad C Chaudhari
c. Amitav Ghosh
d. None of the above

82. Select the correct answer.

Thomas Hardy's life and career are obliquely depicted in:-
a. Jude the Obscure
b. The Mayor of Casterbridge
c. The Return of The Native
d. None of the above

83. Select the correct answer.

Lord Voldemort is a character in:-
a. The Harry Potter Series
b. The Famous Five Series
c. The Hardy Boys Series
d. None of the above

84. Select the correct answer.

The Da Vinci code is written by:-
a. Robert Brown
b. Dan Brown
c. Robert Frost
d. None of the above

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85. Select the correct answer.

The movie 'Kai Po che' is based on Chetan Bhagat's novel _______.
a. Revolution 2020
b. One night @ the call center
c. 2 States
d. None of the above

86. Select the correct answer.

Hilary Mantel won the 2012 Booker prize for which of her novels?
a. Wolf Hall
b. Bring up the bodies
c. Swimming Home
d. None of the above

87. Select the correct answer.

Adolf Hitler's autobiography is titled:-
a. From fear to freedom
b. Mein Kampf
c. My land and my people
d. None of the above

88. Select the correct answer.

Puck, Titania, Lysander, Demetrius are characters from the play:-
a. A Midsummer Night's Dream
b. The Tempest
c. Othello
d. None of the above

89. Select the correct answer.

Which was the last play written by William Shakespeare?
a. The Winter's Tale
b. The Tempest
c. Cymbeline
d. None of the above

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90. Select the correct answer.

'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari' is written by:-
a. Robin Sharma
b. V.S. Naipaul
c. Jhumpa Lahiri
d. None of the above

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