SLST English (9-10) Mock Test 11

1. In Wordsworth’s “She dwelt among the untrodden ways,” Lucy’s beauty is compared to “A star, when only one / Is shining in the ___.”

2. In “Ode to the West Wind,” what will happen if the poet’s prayer is answered and the wind becomes his spirit?

3. The phrase “Fast fading violets cover’d up in leaves” in “Ode to a Nightingale” is part of a list of things the poet:

4. In “Ulysses,” the phrase “the ringing plains of windy Troy” is a reference to:

5. In “The Last Ride Together,” the speaker muses, “What does it all mean, poet? Well, / Your brains beat into rhythm, you tell / What we felt only.” This suggests that the poet’s art is:

6. The “spectre-grey” frost in “The Darkling Thrush” contributes to the poem’s atmosphere of:

7. The poet in “The Wild Swans at Coole” finds that looking at the swans has what effect on his heart?

8. The line “With a thousand pains that vision’s face was grained” in “Strange Meeting” suggests that the dead soldier’s face:

9. What is the one thing the Traveller leaves behind at the house in “The Listeners”?

10. What is a “Humour” in the context of “Comedy of Humours,” a genre related to “She Stoops to Conquer”?

11. Raina’s “lie” to her mother about the “chocolate cream soldier” is an example of:

12. What is the final word spoken in Galsworthy’s “Justice”?

13. In “The Lagoon,” Diamelen’s illness is characterized by:

14. The narrator of “The Lotos-Eater” initially agrees to Wilson’s plan, thinking it is a:

15. The platinum fob chain Della buys is described as being “like him. Quietness and value.” This suggests Jim’s character is:

16. In “The Ox,” the mother’s refusal to buy her sons new boots, instead forcing them to wear their father’s old ones, symbolizes her:

17. Charles Lamb’s essay “Dream Children” is subtitled “A Reverie,” which means:

18. According to L.A. Hill, the phrase “to explore every avenue” is an example of a/an:

19. The Lucy poem “A slumber did my spirit seal” is notable for its:

20. The final two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet are called a:

21. Find the error: This book is (a) / superior than (b) / that one (c). / No error (d).

22. Change the voice: “Why do you waste time?”

23. Change into indirect speech: The boy said, “Sir, may I come in?”

24. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition: He is devoid ___ common sense.

25. The idiom “to take to one’s heels” means:

26. Find the error: Ten miles are (a) / a long distance (b) / to walk (c). / No error (d).

27. “One who is present everywhere” is called:

28. A ‘climax’ in rhetoric is the arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of:

29. Choose the correct sentence:

30. What is the plural of ‘thief’?

31. Transform into a simple sentence: The man who is wearing a blue shirt is my brother.

32. The feminine of ‘author’ is:

33. Replace the underlined part with one word: A person who looks at the dark side of things.

34. Fill in the blank with the correct article: He is ___ one-eyed man.

35. The antonym of ‘Victory’ is:

36. Select the correctly spelt word.

37. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb ‘run into’?

38. The sentence “You can go wherever you like” contains:

39. An ‘allegory’ is a story with a hidden:

40. Add a suitable question tag: You will come tomorrow, ___?

41. “He is as strong as a lion” is an example of a/an:

42. The synonym of ‘Benign’ is:

43. Fill in the blank: Neither he nor his friends ___ arrived.

44. Change the voice: “The students are decorating the stage.”

45. “Free verse” is poetry that does not have:

46. The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations, is called:

47. Find the error: It was him (a) / who came (b) / running into the house (c). / No error (d).

48. What is the meaning of the idiom ‘to make both ends meet’?

49. Change into an interrogative sentence: He will never forget my kindness.

50. The abstract noun of ‘wise’ is:

51. “Connotation” refers to:

52. In “Ode to the West Wind,” the line “A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed” refers to:

53. The adjective form of ‘friend’ is:

54. Select the correct sentence.

55. A ‘motif’ in a literary work is a:

56. Split into two simple sentences: He was a soldier, and he was not afraid of death.

57. Change into indirect speech: She said, “Thank you.”

58. The comparative degree of ‘much’ is:

59. Fill in the blank: The cattle ___ grazing in the field.

60. A ‘paradox’ is a statement that: