Consider the following excerpt for questions 1-5:

(1) The moment Scrooge’s hand was on the lock, a strange voice called him by his name, and bade him enter. (2) He obeyed. (3) It was his own room. There was no doubt about that. But it had undergone a surprising transformation. (4) The walls and ceiling were so hung with living green, that it looked a perfect grove; from every part of which, bright gleaming berries glistened. (5) The crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe, and ivy reflected back the light, as if so many little mirrors had been scattered there; and such a mighty blaze went roaring up the chimney, as that dull petrification of a hearth had never known in Scrooge’s time, or Marley’s, or for many and many a winter season gone. (6) Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints of meat, sucking-pigs, long wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, barrels of oysters, red-hot chestnuts, cherry-cheeked apples, juicy oranges, luscious pears, immense twelfth-cakes, and seething bowls of punch, that made the chamber dim with their delicious steam. (7) In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see; who bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plenty’s horn, and held it up, high up, to shed its light on Scrooge, as he came peeping round the door. 

(8)  “Come in!” exclaimed the Ghost. “Come in! and know me better, man!”

(9) Scrooge entered timidly, and hung his head before this Spirit. He was not the dogged Scrooge he had been; and though the Spirit’s eyes were clear and kind, he did not like to meet them. 

(10)  “I am the Ghost of Christmas Present,” said the Spirit. “Look upon me!”  

(10) Scrooge reverently did so. It was clothed in one simple green robe, or mantle, bordered with white fur. (11) This garment hung so loosely on the figure, that its capacious breast was bare, as if disdaining to be warded or concealed by any artifice. (12) Its feet, observable beneath the ample folds of the garment, were also bare; and on its head it wore no other covering than a holly wreath, set here and there with shining icicles. (13) Its dark brown curls were long and free; free as its genial face, its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice, its unconstrained demeanour, and its joyful air. (14)  Girded round its middle was an antique scabbard; but no sword was in it, and the ancient sheath was eaten up with rust. 

Excerpt from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 

1. The above passage is written in which perspective?

First perspective

Second perspective

Third perspective, objective

Third perspective, limited

Third perspective, Omniscient 

2. The statement “and ivy reflected back the light, as if so many little mirrors had been scattered there,” (sentence 5) contains an example of

Allegory

Simile

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor 

3. In sentence 7 “easy” is best interpreted to mean

Uncomplicated

Relaxed

Gullible

Plain

Polite

4. Sentences 11 and 12 are important because they show that the spirit is 

Confident and unrestrained 

Prudent and meek

Angry and threatening

Childish and playful

Cold and uncaring 

5. The passage primarily suggests 

The Spirit is warm and inviting, but Scrooge feels intimidated and nervous.

The Spirit is warm and inviting, and Scrooge feels calm and focused.

The Spirit is big and fearsome, but Scrooge feels friendly and relaxed.

The Spirit is big and fearsome, and Scrooge feels afraid and unsure.

None of the above

Key:

C

B

B

A

A