Gce Model Questions Vol1 2019 Literature In English Question 39

Practice objective / multiple choice question 39 from the 2019 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Literature In English examination.

Gce Model Questions Vol1 2019 Literature In English Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 39 GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2019 • LITERATURE_IN_ENGLISH • objective

Consider the following excerpt from T. S. Eliot's *The Waste Land*: "I will show you fear in a handful of dust. / Here is the broken glass of a shattered world, / And the fresh water that runs over the stones, / Whispering of a new beginning." Identify two distinct images in the passage, then explain how their juxtaposition conveys the poem's theme of fragmentation and the possibility of renewal.

Answer Options

A. Image 1: dust and broken glass (emptiness); Image 2: fresh water over stones (stillness). Their juxtaposition implies a stagnant, unchanging landscape
Correct Answer B. Image 1: dust and broken glass (decay, fragmentation); Image 2: fresh water over stones (renewal). Their juxtaposition shows a broken world that still holds the promise of regeneration.
C. Image 1: dust and broken glass (chaos, destruction); Image 2: fresh water over stones (purity). Their juxtaposition conveys a conflict between violence and innocence
D. Image 1: dust and fresh water (decay, renewal); Image 2: broken glass over stones (fragmentation). Their juxtaposition suggests a static world lacking change
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
Image 1: dust and broken glass (decay, fragmentation); Image 2: fresh water over stones (renewal). Their juxtaposition shows a broken world that still holds the promise of regeneration.

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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2019 Literature In English Question 39. It is one of the objective questions from the 2019 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Literature In English examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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