ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did he feel when the arrows pricked him?
A
Like needles pricking him
B
Like someone was tickling him.
C
Like he was twitching
D
Like he was dead
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -◊ If tears prick your eyes, you begin to feel tears in your eyes. 3. [+ object] : to make (someone) feel guilt, shame, regret, etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -phrasal verb. If someone pricks up their ears or if their ears prick up, they listen eagerly when they suddenly hear an interesting sound or an important piece of information.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Prick of conscience” is a phrase to express feelings of guilt in both English and Korean. Particularly in South Korea, guilt is metaphorically associated with a sense of touch by pricking.

Detailed explanation-4: -/prɪk/ to make a very small hole or holes in the surface of something, sometimes in a way that causes pain: Prick the skin of the potatoes with a fork before baking them. She pricked the balloon with a pin and it burst with a loud bang.

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