Quiz: Knowledge check - 1

• English - Irony
• Secondary Education
• Age 12,13

Quiz: Knowledge check 1

Identify the irony

Identify the situation where this ironic statement can be used:
“I absolutely love waiting in long lines!”

1. Said in frustration after discovering a flat tire.
2. Said to someone whose presentation was poorly done.
3. Said sarcastically while waiting in a long queue.
4. Said during a torrential downpour when the speaker is clearly not pleased.

Which among the given options is
NOT
an example of situational irony?

1. A police officer receives a speeding fine.
2. A doctor who is always sick
3. A rat infestation at the Department of Sanitation.
4. A doctor who treats sick people.

Which line from the poem “How Doth the Little Crocodile” by Lewis Carroll contains verbal irony?

1. “Improve his shining tail,”
2. “And pour the waters of the Nile”
3. “How cheerfully he seems to grin,”
4. “And welcomes little fishes in With gently smiling jaws!”