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Three Types Of Irony
Test Description: Identifying three types of irony. Q uestions from: http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=types-irony_1 By Joellewright on March 16, 2010
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1) You are walking down the street and you find a penny but you do not pick it up, when you try to take the bus you are missing a penny and you have to walk.
A
situational irony
B
no irony
C
dramatic irony
D
verbal irony
2) You work at a fire extinguisher factory, when you get home your house is on fire and you don't have one.
A
situational irony
B
verbal irony
C
no irony
D
dramatic irony
3) In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, Oedipus searches to find the murderer of the former king of Thebes, only to discover that it is himself, a fact the audience has known all along.
A
situational irony
B
dramatic irony
C
verbal irony
D
no irony
4) A patient is at the dentist and just as the dentist is about to give him a shot in the mouth to numb him, the patient says, Wow, this is going to be fun!
A
no irony
B
situational irony
C
dramatic irony
D
verbal irony
5) In the movie The Truman Show, the viewer is aware that Truman is on a television show, but Truman himself only gradually learns this.
A
situational irony
B
no irony
C
verbal irony
D
dramatic irony
6) The roads become icy and snowy, so school is closed.
A
verbal irony
B
no irony
C
situational irony
D
dramatic irony
7) A woman is nervous about attending a wedding due to being single, She however goes and there meets her future husband.
A
verbal irony
B
dramatic irony
C
situational irony
D
no irony
8) Someone referring to someone's son-in-law as their 'favorite', when in fact that is far from the truth.
A
situational irony
B
verbal irony
C
no irony
D
dramatic irony
9) The local fire station burns down.
A
no irony
B
verbal irony
C
situational irony
D
dramatic irony
10) A movie you are watching shows a woman jogging in the woods. The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in wait down the path where the woman is jogging.
A
situational irony
B
verbal irony
C
no irony
D
dramatic irony
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