LITERATURE IN ENGLISH SS2 - Quiz
  • 1. A novel Invisible man was written by -------
A) Wole Soyinka
B) Chinua Achebe
C) Ralph Ellison
D) Langston )Hughes
  • 2. The narrator in invisible man describes himself as invisible because ---- .
A) society refuses to recognize him
B) he cannot be seen physically
C) he hides from people
D) he is a ghost
  • 3. The novel mainly discusses --
A) Adventure
B) Love and marriage
C) war
D) Racial discrimination
  • 4. The narrator receives a scholarship after-------.
A) his speech at the battle royal
B) passing an exam
C) winning a race
D) fighting a teacher
  • 5. The narrator attended ---
A) A southern Black college
B) Oxford University
C) Yale university
D) Harvard universit
  • 6. Dr Bledsoe in the novel is ----
A) A doctor in a hospital (d)
B) A college president
C) A student leader.
D) A teacher
  • 7. Th e narrator travels to ----
A) Boston
B) Atlanta
C) Chicago
D) New York
  • 8. In new York, the narrator work in --- ----
A) A schools
B) A hospital
C) A paint factory
D) A bank
  • 9. The “Brotherhood represent --- .
A) A religious group
B) A sport team
C) A school club
D) political organisation
  • 10. The narrator joins the brotherhood because: (a) (b) (c) (d)
A) he needs money
B) he wants power
C) he was forced
D) he believes in their cause
  • 11. The factory where the narrator works is ----
A) America paint
B) Bright colour
C) freedom factory
D) liberty paint
  • 12. The major theme of the novel is ---
A) family unity
B) identity
C) friendship
D) Romance
  • 13. The narrator finally realizes that ------- (a (b) (c) power is to obtain (d) e
A) society manipulate him
B) educatateion is useless
C) power is easy to obtain
D) he is rich
  • 14. 13.
    At the end of the novel, the narrator ---
A) lives in the under ground room
B) becomes the president
C) return to school
D) leaves America
  • 15. The underground room is filled with-----
A) water
B) paint
C) book
D) light bulb
  • 16. The narrator steals electricity from --- (a)
A) the power company,
B) the factory
C) the brotherhood
D) the government
  • 17. The title invisible man symbolizes -----
A) social invisibility and lack of identity
B) magic power
C) supernatural event
D) physical invisibility
  • 18. A character that opposes the main character is called ----
A) antagonist
B) Narrato
C) hero
D) protagonist
  • 19. The main character in a literary work is called -----
A) foil
B) antagonist
C) minorcharacter
D) protagonist
  • 20. A story that teaches a moral lesson is known as -----
A) satire
B) parody
C) sonnet
D) fables
  • 21. The time and place of a story is known as ------
A) theme
B) a) plot
C) ;l,'/setting
D) conflict
  • 22. The sequence of event in a story is ------
A) climax
B) ,plot
C) tone
D) theme
  • 23. The returning point of a story is known as ---
A) introduction
B) resolution
C) setting
D) climax
  • 24. A figure speech that compares two things using “ like” or as” is called ---
A) irony
B) ;simile
C) hyperbole
D) metaphor
  • 25. A direct comparison without using “ like” or as” is called ------
A) metaphor
B) personification
C) simile
D) paradox
  • 26. When no n – human things are given human qualities, it is called ---
A) allegory
B) personification
C) symbolism
D) imagery
  • 27. The central message of or idea of a literary work is called ---
A) character
B) theme
C) conflict
D) plot
  • 28. A struggle between opposing forces in literature is called --
A) ] conflict
B) setting
C) irony
D) tone
  • 29. Words that create mental picture for the reader are called-------
A) imagery
B) satire
C) irony
D) alliteration
  • 30. Repetition of consonant sound at the beginning of a word is ----
A) assonance
B) alliteration
C) metaphor
  • 31. 32.
    A work that ridicules human weakness is called ---- (a) (b (c) (d)
A) satire
B) elegy
C) pun
D) epic
  • 32. 33.
    A long narrative poem about heroic deed is called -----(a) (b) (c) (d)
A) ode
B) lyric
C) epic
D) ballad
  • 33. 34.
    The poet’s choice of words is -----
A) mood
B) diction
C) tone
D) theme
  • 34. The three genre of literature are :
A) prose poetry and drama
B) prose drama and poem
C) drama poetry and novel
D) drama , novel and prose
  • 35. 36.
    A play that ends on a sad note is -----
A) melodrama
B) )farce
C) comedy
D) tragedy
  • 36. 37.
    Literature is divided into -----
A) 4
B) 2
C) 6
D) 3
  • 37. 38.
    ----- is a metaphor
A) nothing is permanent but change
B) he is like a lion
C) he is a lion
D) he needs more hands for the feast (d)
  • 38. A long narrative poem about heroic deed is-----
A) epic
B) ballad
C) ode
  • 39. A poem of fourteen lines is called ---
A) ode
B) ballad
C) elegy
D) sonnet
  • 40. the repetition of the same vowel sounds in a line of a poem is ---
A) simile
B) onomatopoeia
C) euphemism
D) assonance
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