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