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