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