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LITERATURE IN ENGLISH SS2
Contributed by: Onosue
  • 1. A novel Invisible man was written by -------
A) Ralph Ellison
B) Langston )Hughes
C) Wole Soyinka
D) Chinua Achebe
  • 2. The narrator in invisible man describes himself as invisible because ---- .
A) he is a ghost
B) society refuses to recognize him
C) he hides from people
D) he cannot be seen physically
  • 3. The novel mainly discusses --
A) Adventure
B) war
C) Love and marriage
D) Racial discrimination
  • 4. The narrator receives a scholarship after-------.
A) his speech at the battle royal
B) winning a race
C) passing an exam
D) fighting a teacher
  • 5. The narrator attended ---
A) Oxford University
B) Yale university
C) Harvard universit
D) A southern Black college
  • 6. Dr Bledsoe in the novel is ----
A) A student leader.
B) A teacher
C) A doctor in a hospital (d)
D) A college president
  • 7. Th e narrator travels to ----
A) Boston
B) Atlanta
C) New York
D) Chicago
  • 8. In new York, the narrator work in --- ----
A) A schools
B) A bank
C) A hospital
D) A paint factory
  • 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 was forced
B) he needs money
C) he wants power
D) he believes in their cause
  • 11. The factory where the narrator works is ----
A) Bright colour
B) America paint
C) liberty paint
D) freedom factory
  • 12. The major theme of the novel is ---
A) Romance
B) family unity
C) friendship
D) identity
  • 13. The narrator finally realizes that ------- (a (b) (c) power is to obtain (d) e
A) society manipulate him
B) he is rich
C) power is easy to obtain
D) educatateion is useless
  • 14. 13.
    At the end of the novel, the narrator ---
A) return to school
B) lives in the under ground room
C) becomes the president
D) leaves America
  • 15. The underground room is filled with-----
A) paint
B) book
C) light bulb
D) water
  • 16. The narrator steals electricity from --- (a)
A) the factory
B) the government
C) the brotherhood
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) protagonist
B) hero
C) antagonist
D) Narrato
  • 19. The main character in a literary work is called -----
A) minorcharacter
B) foil
C) protagonist
D) antagonist
  • 20. A story that teaches a moral lesson is known as -----
A) parody
B) satire
C) sonnet
D) fables
  • 21. The time and place of a story is known as ------
A) conflict
B) a) plot
C) ;l,'/setting
D) theme
  • 22. The sequence of event in a story is ------
A) ,plot
B) theme
C) tone
D) climax
  • 23. The returning point of a story is known as ---
A) resolution
B) introduction
C) climax
D) setting
  • 24. A figure speech that compares two things using “ like” or as” is called ---
A) ;simile
B) hyperbole
C) irony
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) symbolism
B) imagery
C) personification
D) allegory
  • 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) setting
B) irony
C) ] conflict
D) tone
  • 29. Words that create mental picture for the reader are called-------
A) irony
B) imagery
C) satire
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) epic
B) satire
C) elegy
D) pun
  • 32. 33.
    A long narrative poem about heroic deed is called -----(a) (b) (c) (d)
A) ode
B) ballad
C) lyric
D) epic
  • 33. 34.
    The poet’s choice of words is -----
A) diction
B) tone
C) mood
D) theme
  • 34. The three genre of literature are :
A) prose drama and poem
B) drama , novel and prose
C) drama poetry and novel
D) prose poetry and drama
  • 35. 36.
    A play that ends on a sad note is -----
A) comedy
B) tragedy
C) melodrama
D) )farce
  • 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) he is like a lion
D) nothing is permanent but change
  • 38. A long narrative poem about heroic deed is-----
A) epic
B) ballad
C) ode
  • 39. A poem of fourteen lines is called ---
A) ballad
B) sonnet
C) elegy
D) ode
  • 40. the repetition of the same vowel sounds in a line of a poem is ---
A) onomatopoeia
B) assonance
C) euphemism
D) simile
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