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