LITERATURE IN ENGLISH SS2 - Quiz
  • 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 hides from people
B) society refuses to recognize him
C) he is a ghost
D) he cannot be seen physically
  • 3. The novel mainly discusses --
A) war
B) Racial discrimination
C) Love and marriage
D) Adventure
  • 4. The narrator receives a scholarship after-------.
A) his speech at the battle royal
B) passing an exam
C) fighting a teacher
D) winning a race
  • 5. The narrator attended ---
A) Harvard universit
B) Yale university
C) Oxford University
D) A southern Black college
  • 6. Dr Bledsoe in the novel is ----
A) A doctor in a hospital (d)
B) A student leader.
C) A teacher
D) A college president
  • 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 schools
D) A paint factory
  • 9. The “Brotherhood represent --- .
A) political organisation
B) A school club
C) A religious group
D) A sport team
  • 10. The narrator joins the brotherhood because: (a) (b) (c) (d)
A) he needs money
B) he wants power
C) he believes in their cause
D) he was forced
  • 11. The factory where the narrator works is ----
A) liberty paint
B) freedom factory
C) Bright colour
D) America paint
  • 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) power is easy to obtain
B) society manipulate him
C) he is rich
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) leaves America
D) becomes the president
  • 15. The underground room is filled with-----
A) book
B) light bulb
C) water
D) paint
  • 16. The narrator steals electricity from --- (a)
A) the factory
B) the brotherhood
C) the power company,
D) the government
  • 17. The title invisible man symbolizes -----
A) magic power
B) supernatural event
C) physical invisibility
D) social invisibility and lack of identity
  • 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) foil
C) protagonist
D) minorcharacter
  • 20. A story that teaches a moral lesson is known as -----
A) parody
B) fables
C) sonnet
D) satire
  • 21. The time and place of a story is known as ------
A) a) plot
B) theme
C) conflict
D) ;l,'/setting
  • 22. The sequence of event in a story is ------
A) theme
B) tone
C) climax
D) ,plot
  • 23. The returning point of a story is known as ---
A) climax
B) introduction
C) setting
D) resolution
  • 24. A figure speech that compares two things using “ like” or as” is called ---
A) hyperbole
B) ;simile
C) metaphor
D) irony
  • 25. A direct comparison without using “ like” or as” is called ------
A) personification
B) metaphor
C) simile
D) paradox
  • 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) character
B) conflict
C) theme
D) plot
  • 28. A struggle between opposing forces in literature is called --
A) setting
B) tone
C) ] conflict
D) irony
  • 29. Words that create mental picture for the reader are called-------
A) alliteration
B) irony
C) satire
D) imagery
  • 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) pun
C) epic
D) satire
  • 32. 33.
    A long narrative poem about heroic deed is called -----(a) (b) (c) (d)
A) epic
B) lyric
C) ode
D) ballad
  • 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) prose drama and poem
B) drama poetry and novel
C) drama , novel and prose
D) prose poetry and drama
  • 35. 36.
    A play that ends on a sad note is -----
A) tragedy
B) comedy
C) melodrama
D) )farce
  • 36. 37.
    Literature is divided into -----
A) 2
B) 6
C) 4
D) 3
  • 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) ode
B) ballad
C) epic
  • 39. A poem of fourteen lines is called ---
A) elegy
B) ode
C) ballad
D) sonnet
  • 40. the repetition of the same vowel sounds in a line of a poem is ---
A) onomatopoeia
B) simile
C) assonance
D) euphemism
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