SS1 Second Term Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Question: What is the main conflict in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”?

A) Love and betrayal

B) Political corruption

C) Religious hysteria and witch trials

D) Environmental degradation

Answer: C) Religious hysteria and witch trials

 

Question: In George Orwell’s “1984,” what is the oppressive ruling party called?

A) The Brotherhood

B) The Rebels

C) The Thought Police

D) The Inner Party

Answer: D) The Inner Party

 

Question: Who wrote the novella “Heart of Darkness”?

A) Joseph Conrad

B) Herman Melville

C) Edgar Allan Poe

D) F. Scott Fitzgerald

Answer: A) Joseph Conrad

 

Question: What is the title of the novel by J.K. Rowling that introduces the character Harry Potter?

A) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

B) The Half-Blood Prince

C) The Goblet of Fire

D) The Chamber of Secrets

Answer: A) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

 

Question: In Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis,” what does the protagonist, Gregor Samsa, turn into?

A) A giant insect

B) A vampire

C) A ghost

D) A werewolf

Answer: A) A giant insect

 

Question: Who is the author of the play “Long Day’s Journey into Night”?

A) Arthur Miller

B) Eugene O’Neill

C) Tennessee Williams

D) Samuel Beckett

Answer: B) Eugene O’Neill

 

Question: What is the central theme of Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God”?

A) The Harlem Renaissance

B) Racial segregation

C) Feminism and self-discovery

D) The Roaring Twenties

Answer: C) Feminism and self-discovery

 

Question: Who wrote the dystopian novel “Brave New World”?

A) Ray Bradbury

B) Aldous Huxley

C) George Orwell

D) Isaac Asimov

Answer: B) Aldous Huxley

 

Question: In J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye,” what is Holden Caulfield’s iconic red hunting hat a symbol of?

A) Rebellion

B) Innocence

C) Wisdom

D) Conformity

Answer: A) Rebellion

 

Question: Who is the author of the play “The Glass Menagerie”?

A) Arthur Miller

B) Tennessee Williams

C) Eugene O’Neill

D) Lorraine Hansberry

Answer: B) Tennessee Williams

 

Question: What is the setting of Jane Austen’s novel “Pride and Prejudice”?

A) France

B) Italy

C) England

D) Spain

Answer: C) England

 

Question: Who wrote the poem “The Raven”?

A) Edgar Allan Poe

B) Emily Dickinson

C) Walt Whitman

D) Robert Frost

Answer: A) Edgar Allan Poe

 

Question: In Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451,” what does the title number represent?

A) The boiling point of water

B) The ideal room temperature

C) The temperature at which books burn

D) The freezing point of mercury

Answer: C) The temperature at which books burn

 

Question: Who is the author of the play “The Cherry Orchard”?

A) Anton Chekhov

B) Henrik Ibsen

C) August Strindberg

D) George Bernard Shaw

Answer: A) Anton Chekhov

 

Question: What is the main theme of Maya Angelou’s autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?

A) The Civil Rights Movement

B) Women’s suffrage

C) Coming of age and racism

D) World War II

Answer: C) Coming of age and racism

 

Question: In Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea,” what does the old man catch after an epic struggle?

A) Marlin

B) Shark

C) Tuna

D) Swordfish

Answer: A) Marlin

 

Question: Who wrote the play “The Taming of the Shrew”?

A) William Shakespeare

B) Christopher Marlowe

C) Ben Jonson

D) John Webster

Answer: A) William Shakespeare

 

Question: What is the central theme of Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five”?

A) Time travel

B) World War II

C) Environmentalism

D) Existentialism

Answer: B) World War II

 

Question: Who is the author of the play “Waiting for Godot”?

A) Samuel Beckett

B) Harold Pinter

C) Eugene Ionesco

D) Tom Stoppard

Answer: A) Samuel Beckett

 

Question: In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Chronicle of a Death Foretold,” what event is foretold and becomes the central focus of the narrative?

A) A wedding

B) A funeral

C) A birthday celebration

D) A revolution

Answer: A) A wedding

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