SS1 First Term Literature In English Past Questions And Answers

Question: Who is the author of the novel “Things Fall Apart”?

 

A) Wole Soyinka

B) Chinua Achebe

C) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

D) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Answer: B) Chinua Achebe

Question: In William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet,” which family does Romeo belong to?

 

A) Montague

B) Capulet

C) Verona

D) Medici

Answer: A) Montague

Question: What is the central theme of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”?

 

A) Love and betrayal

B) Social injustice and inequality

C) Environmental conservation

D) Technological advancements

Answer: B) Social injustice and inequality

Question: Who is the protagonist in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”?

 

A) Scout Finch

B) Atticus Finch

C) Jem Finch

D) Boo Radley

Answer: A) Scout Finch

Question: In the play “Macbeth,” what does Macbeth see before he murders King Duncan?

 

A) A ghost

B) A dagger

C) A crown

D) A raven

Answer: B) A dagger

Question: Who wrote the poem “The Road Not Taken”?

 

A) Robert Frost

B) Langston Hughes

C) Maya Angelou

D) Emily Dickinson

Answer: A) Robert Frost

Question: What is the title of the novel by J.D. Salinger that features the character Holden Caulfield?

 

A) The Catcher in the Rye

B) To Kill a Mockingbird

C) 1984

D) Lord of the Flies

Answer: A) The Catcher in the Rye

Question: Who is the author of the play “Death of a Salesman”?

 

A) Tennessee Williams

B) Arthur Miller

C) Eugene O’Neill

D) Lorraine Hansberry

Answer: B) Arthur Miller

Question: In Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” what is the name of the scientist who creates the monster?

 

A) Victor Frankenstein

B) Henry Clerval

C) Robert Walton

D) Igor

Answer: A) Victor Frankenstein

Question: Which African country is the setting for Chinua Achebe’s “Arrow of God”?

 

A) Nigeria

B) Kenya

C) South Africa

D) Ghana

Answer: A) Nigeria

Question: In William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies,” who becomes the leader of the boys stranded on the island?

A) Ralph

B) Jack

C) Piggy

D) Simon

Answer: A) Ralph

Question: What is the genre of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude”?

A) Science Fiction

B) Magical Realism

C) Historical Fiction

D) Mystery

Answer: B) Magical Realism

Question: Who wrote the play “Othello”?

A) William Shakespeare

B) Christopher Marlowe

C) John Milton

D) Thomas Kyd

Answer: A) William Shakespeare

Question: In Chinua Achebe’s “No Longer at Ease,” what is the occupation of the protagonist, Obi Okonkwo?

A) Doctor

B) Lawyer

C) Teacher

D) Government official

Answer: D) Government official

Question: What is the central theme of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”?

A) The American Dream

B) Time travel

C) War and peace

D) Science and technology

Answer: A) The American Dream

Question: Who is the author of the play “A Raisin in the Sun”?

A) August Wilson

B) Lorraine Hansberry

C) Langston Hughes

D) Zora Neale Hurston

Answer: B) Lorraine Hansberry

Question: In J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” what is the name of the main protagonist?

A) Frodo Baggins

B) Bilbo Baggins

C) Aragorn

D) Legolas

Answer: B) Bilbo Baggins

Question: Who wrote the poem “The Waste Land”?

A) W.B. Yeats

B) T.S. Eliot

C) Ezra Pound

D) Emily Dickinson

Answer: B) T.S. Eliot

Question: What is the setting of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Love in the Time of Cholera”?

A) Mexico

B) Colombia

C) Argentina

D) Peru

Answer: B) Colombia

Question: Who is the author of the play “The Importance of Being

Earnest”?

A) Oscar Wilde

B) George Bernard Shaw

C) Samuel Beckett

D) James Joyce

Answer: A) Oscar Wilde