SS2 First Term Literature in English Past Questions And Answers

Here are 20 SS2 Literature in English questions with options and answers:

 

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

 

A) Wole Soyinka

B) Chinua Achebe

C) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

D) Buchi Emecheta

Answer: B) Chinua Achebe

Question: In Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth,” who is known for saying the famous line “Out, damn spot!”?

 

A) Lady Macbeth

B) Macduff

C) Macbeth

D) Banquo

Answer: A) Lady Macbeth

Question: What literary device is often used to create a contrast between two things by placing them next to each other?

 

A) Simile

B) Metaphor

C) Oxymoron

D) Alliteration

Answer: C) Oxymoron

Question: In George Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” which animal represents the working class?

 

A) Napoleon

B) Boxer

C) Snowball

D) Old Major

Answer: B) Boxer

Question: Who wrote the play “Death and the King’s Horseman”?

 

A) Wole Soyinka

B) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

C) Athol Fugard

D) Chinua Achebe

Answer: A) Wole Soyinka

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

 

A) Love and Loss

B) Magical Realism

C) Political Intrigue

D) War and Peace

Answer: B) Magical Realism

Question: In Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” which character is known for their pride?

 

A) Elizabeth Bennet

B) Mr. Darcy

C) Jane Bennet

D) Mr. Bingley

Answer: B) Mr. Darcy

Question: What literary term is defined as the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

 

A) Simile

B) Onomatopoeia

C) Alliteration

D) Hyperbole

Answer: C) Alliteration

Question: Who wrote the play “The Glass Menagerie”?

 

A) Arthur Miller

B) Tennessee Williams

C) Eugene O’Neill

D) August Wilson

Answer: B) Tennessee Williams

Question: In J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series, what is the name of Harry’s pet owl?

 

A) Hedwig

B) Crookshanks

C) Scabbers

D) Fawkes

Answer: A) Hedwig

Question: What is the literary term for a play on words that suggests two or more meanings?

 

A) Irony

B) Hyperbole

C) Pun

D) Allegory

Answer: C) Pun

Question: Who is the author of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”?

 

A) J.D. Salinger

B) Harper Lee

C) F. Scott Fitzgerald

D) John Steinbeck

Answer: B) Harper Lee

Question: In William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies,” what do the boys use to call for rescue?

 

A) Conch shell

B) Signal fire

C) Drums

D) Radio transmitter

Answer: A) Conch shell

Question: Who wrote the classic epic poem “The Iliad”?

 

A) Virgil

B) Homer

C) Ovid

D) Sophocles

Answer: B) Homer

Question: What is the setting of Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights”?

 

A) London

B) Paris

C) Yorkshire Moors

D) Rome

Answer: C) Yorkshire Moors

Question: Which character is the protagonist in Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”?

 

A) Gregor Samsa

B) Josef K.

C) Raskolnikov

D) Holden Caulfield

Answer: A) Gregor Samsa

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

 

A) Civil Rights Movement

B) Coming of Age

C) War and Peace

D) Political Intrigue

Answer: B) Coming of Age

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

 

A) W.B. Yeats

B) T.S. Eliot

C) Robert Frost

D) Langston Hughes

Answer: B) T.S. Eliot

Question: In the play “A Raisin in the Sun,” what is the significance of the check the Younger family receives?

 

A) Life insurance payout

B) Inheritance

C) Lottery winnings

D) Employment bonus

Answer: B) Inheritance

Question: Who is the author o

f the novel “1984”?

 

A) Aldous Huxley

B) George Orwell

C) Ray Bradbury

D) Margaret Atwood

Answer: B) George Orwell