SS2 second Term literature in english past questions and answers

SS2 second Term literature in english past questions and answers

Literature in English questions for SS2 with options and answers:

Question: What is the central theme of William Golding's "Lord of the Flies"?

A) Survival

B) Adventure

C) Friendship

D) Exploration

Answer: A) Survival

Question: Who is the author of the poem "The Waste Land"?

A) T.S. Eliot

B) Robert Frost

C) Langston Hughes

D) Sylvia Plath

Answer: A) T.S. Eliot

Question: In Jane Austen's "Emma," what is the occupation of Emma Woodhouse's father?

A) Doctor

B) Lawyer

C) Merchant

D) Landowner

Answer: D) Landowner

Question: Which literary device involves giving human characteristics to non-human entities?

A) Simile

B) Metaphor

C) Personification

D) Symbolism

Answer: C) Personification

Question: In Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "Love in the Time of Cholera," who are the main characters separated by circumstances for most of their lives?

A) Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza

B) Santiago Nasar and Angela Vicario

C) Aureliano Buendía and Amaranta Ursula

D) Colonel Aureliano Buendía and Renata Remedios

Answer: A) Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza

Question: Who wrote the novel "The Catcher in the Rye"?

A) J.D. Salinger

B) F. Scott Fitzgerald

C) Ernest Hemingway

D) Harper Lee

Answer: A) J.D. Salinger

Question: What is the title of Chinua Achebe's novel that explores the effects of British colonialism in Nigeria?

A) No Longer at Ease

B) Arrow of God

C) Anthills of the Savannah

D) Things Fall Apart

Answer: D) Things Fall Apart

Question: In Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet," which family does Romeo belong to?

A) Montague

B) Capulet

C) Verona

D) Benvolio

Answer: A) Montague

Question: What is the genre of the novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley?

A) Dystopian Fiction

B) Historical Fiction

C) Mystery

D) Romance

Answer: A) Dystopian Fiction

Question: In the novel "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," who is the author?

A) Fyodor Dostoevsky

B) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

C) Leo Tolstoy

D) Anton Chekhov

Answer: B) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Question: What is the main theme of William Shakespeare's sonnets?

A) Love

B) Nature

C) War

D) Politics

Answer: A) Love

Question: In Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," what is the name of Atticus Finch's daughter?

A) Scout

B) Jem

C) Boo

D) Mayella

Answer: A) Scout

Question: Who wrote the play "A Doll's House"?

A) Henrik Ibsen

B) Anton Chekhov

C) Tennessee Williams

D) Arthur Miller

Answer: A) Henrik Ibsen

Question: In the novel "The Grapes of Wrath," who is the author?

A) John Steinbeck

B) F. Scott Fitzgerald

C) Ernest Hemingway

D) Harper Lee

Answer: A) John Steinbeck

Question: What is the title of the dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury that depicts a future society where books are banned?

A) Fahrenheit 451

B) 1984

C) Brave New World

D) The Hunger Games

Answer: A) Fahrenheit 451

Question: Who is the author of the novel "Beloved"?

A) Toni Morrison

B) Maya Angelou

C) Zora Neale Hurston

D) Alice Walker

Answer: A) Toni Morrison

Question: In J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," what is the name of the protagonist?

A) Frodo Baggins

B) Samwise Gamgee

C) Bilbo Baggins

D) Aragorn

Answer: C) Bilbo Baggins

Question: Who wrote the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray"?

A) Oscar Wilde

B) Virginia Woolf

C) James Joyce

D) F. Scott Fitzgerald

Answer: A) Oscar Wilde

Question: In Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights," what is the name of Heathcliff's love interest?

A) Catherine Earnshaw

B) Jane Eyre

C) Elizabeth Bennet

D) Emma Woodhouse

Answer: A) Catherine Earnshaw

Question: What is the central theme of George Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant"?

A) Imperialism

B) Nature

C) Love

D) Justice

Answer: A) Imperialism