SS2 Third Term Literature In English Past Questions And Answers

 

20 SS2 Third Term Literature in English questions with options and answers:

 

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

 

A) Chinua Achebe

B) Elechi Amadi

C) Wole Soyinka

D) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Answer: B) Elechi Amadi

Question: In “Things Fall Apart,” what role does Ikemefuna play in Okonkwo’s household?

 

A) Chief Priest

B) Houseboy

C) Son

D) Oracle

Answer: B) Houseboy

Question: Who wrote the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”?

 

A) T.S. Eliot

B) Robert Frost

C) Langston Hughes

D) W.B. Yeats

Answer: A) T.S. Eliot

Question: What literary device involves a direct comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”?

 

A) Metaphor

B) Simile

C) Personification

D) Hyperbole

Answer: B) Simile

Question: In “The Lion and the Jewel,” who is the village belle that both Lakunle and Baroka desire?

 

A) Sidi

B) Sadiku

C) Sarumi

D) Segi

Answer: A) Sidi

Question: What is the central theme of the novel “A Man of the People” by Chinua Achebe?

 

A) Political Corruption

B) Forbidden Love

C) Family Dynamics

D) Environmental Conservation

Answer: A) Political Corruption

Question: Identify the literary device where the author hints at events that will occur later in the story.

 

A) Foreshadowing

B) Flashback

C) Allusion

D) Symbolism

Answer: A) Foreshadowing

Question: Who is the main character in the play “The Gods Are Not to Blame” by Ola Rotimi?

 

A) Odewale

B) Sango

C) Oya

D) Esu

Answer: A) Odewale

Question: What is the central theme of the novel “Disgrace” by J.M. Coetzee?

 

A) Redemption

B) Colonialism

C) Post-apartheid South Africa

D) Animal Rights

Answer: C) Post-apartheid South Africa

Question: In the play “The Glass Menagerie,” who is the protagonist’s overbearing mother?

 

A) Amanda

B) Laura

C) Tom

D) Jim

Answer: A) Amanda

Question: What is the main conflict in the novel “Purple Hibiscus” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?

 

A) Man vs. Nature

B) Man vs. Society

C) Man vs. Self

D) Man vs. Technology

Answer: C) Man vs. Self

Question: Who wrote the play “The Burden”?

 

A) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

B) Wole Soyinka

C) Ola Rotimi

D) Athol Fugard

Answer: C) Ola Rotimi

Question: In the poem “If We Must Die” by Claude McKay, what is the speaker urging his fellow oppressed individuals to do?

 

A) Emigrate

B) Surrender

C) Fight courageously

D) Accept their fate

Answer: C) Fight courageously

Question: What is the main theme of the novel “The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born” by Ayi Kwei Armah?

 

A) Corruption

B) Love and Betrayal

C) Colonialism

D) Family Ties

Answer: A) Corruption

Question: Who is the author of the play “The Black Hermit”?

 

A) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

B) Wole Soyinka

C) James Ene Henshaw

D) Femi Osofisan

Answer: C) James Ene Henshaw

Question: What is the central theme of the novel “Anthills of the Savannah” by Chinua Achebe?

 

A) Friendship

B) Political Power

C) Urbanization

D) Environmental Conservation

Answer: B) Political Power

Question: In “The Old Man and the Sea,” what does Santiago catch after a long struggle at sea?

 

A) Marlin

B) Tuna

C) Shark

D) Swordfish

Answer: A) Marlin

Question: Who is the author of the poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”?

 

A) Dylan Thomas

B) W.B. Yeats

C) Robert Frost

D) Langston Hughes

Answer: A) Dylan Thomas

Question: What is the primary theme of the play “Antigone” by Sophocles?

 

A) The Power of Fate

B) Forbidden Love

C) Family Loyalty

D) Political Intrigue

Answer: C) Family Loyalty

Question: In “The Concubine,” what is the super natural ability possessed by Ihuoma?

 

A) Invisibility

B) Telepathy

C) Healing

D) Shape-shifting

Answer: C) Healing.