SS3 Second Term Literature In English Past Questions And Answers

 

SS3 Second Term Literature in English questions with options and answers:

 

Question: Who wrote the play “The Importance of Being Earnest”?

 

A) Oscar Wilde

B) George Bernard Shaw

C) William Shakespeare

D) Anton Chekhov

Answer: A) Oscar Wilde

 

Question: In the novel “Heart of Darkness,” who is the protagonist?

 

A) Marlow

B) Kurtz

C) Mr. Ivory

D) The Manager

Answer: A) Marlow

 

Question: What literary term involves giving human characteristics to non-human entities or objects?

 

A) Simile

B) Metaphor

C) Personification

D) Irony

Answer: C) Personification

 

Question: Who wrote the play “A Raisin in the Sun”?

 

A) Lorraine Hansberry

B) August Wilson

C) Tennessee Williams

D) Arthur Miller

Answer: A) Lorraine Hansberry

 

Question: In the novel “Brave New World,” what is the name of the drug that induces a sense of euphoria?

 

A) Soma

B) Huxleydol

C) Euphorix

D) Blissitol

Answer: A) Soma

 

Question: What literary term refers to the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words?

 

A) Alliteration

B) Assonance

C) Consonance

D) Rhyme

Answer: A) Alliteration

 

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

 

A) T.S. Eliot

B) W.B. Yeats

C) Ezra Pound

D) Robert Frost

Answer: A) T.S. Eliot

 

Question: In the play “The Glass Menagerie,” what is the name of the narrator’s sister?

 

A) Amanda

B) Laura

C) Tom

D) Jim

Answer: B) Laura

 

Question: What literary term refers to a figure of speech in which contradictory terms are combined for effect?

 

A) Oxymoron

B) Paradox

C) Hyperbole

D) Irony

Answer: A) Oxymoron

 

Question: Who is the author of the novel “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich”?

 

A) Leo Tolstoy

B) Fyodor Dostoevsky

C) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

D) Anton Chekhov

Answer: C) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

 

Question: In the play “The Crucible,” what historical event is allegorically represented?

 

A) The American Revolution

B) The French Revolution

C) The Salem Witch Trials

D) The Industrial Revolution

Answer: C) The Salem Witch Trials

 

Question: Who is the author of the novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray”?

 

A) Oscar Wilde

B) Mary Shelley

C) Bram Stoker

D) Jane Austen

Answer: A) Oscar Wilde

 

Question: What literary term refers to a hint or suggestion of what is to come in a story?

 

A) Irony

B) Symbolism

C) Foreshadowing

D) Allegory

Answer: C) Foreshadowing

 

Question: In the novel “The Great Gatsby,” who is the mysterious millionaire host of extravagant parties?

 

A) Tom Buchanan

B) Nick Carraway

C) Jay Gatsby

D) Daisy Buchanan

Answer: C) Jay Gatsby

 

Question: Who wrote the poem “The Second Coming”?

 

A) W.B. Yeats

B) T.S. Eliot

C) Robert Frost

D) Langston Hughes

Answer: A) W.B. Yeats

 

Question: What literary term involves the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities?

 

A) Metaphor

B) Simile

C) Symbolism

D) Allegory

Answer: C) Symbolism

 

Question: In the play “A Doll’s House,” who is the main character who challenges societal norms?

 

A) Nora Helmer

B) Torvald Helmer

C) Krogstad

D) Mrs. Linde

Answer: A) Nora Helmer

 

Question: Who is the author of the novel “The Catcher in the Rye”?

 

A) J.D. Salinger

B) Ernest Hemingway

C) F. Scott Fitzgerald

D) Mark Twain

Answer: A) J.D. Salinger

 

Question: What is the central theme of the poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”?

 

A) Love

B) Death

C) Nature

D) Time

Answer: B) Death

 

Question: In the play “Twelfth Night,” who is Viola disguised as for most of the play?

 

A) Olivia

B) Cesario

C) Orsino

D) Malvolio

Answer: B) Cesario.