### Literature in English: Senior Secondary 2 - 1st Term Examination #### Section 1:
Multiple Choice Questions (30 Questions) 1. What is the primary theme of William
Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"? A) Friendship B) Betrayal C) Love and conflict D)
Ambition 2. In which period was "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen published? A)
Victorian Era B) Georgian Era C) Edwardian Era D) Modern Era 3. Who wrote the poem "If
—"? A) W. B. Yeats B) Robert Frost C) Rudyard Kipling D) T. S. Eliot 4. Which of the
following is a characteristic of a tragedy? A) Happy ending B) Comic relief C) Hero's
downfall D) Light-hearted tone 5. In "The Tempest," who is the rightful Duke of Milan? A)
Caliban B) Ferdinand C) Alonso D) Prospero 6. What type of poem is "The Road Not Taken"
by Robert Frost? A) Sonnet B) Limerick C) Free verse D) Narrative poem 7. Which
character is the protagonist in "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe? A) Nwoye B) Obierika
C) Okonkwo D) Ekwefi 8. What literary device is primarily used in the phrase "deafening
silence"? A) Simile B) Hyperbole C) Oxymoron D) Metaphor 9. Which poem features the
lines "Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me"? A) "Do Not Go Gentle
into That Good Night" B) "The Waste Land" C) "Because I could not stop for Death" D) "The
Road Not Taken" 10. What does the term "bildungsroman" refer to? A) A play B) A coming-
of-age novel C) A tragic poem D) An epic 11. In George Orwell's "Animal Farm," what is the
main allegorical reference? A) Totalitarianism B) Capitalism C) Democracy D)
Environmentalism 12. Who is the famous author of the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred
Prufrock"? A) T. S. Eliot B) E. E. Cummings C) Langston Hughes D) John Keats 13. What
narrative style is employed in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald? A) First person B)
Second person C) Third person omniscient D) Stream of consciousness 14. Which of the
following works is a major novel of the Harlem Renaissance? A) "Their Eyes Were
Watching God" B) "Wuthering Heights" C) "Moby Dick" D) "Frankenstein" 15. The phrase
"all the world's a stage" is spoken by which character in "As You Like It"? A) Jaques B)
Orlando C) Rosalind D) Touchstone 16. Who wrote the famous line “To be or not to be: that
is the question”? A) Christopher Marlowe B) William Shakespeare C) John Milton D)
Benjamin Jonson 17. The literary term "foreshadowing" refers to: A) A comparison
between two unlike things B) Hints of what is to come in the story C) The central idea of a
literary work D) An exaggeration for effect 18. Which of the following novels features the
character Holden Caulfield? A) "The Catcher in the Rye" B) "To Kill a Mockingbird" C) "East
of Eden" D) "Of Mice and Men" 19. What is the primary setting of "Lord of the Flies"? A) A
city B) An island C) A school D) A forest 20. In poetry, the term "iambic pentameter" refers
to: A) A type of rhyme scheme B) A specific line length C) A repeated phrase D) A pattern of
repetition 21. Which of the following is a major characteristic of Romantic literature? A)
Focus on reason B) Emphasis on nature and emotion C) Preferring the urban over the rural
D) Formal structure and restraint 22. In "A Doll's House," who is Nora's husband? A)
Krogstad B) Dr. Rank C) Torvald Helmer D) Nils Krogstad 23. What style of writing is
characterised by extreme detail and a focus on characters' psychology? A) Naturalism B)
Magical realism C) Minimalism D) Modernism 24. In which type of literary work would you
find an ode? A) A narrative B) A drama C) A lyric poem D) A biography 25. The character
Lady Macbeth appears in which Shakespearean play? A) Othello B) Macbeth C) Julius
Caesar D) Hamlet 26. Who wrote the epic poem "Paradise Lost"? A) John Bunyan B) John
Milton C) Geoffrey Chaucer D) Robert Browning 27. Which of the following is a hallmark of
modernist literature? A) A focus on the outsider B) The use of rhyme and meter C) An
optimistic worldview D) A celebration of nature 28. In "The Crucible," what societal issue is
highlighted through the Salem witch trials? A) Racism B) Mass hysteria and paranoia C)
Economic inequality D) Gender roles 29. Who is the author of the famous work "Beloved"?
A) Toni Morrison B) Maya Angelou C) Alice Walker D) Zora Neale Hurston 30. Which of the
following is a key concept in feminist literary criticism? A) Universal truth B) Gender
representation C) Historical context D) Structuralism --- #### Section 2: Essay Questions
(5 Questions) 1. Discuss the significance of the setting in any novel you have studied this
term. How does it contribute to the overall themes and character development within the
story? 2. Analyse the role of the protagonist in a play of your choice. How do their actions
drive the plot forward, and what do they reveal about human nature? 3. Explore the theme
of love in two different literary works. Compare and contrast how love is depicted by the
different authors. 4. Examine the use of symbolism in a poem or prose work you have
studied this term. What are the main symbols, and what do they represent in the context of
the work? 5. Critically evaluate the portrayal of social issues in any short story you have
read. How does the author address these issues, and what message do they convey through
their narrative? --- These examination questions encompass a broad understanding of
literature and literary analysis expected at the Senior Secondary level while engaging
students' critical thinking and comprehension skills.
