Literature in english NABTEB exam past questions and answers

Literature in english NABTEB exam past questions and answers

Here they are;

Question: In George Orwell's "1984," what is the name of the oppressive government ruling the dystopian society?

a) The Authority

b) The Regime

c) The Party

d) The Dominion

Answer: c) The Party

Question: Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"?

a) Charles Dickens

b) William Shakespeare

c) Jane Austen

d) F. Scott Fitzgerald

Answer: b) William Shakespeare

Question: What is the central theme of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

a) Love and Betrayal

b) Coming of Age

c) War and Peace

d) Racial Injustice

Answer: d) Racial Injustice

Question: In Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," what is the name of the scientist who creates the creature?

a) Dr. Jekyll

b) Dr. Frankenstein

c) Dr. Moreau

d) Dr. Hyde

Answer: b) Dr. Frankenstein

Question: Who is the author of "Pride and Prejudice"?

a) Charlotte Brontë

b) Emily Brontë

c) Jane Austen

d) Virginia Woolf

Answer: c) Jane Austen

Question: What is the setting of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"?

a) Narnia

b) Middle-earth

c) Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

d) Neverland

Answer: c) Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Question: In F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," what symbol represents the elusive American Dream?

a) The green light

b) The yellow car

c) The Valley of Ashes

d) The mansion

Answer: a) The green light

Question: Which dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury depicts a future society where books are banned?

a) "Fahrenheit 451"

b) "Brave New World"

c) "The Handmaid's Tale"

d) "The Hunger Games"

Answer: a) "Fahrenheit 451"

Question: What is the name of the magical land in C.S. Lewis's "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"?

a) Wonderland

b) Narnia

c) Oz

d) Middle-earth

Answer: b) Narnia

Question: Who wrote the poem "The Road Not Taken"?

a) Robert Frost

b) Langston Hughes

c) Emily Dickinson

d) Walt Whitman

Answer: a) Robert Frost

Question: In which novel does the character Holden Caulfield narrate his experiences in New York City?

a) "To Kill a Mockingbird"

b) "Catcher in the Rye"

c) "The Grapes of Wrath"

d) "One Hundred Years of Solitude"

Answer: b) "Catcher in the Rye"

Question: Who is the protagonist of "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien?

a) Frodo Baggins

b) Bilbo Baggins

c) Aragorn

d) Legolas

Answer: b) Bilbo Baggins

Question: Which Shakespearean tragedy features the character Othello?

a) "Hamlet"

b) "Othello"

c) "Macbeth"

d) "King Lear"

Answer: b) "Othello"

Question: What is the title of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel that tells the multi-generational story of the Buendía family?

a) "One Hundred Years of Solitude"

b) "Love in the Time of Cholera"

c) "Chronicle of a Death Foretold"

d) "The Autumn of the Patriarch"

Answer: a) "One Hundred Years of Solitude"

Question: Who wrote the dystopian novel "Brave New World"?

a) Aldous Huxley

b) George Orwell

c) Ray Bradbury

d) Philip K. Dick

Answer: a) Aldous Huxley

Question: In the novel "The Catcher in the Rye," what is Holden Caulfield's signature expression?

a) "All that glitters is not gold"

b) "Catcher in the Rye"

c) "The world is a stage"

d) "The glass is half empty"

Answer: b) "Catcher in the Rye"

Question: What is the title of Emily Brontë's only novel?

a) "Jane Eyre"

b) "Wuthering Heights"

c) "Sense and Sensibility"

d) "Pride and Prejudice"

Answer: b) "Wuthering Heights"

Question: In Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible," what historical event serves as the backdrop for the story?

a) The French Revolution

b) The Salem Witch Trials

c) The American Civil War

d) The Renaissance

Answer: b) The Salem Witch Trials

Question: Who wrote the classic science fiction novel "Dune"?

a) Isaac Asimov

b) Arthur C. Clarke

c) Frank Herbert

d) H.G. Wells

Answer: c) Frank Herbert

Question: In "Lord of the Flies," what is the name of the conch shell used as a symbol of authority?

a) Neptune's Conch

b) Poseidon's Shell

c) The Coral Conch

d) The Piggy Conch

Answer: c) The Coral Conch