Literature in English post UTME past questions and answers

Literature in English post UTME past questions and answers

Here they are;

Who wrote the novel "Moby-Dick," a story about the relentless pursuit of a white whale named Moby-Dick?

a) Charles Dickens

b) Nathaniel Hawthorne

c) Herman Melville

d) Edgar Allan Poe

In which Shakespearean play does the character Lady Macbeth famously say, "Out, damned spot!"?

a) "Othello"

b) "Macbeth"

c) "Hamlet"

d) "Romeo and Juliet"

What is the term for a literary work that satirizes or mocks its subject, often with the aim of social or political criticism?

a) Parody

b) Sonnet

c) Fable

d) Epic

Who is the author of the classic novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?

a) Mark Twain

b) Henry James

c) F. Scott Fitzgerald

d) Emily Dickinson

In George Orwell's "Animal Farm," what does the character Napoleon represent?

a) A wise philosopher

b) A corrupt dictator

c) A heroic rebel

d) A loyal farmer

What is the famous opening line of Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice"?

a) "Call me Ishmael."

b) "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

c) "In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."

d) "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

In "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde, what ages while Dorian Gray remains youthful?

a) A portrait

b) His soul

c) His intelligence

d) His body

Who is the author of the science fiction novel "1984" that depicts a dystopian totalitarian society?

a) Aldous Huxley

b) George Orwell

c) Isaac Asimov

d) Ray Bradbury

In the novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, what is the name of the drug that keeps the citizens in a state of contentment?

a) Soma

b) Elixir

c) Prozac

d) Blissitol

What is the title of the classic novel by J.D. Salinger about the young protagonist Holden Caulfield?

a) "The Catcher in the Rye"

b) "The Sun Also Rises"

c) "The Grapes of Wrath"

d) "The Great Gatsby"

Which Greek epic poem is attributed to the blind poet Homer and tells the story of the Trojan War?

a) "The Iliad"

b) "The Odyssey"

c) "The Aeneid"

d) "The Epic of Gilgamesh"

In Charlotte Brontë's novel "Jane Eyre," who is the brooding and enigmatic master of Thornfield Hall?

a) Mr. Rochester

b) Mr. Darcy

c) Mr. Bingley

d) Mr. Wickham

What is the term for a brief and witty statement or observation often expressing a universal truth?

a) Simile

b) Metaphor

c) Epiphany

d) Aphorism

Which Shakespearean play features the famous line, "To be or not to be, that is the question"?

a) "Othello"

b) "Macbeth"

c) "Hamlet"

d) "Romeo and Juliet"

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," what is the symbol of the American Dream?

a) The green light

b) The Valley of Ashes

c) Gatsby's mansion

d) The Buchanans' estate

Who wrote the Gothic novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"?

a) Emily Brontë

b) Mary Shelley

c) Anne Radcliffe

d) Bram Stoker

In "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, what is the name of the district where Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark come from?

a) District 1

b) District 12

c) District 9

d) Capitol

What term is used to describe the central character in a literary work who undergoes a significant change?

a) Protagonist

b) Antagonist

c) Dynamic character

d) Flat character

Who is the author of the novel "The Grapes of Wrath," which explores the hardships of the Joad family during the Great Depression?

a) F. Scott Fitzgerald

b) John Steinbeck

c) Ernest Hemingway

d) William Faulkner

In "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, what does the little prince's drawing of a boa constrictor swallowing an elephant reveal?

a) His artistic talent

b) His imagination

c) His wisdom

d) His loneliness