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| 51. |
Who Is Teresa in the most recent version of Lurie s play? |
| A. | A middle-aged woman who cares for her father. |
| B. | A young and beautiful woman. |
| C. | A sickly dog. |
| D. | A vengeful spinster. |
| Answer» B. A young and beautiful woman. | |
| 52. |
When one of the women at the hearing rails against Lurie's behavior, what is the particular word used in reference to his relationship with Melanie that he feels is so inaccurate? |
| A. | Abuse. |
| B. | Manipulative. |
| C. | Immoral. |
| D. | Violent. |
| Answer» B. Manipulative. | |
| 53. |
To whom does Lurie write a letter about the attack on the farm? |
| A. | Mr. Isaacs. |
| B. | The police. |
| C. | Rosali |
| Answer» D. | |
| 54. |
Who does Lurie think of immediately after having been with Bev? |
| A. | Rosalind. |
| B. | Melanie Isaacs. |
| C. | Lucy. |
| D. | Soraya. |
| Answer» C. Lucy. | |
| 55. |
As Lurie is walking back to the farm, who does he physically attack? |
| A. | Petrus. |
| B. | A policeman who is there for questioning. |
| C. | Pollux. |
| D. | Ryan. |
| Answer» D. Ryan. | |
| 56. |
Who is it that comes to pick up Lurie at the hospital after he is treated? |
| A. | Ettinger. |
| B. | Bill Shaw. |
| C. | Petrus. |
| D. | Bev Shaw. |
| Answer» C. Petrus. | |
| 57. |
What has Lurie told Rosalind is a hobby, but in fact is something that "consumes" him? |
| A. | His opera. |
| B. | Selling vegetables at the market. |
| C. | His dog. |
| D. | Tutoring. |
| Answer» B. Selling vegetables at the market. | |
| 58. |
Towards the end of the hearing, what does Mathabane imply about Lurie's state of mind? |
| A. | That he is profoundly clear on the proceedings. |
| B. | That he is confusing fantasy and reality. |
| C. | That he is faking insanity. |
| D. | That it is not "crystal clear." |
| Answer» E. | |
| 59. |
What is the town in which Lucy lives? |
| A. | Salem. |
| B. | Cape Town. |
| C. | Oudtshoorn |
| D. | Kenton |
| Answer» B. Cape Town. | |
| 60. |
Hurtle Duffield was born into a ________ Australian family. |
| A. | middle-class |
| B. | bourgeois |
| C. | working class |
| D. | high-class |
| Answer» D. high-class | |
| 61. |
Who it that insists to Lurie that Petrus is a good man? |
| A. | Ettinger. |
| B. | Bev Shaw. |
| C. | Helen. |
| D. | Bill Shaw. |
| Answer» C. Helen. | |
| 62. |
For the first time, Hurtle Duffield meets a woman in the streets by the name of |
| A. | Hero Pavloussi |
| B. | Katherine Volkov |
| C. | Alfreda Courtney |
| D. | Nance Lightfoot |
| Answer» E. | |
| 63. |
Hurtle Duffield and Hero Pavloussi went on a pilgrimage to the sacred Island of Perialos in the |
| A. | Aegean Sea |
| B. | Arabian Sea |
| C. | Ionian Sea |
| D. | Mediterranean Sea |
| Answer» B. Arabian Sea | |
| 64. |
Hero Pavloussi was the wife of a / an |
| A. | Australian merchant |
| B. | Greek merchant |
| C. | European merchant |
| D. | American merchant |
| Answer» C. European merchant | |
| 65. |
In the start of Disgrace, the age of David Lurie was |
| A. | thirty- seven |
| B. | forty - two |
| C. | fifty - two |
| D. | fifty- seven |
| Answer» D. fifty- seven | |
| 66. |
The Courtneys adopt Hurtle Duffield to be Rhoda s _____ |
| A. | servant |
| B. | tutor |
| C. | companion |
| D. | competitor |
| Answer» D. competitor | |
| 67. |
Hurtle s greatest painting is called |
| A. | the Magnum Opus |
| B. | The Homage |
| C. | Rhoda |
| D. | The Vivisector |
| Answer» E. | |
| 68. |
The Vivisector was published in |
| A. | 1970 |
| B. | 1960 |
| C. | 1950 |
| D. | 1940 |
| Answer» B. 1960 | |
| 69. |
______ is a manipulative woman who also plays the piano. |
| A. | Rhoda Courtney |
| B. | Kathy Volkov |
| C. | Hero Pavloussi |
| D. | Alfreda Courtney |
| Answer» C. Hero Pavloussi | |
| 70. |
Hurtle s first love is _____, a prostitute. |
| A. | Kathy |
| B. | Hero |
| C. | Nance |
| D. | Olivia |
| Answer» D. Olivia | |
| 71. |
After his stroke, Hurtle becomes partially |
| A. | blind |
| B. | paralysed |
| C. | deaf |
| D. | amnesiac |
| Answer» C. deaf | |
| 72. |
Hurtle enlists into the army during |
| A. | World War I |
| B. | World War II |
| C. | The Spanish War |
| D. | the Korean War |
| Answer» B. World War II | |
| 73. |
Hurtle has a series of affairs with women he cannot love because |
| A. | all these women are ugly |
| B. | he is afraid falling in love would be too consuming |
| C. | he enjoys the company of many women |
| D. | he cannot settle for just one woman |
| Answer» C. he enjoys the company of many women | |
| 74. |
Hurtle s inspiration for his art was |
| A. | the chaos of World War I |
| B. | his poverty-ridden childhood |
| C. | his many lovers |
| D. | other great artists |
| Answer» D. other great artists | |
| 75. |
What has become of Kareisha, Nazruddin's daughter whom Salim feared he might have to marry? |
| A. | Kareisha has left the family and moved to America. |
| B. | Kareisha is married to a British man and has four children. |
| C. | Kareisha has gone to India and will marry a doctor. |
| D. | Kareisha, Nazruddin's daughter, has become a pharmacist. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 76. |
Nance Lightfoot dies when she |
| A. | is killed by a gunman |
| B. | meets with a traffic accident |
| C. | falls to the rocks below Hurtle s shack |
| D. | poisoned by Hurtle s mother |
| Answer» D. poisoned by Hurtle s mother | |
| 77. |
Hurtle completes his masterpiece with the help of his prot g , |
| A. | Hero Pavloussi |
| B. | Cecil Cutbush |
| C. | Boo Hollingrake |
| D. | Don Lethbridge |
| Answer» E. | |
| 78. |
The Vivisector was awarded the _____ in 1973. |
| A. | Pulitzer Prize |
| B. | Nobel Prize |
| C. | Booker Prize |
| D. | Reader s Choice |
| Answer» C. Booker Prize | |
| 79. |
After seeing the vivisected dog, Alfreda comments that There s nothing so inhuman as a _____ . |
| A. | dog |
| B. | vivisectionist |
| C. | human being |
| D. | man |
| Answer» D. man | |
| 80. |
The word, vivisection means |
| A. | dissection while still alive |
| B. | stuffed and preserved after death |
| C. | dissection after death |
| D. | tortured to death |
| Answer» B. stuffed and preserved after death | |
| 81. |
What happens to Gertrude at the end of the novel? |
| A. | She commits suicide |
| B. | She returned to Ndotsheni |
| C. | She returns to prostitution |
| D. | She became a nun |
| Answer» D. She became a nun | |
| 82. |
Hurtle was _____ from his real parents by the Courtneys. |
| A. | stolen |
| B. | bought |
| C. | kidnapped |
| D. | taken by force |
| Answer» C. kidnapped | |
| 83. |
The Vivisector is written by |
| A. | Patrick White |
| B. | Alan Paton |
| C. | Chinua Echebe |
| D. | V.S. Naipaul |
| Answer» B. Alan Paton | |
| 84. |
Hurtle Duffield was sold for _____ pounds to the Courtneys by his parents. |
| A. | 1000 |
| B. | 100 |
| C. | 750 |
| D. | 500 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 85. |
Hurtle Duffield suffered _____ towards the end of his life. |
| A. | a heart attack |
| B. | a stroke |
| C. | a vehicle accident |
| D. | a fall |
| Answer» C. a vehicle accident | |
| 86. |
White dedicates his novel The Vivisector to Sidney Nolan, a ____ |
| A. | vivisectionist |
| B. | painter |
| C. | politician |
| D. | writer |
| Answer» C. politician | |
| 87. |
James Jarvis and Stephen Kumalo have both lost their sons. In what way is this signifigant? |
| A. | The two sons were executed together as co-defendants |
| B. | Kumalo's son murdered Jarvis' son |
| C. | They both died in the same traffic accident |
| D. | They were both shot by police in a protest against the racial injustices present in South Africa |
| Answer» D. They were both shot by police in a protest against the racial injustices present in South Africa | |
| 88. |
After Stephen Kumalo has returned to Ndotsheni at the end of the novel, who offers him assistance in revitalizing the village? |
| A. | a neighboring village |
| B. | UNICEF |
| C. | Jarvis |
| D. | the church |
| Answer» D. the church | |
| 89. |
Stephen Kumalo's sister Gertrude has been supporting herself via illegal means. From which of the following criminal enterprises did she earn her livelihood? |
| A. | extortion |
| B. | counterfeiting money |
| C. | selling illegal alcohol |
| D. | robbery |
| Answer» D. robbery | |
| 90. |
On the day Absolom is scheduled to be executed, Stephen Kumalo goes into the mountains around Ndotsheni to pray. Who does he meet while there? |
| A. | the village chief |
| B. | his wife |
| C. | James Jarvis |
| D. | Arthur Jarvis |
| Answer» D. Arthur Jarvis | |
| 91. |
After returning to Ndotsheni, Stephen Kumalo encounters Arthur Jarvis' son. Later, as a result of his conversation with the boy, the Jarvis farm sends a gift to the village. What is this gift? |
| A. | rice for the people |
| B. | grain for the cows |
| C. | milk for the children |
| D. | seed for the planters |
| Answer» D. seed for the planters | |
| 92. |
Msimangu confides his fear that "by the time the white man learns to love, the black man will have _______________." ? |
| A. | lost all hope |
| B. | mostly died out |
| C. | turned to violence |
| D. | learned to hate |
| Answer» E. | |
| 93. |
Napoleon Letsitsi, an agricultural expert hired by James Jarvis to assist the people of Ndotsheni, states that he works for whom? |
| A. | the people of Africa |
| B. | the people who pay his salary |
| C. | the villagers of Ndotsheni |
| D. | the nation of South Africa |
| Answer» B. the people who pay his salary | |
| 94. |
When Stephen Kumalo returns from Johannesburg to Ndotsheni, he brings two people with him. Who are these people? |
| A. | his son Absolom and his wife |
| B. | his sister Gertrude and his son Absolom's wife |
| C. | his sister Gertrude's son and his son Absolom's wife |
| D. | his sister Gertrude and her son |
| Answer» D. his sister Gertrude and her son | |
| 95. |
Stephen first travels by bus from his native district to what city? |
| A. | Fordsburg |
| B. | Ixopo |
| C. | Johannesburg |
| D. | Springs |
| Answer» D. Springs | |
| 96. |
Obsession over what substance has led many people into a frenzy over the state of their stocks in Cry, the Beloved Country? |
| A. | Coal |
| B. | Gold |
| C. | Oil |
| D. | Opals |
| Answer» C. Oil | |
| 97. |
What does Stephen learn about his sister Gertrude when he visits the mission? |
| A. | She has become a nanny for a white family. |
| B. | She has become a prostitute. |
| C. | She has been sent to prison. |
| D. | She has died from a mysterious illness. |
| Answer» C. She has been sent to prison. | |
| 98. |
What natural phenomenon does Alan Paton use to symbolize the wounded African culture? |
| A. | A flock of red birds so thick that it obscures the sun from view |
| B. | Deep cracks appearing in the parched red earth |
| C. | The birth of a baby with pronounced red birth marks covering its torso |
| D. | The erosion of the red soil, which colors the rivers blood red |
| Answer» E. | |
| 99. |
What is the outcome of Absalom's trial? |
| A. | He is found guilty and sentenced to life in solitary confinement. |
| B. | He is found guilty and sentenced to death. |
| C. | He is found not guilty and set free. |
| D. | His trial is found to be corrupt and must be rescheduled. |
| Answer» C. He is found not guilty and set free. | |
| 100. |
What prevents John Harrison from understanding or imitating the ideals of Arthur Jarvis? |
| A. | John believes that Arthur's son killed his brother. |
| B. | John disagrees with Arthur's religious views. |
| C. | John regards Arthur as too much of a dreamer. |
| D. | John's family is entrenched in a bitter feud with Arthur's family. |
| Answer» D. John's family is entrenched in a bitter feud with Arthur's family. | |