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This section includes 116 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in English (M.A. English) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The poem ________ describes the modernization of the capital city as a form of historicalchange from a natural landscape to a city scape. |
| A. | tranquerah (1985) |
| B. | myths for the wilderness (1976) |
| C. | i of the many faces (1960) |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. myths for the wilderness (1976) | |
| 2. |
________ is a ritual ceremony of singing, drumming, dancing and spirit- possessionbrought over from Africa to the New World by slaves. |
| A. | kumina |
| B. | komina |
| C. | kimona |
| D. | barbados |
| Answer» B. komina | |
| 3. |
The poem ________ depicts the struggle against the colonial language, literature andculture. |
| A. | new york |
| B. | nigeria |
| C. | negus |
| D. | africa |
| Answer» D. africa | |
| 4. |
____________ is the first novel written in English by Khaled Hosseini.90. The Kite Runner tells the story of ________, the narrator and protagonist. |
| A. | the kite runner |
| B. | thousand splendid suns |
| C. | and the mountains echoed |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. thousand splendid suns | |
| 5. |
Our Country’s Good by ________________, is a play that begins in the hold of the vesselSirius, a convict ship. |
| A. | timberlake wertenbaker |
| B. | margaret laurence |
| C. | margaret atwood |
| D. | chinua achebe |
| Answer» B. margaret laurence | |
| 6. |
_______________ is a history play based on real events that took place in the 18thCentury among the first convicts transported from England to Australian penal colonies. |
| A. | our country’s good (1988) |
| B. | our good country (1988) |
| C. | our good’s country (1988) |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. our good country (1988) | |
| 7. |
The novel takes its title from W. B Yeats’ poem titled ________________. |
| A. | easter 1916 |
| B. | second coming |
| C. | september 1930 |
| D. | among the school children |
| Answer» C. september 1930 | |
| 8. |
Chinua Achebe’s ________________ is a classic portrayal of colonial encounter. |
| A. | arrow of god |
| B. | things fall apart |
| C. | the kite runner |
| D. | our country’s good |
| Answer» C. the kite runner | |
| 9. |
A House for Mr. Biswas was written by ____________.84. A House for Mr. Biswas was published in _______. |
| A. | the road |
| B. | the lion and the jewel |
| C. | the stone angel |
| D. | hayavadana |
| Answer» B. the lion and the jewel | |
| 10. |
___________ draws inspiration from a 1940 novella by Thomas Mann called TheTransposed Heads. |
| A. | hayavadana |
| B. | the road |
| C. | our country’s good |
| D. | the stone angel |
| Answer» B. the road | |
| 11. |
Whose use of the Female Chorus as Padmini’s mask is a novel feature in the maskingtradition of India? |
| A. | moraes |
| B. | karnad |
| C. | vijay tendulkar |
| D. | a. k ramanujan |
| Answer» C. vijay tendulkar | |
| 12. |
The ________ is one of the best-known works of Brathwaite.cultural locations and identities. |
| A. | hybridity |
| B. | ambivalence |
| C. | mimicry |
| D. | binary opposition |
| Answer» C. mimicry | |
| 13. |
Who proposes the idea of ‘mimicry’ (in Of Mimicry and Man), the disciplined imitationof the white man by the native? |
| A. | bhabha |
| B. | edward said |
| C. | spivak |
| D. | stuart hall |
| Answer» B. edward said | |
| 14. |
________ has generated a new form of colonial domination, often termed66. The Wretched of the Earth (1963) is written by ___________. |
| A. | franz fanon |
| B. | homi k bhabha |
| C. | foucault |
| D. | edward said |
| Answer» C. foucault | |
| 15. |
Derek Walcott’s _______________________, is a poem written in his perspective of theCaribbean in the nineteenth century. |
| A. | journey into the interior |
| B. | house and land |
| C. | ruins of a great house |
| D. | what if i live in a house made by idiots? |
| Answer» D. what if i live in a house made by idiots? | |
| 16. |
“Ruins of a Great House” is a poem written by ___________. |
| A. | brathwaite |
| B. | derek walcott |
| C. | allen curnow |
| D. | david diop |
| Answer» C. allen curnow | |
| 17. |
The ________ referred to in “The Journey into the Interior” is the psyche of the poetess. |
| A. | exterior |
| B. | interior |
| C. | journey |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. journey | |
| 18. |
Atwood’s “The Journey into the Interior” is a ___________. |
| A. | monologue |
| B. | dramatic monologue |
| C. | elegy |
| D. | epic |
| Answer» B. dramatic monologue | |
| 19. |
_____________ is a prolific Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, andenvironmental activist. |
| A. | margaret lawrence |
| B. | margaret anne |
| C. | margaret atwood |
| D. | anna ben |
| Answer» D. anna ben | |
| 20. |
___________ is a poem that focusses on the European influences upon Aboriginal life, aswell as the oppression and death that the European population brought with them. |
| A. | australia |
| B. | aboriginal australia |
| C. | africa |
| D. | new york |
| Answer» C. africa | |
| 21. |
____________ is an autobiography of Jack Davis’ childhood. |
| A. | a boy’s life (1991) |
| B. | a girl’s life (1991) |
| C. | a son’s life (1991) |
| D. | a daughter’s life (1991) |
| Answer» B. a girl’s life (1991) | |
| 22. |
____________is a representative of Australian geography, history, society and governmentduring British rule. |
| A. | house and land |
| B. | aboriginal australia |
| C. | australia |
| D. | africa |
| Answer» D. africa | |
| 23. |
___________ is A. D Hope’s first collection of verse. |
| A. | the wandering islands (1955) |
| B. | the wasteland (1922) |
| C. | the wonderland (1955) |
| D. | the wander island (1954) |
| Answer» B. the wasteland (1922) | |
| 24. |
In “House and Land”, _________ is hopelessly obsessed with her past and the futureappears to hold no hope. |
| A. | the historian |
| B. | cowman |
| C. | mrs. wilson |
| D. | mr. wilson |
| Answer» D. mr. wilson | |
| 25. |
In the poem “House and Land”, _______ stands as a symbol of hope and redemption. |
| A. | ee tiang |
| B. | allen curnow |
| C. | brathwaite |
| D. | hashmi |
| Answer» B. allen curnow | |
| 26. |
In David Diop’s “Africa”, the poet hopes to create a renewed Africa out of the bitterexperiences of __________. |
| A. | colonialism |
| B. | nationalism |
| C. | postcolonialism |
| D. | anti-nationalism |
| Answer» B. nationalism | |
| 27. |
Through the poem ________, the poet attacks the world’s theory that Africa does notpossess a history. |
| A. | new york |
| B. | africa |
| C. | negus |
| D. | arrival |
| Answer» C. negus | |
| 28. |
David Diop’s __________ celebrates the typical love of the African for their motherland andthe ancestors. |
| A. | africa |
| B. | aboriginal australia |
| C. | new york |
| D. | australia |
| Answer» B. aboriginal australia | |
| 29. |
The ______ in the poem “Mystic Drum” is the personification of industrialization. |
| A. | man |
| B. | lady |
| C. | city |
| D. | town |
| Answer» C. city | |
| 30. |
“Mystic Drum” is Okara’s _______.a) Ode b) elegy c) love lyric d) song |
| A. | australian |
| B. | african |
| C. | american |
| D. | nigerian |
| Answer» D. nigerian | |
| 31. |
The ________ culture is connected with nature.Okara’s “Mystic Drum”. |
| A. | drum |
| B. | stick |
| C. | song |
| D. | dance |
| Answer» C. song | |
| 32. |
The adjective “sulphurous” indicates _________ which is visible in every busy and overpopulated city. |
| A. | park |
| B. | smoke |
| C. | fog |
| D. | pollution |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
The phrase “frosty smile” is a simile that refers to a ____________. |
| A. | customer society |
| B. | consumer society |
| C. | capitalist society |
| D. | customs society |
| Answer» C. capitalist society | |
| 34. |
In the poem, A Letter, the ______, is a threatening symbol of danger.a) needle b) thorn c) flower d) nail |
| A. | leopold senghor |
| B. | david diop |
| C. | jack davis |
| D. | a. d hope |
| Answer» C. jack davis | |
| 35. |
__________ was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist.25. Who was the founder of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc Party? |
| A. | house and land |
| B. | a letter |
| C. | africa |
| D. | australia |
| Answer» B. a letter | |
| 36. |
_________ depicts Dom Moraes’ search for identity, his sense of rootlessness and hislove for embracing varieties and multiplicities of life. |
| A. | a letter |
| B. | sinbad |
| C. | negus |
| D. | self-portrait |
| Answer» C. negus | |
| 37. |
“Bronze breasts” refers to the __________. |
| A. | right friendships |
| B. | fake friendships |
| C. | wrong friendships |
| D. | friendships |
| Answer» D. friendships | |
| 38. |
Sinbad had _____ voyages through turbulent seas, tempestuous conditions which took thetoll of many of his companions. |
| A. | four |
| B. | five |
| C. | six |
| D. | seven |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
___________ is a poem that describes Dom Moraes’ journey in life.a) Sinbad b) A letter c) Arrival d) Negus |
| A. | mahabharat |
| B. | the bible |
| C. | arabian nights |
| D. | treasure island |
| Answer» B. the bible | |
| 40. |
Dom Moraes’ A Beginning won_________________. |
| A. | hawthornden prize |
| B. | commonwealth prize |
| C. | pulitzer prize |
| D. | nobel prize |
| Answer» B. commonwealth prize | |
| 41. |
Sinbad is a character in ____________.10. Dom Moraes published his first book, a collection of essays on cricket titled --------------- |
| A. | green in the grass |
| B. | grow in the grass |
| C. | graze in the grass |
| D. | grain in the grass |
| Answer» D. grain in the grass | |
| 42. |
Date unknown refers to the poet’s inability to find his ____________. |
| A. | father |
| B. | shadow |
| C. | original self |
| D. | other self |
| Answer» D. other self | |
| 43. |
The window glass in the poem ‘Self-Portrait’ symbolizes the ____________. |
| A. | fictional world |
| B. | capitalist world |
| C. | democratic world |
| D. | socialist world |
| Answer» C. democratic world | |
| 44. |
According to Ramanujan in the poem ‘Self-Portrait’ he resembles anyone but _________. |
| A. | father |
| B. | mother |
| C. | son |
| D. | himself |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
The Striders (1966) and Relations: Poems (1971) are the two volumes of poetry writtenby ___________. |
| A. | a. k ramanujan |
| B. | dom moraes |
| C. | almagir hashmi |
| D. | e.e tiong |
| Answer» B. dom moraes | |
| 46. |
The poem ________ describes the modernization of the capital city as a form of historical change from a natural landscape to a city scape. |
| A. | tranquerah (1985) |
| B. | myths for the wilderness (1976) |
| C. | i of the many faces (1960) |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. myths for the wilderness (1976) | |
| 47. |
___________ is an English poet of Pakistan origin. |
| A. | almaghir hashmi |
| B. | ee tiang hong |
| C. | allen curnow |
| D. | brathwaite |
| Answer» B. ee tiang hong | |
| 48. |
_________ was one of the first-generation Malaya poets writing in English. |
| A. | ee tiang hong |
| B. | almaghir hashmi |
| C. | allen curnow |
| D. | david diop |
| Answer» B. almaghir hashmi | |
| 49. |
________ is a ritual ceremony of singing, drumming, dancing and spirit- possession brought over from Africa to the New World by slaves. |
| A. | kumina |
| B. | komina |
| C. | kimona |
| D. | barbados |
| Answer» B. komina | |
| 50. |
The poem ________ depicts the struggle against the colonial language, literature and culture. |
| A. | new york |
| B. | nigeria |
| C. | negus |
| D. | africa |
| Answer» D. africa | |