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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.
| 101. |
Leopold Senghor is associated with _____________. |
| A. | harlem renaissance |
| B. | negative movement |
| C. | negritude movement |
| D. | slavery movement |
| Answer» D. slavery movement | |
| 102. |
__________ 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 | |
| 103. |
Sinbad had _____ voyages through turbulent seas, tempestuous conditions which took the toll of many of his companions. |
| A. | four |
| B. | five |
| C. | six |
| D. | seven |
| Answer» E. | |
| 104. |
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 | |
| 105. |
_________ depicts Dom Moraes’ search for identity, his sense of rootlessness and his love for embracing varieties and multiplicities of life. |
| A. | a letter |
| B. | sinbad |
| C. | negus |
| D. | self-portrait |
| Answer» C. negus | |
| 106. |
“Bronze breasts†refers to the __________. |
| A. | right friendships |
| B. | fake friendships |
| C. | wrong friendships |
| D. | friendships |
| Answer» D. friendships | |
| 107. |
Sinbad is a poem that consists of ___ stanzas. |
| A. | three |
| B. | four |
| C. | five |
| D. | six |
| Answer» D. six | |
| 108. |
Sinbad, the ______ dominates a cycle of seven stories in the Arabian Nights. |
| A. | the captain |
| B. | the sailor |
| C. | the crew |
| D. | the beast |
| Answer» C. the crew | |
| 109. |
___________ 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 | |
| 110. |
Dom Moraes’ A Beginning won_________________. |
| A. | hawthornden prize |
| B. | commonwealth prize |
| C. | pulitzer prize |
| D. | nobel prize |
| Answer» B. commonwealth prize | |
| 111. |
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 | |
| 112. |
________ began writing at the age of ten. |
| A. | dom moraes |
| B. | ramanujan |
| C. | brathwaite |
| D. | soyinka |
| Answer» B. ramanujan | |
| 113. |
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 | |
| 114. |
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 | |
| 115. |
The Striders (1966) and Relations: Poems (1971) are the two volumes of poetry written by ___________. |
| A. | a. k ramanujan |
| B. | dom moraes |
| C. | almagir hashmi |
| D. | e.e tiong |
| Answer» B. dom moraes | |
| 116. |
According to Ramanujan in the poem ‘Self-Portrait’ he resembles anyone but _________. |
| A. | father |
| B. | mother |
| C. | son |
| D. | himself |
| Answer» E. | |