M.A.IV SEMESTER 2020

AFRICAN AND CARRIBEAN LITERATURE

Paper-XIII

Practice Paper

Multiple choice Questions

Maximum Marks-100

Each Question carries 1 mark

By

Dr Priyanka Maral

Department of English

K.N.Govt. P.G.College, Gyanpur, Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh

1-Dennis Brutus was born in

(a) 1924

(b)1736

(c)1987

(d)1964

2- What is the full name of Dennis Brutus

(a )Dennis wal Brutus

(b)Dennis bes Brutus

(c) Dennis wan Brutus

(d)Dennis Vincet Brutus

3- Who was responsible for banning South Africa from Olympics due to apartheid?

(a)Dennis Brutus

(b)Jane Austen

(c) Thomas Hardy

(d)Wole soynika

4- Dennis Brutus died on

(a)September2010

(b)March 214

(c)2009

(d)2004

5- Who wrote the poem You Laughed and Laughed and Laughed?

(a)Gabriel Okara

(b)Dennis Brutus

(c)Chinua Achebe

(d)Thomas Hardy

6- In how many stanzas the poem You Laughed and Laughed and Laughed is written

(a)10

(b)11

(c)12

(d)15

7- In the poem You Laughed and Laughed and Laughed the interaction between

(a)A White colonialist and an African native

(b)An African and American

(c)An Indian and an African

(d)An Indian and a White

8-what is the theme of the poem You Laughed and Laughed and Laughed

(a)The belief in Indian culture

(b)The belief in African culture

(c)The belief in European culture

(d)The belief in American culture

9-when was the poem You Laughed and Laughed and Laughed published

(a)1985

(b)1986

(c)1987

(d)1989

10-In which year Gabriel Okara won the Commonwealth prize

(a)1979

(b)1989

(c)1982

(d)1987

11- In which year Gabriel Okara was born

(a)1931

(b)1941

(c)1921

(d)1957

12- To which country Gabriel Okara belongs

(a)Nigeria

(b)Kenya

(c)Uganda

(d)Egypt

13-Who is known as the first modernist poet of Anglophone Africa

(a)Gabriel Okara

(b)Dennis Brutus

(c)Chinua Achebe

(d)Edward Said

14- What is the full name of Gabriel Okara

(a)Gabriel ben Okara

(b)Gabriel wal Okara

(c)Gabriel de Okara

(d)Gabriel Imomatimi Okara

15- Gabriel Okara died in

(a)2018

(b)2019

(c)2017

(d)2015

16-The drum in the poem The Mystic Drum represents

(a)Spiritual pulse of traditional African life

(b)Spiritual pulse of traditional Indian life

(c)Spiritual pulse of traditional American life

(d)Spiritual pulse of traditional European life

17-The poem The Mystic Drum is a

(a)Love poem

(b)An Elegy

(c)Dramatic Monologue

(d)Ballad

18- The lady in the poem The Mystic Drum is a symbol of

(a)Lure of Indian life

(b)Lure of American life

(c)Lure of western life

(d)Lure of African life

19- The drum in the poem the Mystic Drum unites

(a)Mind and heart with the outer world of the nation

(b)Heart and soul with the outer world of the nation

(c) Heart and lungs with the outer world of the nation

(d)Mind and kidney with the outer world of the nation

20-The outsider stands for

(a)Western imperialism

(b)Capitalism

(c)Marxism

(d)Liberalism

21- The poem Night consist of how many stanzas

(a)5

(b)6

(c)7

(d)8

22- The first four stanzas of the poem Night are about

(a)Growing Darkness

(b)Sunlight

(c)Moonlight

(d)Morning

23-Who is personified in the poem Night

(a)Tiger

(b)Deer

(c)Lamb

(d)Lion with darkness

24-the poem night represents

(a)Underworld

(b)Heaven

(c)New World

(d)Hell

25- The poem Night can be compared with the poem of which British poet

(a)Donne

(b)William Wordsworth

(c)William Blake

(d)William Shakespeare

26-How women are represented in the poem Night

(a)Singing

(b)Crying

(c)Repressed and Mouth is shut

(d)Laughing

27- In which year Derek Walcott was born

(a)1940

(b)1935

(c)1930

(d)1950

27-What is the full name of Derek Walcott

(a)Derek Elton Walcott

(b)Derek Aliten Walcott

(c)Derek Alton Walcott

(d)Derek wal Walcott

28- Derek Walcott received the Nobel Prize in Literature in

(a)1994

(b)1992

(c)1993

(d)1996

29- To which country Derek Walcott belongs

(a)Saint Lucia Island

(b)Saint peter

(c)Nigeria

(d)Benin

30- Derek Walcott died on

(a)February 2014

(b)March 2016

(c)March 2017

(d)March 2019

31- What is the theme of the poem Far Cry From Africa?

(a)Split of identity and soul

(b)Split of identity and culture

(c)Split of identity and anxiety

(d)Split of religion and politics

32-who wrote the poem A Far Cry from Africa

(a)Derek Walcott

(b)Chinua Achebe

(c)Wole Soynika

(d)Dennis Brutus

33- The poem A Far Cry from Africa focuses on

(a)Racial and politics

(b)Politics and soul

(c)Capitalism

(d)Racial and Cultural tensions

34-the poem A Far Cry from Africa was published in

(a)1965

(b)1962

(c)1864

(d)1785

35-The poem A Far Cry from Africa deals with

(a)Uprising against the British in Kenya

(b)Uprising against the British in Uganda

(c)Uprising against the British in India

(d)Uprising against the British in Nigeria

36- The poem A Far Cry from Africa to uprising of which tribe

(a)Bedoiun

(b)Kikuyu

(c)Gond

(d)Santhal

37- Who wrote the poem Literary Evening in Jamaica?

(a)Derek Walcott

(b)Gabriel Okara

(c)Chinua Achebe

(d)Mervyn Morris

38-When was Mervyn Morris born

(a)1936

(b)1937

(c)1938

(d)1939

39- Which Poet is a a professor also

(a)Mervyn Morris

(b)Derek Walcott

(c)Gabriel Okara

(d)Chinua Achebe

40-What is the full name of Mervyn Morris

(a)Mervyn Ean Morris

(b)Mervyn Evan Morris

(c)Mervyn Eve Morris

(d)Mervyn Evstace Morris

41- To which country Mervyn Morris belongs

(a)Jamaica

(b)Nigeria

(c)India

(d)Pakistan

42-Who is known as the poet laureate of Jamaica

(a)Gabriel Okara

(b)Chinua Achebe

(c)DerekWalcott

(d)Mervyn Morris

43- To whom the poet pleads in the poem Literary Evening in Jamaica

(a)Old age people

(b)Women poets

(c)Lawyers

(d)Young poets

44-The poet in the poem Literary Evening in Jamaica wants poets to look for

(a)Negative side of life

(b)Positive side of lie

(c)Remain Neutral

(d) Repression

45- The poet in the poem Literary Evening in Jamaica pleads for literature

(a)With happiness

(b)Joy

(c)Without disillusionment

(d)Anger

46- Who is the writer of the novel A House for Mr Biswas

(a)Chinua Achebe

(b)V.S.Naipaul

(c)Jane Austen

(d)John Galsworthy

47-What is the full name of V.S.Naipaul

(a)Vidiadhar Naipaul

(b)Vidiadhar Suraj Prasad Naipaul

(c)Vidiadhar Naipaul

(d)Vidiadhar Suresh Prasad Naipaul

48- When was Naipaul born

(a)1945

(b)1962

(c)1932

(d)1986

49- In which year A House for Mr Biswas published

(a)1961

(b)1962

(c)1973

(d)1974

50-who is the protagonist in the novel A House for Mr Biswas

(a)Manohar Biswas

(b)Mohun Biswas

(c)Rajesh Biswas

(d)Raju Biswas

51- A House for Mr Biswas is a

(a)Regional Novel

(b)Sentimental novel

(c)Satirical novel

(d)Gothic novel

52- The character of Mr. Biswas in the novel represents

(a)An ordinary man

(b)An angry man

(c)An alienated modern man

(d)A poor man

53- A House for Mr Biswas is the _ novel written by Naipaul

(a)First

(b)Second

(c)Third

(d)Fourth

54- To which country does Naipuaul Belong?

(a)Nigeria

(b)Trinidad and Tobago

(c)Surinam

(d)Britain

55- In which year Naipaul died

(a)2016

(b)2018

(c)2019

(d)2014

56-For which novel Naipaul was awarded the Booker Prize

(a)A House for Mr Biswas

(b)A Bend in the River

(c)In a Free State

(d)The Mimic Man

57-Naipaul was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in

(a)2002

(b)2001

(c)2002

(d)2004

58-Naipaul was awarded the Booker Prize in

(a)1972

(b)1971

(c)1974

(d)1975

59-Who wrote The Pleasures of Exile

(a)George Eliot

(b)George Bernard Shaw

(c)John Donne

(d)George Lamming

60-In which year Lamming was born

(a)1928

(b)1924

(c)1927

(d)1938

61- To which country does Lamming belongs

(a)Barbados

(b)Kenya

(c)South Africa

(d)Sudan

62-The Pleasures of Exile was published in

(a)1966

(b)1976

(c)1986

(d)1989

63-what is the theme of The Pleasures of Exile

(a)Colonization and decolonization

(b)Imperialism

(c)Capitalism

(d) Liberalism

64- Which play of Shakespeare is analyzed in The Pleasures of Exile

(a)Macbeth

(b)Hamlet

(c)The Tempest

(d)King Lear

65-Which character of the Shakespeare’s represents the plight of the colonized

(a)Macbeth

(b)Hamlet

(c)Prospero

(d)Caliban

66-Things Fall Apart was published in

(a) 1957

(b) 1954

(c) 1956

(d) 1958

67-To which country Chinua Achebe belongs

(a)Nigeria

(b)India

(c)Egypt

(d)Sudan

68- Chinua Achebe Was born in

(a)1934

(b)1930

(c)1932

(d)1938

69-The title of the novel Things Fall Apart has been taken from which poem of W. B. Yeats

(a)No Second troy

(b)The Second Coming

(c)A Prayer For My Daughter

(d)Easter1916

70-Who is the Protagonist of the novel Things Fall Apart

(a)Okonkwo

(b)Ezudu

(c)Umofian

(d)Mr Brown

71- Things Fall Apart is the _ novel written by Achebe

(a)First

(b)Second

(c)Third

(d)Fourth

72-What is the name of the warrior clan in the novel Things Fall Apart

(a)Kobo

(b)Ibo

(c)Togo

(d)Kikuyu

73- What is the full name of Chinua Achebe?

(a)Alb Chinualumogu Achebe

(b)Francis Chinua Achebe

(c)Albert Chinua Achebe

(d)Albert Chinualumogu Achebe

74- Chinua Achebe died in

(a)2012

(b)2016

(c)2015

(d)2013

75-In how many parts novel Things Fall Apart has been divided

(a)One

(b)Two

(c)Three

(d)Four

76- The novel Things Fall Apart deals with

(a)British Colonialism and Christian missionaries

(b)Capitalism

(c)Liberalism

(d)Marxism

77-Who is the writer of the novel Disgrace

(a)Chinua Achebe

(b)J.M. Coetzee

(c)Thomas Hardy

(d)Wole Soynika

78-What is the full name of J.M.Coetzee

(a)John Martin Coetzee

(b)Joe Martin Coetzee

(c)John Mark Coetzee

(d)John Maxwell Coetzee

79- J.M.Coetzee was born in which year

(a)1948

(b)1940

(c)1942

(d)1946

80-Disgrace was published in

(a)1997

(b)1998

(c)1996

(d)1999

81- For which novel J.M.Coetzee received the Booker Prize

(a)Dusklands

(b)Disgrace

(c)Things fall apart

(d)A Dance of the Forest

82-what is the setting of the novel Disgrace

(a)Post colonial, India

(b)Post colonial, Nigeria

(c)Post colonial, Kenya

(d)Post Apartheid, South Africa

83- Who is the first writer to be awarded the Booker Prize Twice?

()Margaret Atwood

()J.M.Coetzee

()Rabindranath Tagore

()Hilary Mantel

84- J.M.Coetzee won the Nobel Prize for Literature in

(a)2004

(b)2003

(c)2005

(d)2008

85-Who is the protagonist of the novel Disgrace

(a)Lurie

(b)John

(c)Luth

(d)Garry

86-What is the profession of Lurie

(a)Labourer

(b)Doctor

(c)Professor

(d)Lawyer

87-What is the name of Lurie’s daughter

(a)Anee

(b)Jane

(c)Mary

(d)Lucy

88-

Who is the writer of A Dance of the Forest

(a)Wole Albert

(b)Wole Soynika

(c)Chinua Achebe

(d)August Wilson

89- to which country Wole Soynika belongs

(a)Nigeria

(b)Sudan

(c)Ghana

(d)South Africa

90- When was A Dance of the Forest Published?

(a)1962

(b)1994

(c)1964

(d)1960

91-The play A Dance of the Forest is a confrontation between

(a)Capitalism and socialism

(b)Liberalism and imperialism

(c)Marxism and capitalism

(d)Living and dead

92- Wole Soynika was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in

(a)1934

(b)1936

(c)1932

(d)1992

93-What is the full name of Wole Soynika

(a)Albert Soynika

(b) Akinwandealuwole Babatunde Soynika

(c)Akinwan Babatunde Soynika

(d)Akinwandealuwole Baban Soynika

94- A Dance of the Forest is the portrayal of

(a)Post colonial Nigerian politics

(b)Post colonial Indian politics

(c)Post colonial South African politics

(d)Post colonial Kenya politics

95- What is the full name of August Wilson

(a)Augusta Jane Evans Wilson

(b)Augusta John Evans Wilson

(c)Augusta Jane Eva Wilson

(d)Augusta Jack Evans Wilson

96- Who is the writer of the play Fences

(a)August Wilson

(b)Albert Wilson

(c)August William

(d)Chinua Achebe

97-Who is the Protagonist of the play Fences

(a)Troy William

(b)Tony

(c)Albert

(d)Troy Maxson

98- When was the play published?

(a)1985

(b) 1986

(c) 1987

(d) 1989

98- What is the profession of Troy

(a)Writer

(b)Lawyer

(c)Garbage Collector

(d)Doctor

99- What is the theme of the play Fences

(a) Love

(b) Hate

(c) Anger

(d) Greed

100-August Wilson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for

(a) Fences

(b)Ma Rainey Black Bottom

(c)Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

(d)A dance of the forest